Politics & Economy audiobooks

Ponzi's Scheme - Abridged

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

Narrated by: David Birney

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance.

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous... Read more

Benjamin Franklin - Abridged

By: Walter Isaacson

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character.

Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative... Read more

It Takes a Village - Abridged

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In celebration of the tenth anniversary of It Takes a Village, this splendid edition includes photographs and a new Introduction by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A decade ago, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton chronicled her quest—both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public—to help make our society into the kind of village that enables... Read more

Blind Man's Bluff - Abridged

By: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew & Annette L. Drew

Narrated by: Tony Roberts

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the Navy's own negligence might have been responsible for... Read more

عودة الوعي - Abridged

By: توفيق الحكيم

Narrated by: عادل بو حسون

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"عودة الوعي" هي ليست مذكرات توفيق الحكيم مع الثورة وإنما هي مذكرات الثورة ذات نفسها. هذا الكتاب هو سرد لأحداث ثورة يوليو وما حدث في أعقابها في الفترة ما بين عام 1952 _1972. حيث يتحدث الحكيم الذي كان وقتها مديراً لدار الكتب المصرية عن يوم الأربعاء الثالث و العشرين من يوليو 1952 و عن ماعرف بحركة الضباط الأحرار وقتها و التى أجبرت فاروق على التنازل... Read more

The Long Goodbye - Abridged

By: Patti Davis

Narrated by: Patti Davis

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ronald Reagan’s daughter writes with a moving openness about losing her father to Alzheimer’s disease. The simplicity with which she reveals the intensity, the rush, the flow of her feelings encompasses all the surprises and complexities that ambush us when death gradually, unstoppably invades life.

In The Long Goodbye, Patti Davis describes... Read more

Abraham Lincoln - Abridged

By: George S. McGovern

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on... Read more

مبارك وزمانه من المنصة إلى الميدان - Abridged

By: محمد حسنين هيكل

Narrated by: علي سطوف

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ليس هناك من لم يسمع باسم الصحفي ورئيس تحرير صحيفة الأهرام الشهيرة لمدة سبعة عشر عاماً الكاتب والصحفي محمد حسنين هيكل، فهو من أبرز الصحفيين العرب في القرن العشرين، وهو يكتب ويحلل في السياسة منذ أيام الرئيس الراحل جمال عبد الناصر وحتى أيام حسني مبارك، وهو المطلع على الكثير من التفاصيل والدهاليز التي لا يعرفها الجميع، وهو الخبير في اللعبة السياسية،... Read more

مبارك وزمانه ماذا جرى في مصر ولها - Abridged

By: محمد حسنين هيكل

Narrated by: علي سطوف

Length: 16 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

مصر منذ أيام الرئيس حسني مبارك تحت اسم سلسلة (مبارك وزمانه)، فالكتاب الأول أتى بعنوان (مبارك وزمانه من المنصة إلى الميدان)، والثاني هو (ماذا جرى في مصر ولها؟) والثالث (مصر إلى أين) وهو يحتوي على حوارات ولقاءات أجراها الكاتب والصحفي من فبراير 2011 وحتى فبراير 2012. ويقول هيكل في مقدمة هذا الكتاب "هذه الصفحات تضم الجزء الأكبر مما قلته عن (مبارك)... Read more

Against All Enemies - Abridged

By: Richard A. Clarke

Narrated by: Richard A. Clarke

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it than Richard Clarke, the former Counterterrorism Czar for both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the man who has led our efforts against al Qaeda and all... Read more

الصهيونية والحضارة الغربية - Abridged

By: عبد الوهاب المسيري

Narrated by: حازم شاهين

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"شاع فى الخطاب التحليليى العربى أن الصهيونية تضرب بجذورها فى التوراة والتلمود والتقاليد الدينية والإثنية اليهودية. وأعتقد أن ثمة خللا تصنيفيًا أساسيًا هنا، فالصهيونية، كما نحاول أن نبين فى هذه الدراسة وغيرها من الدراسات، ذات جذور غربية ثم أضيفت لها ديباجات يهودية، فالبعد اليهودى فى معظم الأحيان بعد زخرفى تبريرى، أضيف من أجل مقدرته التعبوية. وقد... Read more

102 Minutes - Abridged

By: Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn

Narrated by: Ron McClarty

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers -- reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become... Read more

The Preacher and the Presidents - Abridged

By: Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No one man or woman has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years. They called him in for photo opportunities. They called for comfort. They asked about death and salvation; about sin and forgiveness.

