Politics & Social Sciences
64,238 titles
We're pleased to have you join us
30-day trial with Audible is available.
New Releases
-
Beyond Suspicion
- By: ITN Productions
- Narrated by: Yinka Bokinni
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this chilling true crime series, we tell the stories of pillars of the community who betrayed the trust of those around them and challenged what we all think about the people we’ve come to rely on. Police officers, teachers, doctors and nurses, we believe these people are here to protect us from harm, not cause it. This series looks at some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by people in positions of trust and examines the ripples their actions left on their community.
-
-
Just okay
- By Ham on 08-05-25
By: ITN Productions
-
Shaolin Spirit
- The Way to Self-Mastery
- By: Shi Heng Yi, Caroline Waight - translator
- Narrated by: Shi Heng Yi
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Shaolin is more than just the physical expression of martial arts. Rooted in Zen and Tao philosophy, it also offers a way of reconnecting our minds with our bodies through meditative movement to cultivate the core virtues of discipline and perseverance. In this book, Shi Heng Yi, founder of Shaolin Temple Europe and lay disciple of the Songshan Shaolin Temple, introduces us to the contemplative practice that underpins Shaolin – a way of life that has existed for over 1,500 years – and shows how it can help us today.
-
-
onderful book highly recommended
- By Nicole on 17-05-25
By: Shi Heng Yi, and others
-
I Am, I Can, I Will
- Silence Your Inner Critic, Wake Up Your Inner Coach, Reclaim Your Confidence and Power
- By: Gerry Hussey
- Narrated by: Gerry Hussey
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Our self-talk plays a significant role in what we manifest in our lives because our thoughts and beliefs shape our reality. Through his work coaching elite athletes, Gerry Hussey knows how to create a winning mindset. Here, he shares his most powerful tools of transformation. By learning how to cultivate the habit of running a consistently positive inner story, you will begin to take your energy away from the story of pain and fear and focus on a new story of confidence, empowerment and freedom.
By: Gerry Hussey
-
The New Age of Sexism
- How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny
- By: Laura Bates
- Narrated by: Laura Bates
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We like to think that we're gradually making progress towards equality. With the advent of ever more high-tech equipment at our fingertips, we tend to assume that progress will be hastened, as new technology is used in positive and democratising ways. But there is a new wave of technologies which threaten this notion. Deepfakes. The metaverse. Cyber brothels. With misogyny being baked into their design, these technologies are dragging women back to the dark ages.
By: Laura Bates
-
Is a River Alive?
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Robert Macfarlane
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the listener on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.
-
-
Beautifully read by the author
- By Amazon Customer on 13-05-25
-
Moral Ambition
- Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
- By: Rutger Bregman
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand, Rutger Bregman
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every day we’re bombarded with methods, mantras and life hacks that promise us wellness and prosperity – while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in, day out? Internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman shows us that with moral ambition – the will to make the world a wildly better place – we can be both idealistic and successful, and change the world along the way.
-
-
So many can act
- By Anonymous User on 14-05-25
By: Rutger Bregman
-
Beyond Suspicion
- By: ITN Productions
- Narrated by: Yinka Bokinni
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this chilling true crime series, we tell the stories of pillars of the community who betrayed the trust of those around them and challenged what we all think about the people we’ve come to rely on. Police officers, teachers, doctors and nurses, we believe these people are here to protect us from harm, not cause it. This series looks at some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by people in positions of trust and examines the ripples their actions left on their community.
-
-
Just okay
- By Ham on 08-05-25
By: ITN Productions
-
Shaolin Spirit
- The Way to Self-Mastery
- By: Shi Heng Yi, Caroline Waight - translator
- Narrated by: Shi Heng Yi
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Shaolin is more than just the physical expression of martial arts. Rooted in Zen and Tao philosophy, it also offers a way of reconnecting our minds with our bodies through meditative movement to cultivate the core virtues of discipline and perseverance. In this book, Shi Heng Yi, founder of Shaolin Temple Europe and lay disciple of the Songshan Shaolin Temple, introduces us to the contemplative practice that underpins Shaolin – a way of life that has existed for over 1,500 years – and shows how it can help us today.
