Social Science audiobooks

Edward Ball: Slaves in the Family

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The 1998 National Book Award winner in the nonfiction category was Edward Ball for his book, Slaves in the Family. It's about the lives of his slave-owning ancestors on their rice plantations near Charleston, South Carolina. The book also tells the story of some of the thousands of slaves the Ball family once owned. Read more

Unleashing The Soul

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodman believes that facing the intense power of your own heart is the only way to truly connect with other living things. She says we must not be "afraid of the intensity of opening ourselves to our real personhood." Her insight in analyzing ancient folk tales and applying them to current events is intriguing. She will inspire you to get out... Read more

The Fabric of the Future

By: MJ Ryan, Woodeene Koenig-Bricker, Marianne Will...

Narrated by: Gayle Madeline Randall, Andrea Thompson, Tracy ...

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Provocative and enlightening essays about transforming our future by such visionaries as Shakti Gawain, Gloria Steinem, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Joan Borysenko, Z Budapest, Flor Fernandez, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Luisah Teish, Rama Vernon, and Marianne Williamson.Where do we go from here, and in practical terms, what must we do to get... Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 9: The Bioregional Perspective: Discovering Your Natural Community

By: Kirkpatrick Sale, Stephanie Mills, Dick Roy, Je...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How much do we know about the natural bioregion in which we live, and why does it matter? Listen to Jeanne and Dick Roy, Jerry Mander and others as they talk about the challenge of waking up to the realities of the place where we live, to more fully appreciate the world that keeps us alive. Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 10: Metaphysics of the Treeline

By: Arne Naess

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Arne Naess, known as "the father of Deep Ecology," lived above the tree line near the Arctic Circle in Norway. Well into his eighties, he still carried his own firewood and water to a simple stone cabin that he built himself. Here he describes the joy and richness of his satisfying, simple lifestyle. Read more

Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 11: The Human In Nature:  Return To The Sacred Earth

By: John Seed, Dolores Lachapelle, Alan Drengson, C...

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Perhaps the most powerful and significant aspect of Deep Ecology is the way it cultivates humility and reverence for the great mystery of life. Listen as Winona Laduke, Ed Mcgaa/Eagle Man and others explore the right relationship between humans and the rest of nature. Read more

Taiko Drumming: Bringing Rhythm To Life

By: Heidi Varian

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone who has heard the thunderous power of these magnificent drums recognizes a compelling spiritual force at work.  Heidi Varian speaks of her teacher, Grandmaster Sensei Seiichi Tanaka:  "To be his age and to play with that much spirit and power makes you realize it has to be more than just physical strength--it has to come from somewhere... Read more

News Is a Verb

By: Pete Hamill

Narrated by: Dan Lauria

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A volume in a series called “The Library of Contemporary Thought”—which provides top opinion makers a forum to explore the most provocative, fascinating, and relevant issues of the day—News Is a Verb focuses on contemporary journalism and its evolving readership. From sensational headlines to celebrity gossip, Pete Hamill explores how the... Read more

Team Rodent

By: Carl Hiassen

Narrated by: Richard Gilliland

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Carl Hiaasen doesn't like the Walt Disney Company. A native of Florida, Hiaasen comes by his dislike for Disney honestly. He has witnessed the relentless success of the Disney machine firsthand with the development of Disney World and other properties around Orlando. In Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, Hiaasen paints a witty and... Read more

Rising Tide - Abridged

By: John M. Barry

Narrated by: George Grizzard

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of... Read more

The Argument Culture - Abridged

By: Deborah Tannen

Narrated by: Deborah Tannen

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. Read more

The Gold of Exodus - Abridged

By: Howard Blum

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mount Sinai, for many, it is the most sacred place on Earth - the
site where God descended to give Moses the Ten Commandments.
Yet for centuries, mankind has not known its exact location.

