Social Science audiobooks
Live to See the Day
By: Nikhil Goyal
Narrated by: Christopher F. Costa
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
An indelible portrait of three children struggling to survive in the poorest neighborhood of the poorest large city in America
Kensington, Philadelphia, is distinguished only by its poverty. It is home to Ryan, Giancarlos, and Emmanuel, three Puerto Rican children who live among the most marginalized families in the United States. This is the... Read more
Lieben lernen – Alles über Verbundenheit (ungekürzt)
By: bell hooks
Narrated by: Luise Georgi
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
»Frauen, die sich für die Liebe entscheiden, müssen klug, waghalsig und mutig sein.« Ein großartiges Plädoyer für die Macht der Liebe Liebe(n) geht uns alle an. Unsere Sehnsucht und Suche nach Liebe hören nie auf. Egal wie alt wir sind. Warum fällt es uns dennoch so schwer, den wahren Stellenwert der Liebe gesellschaftlich anzuerkennen?... Read more
View audiobookDream Town
By: Laura Meckler
Narrated by: Debi Tinsley & Laura Meckler
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America?
In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what’s being done to move forward—in... Read more
Containing Big Tech
By: Tom Kemp
Narrated by: Dave Clark
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies
Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies—Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives. But their intrusiveness and our dependence on them have created pressing threats to our civil... Read more
Desire
By: Lauren Fogel Mersy & Jennifer A. Vencill
Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A radically inclusive, sex-positive guide to managing the inevitable libido differences in our relationships, authored by two certified sex therapists who are passionate about good sex
2024 Distinguished Book Award Winner, selected by the American Psychological Association’s Division 44
Desire invites readers of all ages, genders, sexual... Read more
They Called Us Exceptional
By: Prachi Gupta
Narrated by: Prachi Gupta
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
“In this vulnerable and courageous memoir, Prachi Gupta takes the myth of the exceptional Indian American family to task.”—The Washington Post
“I read it in one sitting. Wow. It aims right at the tender spot where racism, sexism, and family dynamics collide, and somehow manages to be both searingly honest and deeply compassionate.”—Celeste Ng,... Read more
The Ark of Taste
By: David S Shields & Giselle Kennedy Lord
Narrated by: Melissa Miranda
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Explore the heritage foods that give the United States its culinary identity, in this visual encyclopedia for curious eaters and gardeners.
The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of our nation's food heritage preserving treasures passed down for generations—some rare, some endangered, all delicious.
Created by Slow Food USA, the Ark shines light... Read more
The ASWB LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker Study Guide: Comprehensive Edition
By: SMG & Tiffany Boleyn
Narrated by: Lynnda Nelson
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Obtain a stellar score on the ASWB LCSW Exam and make a big difference in others’ lives as a licensed clinical social worker!If you are passionate about exercising skills like empathy, communication, dependability, critical thinking, and cultural awareness, then this is undoubtedly the profession for you.The overall employment rate of clinical... Read more
View audiobookMarried Women Who Love Women
By: Carren Strock
Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli
Length: 13 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Originally written in the 1990s, this book remains a key resource for women in heterosexual marriages who discover, or are coming to terms with, their lesbianism or bisexuality.
Celebrating twenty-five years since first publication, this book shares the author's personal story, as well as the descriptive experience of others, to provide... Read more
The Perennials
By: Mauro F. Guillén
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Get the best from accelerating social change with the new audiobook from the bestselling author of 2030 and “acclaimed thought leader” (Kirkus), Mauro Guillén. Adam Grant praises how the book "invites us to rethink our careers, our families, and our future plans.” Find out why business leaders and bestselling authors around the world are calling... Read more
View audiobookHow States Shaped Postwar America
By: Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Narrated by: narrator
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book.
The history of public policy in postwar America tends to fixate on developments at the national level, overlooking the crucial work done by individual states in the 1960s and ’70s. In this book, Nicholas Dagen Bloom demonstrates the significant and enduring impact of activist states in... Read more
Gossip Men
By: Christopher M. Elias
Narrated by: narrator
Length: 9 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book. J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn were titanic figures in midcentury America, wielding national power in government and the legal system through intimidation and insinuation. Hoover’s FBI thrived on secrecy, threats, and illegal surveillance, while McCarthy and Cohn will... Read more
View audiobookThe New World Order: The History of the World’s Most Notorious Global Conspiracy Theory
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Steve Knupp
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Conspiracy theories, and particularly the belief that elements of the world are secretly controlled by individuals or groups, have been around for as long as people have lived in groups. Perhaps that’s inevitable - after all, those who are excluded from power are very likely to be inclined to see their position not as an outcome of their own... Read more
View audiobookDiversidad Sexual
By: Oslos Molina
Narrated by: Oslos Molina
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
La diversidad sexual hace referencia a todas las posibilidades que tienen las personas de asumir, expresar y vivir la sexualidad, así como de asumir expresiones, preferencias u orientaciones, identidades sexuales y de género —distintas en cada cultura y persona. Read more
View audiobookJe band met Nederland - Verhuisd naar Spanje (Formy & Jaap)
By: Peter de Ruiter
Narrated by: Peter de Ruiter
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Voor liefhebbers van 'Ik vertrek', 'Erica op reis' en de programma's van Floortje Dessing.Elk jaar emigreren ongeveer 40.000 Nederlanders naar het buitenland. Wat is hun verhaal? En in hoeverre voelen ze zich nog verbonden met Nederland?In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over... Read more
View audiobookIMPROVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
By: Hazel Robinett
Narrated by: Evan Brown
Length: 2 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
"Improve Communication Skills" is a comprehensive guide to improving your communication skills in all areas of your life.Whether you are looking to improve your professional or personal relationships, this book will provide you with the tools and strategies you need to effectively communicate with others.Here are some key topics covered in the... Read more
View audiobookConfesiones 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
View audiobookNo Meat Required
By: Alicia Kennedy
Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
No Meat Required is a bestselling culinary and cultural history of plant-based eating in the United States that delves into the subcultures and politics that have defined alternative food—Diet for a Small Planet for a new generation
The vegan diet used to be associated only with eccentric hippies and tofu-loving activists who shop at co-ops and... Read more
The Place We Make
By: Sarah L. Sanderson
Narrated by: Sarah L. Sanderson & Chanté Griffin
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
A thoughtful investigation into the incredible true story of a Black man convicted and exiled under the Oregon Exclusion Law in 1851—and a contemporary White woman wrestling with racism and faith after learning she’s a descendant of two men who assisted in the exile.
“A beautiful rendering of an ugly history. A worthy read.”—Chanté Griffin,... Read more
How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?
By: Suchitra Vijayan & Francesca Recchia
Narrated by: Anu Anand, Sam Dastor, Sahera Chohan, Raj Ghata...
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. The BJP's political dream is clear: to achieve the ethno-nationalist aim of an exclusively 'Hindu' India, while targeting anyone who dares to question or dissent.In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia... Read more
View audiobookP.S. Burn This Letter Please
By: Craig Olsen
Narrated by: Tony Casey (The Established, Shanda Leer)
Length: 3 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha Velour
Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing
In the 1950s, as now, queer people were attracted to the Big Apple because they were able to find work as drag performers and female impersonators in a small number of Lower East Side clubs.
Decades before Stonewall, they occupied... Read more
The Great White Bard
By: Farah Karim-Cooper
Narrated by: Farah Karim-Cooper & Adjoa Andoh
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, The New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly
As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant?
Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his... Read more
In Defense of Love
By: Ron Rosenbaum
Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From the acclaimed author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler comes a stirring manifesto on love in the modern age.
Who wrote the book of love?
In an impassioned polemic, Ron Rosenbaum—who has written books on the mysteries of Hitler’s evil, the magic of Shakespeare’s words, and the terrifying power of thermonuclear explosions—takes on... Read more
Abortion
By: Pauline Harmange
Narrated by: Jennifer Smith
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of I Hate Men, a personal and political reflection on abortion rights.
Discussion about abortion and associated rights are often limited to either "anti-abortion" or "pro-choice," the latter of which focuses on the importance of having the right to choose, rather than on what that right means for real people.
In this timely essay,... Read more