-
-
onderful book highly recommended
- By Nicole on 17-05-25
By: Shi Heng Yi, and others
-
I Am, I Can, I Will
- Silence Your Inner Critic, Wake Up Your Inner Coach, Reclaim Your Confidence and Power
- By: Gerry Hussey
- Narrated by: Gerry Hussey
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Our self-talk plays a significant role in what we manifest in our lives because our thoughts and beliefs shape our reality. Through his work coaching elite athletes, Gerry Hussey knows how to create a winning mindset. Here, he shares his most powerful tools of transformation. By learning how to cultivate the habit of running a consistently positive inner story, you will begin to take your energy away from the story of pain and fear and focus on a new story of confidence, empowerment and freedom.
By: Gerry Hussey
-
The New Age of Sexism
- How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny
- By: Laura Bates
- Narrated by: Laura Bates
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We like to think that we're gradually making progress towards equality. With the advent of ever more high-tech equipment at our fingertips, we tend to assume that progress will be hastened, as new technology is used in positive and democratising ways. But there is a new wave of technologies which threaten this notion. Deepfakes. The metaverse. Cyber brothels. With misogyny being baked into their design, these technologies are dragging women back to the dark ages.
By: Laura Bates
-
Is a River Alive?
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Robert Macfarlane
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the listener on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.
-
-
Beautifully read by the author
- By Amazon Customer on 13-05-25
-
Moral Ambition
- Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
- By: Rutger Bregman
- Narrated by: Boris Hiestand, Rutger Bregman
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every day we’re bombarded with methods, mantras and life hacks that promise us wellness and prosperity – while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you making the most of them? Do you truly believe in what you do, day in, day out? Internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman shows us that with moral ambition – the will to make the world a wildly better place – we can be both idealistic and successful, and change the world along the way.
-
-
So many can act
- By Anonymous User on 14-05-25
By: Rutger Bregman
-
Year of the Rat
- Undercover in the British Far Right
- By: Harry Shukman
- Narrated by: Harry Shukman
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Far-right groups are now the most regular perpetrators of terrorist activity in the UK according to Prevent and are more visible than ever: on the streets, in the corridors of power. But how much do we really know about the myriad shadowy political collectives that have insinuated themselves into every stratum of British society? Harry Shukman, a researcher with HOPE not hate, set out to explore this secretive world that seemingly hides from us in plain sight.
By: Harry Shukman
-
He Said, She Said
- Truth, Trauma and the Struggle for Justice in Family Court
- By: Dr Charlotte Proudman
- Narrated by: Dr Charlotte Proudman
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Barrister Charlotte Proudman has represented countless women in cases spanning rape, domestic abuse, child abduction, forced marriage and female genital mutilation. She has seen first-hand how the family court deepens the trauma of vulnerable women, staking their futures on the biases of individual judges and forcing them to endure the torture of a judicial process that stretches over months and sometimes years.
-
-
Impossible delivery
- By Diana Rayfield on 05-05-25
-
Don't Forget We're Here Forever
- A New Generation's Search for Religion
- By: Lamorna Ash
- Narrated by: Lamorna Ash
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lamorna Ash was raised with about as much Christianity as most people in Britain these days: a basic knowledge of hymns and prayers received via a Church of England primary school education; occasional brushes with religious services. But once she started writing about her two friends’ unexpected conversions, she began encountering a recurring phenomenon: in an age of disconnection and apathy, a new generation was discovering religion for itself.
