Top Politics & Social Sciences Audiobooks

A spiritually transformative collection of Neville Goddard's works, Infinite Potential is an accessible and profound anthology from one of the greatest spiritual minds of the 20th century....

Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly....

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....

One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past 50 years, Gender Trouble argues that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, "essential" notion of the female, or indeed of gender....

This gripping true crime classic tells the story of life on The Rock and of 14 ingenious escape attempts by the prisoners....

This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading....

A brilliant new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't, by the author of the landmark best sellers Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse....

The stars and constellations are among the few remaining objects that appear to us just as they appeared to our distant ancestors. This nonfiction narrative presents the tales of the 48 classical constellations, compiled from literature spanning a thousand years....

Blackshirts and Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology. These terms are often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark....

Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II....

Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows, and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war....

"All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind...” in the quest for understanding one’s own mind, body, and soul, and to attain liberation, each man seeks spirituality as per his own means and understanding....

Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without human intervention....

2015 saw the worst American maritime disaster in decades. The captain of the SS El Faro commanded his crew to sail straight into a hurricane. The ship sank and all 33 crew members died. The sinking raised troubling questions.

From one of Australia's leading Indigenous journalists comes a collection of fierce and powerful essays proving why the media need to believe Black witnesses and showcasing ways that journalism can be used to hold the powerful to account and make the world a more equitable place.

The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Seneca....

Pretty, smart, and pampered, Audrey Marie Hilley grew up in a small Alabama town believing she was entitled to the best of everything. But marriage to her high school sweetheart, a cushy secretarial job, and motherhood were not enough to satisfy Marie....

In this classic work, Alasdair MacIntyre examines the historical and conceptual roots of the idea of virtue, diagnoses the reasons for its absence in personal and public life, and offers a tentative proposal for its recovery....

A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy....

Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how "domestic violence" is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking....