Top Politics & Social Sciences Audiobooks

In These Six Things Will Kill You, medical historian Brandy Schillace introduces you to half a dozen deadly forces, often microscopic and invisible, that might be coming for you at this very moment....

Practical answers to the urgent moral questions of our time from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism....

I Spy: The U.S., Cuba, and the Secret Deal That Ended the Cold War describes how the agreement reshaped the relationship between the two countries—until it didn’t.

AnamThubten, in remarkably easy-to-understand language, provides teachings for doing exactly that, based on the wisdom of the Buddhist traditions....

This is the story of an important period in rock music, but also of the harsher results of the sixties....

Strap on your pith helmet for a rollicking ride through some of history’s most colorful events....

The Thin Line looks at the promise and the peril of GLP-1s today, and explores what will happen in the near future with the democratization of these breakthrough drugs.

More than any writer before or since, Louis L'Amour brought the American West to life....

In the second installment of Backfired, cohosts Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Pardes look at the unintended consequences of the ADHD industry, and trace the surprising path that brought us here.

What is "the big lie" of the Democratic Party? That conservatives - and President Donald Trump in particular - are fascists. Nazis, even....

The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated.

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes listeners across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides....

In the six volumes of the Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world....

One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last....

A fascinating look at the relationship between two strong-willed women, Libertarians on the Prairie is also the deconstruction of an American myth....

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, Postman chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it....

In Beyond Happiness, Bayda draws on Zen teachings to question our conventional notions about what happiness is and where we can find it....

For the first time, the great depth and diversity of Taoist spirituality is introduced in a single, accessible manual....

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....

In this immersive exploration, Kelley connects the story of enslaved people in the United States to their origins in Africa as never before....