Social Science audiobooks
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In Deep Water
By:
Peter Lehner
Narrated by:
Tom Weiner
Length:
4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged:
No
Deepwater Horizon was supposed to be the cutting edge of energy exploration: drilling five thousand feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, the $560 million rig would be indispensable in helping to solve the ongoing energy crisis.Then, on April 20, 2010, BP’s dismal safety record came home to roost. An explosion followed by a massive... Read more about In Deep Water
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How the Hippies Saved Physics
By:
David Kaiser
Narrated by:
Sean Runnette
Length:
12 hours 2 minutes
Abridged:
No
The surprising story of eccentric young scientists who stood up to convention—and changed the face of modern physicsIn the 1970s, amid severe cutbacks in physics funding, a small group of underemployed physicists in Berkeley decided to throw off the constraints of academia and explore the wilder side of science. Dubbing themselves the... Read more about How the Hippies Saved Physics
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Migrations and Cultures
By:
Thomas Sowell
Narrated by:
Robertson Dean
Length:
16 hours 26 minutes
Abridged:
No
Bestselling author Thomas Sowell brings his insight and erudition to bear on one of the key issues of our time—immigration—supplying context, insight, and reason to an inflamed debate that could very well dissolve the social fabric of our country.Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In... Read more about Migrations and Cultures
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Tinsel
By:
Hank Stuever
Narrated by:
Ray Porter
Length:
10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged:
No
In Tinsel, Hank Stuever searches out the most outlandish cultural excesses as well as the secret beauties of modern America’s half-trillion-dollar Christmas holiday.When Stuever’s narrative begins, he’s standing in line with the people waiting to purchase flat-screen TVs at Best Buy on Black Friday. From there he follows Tammy Parnell, the... Read more about Tinsel
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Race and Culture
By:
Thomas Sowell
Narrated by:
Tom Weiner
Length:
10 hours 55 minutes
Abridged:
No
Thomas Sowell is one of America’s leading voices on matters of race and ethnicity. In his book Inside American Education he surveyed the ills of American education from the primary grades to graduate school with “an impressive range of knowledge and acuity of observation,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Now in his book Race and Culture he... Read more about Race and Culture
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What Women Want
By:
Paco Underhill
Narrated by:
Mike Chamberlain
Length:
7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged:
No
Paco Underhill, the author of the hugely successful Why We Buy and Call of the Mall, reports on the growing importance of women in everybody’s marketplace—what makes a package, product, space, or service “female friendly.” Underhill offers a tour of the world’s marketplace—with shrewd observations and practical applications to help everybody... Read more about What Women Want
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The Terrorist Next Door
By:
Erick Stakelbeck
Narrated by:
Tom Weiner
Length:
7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged:
No
Al-Qaeda doesn't care about "Hope" and "Change."The threat of terrorism in America, the Obama administration assures us, is contained and controlled. Attempted attacks like the Times Square bombing, the "underwear bombing" on a flight over Detroit, and the attack on a Christmas-tree-lighting ceremony in Oregon were all isolated plots that... Read more about The Terrorist Next Door
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Anti-Americanism
By:
Jean-François Revel
Narrated by:
Christopher Lane
Length:
7 hours 19 minutes
Abridged:
No
After the 9/11 attack on the United States, the brief moment of global sympathy for America soon began giving way to blame. In France and other quarters of Europe, and elsewhere in the world, it was said that the Americans had brought this violence upon themselves. The United States was a “cowboy” nation disinclined to abide by the will of the... Read more about Anti-Americanism
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Ending the War on Drugs
By:
Dirk Chase Eldredge
Narrated by:
Jeff Riggenbach
Length:
6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged:
No
In this outstanding examination of the country’s most troubling problem, a conservative Republican shows how and why America is losing the war on drugs and makes an important contribution to the debate on alternative policies.Author Dirk Eldredge demonstrates how the drug war has led only to overcrowded courts and prisons, rising crime, official... Read more about Ending the War on Drugs
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Whatever It Takes
By:
Congressman J. D. Hayworth & Joseph J. Eule
Narrated by:
J. D. Hayworth
Length:
6 hours 25 minutes
Abridged:
No
What should we do to solve America's border crisis? Whatever it takes! That's the no-nonsense approach of Arizona congressman J. D. Hayworth, one of America's most outspoken and eloquent conservative spokesmen. J. D. has walked the border and seen firsthand the devastation that illegal immigration inflicts on law-abiding Americans. He's read the... Read more about Whatever It Takes
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Escape from Alcatraz
By:
J. Campbell Bruce
Narrated by:
John Lescault
Length:
8 hours 41 minutes
Abridged:
No
Mobster Al "Scarface" Capone; "Machine Gun" Kelly; Robert Stroud, a.k.a. the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate criminals went to Alcatraz Island, often referred to simply as "The Rock." This federal prison's conditions were so harsh that escape, riot, even death, were an inmate's only hope.This gripping true-crime classic was originally... Read more about Escape from Alcatraz
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Accountable
By:
Tavis Smiley
Narrated by:
Tavis Smiley
Length:
TBA
Abridged:
No
Tavis Smiley presents the successor to his two bestselling books, The Covenant of Black America and The Covenant in Action—Accountable will serve as a report card, holding the politicians accountable for what they have promised and holding the community responsible for its actions or inactions.In Accountable, New York Times bestselling author... Read more about Accountable
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Enough
By:
Gabrielle Giffords & Mark Kelly
Narrated by:
Mark Kelly
Length:
7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged:
No
Gabrielle Giffords's documentary Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down is now in theaters nationwide! Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership.After the 2011 Tucson shooting that nearly took her life, basic questions consumed... Read more about Enough
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Objection!
