Social Science audiobooks

Sunan Ibn Majah English Audio

By: Imam Ibn Majah & Translator-Nasiruddin Al-Khattab

Narrated by: QNS Academy (https://www.qnsacademy.com/)

Length: 53 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Sunan Ibn Majah is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Muhammad bin Yazid Ibn Majah al-Qazvini (rahimahullah). It is widely considered to be the sixth of the six canonical collection of hadith (Kutub as-Sittah) of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). It consists of 4341 ahadith in 37 books. Read more

Sunan an Nasai English Audio

By: Imam An-Nasa'i & Translator-Nasiruddin Al-Khattab

Narrated by: QNS Academy (https://www.qnsacademy.com/)

Length: 62 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Sunan an-Nasa'i is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Ahmad an-Nasa'i (rahimahullah). His collection is unanimously considered to be one of the six canonical collections of hadith (Kutub as-Sittah) of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). It contains roughly 5700 hadith (with repetitions) in 52 books. Read more

Sunan Abu Dawud English Audio

By: Imam Abu Dawud, Translator-Yaser Qadhi & Transl...

Narrated by: QNS Academy (https://www.qnsacademy.com/)

Length: 58 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Sunan Abi Dawud is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath as-Sijistani (rahimahullah). It is widely considered to be among the six canonical collections of hadith (Kutub as-Sittah) of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad(ﷺ). It consists of 5274 ahadith in 43 books. Read more

Comic Book Nation

By: Bradford W. Wright

Narrated by: Mike Lenz

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. In Comic Book Nation, Bradford W. Wright offers an engaging, illuminating, and often provocative history of the comic book industry within the context of twentieth-century American society.



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One Nation Under Guns

By: Dominic Erdozain

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second Amendment to guarantee an individual right to bear arms—and that this distortion of the record is an urgent threat to democracy.

“At once eye-opening and enraging, One... Read more

Race Rules

By: Fatimah Gilliam

Narrated by: Machelle Williams

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Race Rules is an innovative, practical manual for white people of the unwritten rules relating to race, explaining the unvarnished truth about racist and offensive white behaviors. It offers a unique lens from Fatimah Gilliam, a light-skinned Black woman, and is informed by the revealing things white people say when they don't realize she's... Read more

Race Rules

By: Fatimah Gilliam

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

“Those looking to move beyond performative allyship will find this an excellent resource.” —Publishers Weekly

What if there were a set of rules to educate people against race-based social faux pas that damage relationships, perpetuate racist stereotypes, and harm people of color? This book provides just that in an effort to slow the malignant... Read more

Ride Lonesome

By: Kirk Ellis

Narrated by: Justin Price

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Ride Lonesome, the fifth film in the "Ranown cycle," is both the best and most representative of the whole series, which has been called "the most remarkable convergence of artistic achievement in the history of low-budget moviemaking." Director Bud Boetticher captures the alienation and loneliness of an America faced with the Cold War and the... Read more

Spectral Evidence

By: Gregory Pardlo

Narrated by: Gregory Pardlo

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY • A powerful meditation on Blackness, beauty, faith, and the force of law, from the beloved award-winning author of Digest and Air Traffic

Elegant, profound, and intoxicating—Spectral Evidence, Gregory Pardlo’s first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest, moves... Read more

The Survivors of the Clotilda

By: Hannah Durkin

Narrated by: Tariye Peterside

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston’s rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors—the last documented survivors of any slave ship—whose lives diverged and... Read more

The End of Love

By: Sabrina Strings

Narrated by: Janice Lynn Sykes

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From Playboy to Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and “insufficiently white” women

More men than ever are refusing loving partnerships and commitment, and instead seeking out “situationships.” When these men deign to articulate what they are looking for in a steady partner, they’ll often rely... Read more

The Unapologetic Workbook for Black Mental Health

By: Rheeda Walker, PhD

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

There is a Black mental health crisis in our world today, and it is tied to disproportionately high rates of chronic illness, poverty, under-education, unacknowledged and untreated trauma, and structural racism. Depression, anxiety, and suicide were increasing before the global pandemic, but have since escalated even further. Whether you suffer... Read more

Fire Season

By: Gary Indiana

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

2022 NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK



"One of the most important chroniclers of the modern psyche." —The Guardian



Whether he's describing Tracy Emin or Warhol, the films of Barbet Schroeder ("Schroeder is well aware that life is not a narrative; that we impose form on the movements of chance, contingency, and impulse . . .") or the installations of... Read more

