Social Science audiobooks

There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere

By: Kara Swisher & Lisa Dickey

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

“AOL had found itself at the edge of disaster so frequently that one of its first executives, a brassy Vietnam veteran and restaurateur named Jim Kimsey, had taken the punch line of an old joke popularized by Ronald Reagan and made it into an unlikely mantra for the company. It concerned a very optimistic young boy who happened upon a huge pile... Read more

Chinese-Americans: A History

By: Iris Chang

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Chinese Americans have been an integral thread in the tapestry of American history since the California gold rush of 1848-49. The fascinating story of the Chinese in America is also one of the long struggle for civil liberties, an all too familiar refrain to virtually all the ethnic groups who have settled in this country over the centuries, and... Read more

Living History - Abridged

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: Yes

Author of the Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller What Happened

The Phenomenal #1 Worldwide Bestseller—With a New Afterword​​

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor... Read more

Mountains Beyond Mountains

By: Tracy Kidder

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today
 
“If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains]... Read more

True Notebooks

By: Mark Salzman

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When Mark Salzman is invited to visit a writing class at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles’s most violent teenage offenders, he scrambles for a polite reason to decline. He goes—expecting the worst—and is so astonished by what he finds that he becomes a teacher there himself. True Notebooks is an account of Salzman’s first years... Read more

Reefer Madness

By: Eric Schlosser

Narrated by: Eric Schlosser

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In Reefer Madness, the best-selling author of Fast Food Nation investigates America's black market and its far-reaching influence on our society through three of its mainstays -- pot, porn, and illegal immigrants.
The underground economy is vast; it comprises perhaps 10 percent -- or more -- of America's overall economy, and it's on the rise.... Read more

Clubland - Abridged

By: Frank Owen

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A fearless journalist's brilliant unveiling of a world of drugs,dancing, money, madness--and murder after midnightClubland is the sensational story of the rise and fall of a decadent nocturnal empire that stretched over several American cities and spawned its own subculture of celebrities and wannabes. Journalist Frank Owen spent nearly a decade... Read more

After - Abridged

By: Steven Brill

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After is an astounding, inspiring, and exciting account of America in the first year of the September 12th era. Based on 347 on-the-record interviews and revelations from memos of government meetings, court filings and other documents, award winning journalist Steven Brill takes us inside the critical dramas of the year after the September 11... Read more

Positively Fifth Street - Abridged

By: James McManus

Narrated by: James McManus

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rough sex, black magic, and the science--and eros--of gambling.

Meet in the ultimate book about Las Vegas.

James McManus was sent to Las Vegas by Harper's to cover the World Series of Poker in 2000, especially the mushrooming progress of women in the $23-million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly... Read more

What Liberal Media? - Abridged

By: Eric Alterman

Narrated by: Eric Alterman

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Is media bias keeping us from getting the whole story? If so, who is at fault? Is it the Liberals who are purported to be running the newsrooms, television and radio stations of this country, duping an unsuspecting public into mistaking their party line for news? Or is it the conservatives who have identified media bias as a rallying cry around... Read more

Kate Remembered

By: A. Scott Berg

Narrated by: Tony Goldwyn

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestseller!

For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century—reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time.

In 1983—at the age of 75,... Read more

Fatal Deception - Abridged

By: Michael Bowker

Narrated by: John Slattery

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At first glance, the events in this audiobook may seem equal parts science fiction and legal thriller. Unfortunately, this is a true story of blinding greed, cruel deceit, unfortunate circumstance, and powerful human tragedy. It has villains and heroes, but it does not yet have a good ending.
Something's wrong in Libby, Montana. Residents are... Read more

Women's Health - The Wise and Natural Way

By: Susun Weed

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Susun engages in a fascinating, candid and controversial dialogue about women's health, natural healing and the "wise woman" tradition.  Susun exposes the illusion about menopause and hormones, addresses the HRT/cancer connection and shares information about bone density. Read more

The Physics of Christmas

By: Roger Highfield

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Can reindeer fly? Why is Santa Claus fat? Could scientists clone the perfect Christmas tree? Was the Star of Bethlehem really a comet? Why is Rudolph’s nose red? How does Santa manage to deliver presents to an estimated 842 million households in a single night? What could we do to guarantee a white Christmas every year?

These are among the... Read more

The Science of Superheroes

By: Lois Gresh & Robert Weinberg

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Science of Superheroes takes a lighthearted but clear-headed look at the real science that underlies some of the greatest superhero comic books of all time, including Spider-Man, Batman, Fantastic Four, and many more. Each chapter presents the story of the origin of one or more superheroes and asks intriguing questions that lead to... Read more

The Matrix and Philosophy - Abridged

By: William Irwin

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Rick Adamson & Jennifer Jay Myers

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and... Read more

An Ethiopian Heroine's Story

By: Bogaletch Gebre

Narrated by: Neil Harvey

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this program, Gebre tells the story of her heroic journey from behind the patrician to a Fulbright scholarship, to a triumphant return home to Ethiopia where the lives of girls and women will never be the same. Read more

Sandra Cisneros: Caramelo

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In Caramelo, Sandra Cisneros tells the story of the Reyes family who has members and memories on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border. In this interview, Cisneros discusses the context of her novel, her personal connection to the characters, learning her family history, and more. Read more

Psyche and Soul: Walking The Transformational Path

By: Jacquelyn Small

Narrated by: Jacquelyn Small

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

According to psychotherapist and author, Jacquelyn Small, Psyche was the only goddess willing to become a human girl to travel through life in order to teach us that we are both human and divine. In this insightful dialogue, Small invites us to walk the two worlds of Psyche. Read more

Henry Louis Gates: The Bondwoman's Narrative

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses The Bondwoman's Narrative, which is described as an autobiographical novel written in the 1850s by a female slave who called herself and her main character Hannah Crafts. The manuscript was found at an auction of African American artifacts by Gates, Jr., who is credited as editor of the book. Read more

Crepúsculo de la cultura americana

By: Morris Berman

Narrated by: Jerónimo Hernández

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Desde las entrañas mismas del imperio yanqui surge una voz que arremete sin piedad contra la autocomplacencia y la estupidez que, día a día, se apoderan inexorablemente de los ciudadanos estadounidenses. Morris Berman es quien profiere esta devastadora crítica. Sin embargo, El crepúsculo de la cultura americana representa también un lamento por... Read more

The Men's Health Playbook - Abridged

By: Men's Health Magazine

Narrated by: Hank Jacobs & Nicole Fonarow

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Witty and insightful, Men's Health writers Joe Kita, Lisa Jones, Hugh O'Neill, Ron Geraci and others share their personal and often comical experiences as they tackle the universal topics of love, life, and exactly how to find and keep that special someone. The Men's Health Playbook features selected articles from Men's Health including:

• 50... Read more

The Next Fifty Years - Abridged

By: John Brockman

Narrated by: Henry Leyva, Jennifer Wiltsie, Oliver Wyman & S...

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.

Theoretical physicist and bestselling author Paul Davies examines the likelihood that by the year 2050 we will be able to establish a... Read more

Celebrating Partnership: A Formula for Survival

By: Riane Eisler

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Internationally known scholar, author, futurist and activist Riane Eisler cogently states that if we are to survive as a species we must release the "Domination" model, which has shaped our present day civilization, and move to  a new paradigm.  According to her, the shift from the "Domination" model to the "Partnership" model has never been... Read more