By:
Nancy Grace
Narrated by:
Marguerite Gavin
Length:
11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged:
No
As host of Closing Arguments on Court TV and Nancy Grace on CNN Headline News, Nancy Grace has won legions of devoted fans with her intelligent, plainspoken approach to the law. A passionate advocate of victims’ rights and outspoken critic of the often circus-like atmosphere surrounding high-profile cases, Grace addresses the critical issues at... Read more about Objection!
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Have You Seen My Country Lately?
By:
Jerry Doyle
Narrated by:
Jerry Doyle
Length:
8 hours 2 minutes
Abridged:
No
"I’ve seen my country lately. Frankly, I don’t like what I see. Nevertheless, it’s not too late to restore the great and unique wonder that is the United States. We are the beacon of hope for the world, and we will remain so as long as we stand up for our principles." In keeping with his no-holds-barred on-air style, conservative radio talk show... Read more about Have You Seen My Country Lately?
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Back in Action
By:
Capt. David Rozelle
Narrated by:
Patrick Lawlor
Length:
6 hours 43 minutes
Abridged:
No
They put a price on his head. They did everything they could to disrupt his mission. Finally, when an antitank mine tore off his right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most resourceful, determined foes. They were wrong.Refusing to let his injury stop him, Captain David Rozelle roared back into action,... Read more about Back in Action
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Class Action
By:
Clara Bingham & Laura Leedy Gansler
Narrated by:
Gabrielle de Cuir
Length:
15 hours 24 minutes
Abridged:
No
In the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment, until one found the courage to file the first sexual harassment class action suit in America, permanently changing the legal landscape.When the local iron mine began hiring women in 1975, Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, didn’t... Read more about Class Action
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Sabotage
By:
Rowan Scarborough
Narrated by:
Tom Weiner
Length:
6 hours 29 minutes
Abridged:
No
In this groundbreaking new book, bestselling author Rowan Scarborough reveals how CIA bureaucrats are undermining President Bush and the War on Terror through disinformation, incompetence, and outright sabotage. Using first-rate sources in all levels of national security, from field officers to high ranking analysts to former intelligence heads,... Read more about Sabotage
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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,... Read more about Creating a World without Poverty
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Heaven on Earth - Abridged
By:
Danny Seo
Narrated by:
Danny Seo
Length:
3 hours
Abridged:
Yes
Danny Seo is the remarkable young entrepreneur of altruism, the twenty-one-year-old recently honored with the 1998 "Oprah's Angel Network Award." In Heaven On Earth, he offers inspiration and practical advice for anyone who wants to join him in finding personal fulfillment by committing oneself to making a postive difference in the lives of... Read more about Heaven on Earth - Abridged
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Barack Like Me
By:
David Alan Grier
Narrated by:
David Alan Grier
Length:
6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged:
No
FROM GROWING UP IN DETROIT, where he marched as a ten-year-old with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama, where he narrowly avoided the Purple Tunnel of Doom but still saw nothing, David Alan Grier examines how he -- and America -- have changed for the better and the funnier. Within these pages,... Read more about Barack Like Me
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Red Star Rogue
By:
Kenneth Sewell
Narrated by:
Brian Emerson
Length:
12 hours 15 minutes
Abridged:
No
One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last. Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile.We now know that... Read more about Red Star Rogue
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The West’s Last Chance
By:
Tony Blankley
Narrated by:
Mark Warner
Length:
6 hours 25 minutes
Abridged:
No
The West, says author Tony Blankley in this shocking book, is down to its last chance. Within our lifetimes, Europe could become Eurabia, a continent overwhelmed by militant Islam that poses a greater threat to the United States than even Nazi Germany did. In The West’s Last Chance, Blankley shows how that could happen and how we can prevent... Read more about The West’s Last Chance
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America Alone
By:
Mark Steyn
Narrated by:
Brian Emerson
Length:
9 hours 54 minutes
Abridged:
No
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer of a muezzin. Europeans already do.Liberals tell us that “diversity is our strength”—while Talibanic enforcers cruise Greenwich Village burning books and barber shops, the Supreme Court decides that sharia law doesn’t violate the “separation of church... Read more about America Alone
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