-
-
Captivating
- By Aberdeenshire on 15-05-25
By: Lamorna Ash
-
The Illegals
- Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West
- By: Shaun Walker
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Illegals captures the untold history of Russia's deep cover spy programme, following its evolution from the talented "great Illegals" of the 1920s and '30s up to the 21st century, when agents maintained their fake identities and loyalties even after the fall of the Soviet Union. Through hundreds of interviews and access to never-before- seen archives, Shaun Walker exposes the colourful history of the KGB's most secretive espionage project.
-
-
Loved it!
- By Paul on 05-05-25
By: Shaun Walker
-
Underdogs
- The Truth About Britain's White Working Class
- By: Joel Budd
- Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough, Joel Budd
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Thirty years ago, almost nobody talked about the white working class: in the House of Commons and the House of Lords the term had been used just three times in the previous two decades. Brexit helped to turn the group into a towering social and political force. But, in the aftermath, one-third of the population has been reduced to a cartoon. Veteran Economist journalist Joel Budd has spent years travelling around Britain, from Teesside to the Isle of Wight, south Wales to Lincolnshire. In Underdogs he offers a sharp corrective to the familiar stereotype of the white working class.
-
-
a must read
- By Liam_H on 14-05-25
By: Joel Budd
-
Allies at War
- The Politics of Defeating Hitler
- By: Tim Bouverie
- Narrated by: Tim Bouverie
- Length: 25 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Allies at War is a fast-paced, narrative history, based on material drawn from over a hundred archives. Using vivid, first-hand accounts and unpublished diaries, we enter the rooms where the critical decisions were made while going beyond the confines of the Grand Alliance to examine, among other themes, the doomed Anglo-French alliance, fractious relations with General de Gaulle and the Free French, and interactions with Poland, Greece and Nationalist China.
-
-
Excellent book, very enjoyable listen
- By Hp on 20-04-25
By: Tim Bouverie
-
It’s Probably Nothing
- Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It)
- By: Naga Munchetty
- Narrated by: Naga Munchetty
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Throughout history, women's pain and health issues have often been dismissed and viewed simply as an innate part of being female. Whether blamed on a wandering womb, witchcraft or still, to this day, being 'all in our heads' – women's health has been consistently misunderstood. As a result women have, and still are, missing out on receiving the healthcare they deserve. In ‘It’s Probably Nothing’, Naga Munchetty explores the difficulties of being heard, diagnosed and treated.
By: Naga Munchetty
-
How to Kill a Witch
- A Guide For The Patriarchy
- By: Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi
- Narrated by: Claire Mitchell, Zoe Venditozzi
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As a woman, if you lived in Scotland in the 1500s, there was a very good chance that you, or someone you knew, would be tried as a witch. Witch hunts ripped through the country for over 150 years, with at least 4,000 accused, and with many women's fates sealed by a grizzly execution of strangulation, followed by burning. Inspired to correct this historic injustice, campaigners and writers Claire Mitchell, KC, and Zoe Venditozzi, have delved deeply into just why the trials exploded in Scotland to such a degree.
By: Claire Mitchell, and others
-
Come What May
- Life-Changing Lessons for Coping with Crisis
- By: Lucy Easthope
- Narrated by: Lucy Easthope
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We all know that at some point in life, we will experience pain, uncertainty and loss. Widowhood, redundancy, a life-changing diagnosis, pregnancy loss, or a global pandemic. So how can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next? No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. She has been there after countless earthquakes, fires and floods. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy.
By: Lucy Easthope
-
The Spy and the Devil
- The untold story of the MI6 agent who penetrated Hitler’s inner circle
- By: Tim Willasey-Wilsey
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This is the forgotten tale of MI6's top spy in Nazi Germany and his bid to stop the Second World War. In the world of espionage, where the accounts of renowned spies often dominate the narrative, this is a rare gem - an untold story of a completely unknown spy. Baron William de Ropp, a Baltic German aristocrat, wasn't just any ordinary spy; he was MI6's top secret agent in Nazi Germany from 1931 to 1939, managing to escape Berlin just before war broke out. This unsung hero had direct access to Adolf Hitler and an inside track on the Nazi regime.
