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Social & Cultural Studies Audiobooks

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    The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

    American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

    by Tim Alberta ...
    Narrated by Tim Alberta ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 16 min

    The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement.Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in America today. In his seminal new book, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The Wager

    A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

    by David Grann ...
    Narrated by David Grann, Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 28 min

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Prequel

    An American Fight Against Fascism

    by Rachel Maddow ...
    Narrated by Rachel Maddow ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 9 min

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis.“A ripping read—well rendered, fast-paced and delivered with the same punch and assurance that she brings to a broadcast. . . ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Ours Was the Shining Future

    The Story of the American Dream

    by David Leonhardt ...
    Narrated by Dan John Miller ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 52 min

    **The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist behind The New York Times's “The Morning” newsletter.“With the even-handed incisiveness that has made him one of the country’s most-respected voices on economics, David Leonhardt illuminates the inside history of the players and missteps that have ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The Squad

    AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution

    by Ryan Grim ...
    Narrated by Ryan Grim ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 15 min

    A riveting insider account of the progressive movement in Congress centering A.O.C., Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar—their rise, their efforts to set an ambitious agenda for the country, and their struggle to find their footing within the Democratic party.The Squad is the definitive, must-read book about the most exciting figures defining our new era. The ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Appeasement

    Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War

    by Tim Bouverie ...
    Narrated by John Sessions ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 3 min

    A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER • A gripping new history of the British appeasement of Hitler on the eve of World War II“An eye-opening narrative that makes for exciting but at times uncomfortable reading as one reflects on possible lessons for the present.”—Antonia Fraser, author of Mary Queen of ScotsOn a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    A Thread of Violence

    A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

    by Mark O'Connell ...
    Narrated by Mark O'Connell ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 25 min

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning author comes the gripping tale of one of the most scandalous murderers in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion.“A masterpiece”—The Observer • “Disturbing [and] compelling”—Colm Toíbín • “Superb and unforgettable"—Sally Rooney • “Brilliant”—New York Times Book Review • “A ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Where the Wind Leads

    A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption

    by Dr. Vinh Chung ...
    Narrated by Josh Aaron ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 23 min

    The remarkable first-hand account of Vinh Chung, a Vietnamese refugee, and his family’s daring escape from communist oppression for the chance of a better life in America. Discover a story of personal sacrifice, redemption, endurance against almost insurmountable odds, and what it truly means to be American.Vinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The War of Return

    by Einat Wilf, Adi Schwartz ...
    Narrated by Einat Wilf ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 16 min

    Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no "right of return."In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Directorate S

    The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    by Steve Coll ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    28 hours 30 min

    **Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book Award for NonfictionFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11**Prior to 9/11, the United States had ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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    Tired of Winning

    Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

    by Jonathan Karl ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Karl ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image—and the wreckage he’s left in his wake.Packed with new reporting, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party tracks Trump’s improbable journey from disgraced and defeated former president to the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    "You Just Need to Lose Weight"

    And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

    by Aubrey Gordon ...
    Narrated by Aubrey Gordon ...
    Series series Myths Made in America

    Unabridged

    7 hours 11 min

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN INDIE BESTSELLER**“One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her.”—Jameela Jamil, iWeigh PodcastThe co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice**The pushback that shows ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Vory

    Russia's Super Mafia

    by Mark Galeotti ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western listeners can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, a group that has survived and thrived amid the changes brought on by Stalinism, the Cold War, the Afghan War, and the end of the Soviet experiment. The vory-as the Russian mafia is also known-was born ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Strange Rites

    New Religions for a Godless World

    by Tara Isabella Burton ...
    Narrated by Tara Isabella Burton ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    A sparklingly strange odyssey through the kaleidoscope of America's new spirituality: the cults, practices, high priests and prophets of our supposedly post-religion age.Fifty-five years have passed since the cover of Time magazine proclaimed the death of God and while participation in mainstream religion has indeed plummeted, Americans have never been more spiritually busy.While rejecting ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

    A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

    by Rashid Khalidi ...
    Narrated by Rashid Khalidi, Fajer Al-Kaisi ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 30 min

    **This program includes an introduction read by the author.A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.**In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed by the Zionist call to create a Jewish national home in Palestine, wrote a letter aimed at Theodore ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Controligarchs

    Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life

    by Seamus Bruner ...
    Narrated by John Pruden ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 45 min

    "Controligarchs peers into the future and provides a haunting and revelatory exposé of the globalist elite’s playbook for the next five years.”- Peter Schweizer, author of Red-Handed, Clinton Cash, and Profiles in CorruptionImagine a world in which you own nothing and rent everything. Most of the protein in your diet comes from bugs. You are not allowed to have more than one child, and your ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Hero's Journey, The

    Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

    by Joseph Campbell ...
    Narrated by David deVries, Patrick Lawlor, Emily Sutton-Smith ...
    Series series The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

    Unabridged

    8 hours 56 min

    Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This masterfully crafted book interweaves conversations between Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, filmmaker David Kennard, Doors drummer John Densmore, psychiatric pioneer Stanislov Grof, Nobel laureate ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    American Cosmic

    UFOs, Religion, Technology

    by D.W. Pasulka ...
    Narrated by Norah Tocci ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 55 min

    More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions. Over the course of a six-year ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    A Million Years in a Day

    A Curious History of Everyday Life From the Stone Age to the Phone Age

    by Greg Jenner ...
    Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 25 min

    Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The 48 Laws of Power

    by Robert Greene ...
    Narrated by Don Leslie ...

    Abridged

    9 hours 53 min

    Cunning, instructive, and amoral, this controversial bestseller distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. Law 1: Never Outshine the Master. Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions. Law 7: Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit. Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally. Law 33: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew. These are the laws of power in their unvarnished ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    A Light in the Dark

    Surviving More Than Ted Bundy

    by Kathy Kleiner Rubin, Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi ...
    Narrated by Roxana Ortega ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 28 min

    When Kathy Kleiner survived Ted Bundy’s attack to testify against him, the news media swarmed the courthouse. Young women sat in the courtroom and fawned at him from a distance, staring Kathy down. Within a year, one of the serial killer’s friends published a book about him, describing him as intelligent and crafty. She made his victims seem naive and stupid, as if they could have prevented their ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Hero with a Thousand Faces, The

    by Joseph Campbell ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey, John Lee, Susan Denaker ...
    Series series The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell

    Unabridged

    14 hours 37 min

    Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In this book, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    A People's History of the United States

    by Howard Zinn ...
    Narrated by Jeff Zinn ...

    Unabridged

    34 hours 10 min

    THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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    The Wisdom of Crowds

    Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations

    by James Surowiecki ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 32 min

    In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future.With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as ... Read more

    $17.99 USD