In this heart-pounding adventure, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Howard Blum tells the enthralling story of two modern-day adventurers -... Read more

The Micro-Lending Revolution

By: Muhammad Yunus & Alex Counts

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Founder of the Grameen Bank in his native Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus is a financial pioneer who has loaned over two billion dollars to over three million people with no money or collateral.  They have all paid him back. Read more

Our Sacred Honor - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: Philip Bosco, William J. Bennett & Barry Bostwick

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort.
In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and... Read more

From Girl To Wise-Woman

By: Joan Borysenko

Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Psychologist/biologist Joan Borysenko illuminates the gifts of being female and celebrates the power of the feminine life-cycle, a brand new field of study.  She shows us, through new research, the path to realizing our unique female gifts, and how to utilize them for a life of extraordinary power. Read more

One World Ready or Not - Abridged

By: William Greider

Narrated by: Howard McGillin

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In ONE WORLD, READY OR NOT, William Greider focuses his incomparable reportorial skills on the global economy, which he contends is sowing "creative destruction" everywhere.

Greider explains the dynamics of the global economy in terms of human struggle. As he makes clear, the actions of multinational corporations and finance capitalists are no... Read more

Genesis: A New View

By: Bill Moyers

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Moyers discusses his original approach to broadcast journalism and his series "Genesis: A Living Conversation," He describes why these are among the most powerful stories in Western Civilization, and uncovering their deeper, often controversial meanings. Moyers says, "Stories are the way we organize our response to the world…Listening to others,... Read more

Poison Pen - Abridged

By: Lysa Moskowitz-Mateu & David LaFontaine

Narrated by: Lysa Moskowitz-Mateu

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Two sleazy tabloid reporters expose all of their shocking secrets!The public appetite for intimate details about celebrities continues to grow— online, on television, and at the check-out counter of every grocery store. To feed the public' s insatiable desire for juicy gossip, Lysa Moskowitz-Mateu and David LaFontaine... Read more

The Physics of Star Trek

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore the science behind one of television’s greatest series. Star Trek shaped and defined the science-fiction genre for generations of television viewers and writers, and now readers can learn more about the science presented on the show. What’s it like traveling at warp speed? What are the different types of dark matter and black holes?... Read more

Alchemy of Love and Lust - Abridged

By: Theresa L. Crenshaw

Narrated by: Theresa L. Crenshaw

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Simon & Schuster, The Alchemy of Love and Lust is Theresa L. Crenshaw's guide to how our sex hormones influence our relationships.

The Alchemy of Love and Lust identifies the role our hormones play in the different sexual stages, exploring the age-old concept of chemistry between the sexes and how hormones can determine the course of... Read more

Inside the NRA - Abridged

By: Jack Anderson

Narrated by: Jack Anderson

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A chilling examination of the NRA and its powerful influence on America.In 1996, deaths by gun violence in the United States totaled roughly 14,000. With so many casualties— along with an astounding rise of armed militias and the discovery of huge caches of weapons stockpiled in private residences— Americans were forced... Read more

Casino - Abridged

By: Nicholas Pileggi

Narrated by: Ken Weitzman, Fred Neumann & Ron Leibman

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Love, greed and betrayal in the Las Vegas mob.

From Nicholas Pileggi, author of the bestselling Wiseguy -- the #1 bestseller that later became the hit movie Goodfellas -- comes this brilliantly told tale of love, marriage, adultery, murder and revenge Mafia-style, the true story of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the... Read more

Towards Gender Partnership

By: Riane Eisler, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the war of the sexes, both lose. says Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade, a seminal study of early societies based on partnership rather than domination, continues her keen re-thinking of social reality by focusing here on gender, pleasure and sexuality. Read more

Poetry, Passion and Zen

By: Jane Hirshfield

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Poetry offers depth and color to life and is a natural way to express what it means to be human. Hirshfield offers gentle wisdom about writing and appreciating poetry. She says, "The poem is the speech of the inner heart, the inner mind. If you can simply hear what it's saying as if it were being whispered to you in the dark, you will understand... Read more