At a time when the nation is increasingly split over the place of religion in public... Read more

Mort Sahl's America - Abridged

By: Mort Sahl

Narrated by: Mort Sahl

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mort Sahl has been described as one of the greatest political and social satirists of the 20th century. In Mort Sahl's America, the sophisticated political satirist exposes the grand follies of the powers that be. Deflating celebrity pretensions, he skewers liberals and conservatives alike. From Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, from Al Gore to Jesse... Read more

Newt Gingrich's Bedtime Stories for Orphans - Abridged

By: Cathy Crimmins

Narrated by: Tom Maeder

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich continues to be a polarizing figure in America. But fear not! The coauthor of Contract with America is always good for another tale or two, regaling youngsters with "The Three Little Pigs and the Perils of Subsidized Housing," "Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling," and "Hillary the Snow Queen—to name just a... Read more

We Stand With Ukraine - Abridged

By: Helen Dwyer & Julian Vignoles

Narrated by: Artem Nedostup & Oleksandra Pishcheiko Pishcheiko

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Uncover the inspiring stories of bravery and activism in the face of war with this powerful collection of essays and poems. Written by the front-line protestors at the Russian Embassy in Dublin, this book takes you on a journey of hope and courage as fifty determined individuals come together to stand against Russia's unprovoked invasion of... Read more

ZYGMUNT BAUMAN: RESÚMENES SELECCIONADOS - Abridged

By: MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU & MAURICIO FAU

Narrated by: MAURICIO FAU

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pensador clave del presente, este sociólogo polaco-británico de origen judío (fallecido en 2017), desarrolló profundos análisis en temáticas esenciales que atravesaron el siglo XX y se extienden al actual siglo: la Modernidad, el carácter "líquido" de la sociedad actual (amor incluido), las clases sociales, el Holocausto, el consumismo, la... Read more

Our Dumb World - Abridged

By: The Onion

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth, 73rd Edition features incorrect statistics on all of the Earth's 168, 182, or 196 independent nations.

It also features maps, including a fold-out world map at actual size. Readers will learn about every country from Afghanistan, "Allah's Cat Box," to the Ukraine, "The Bridebasket of... Read more

Forex Trading : A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Start Investing with Forex Trading - Abridged

By: Garth McCalister

Narrated by: Timothy Burke

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There are a lot of different options when it comes to investing your money. You can choose to go into the stock market, place it into a retirement plan, or even go into real estate. But many of these seem risky and like they aren’t going to provide the results that you want without a bit risk of losing all of your money. One of the best ways to... Read more

The Next Great Bubble Boom - Abridged

By: Harry S. Dent

Narrated by: Harry S. Dent

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

For over 15 years, New York Times bestselling author Harry S. Dent, Jr. has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early 90s, the economic expansion of the mid-90s, and the financial free-for-all of 1998-2000.
The Next Great Bubble Boom offers a... Read more

Lone Survivor - Abridged

By: Marcus Luttrell

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Follow along a Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and difficult choices.

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a... Read more

Fairknallt - Abridged

By: Marie Nasemann

Narrated by: Anne Düe

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Anleitung für eine bessere Welt: Grün gewinnt Marie Nasemann ist heute die wichtigste Botschafterin für faire Mode in Deutschland. Über ihren Blog und Social Media schärft das Model das Bewusstsein einer ganzen Generation für grüne Themen. Nachhaltig leben, damit unsere Kinder und Enkel auch noch über diesen Planeten laufen können, das... Read more

Wir sind das Klima! - Wie wir unseren Planeten schon beim Frühstück retten können (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Jonathan Safran Foer

Narrated by: Christoph Maria Herbst

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mit seinem Bestseller "Tiere essen" hat Jonathan Safran Foer weltweit Furore gemacht: Viele seiner Leser wurden nach der Lektüre Vegetarier oder haben zumindest ihre Ernährung überdacht. Nun nimmt Foer sich des größten Themas unserer Zeit an: dem Klimawandel. Der Klimawandel ist zu abstrakt, deshalb lässt er uns kalt. Foer erinnert an die Kraft... Read more

Cronkite - Abridged

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Douglas Brinkley presents the definitive, revealing biography of an American legend: renowned news anchor Walter Cronkite. An acclaimed author and historian, Brinkley has drawn upon recently disclosed letters, diaries, and other artifacts at the recently opened Cronkite Archive to bring detail and depth to this deeply personal portrait. He also... Read more