-
Proto
- By: Laura Spinney
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As the planet emerged from the last ice age, a language was born between Europe and Asia, by the Black Sea. This ancient tongue, which we call Proto-Indo-European, soon exploded out of its cradle, changing and fragmenting as it went, until its offspring were spoken from Scotland to China. Today those descendants constitute the world’s largest language family, the thread that connects disparate cultures: Dante’s Inferno to the Rig Veda, The Lord of the Rings to the love poetry of Rumi. Indo-European languages are spoken by nearly half of humanity. How did this happen?
By: Laura Spinney
-
Perfect Victims
- And the Politics of Appeal
- By: Mohammed El-Kurd
- Narrated by: Mohammed El-Kurd
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Palestine is a microcosm of the world: on fire, stubborn, fragmented, dignified. While a settler colonial state continues to inflict devastating violence, fundamental truths are deliberately obscured—the perpetrators are coddled while the victims are blamed and placed on trial. How we see Palestine reveals how we see each other; how we see everything else. Masterfully combining candid testimony, history, and reportage, Perfect Victims presents a powerfully simple demand: dignity for the Palestinian.
-
-
Stunningly brutal & beautiful
- By Z.H. on 14-05-25
By: Mohammed El-Kurd
-
Who Wants Normal?
- The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life
- By: Frances Ryan
- Narrated by: Ruth Madley
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Who Wants Normal? lifts the lid off a subject that is too often shrouded in awkwardness and silence. It offers support, inspiration and a sense of solidarity to the many, many women with disabilities and long-term health issues – as well as opening the eyes of anyone wanting to better understand the many facets of living with a disability.
-
-
This book is a must for disabled women .
- By mark on 29-04-25
By: Frances Ryan
-
Mythica
- A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It
- By: Emily Hauser
- Narrated by: Emily Hauser
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Mythica Emily Hauser tells, for the first time, the extraordinary stories of the real women behind some of the western world’s greatest legends. Following in their footsteps, digging into the history behind Homer’s epic poems, piecing together evidence from the original texts, recent astonishing archaeological finds and the latest DNA studies, she reveals who these women – queens, mothers, warriors, slaves – were, how they lived, and how history has (or has not – until now) remembered them.
-
-
Wonderful
- By Dubbin on 13-05-25
By: Emily Hauser
-
Ask Me How It Works
- Love in an Open Marriage
- By: Deepa Paul
- Narrated by: Deepa Paul
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the early hours of dawn in Amsterdam, Deepa Paul rises from her boyfriend’s bed. She gets dressed, slips away with a kiss and cycles home, where she is welcomed into the arms of her husband, whose contentment is mellow alongside her own. There isn’t a glimmer of shame, deception or guilt, only the honesty and compassion needed to make this kind of life possible — even if it wasn’t always this easy. Unexpectedly relatable and joyfully vibrant, this is one woman’s story of discovering her own desires and how to liberate them.
-
-
BORING
- By Nigel Deacon on 08-05-25
By: Deepa Paul
-
Apple in China
- The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
- By: Patrick McGee
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Apple isn’t just a brand; it’s the world’s most valuable company and creator of the 21st century’s defining product. The iPhone has revolutionized the way we live, work and connect. But Apple is now a victim of its own success, caught in the middle of a new Cold War between two superpowers. Investigative journalist Patrick McGee draws on 200 interviews with former Apple executives and engineers to reveal how Cupertino’s choice to anchor its supply chain in China has increasingly made it vulnerable to the regime’s whims.
By: Patrick McGee
-
Six Minutes to Winter
- Nuclear War and How to Avoid It
- By: Mark Lynas
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world is currently closer to superpower conflict than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. World War III is a real possibility, and with 12,000 warheads in the arsenals of more than half a dozen countries, we are standing on a nuclear knife edge. Despite receiving very little attention, nuclear war is a far greater threat to humanity's immediate survival than climate change. While climate heating threatens humanity over many decades, nuclear war could destroy civilisation in just a few hours.
