Social Science audiobooks

Na lavra do tabaco - Abridged

By: André João Antonil

Narrated by: Dalton Barone

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Características de um movimento econômico pouco explorado nos estudos da história do Brasil são retratadas nesta seleção de textos do clássico "Cultura e Opulência no Brasil": o tabaco. Dentre outros aspectos, Antonil conta ao leitor sobre a semeadura e o trato da plantação, a confecção da chamada "corda" até a confecção e a qualidade do produto... Read more

O senhor do engenho - Abridged

By: André João Antonil

Narrated by: Tiago Torres

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nesta seleção de textos do clássico "Cultura e Opulência no Brasil", são evidenciadas as características deste ícone do Ciclo do Açúcar brasileiro – o senhor do engenho. Antonil discorre aqui, entre outros aspectos, sobre suas posses, seus vínculos com os vizinhos, seu capelão, seus hóspedes e mercadores de açúcar. Read more

Nossa democracia - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Que é um republicano? Qual a característica que distingue uma da outra a república e a monarquia?" Neste artigo intitulado "Nossa democracia", escrita em abril de 1889 – pouco antes, portanto, da Proclamação da República –, Ruy Barbosa promove uma reflexão sobre essa forma de governo, analisando a postura da imprensa da época. Notável, além do... Read more

Como organizar Portugal - Abridged

By: Fernando Pessoa

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"A inveja é mãe do estímulo, como a curiosidade o é da ciência; da inveja da organização alemã nasceu o falar-se tanto em organizar tanta coisa." Numa profunda reflexão sobre os destinos de Portugal no pós-guerra, o texto de Fernando revela-se antes de mais nada ideológico: que será de Portugal em meio à crise, diante de manifesta decadência? Read more

Nossa ingratidão - Abridged

By: Ruy Barbosa

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Seremos injustos em lançar à conta da Regência essa política de crimes a favor da escravidão?" Neste artigo de Ruy Barbosa intitulado "Nossa ingratidão", publicado no Diário de Notícias, o grande orador se defende das acusações da imprensa por ele supostamente não ter dado o devido crédito à Princesa Isabel no processo abolicionista. Read more

The Popcorn Report - Abridged

By: Faith Popcorn

Narrated by: Faith Popcorn

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Future Is In Your Hands

Faith Popcorn has seen it coming -- and now she tells you how to profit from the enormous transformation that will sweep mainstream America in the coming years. The founder of BrainReserve, the top-dollar trend-spotter for the nation's biggest blue-chip companies, Popcorn now shares her vision of the future for... Read more

The Hardness Factor - Abridged

By: Steven Lamm

Narrated by: Steven Lamm

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A diet, exercise, and supplement regimen to help men achieve optimal sexual fitnessSexual fitness goes hand in hand with overall health: Good sex means a man is most probably in good condition. The Hardness Factor is a comprehensive guide to sexual fitness for men, pointing the way to an enhanced self image, better sex, and improved health, and... Read more

Ola Latina, La - Abridged

By: Jorge Ramos

Narrated by: Jorge Ramos

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

En las elecciones del 2004, hubo 3 millones más votantes hispanos que en el año 2000. Los hispanos pusieron al presidente George W. Bush en la Casa Blanca en el 2000 y luego lo reeligieron en el 2004. Es imposible ignorar una influencia tan grande y un voto tan importante.El cambio más dramático que está viviendo este país no tiene nada que ver... Read more

Mountains Beyond Mountains - Abridged

By: Tracy Kidder

Narrated by: Tracy Kidder

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

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

El origen de las Especies - Abridged

By: Charles Darwin

Narrated by: Leonel Arial

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Charles Darwin, el precursor de la literatura científica, expuso en El origen de las especies su famosa teoría de la biología evolutiva y la selección natural. Fue una publicación polémica que suscitó discusiones científicas, filosóficas y religiosas; sin embargo, hoy, la teoría moderna de la evolución acepta las tesis sobre la adaptación al... Read more

Satya Nadella: O CEO que Transformou a Microsoft - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Satya Nadella é um nome que se tornou sinônimo da revitalização da Microsoft. Desde que assumiu o cargo de CEO em 2014, ele liderou uma transformação notável da empresa, impulsionando-a para a era da computação em nuvem e dos serviços de software, e expandindo seus horizontes para novos mercados. Este livro é uma biografia completa de... Read more