Aid State

By: Jake Johnston

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Haiti’s state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti’s... Read more

101 Historias para que los Extranjeros Entiendan a los Chinos

By: Shen Yi & Ai Binhong

Narrated by: Guadalupe García

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

101 Historias para que los Extranjeros Entiendan a los ChinosEn 101 historias para que los extranjeros entiendan alos chinos, Yi y Bryan Ellis cuentan anécdotas sobre su vidaen China para presentar elementos de la cultura, la etiquetay las relaciones interpersonales chinas.Cuando se trasladaron desde Nueva York a Shanghaihace tres años, leyeron... Read more

Fiestas Tradicionales de China

By: Wei Liming

Narrated by: Erika Flores

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Fiestas Tradicionales de ChinaLa fiesta es un transmisor muy importante de la emoción yel espíritu de la nación china. La cultura de las fiestas echaraíces profundamente en el pueblo, tiene una vitalidadmuy fuerte y fresca, tras cambios de tiempo, se haconvertido gradualmente en un patrimonio precioso de lacultura esplendorosa de la nación... Read more

I HEAR YOU

By: ANNETTE ROSE

Narrated by: ANNE WITTEN

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Many divorces or relationship breakdowns are predictable, and there's often a chance to salvage the connection. With "I HEAR YOU," divorce becomes an unnecessary option. This meticulously planned book offers relationship strategies, techniques, and activities supported by scientific studies, bringing balance, happiness, and fun back into your... Read more

RULES FOR A GOOD MARRIAGE

By: ANNETTE ROSE

Narrated by: SHANICE REYES

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you facing challenges in your marital relationship? Perhaps dealing with conflicts that threaten your marital happiness? This audiobook is the solution you've been seeking.Explore various aspects of marriage, from its definition to its evolution in the contemporary social context. Learn how to overcome destructive conflicts, strengthen your... Read more

BDSM for Beginners

By: More Sex More Fun Book Club & Melissa Beach

Narrated by: Nicole Rene

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Pain and pleasure. Punishment and reward. Is that what BDSM is all about? It's a big misconception that BDSM is all about punishing the sub. BDSM is a safe sexual roleplaying game between you and your partner. Adding just a small dose of BDSM lets you explore your kinky side in new ways. In this book, you will learn how to live out your sexual... Read more

BDSM for Beginners

By: More Sex More Fun Book Club & Melissa Beach

Narrated by: Nicole Rene

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

39 ready-to-use BDSM Roleplays.BDSM is a safe sexual roleplaying game between you and your partner. Adding just a small dose of BDSM lets you explore your kinky side in new ways. In this book, you get 57 ready-to-use BDSM roleplays that allow you to live out your sexual desires, explore your sexual fantasies, and experiment with pain and... Read more

Di sentire in sentire

By: Vitaliano Bilotta

Narrated by: Cristina Galardini

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Quattro elementi di un cenacolo si incontrano dopo essersi intensamente conosciuti durante la rivoluzione francese. Questi "sentire" che da incarnati sono chiamate "persone", completano adesso la "lezione evolutiva" iniziata in Francia nella vita precedente. Tutti viviamo la condizione umana per trascenderci, di vita in vita e oltre, fino... Read more

The Hidden Language

By: Laura Navarro & Joe Jackson

Narrated by: Bella Lovington

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Hidden Language: Decoding Body Language to Connect, Communicate, and Relate
This insightful book unlocks the secrets of nonverbal communication, revealing the powerful messages transmitted through gestures, postures, and expressions that often bypass words yet say so much more.
Introducing "The Hidden Language: Decoding Body Language to... Read more

What Iranians Want

By: Arash Azizi

Narrated by: Sara Bahadori

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The first major book on the uprisings in Iran in 2022 and 2023

On Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway – the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab inadequate. On Friday she is pronounced dead. By Sunday, women have taken to the... Read more

Das Uhrwerk des Lebens

By: Ulrich Bahnsen

Narrated by: Michael J. Diekmann

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Nie war der Traum vom ewigen Leben so aktuell wie heute. Jung, aktiv, gesund und attraktiv wollen wir sein, und das auch im hohen Alter. Nun haben Wissenschaftler das große Rätsel unserer Vergänglichkeit entschlüsselt. Und sie haben erste Techniken entwickelt, die den Alterungsprozess kontrollieren. Der Wissenschaftsjournalist Ulrich Bahnsen... Read more