Top Politics & Social Sciences Audiobooks

At Uluru, an invitation was issued to the Australian people. With the upcoming referendum, the nation will decide whether to accept that invitation....

Reclaiming Parkland details the failed attempt of Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to make Vincent Bugliosi’s book about the Kennedy assassination, Reclaiming History, into a miniseries....

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.

Australian politics is shifting. The two-party system was broken at the last federal election, and another minority government is a real possibility in the future. Politics-as-usual is not enough for many voters....

Lyndon Baines Johnson was a man of great ambition and enormous greed, both of which, in 1963, would threaten to destroy him....

If you believe in luck — or if you absolutely do not believe in luck, join Associate Professor of Philosophy Daniel Breyer as he makes the case for the essential role that luck plays in our lives — and has played throughout human history....

For 40 years John Hadden and his father of the same name fought at the dinner table over politics, art, and various issues concerning America....

The first biography of Capone to focus on his youth in Brooklyn and the events that shaped him into one of history’s most notorious criminals....

A leading thinker of the Stoic school of philosophy, Epictetus (A.D. 55-135) was a renowned teacher whose students transcribed and compiled his teachings; this collection presents the work of Arrian, a Greek philosopher and historian who was a disciple of Epictetus.

Author Mick West shares over a decade's worth of knowledge and experience investigating and debunking false conspiracy theories through his forum, MetaBunk.org, and sets forth a practical guide to helping friends and loved ones recognize these theories for what they really are....

As Professor Constance Kassor reveals in the 10 illuminating lectures of Religious Lessons from Asia to the World, the complex and diverse faith systems of Tibet, China, India, and other Asian countries offer a number of important teachings and ideas that can help us become better people....

In this monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning work, revised in 2002, David Shipler delves into the origins of prejudices that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism....

Come and meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to batsquatch and beyond....

In the eight lectures of The Abolitionists, Professor Kellie Carter Jackson of Wellesley College will bring you along as she traces the history of the fight to end slavery in America, from its relatively quiet origins to the turning point at Harper’s Ferry to the Civil War.

An American officer presents an invaluable handbook for dealing with cultural issues in the Middle East during military operations....

Old Sparky covers the history of capital punishment in America and the "current wars" between Edison and Westinghouse, which led to the development of the electric chair....

In Bravo Company, journalist and combat veteran Ben Kesling tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of the men of one unit, part of a combat-hardened parachute infantry regiment in the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division....

You think you know about Islam....

Boom. On July 16, 1945, a fireball erupted in the sky over a remote desert in New Mexico - and the world changed forever. That fireball was the culmination of a dramatic race to harness the power of the atom itself in order to save the world from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan....

St. George William Joseph Stock's 'A Guide to Stoicism' is a comprehensive exploration of the principles and practices of Stoic philosophy.