Audiobooks on Labor, Diversity, and Equity

Maid

Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

By: Stephanie Land
Narrated by: Stephanie Land
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

“This was an amazing book about her life and struggles. It was so much better being able to hear the author tell the story. I could feel the despair in her voice and it made the book so much more poignant. Read more

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The Jungle

By: Upton Sinclair
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 15 hours 58 minutes

Few books have so affected radical social changes as The Jungle, first published serially in 1906. Exposing unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in Chicago, Sinclair's novel gripped Americans by the stomach, contributing to the passage of the first Food and Drug Act. If you've never read this classic novel, don't be put off by its... Read more

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Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

By: Barbara Ehrenreich
Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers... Read more

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