By: Mark Lynas
-
Capitalism and Its Critics
- A Battle of Ideas in the Modern World
- By: John Cassidy
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestly
- Length: 23 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability of the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of the now dominant system of global capitalism, from colonialism and the Industrial Revolution to the ecological crisis and artificial intelligence. John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach: he tells the story through the eyes of the system’s critics.
By: John Cassidy
-
Hark
- How Women Listen
- By: Alice Vincent
- Narrated by: Alice Vincent, Fiona Hampton
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We’re told women are good at listening, but we rarely examine what they’re listening to, what their worlds sound like, or how it feels to be expected to listen in a world of noise made by men. Like so many of us, Alice Vincent had become overwhelmed by the sensory overload punctuating our every moment. And then, a baby’s heartbeat arrived. A rapid, pulsing whoosh of white noise. An undeniable rhythm. Once again, Alice’s life became cacophonous – both with a new child, but also with the societal pressures that motherhood holds.
By: Alice Vincent
-
Lawless
- How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes
- By: Leah Litman
- Narrated by: Leah Litman
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With the gravitas of Joan Biskupic and the irreverence of Elie Mystal, Leah Litman brings her signature wit to the question of what’s gone wrong at One First Street. In Lawless, she argues that the Supreme Court is no longer practicing law; it’s running on vibes. By “vibes,” Litman means legal-ish claims that repackage the politics of conservative grievance and dress them up in robes. Major decisions adopt the language and posture of the law, while in fact displaying a commitment to protecting a single minority: the religious conservatives and Republican officials.
By: Leah Litman
-
No One Wants to See Your D*ck
- A Handbook for Survival in the Digital World
- By: Jess Davies
- Narrated by: Jess Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As the epidemic of male violence towards women and young girls reaches terrifying new heights through new and expanding technologies, women's rights campaigner Jess Davies will help listeners to question society's understanding - or lack of - when it comes to consent. With a toolkit to understand and tackle online misogyny, No One Wants to See Your D*ck will arm a new wave of internet sleuths to take down the manosphere, one unsolicited pic at a time.
-
-
Great book!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-05-25
By: Jess Davies
-
Nobody Can Give You Freedom
- The Real Mission of Malcolm X
- By: Kehinde Andrews
- Narrated by: Kehinde Andrews
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Here, for the first time, Malcolm is rediscovered. On the centenary of his birthday, in a world shaken by decades of injustice and racism, Malcolm’s political mission is more urgent than ever. In Nobody Can Give You Freedom, Kehinde Andrews reveals his real revolutionary programme. Malcolm’s activism was his philosophy, and paying attention to it reveals the true cultural icon – who, if he were alive today, would tell us to pick up the mantle, and overturn this wicked system for good.
-
-
Excellent well thought out book
- By London Shopper on 10-05-25
By: Kehinde Andrews
-
Zbig
- The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Cold War Prophet
- By: Edward Luce
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 23 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zbigniew Brzezinski was a political strategist who rose to prominence as an intellectual architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War. As National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and a trusted advisor to US presidents from John F. Kennedy onwards, Brzezinski’s expertise helped shape global strategy at critical moments—most significantly as a key figure in the downfall of the Soviet Union.
By: Edward Luce
-
The Postal Paths
- Rediscovering Britain’s Forgotten Trails And The People Who Walked Them
- By: Alan Cleaver
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Postal paths span the length and breadth of Britain - from the furthermost corners of the Outer Hebrides to the isolated communities clinging to the cliffs of the Rame Peninsula in south-east Cornwall. For over 200 years, postmen and women have delivered post to homes across Britain on foot, no matter how remote. A chance remark by a farmer about a Postman's Path led Alan Cleaver on a quest to discover more about this network of lanes, short-cuts and footpaths in the British landscape.
By: Alan Cleaver