Politics & Economy audiobooks

Communism

By: Richard Pipes
Narrated by: George Wilson
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No

From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the Cold War, and finally, to its deterioration and collapse. Read more »

The Case for Peace

By: Alan M. Dershowitz
Narrated by: Alan M. Dershowitz
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling author Alan Dershowitz presents a persuasive roadmap for achieving a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. As he did in his widely acclaimed work The Case for Israel, the renowned defender of civil liberties offers compelling-and sometimes controversial -solutions for ending this bloody, divisive conflict.... Read more »

The Cheating Culture

By: David Callahan
Narrated by: Richard Davidson
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No

In this provocative audiobook author David Callahan examines the cheating epidemic-at work, in school, on the ballfield and everywhere else-that is the new American plague. Now more than ever, people are bending rules and breaking laws to get what they want. From the Enron scandal to the dot-com collapses to the plagiarism that has rocked the... Read more »

The Great Awakening

By: Jim Wallis
Narrated by: Jim Wallis
Length: 14 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No

What will it take to solve the biggest issues of our time: extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human trafficking, health care and education, and other pressing problems? While Washington offers only the politics of blame and fear, Jim Wallis, the man who...

The Bush Tragedy

By: Jacob Weisberg
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 9 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No

In this first important consideration of the George W. Bush presidency and its profound impact on the state of the world, Jacob Weisberg traces the evolution of Bush’s political philosophy from its roots in his early life and his years as governor of Texas through the events of 9/11 and his turbulent two terms in office. With careful analyses,...

Homo Politicus

By: Dana Milbank
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No

Washington's most acerbic (and feared) columnist, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, skewers the peculiar and alien tribal culture of politics.

Deep within the forbidding land encircled by the Washington Beltway lives the tribe known as Homo politicus. Their ways are strange, even repulsive, to civilized human beings; their arcane rites often... Read more »

A Bound Man

By: Shelby Steele
Narrated by: Richard Allen
Length: 3 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling and controversial author Shelby Steele comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues that confront presidential candidate Barack Obama in his race for the White House, a quest that will be one of those galvanizing occasions that forces a national dialogue on the current state of race relations... Read more »

The Boys' Crusade

By: Paul Fussell
Narrated by: Joel Leffert
Length: 4 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No

National Book Award Winner Paul Fussell tells the breathtaking story of WWII from the young soldiers' points of view. WWII was not the glorified picture it is often depicted to be. For the American soldier it was a tiring, emotional, and gruesome experience. Fussell's extensive details and insight help to make this story come alive. Read more »

The Assassins' Gate

By: George Packer
Narrated by: Richard Poe
Length: 19 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No

Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award, George Packer is a venerated staff writer for The New Yorker-with four tours on assignment in Iraq. With The Assassins' Gate, he offers a penetrating work of journalism on the United States' occupation of Iraq. The Assassins' Gate, dubbed so by American soldiers, is the entrance to the American zone in the... Read more »

Comeback

By: David Frum
Narrated by: Lloyd James
Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No

At a moment of crisis and pessimism for American conservatives, David Frum offers fresh ideas—and fresh hope.

Not in a generation has conservatism been in as much trouble as it is at the end of the Bush years. A majority of Americans say the country is "on the wrong track." Voters prefer Democrats over Republicans on almost every issue,... Read more »

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli
Narrated by: Nelson Runger
Length: 3 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No

Witty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, this work is a must-listen for anyone interested in politics and power. The world-renowned philosopher's classic treatise reveals the techniques and strategies for gaining and keeping political control. "How we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what... Read more »

American Ground

By: William Langewiesche
Narrated by: Richard Davidson
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

Noted author, war correspondent, and award-winning writer for the Atlantic Monthly, William Langewiesche furnishes a riveting firsthand account of the excavation of the World Trade Center ruins following its destruction on September 11, 2001. American Ground is an inspiring look at the often contentious mixture of personalities, politics, and... Read more »

Memo to the President Elect

By: Madeleine Albright
Narrated by: Madeleine Albright
Length: 10 hours
Abridged: No

The next president, whether Democrat or Republican, will face the daunting task of repairing America's core relationships and tarnished credibility after the damage caused during the past seven years. In Memo to the President Elect, former secretary of state and bestselling author Madeleine Albright offers provocative ideas about how to confront...

Creating a World without Poverty

By: Muhammad Yunus
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

Over the last few decades, free markets have swept the globe and brought positive change. Nevertheless, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty because of its view of people as one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including spiritual, social,...

Three Little Words

By: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Narrated by: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No

“Sunshine, you’re my baby and I’m your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she’s not your mama.” Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the...

Generals in Bronze

By: William B. Styple
Narrated by: John Lescault
Length: 15 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No

In the decades that followed the American Civil War, artist James E. Kelly (1855–1933) conducted in-depth interviews with more than forty Union generals in an effort to accurately portray them in their greatest moment of glory. “I had always felt a great lack of certain personal details,” Kelly explained. “I made up my mind to ask from the...

Utopia

By: Thomas More
Narrated by: James Adams
Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No

In this political work written in 1516, Utopia is the name given by Sir Thomas More to an imaginary island. Book I ofUtopia, a dialogue, presents a perceptive analysis of contemporary social, economic, and moral ills in England. Book II is a narrative describing a country run according to the ideals of the English humanists, where poverty,...

The Final Move Beyond Iraq

By: Mike Evans
Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
Length: TBA
Abridged: No

Could we lose the war on terror? America is fighting for its life in the first war of the twenty-first century. The battle is for the soul of America, and ground zero is Iraq. While the United States debates, the terrorists are claiming victory and planning to take their show to American soil once again. In The Final Move Beyond Iraq,... Read more »

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli
Narrated by: Rider Strong
Length: TBA
Abridged: No

When Lorenzo de Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria, Niccolo Machiavelli, which set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. Suddenly finding himself without a job after 14 years of patriotic service, Machiavelli set a precedent for many... Read more »

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Middle East

By: Martin Sieff
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No

Think all the trouble in the Middle East started with the birth of Israel? Guess again.

In this informative, iconoclastic book, veteran foreign correspondent Martin Sieff offers a jaw-dropping survey of the history and politics of a region that people know surprisingly little about, even though it's never off the front pages of the newspapers.The...

Free Lunch - Abridged

By: David Cay Johnston
Narrated by: David Cay Johnston
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes

The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposé. Read more »

Bad Samaritans

By: Ha-Joon Chang
Narrated by: Jim Bond
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

With irreverent wit, an engagingly personal style, and a battery of real-life examples, Ha-Joon Chang blasts holes in the “World Is Flat” orthodoxy of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty. On the contrary, Chang...

The Fighting 69th

By: Sean Michael Flynn
Narrated by: Erik Steele
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No

On the eve of September 11, 2001, New York City’s famous National Guard regiment, the fighting 69th Infantry, was not fit for duty. Most of its soldiers were immigrant kids with no prior military experience, their uniforms were incomplete, and their equipment was derelict. The thought of deploying such a unit was laughable. Sean Flynn, himself a... Read more »

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher

By: Nicholas Wapshott
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No

It is well known that Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were close allies and kindred political spirits. During their eight overlapping years in office, the U.S. president and the U.K. prime minister worked together to promote lower taxes, deregulation, free trade, and an aggressive stance against the Soviet Union.

But according to Nicholas... Read more »