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    The New Dark Ages

    The Instant Sunday Times bestseller about the End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society

    by James Marriott ...
    Narrated by James Marriott ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 23 min

    Reading built the modern world. It helped create democracy, science and reason.Now, books are dying, and people everywhere are losing the ability to read deeply or think rationally.The golden chain of knowledge linking reader to reader through history is breaking.The screen has replaced the page. Our free time has been colonised by addictive, infantilising slop. A culture of distraction is ... Read more

    £14.00

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    Don't Talk About Politics

    How to Change 21st-Century Minds

    by Sarah Stein Lubrano ...
    Narrated by Sarah Stein Lubrano ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 18 min

    Bloomsbury presents Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds, written and read by Sarah Stein LubranoDemocracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous and outdated myth: talking about politics can change people’s minds. It doesn’t.This provocative debut from a bold new voice combines a fascinating range of research to show us the psychological and sociological factors ... Read more

    £14.99

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    The Next Fix

    The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs

    by Kojo Koram ...
    Narrated by Kojo Koram ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 13 min

    'Fantastic . . . Kojo's case is clear and to my mind irrefutable' AKALA'Essential reading' CAROLINE LUCASThe future of drugs is here, and it's dangerously unequal.Over the last decade, the status quo around drugs has collapsed. Drugs once sold as safe cures have been revealed as ineffective or dangerous, while substances criminalised for generations are being reborn as breakthrough mental health ... Read more

    £24.99

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    Mother of Capital

    How Rent Gave Birth to Modernity

    by Matthew Costa ...
    Narrated by Matthew Costa ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 46 min

    ‘As some are pointing at rent to claim that we are moving out of capitalism and into “techno-feudalism”, it seems urgent to rethink the relation between capital and rent. In this inventive book, Costa takes us back into the womb of history to show that it was a transmutation of rent that gave birth to capital, and that the two never parted ways since then’ Xavier Lafrance, Professor, Université du ... Read more

    £24.99

  • Audiobook

    The Power Broker

    Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    by Robert A Caro ...
    Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

    Unabridged

    66 hours 8 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by ‘the greatest political biographer of our times’ (Sunday Times); chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time ... Read more

    £16.99

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    Against Tech Oligarchy

    Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry

    by JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine ...
    Narrated by Clarissa Redwine ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 1 min

    As tech bosses fall in line with the right, tech workers are fighting back. This is the rousing inside story of their movement—and the way it spawned an anti-worker backlash now reshaping the industry.After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, the tech industry sprang into action to oppose his right-wing agenda, with workers and CEOs alike joining mass mobilizations against the new president’s anti ... Read more

    £27.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Blockers

    Rebels in the Deep State

    by Michael Lewis ...
    Narrated by Michael Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    A wild ride through the destruction of the American government – and the unsung heroes who tried to stop it – by the No. 1 bestselling author of The Big ShortIn early 2025, an army of young men invaded the offices of US government. Armed with laptops and sleeping bags, a raft of prejudices and a bulletproof sense of mission instilled in them by their new boss, Elon Musk, t... ... Read more

    £16.99

  • Audiobook

    The Real Nigel Farage

    'Nigel Farage will hate this book almost as much as I liked it' - Alastair Campbell

    by John Sweeney ...
    Narrated by John Sweeney ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 25 min

    'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How ... Read more

    £24.99

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    House of Trump, House of Putin

    The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia

    by Craig Unger ...
    Narrated by Jason Culp ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 36 min

    Random House presents the audiobook edition of House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger, read by Jason Culp.House of Trump, House of Putin offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House.It is a chilling story that begins in the 1970s, when Trump m... ... Read more

    £11.99

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    All the Wrong Moves

    The must-read, explosive insider story and Sunday Times bestseller from the host of The Rest Is Politics US

    by Anthony Scaramucci ...
    Narrated by Anthony Scaramucci ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 46 min

    Narrated by Anthony Scaramucci and features a bonus, audio exclusive interview between Anthony Scaramucci and Dominic Sandbrook, co-host of The Rest is History.The explosive story of the biggest mistakes in US history – from White House insider turned host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics: US , Anthony Scaramucci.We’re living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come ... Read more

    £16.00

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    A Promised Land

    The powerful political memoir from the former US President

    by Barack Obama ...
    Narrated by Barack Obama ...