Me to We - Abridged

By: Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger

Narrated by: Craig Kielburger & Marc Kielburger

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestseller from the founders of WE Charity—a human rights organization that has lifted over 1 million people from poverty globally—Me to We is an uplifting and actionable guide for personal and social change and a call to action to helping others, featuring a new introduction by Academy Award­–winning actress and activist... Read more

Persecution - Abridged

By: David Limbaugh

Narrated by: David Limbaugh

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Limbaugh’s meticulously researched book is a devastating indictment of liberal intolerance-and a call to arms for all true believers of religious liberty to reclaim their rightful place in the public square.”—Michelle Malkin, nationally syndicated columnist and author of InvasionThis New York Times bestseller is that rare phenomenon, a book... Read more

Confesiones de un traficante de personas - Abridged

By: Andrea di Nicola & Giampolo Musumeci

Narrated by: Rodrigo Martínez

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Por primera vez hablan los hombres que controlan el tráfico de personas. ¿Qué hay detrás de las dramáticas imágenes de pateras repletas de migrantes que atraviesan el Mediterráneo? ¿Cómo nace el impulso de abandonarlo todo en busca de una vida mejor, y quién satisface esta demanda en un mundo en el que hasta la desesperación se convierte en... Read more

Demisexualidad y sapiosexualidad: más allá del deseo - Abridged

By: Juanjo Ramos

Narrated by: Juanjo Ramos

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La sexualidad humana es un espectro complejo y fascinante que trasciende las categorías tradicionales. En los últimos años, ha surgido una mayor conciencia y comprensión de diversas orientaciones sexuales que se alejan de lo convencional. Entre ellas, la demisexualidad y la sapiosexualidad han ganado reconocimiento como formas únicas de... Read more

An Imperfect God - Abridged

By: Henry Wiencek

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A major new biography of Washington, and the first to explore his engagement with American slavery

When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he had said that holding slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." In this groundbreaking work, Henry Wiencek explores the founding... Read more

Oprah Winfrey: Inspirando Milhões - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Oprah Winfrey é mais do que uma figura na televisão; ela é uma lenda viva, um símbolo de superação, empoderamento e transformação. Desde suas humildes origens no Mississipi até se tornar uma das mulheres mais influentes do mundo, a jornada de Oprah é uma fonte inesgotável de inspiração. Este livro explora a vida e o legado de Oprah Winfrey,... Read more

The Progress Paradox - Abridged

By: Gregg Easterbrook

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life have vastly improved in the past century--and yet today, most men and women feel less happy than in previous generations. Why this is so and what we should do about it... 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

The Beltway Beast - Abridged

By: Munir Moon

Narrated by: Wayne Jones

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Beltway Beast: Stealing from Future Generations and Destroying the Middle Class, transcends the anger and frustration of American people with their leaders failing to solve the country's problems. It documents our current reality and offers transformational ideas, such as shrinking the Presidential Primary process by utilizing technology,... Read more

Money, A Memoir - Abridged

By: Liz Perle

Narrated by: Liz Perle

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Long ago, and not entirely consciously, Liz Perle made a quiet contract with cash: She would do what it took to get it—work hard, marry right—but she didn't want to have to think about it too much. Since she was a young girl, the subject of money had been quietly sidestepped, a shadowy factor whose private influence was impolite to discuss. When... Read more

Page e Brin: Os Visionários por Trás do Google - Abridged

By: Max Editorial

Narrated by: Antônio

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Em meio ao burburinho do Vale do Silício na década de 1990, dois estudantes de doutorado em Stanford, Larry Page e Sergey Brin, uniram suas mentes geniais para dar vida a uma ideia que transformaria o mundo: o Google. A missão era simples, porém ousada: organizar a informação do mundo e torná-la universalmente acessível e útil. Nasce o BackRub,... Read more

Peter Mayle's Provence - Abridged

By: Peter Mayle

Narrated by: Peter Mayle & Patrick Macnee

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Peter Mayle and his wife traded England's long, gray winters and damp summers for life in southern France, they entered an enchanting, wonderful, sometimes bewildering world. Now, share their adventures, pleasures, and frustrations: the joys and occasional hazards of wining and dining in France, taking part in goat races, attending a... Read more

Active Listening - Abridged

By: Lilly De Sisto

Narrated by: Darcey Kobs

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Finally available is a guide to know everything, really everything, about really listening to others! You've finally found the listen you've been looking for: minute after minute, you'll be able to embark on a path that will guide you, step by step, to the knowledge of how to effectively communicate with other people!In this pause-resisting... Read more