    Unabridged

    29 hours 10 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES AND AUDIBLE BESTSELLERA riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free ... Read more

    £25.99

  • Audiobook

    Ultra-Processed People

    The Definitive #1 Bestseller You Need to Understand Ultra-Processed Food

    by Chris van Tulleken ...
    Narrated by Chris van Tulleken ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 10 min

    THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT and DAILY MAIL as one of their BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023This audiobook contains ... Read more

    £14.99

  • Audiobook

    Who Owns England?

    How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

    by Guy Shrubsole ...
    Narrated by Malk Williams ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 4 min

    ‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once ... Read more

    £17.99

  • Audiobook

    The Audacity of Hope

    Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

    by Barack Obama ...
    Narrated by Barack Obama ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 10 min

    In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the ... Read more

    £11.99

  • Audiobook

    Philip

    The Final Portrait - The instant Sunday Times bestselling biography of the late Duke of Edinburgh and his life with the Queen

    by Gyles Brandreth ...
    Narrated by Gyles Brandreth ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 49 min

    The authoritative biography of Prince Philip, the late husband of Queen Elizabeth II, their marriage and their legacy.'It is a beautifully written book about a unique and extraordinary man. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best.' - DAILY EXPRESSThis is the story of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - the longest-serving consort to the longest-reigning sovereign in British ... Read more

    £25.99

  • Audiobook

    Feral

    Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding

    by George Monbiot ...
    Narrated by George Monbiot ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 47 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.**'Captivating. Will change the way you think about the natural world, and your place in it' Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallIn Feral, George Monbiot, one of the world's most celebrated radical thinkers offers a riveting tale of possibility and travel in the wild**How many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of this life, seeking to find our way into a ... Read more

    £13.99

  • Audiobook

    But What Can I Do?

    Why Politics Has Gone So Wrong, and How You Can Help Fix It

    by Alastair Campbell ...
    Narrated by Alastair Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 29 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. We have leaders who can't or shouldn't be allowed to lead. We endure governments that lie, and seek to undermine our democratic values. And we are confronted with policies that serve the interests of the privileged few. It's no surprise that so many of us feel frustrated, let down and ... Read more

    £14.99

  • Audiobook

    Free

    Coming of Age at the End of History

    by Lea Ypi ...
    Narrated by Lea Ypi, Rachel Bavidge ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford prize and the 2021 Costa Biography Award.Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political ... Read more

    £13.99

  • Audiobook

    The Room Where It Happened

    A White House Memoir

    by John Bolton ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 36 min

    JOHN BOLTON READS THE EPILOGUE!As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves.The result is a “scathing and revelatory” (The New Yorker) White House memoir that is the most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration, and one of the few to date by a top-level official. With ... Read more

    £26.99

  • Audiobook

    Regime Change

    The phenomenal bestseller making global headlines

    by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 7 min

    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A flabbergasting feat of political reporting . . . A news bomb on every page’ Tina Brown, Observer*‘*A blockbuster’ Guardian‘Gobsmacking’ Daily Mail‘Eye-popping’ Economist<... ... Read more

    £24.99

  • Audiobook

    The Climate Book

    by Greta Thunberg ...
    Narrated by Greta Thunberg, Nicholas Khan, Olivia Forrest, Amelia Stubberfield ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 13 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.**You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope - but only if we listen to the science before it's too late.In The ... Read more

    £16.99

  • Audiobook

    Left Out

    The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn

    by Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire ...
    Narrated by Matthew Spencer ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 48 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Left Out is the first full account of Labour's recent transformation and historic defeat.*The 2017 parliament began with Labour on the precipice of power, and its left-*most fringe - for so long alienated within its own party - closer to government than it had ever been. It ended with them even farther away than they started.From the peak of Jeremy Corbyn's popularity and ... Read more

    £16.99

  • Audiobook

    How Democracies Die

    The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

    by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...
    Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 24 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, read by Fred Sanders.Two Harvard professors explain the dangerous world we face todayDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the ... Read more

    £10.99

  • Audiobook

    The End of Policing

    by Alex S. Vitale ...
    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists, and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed: ... Read more

    £15.99 or Free with Kobo Plus