Explore global issues with the best political and social science audiobooks for engaged minds. From policy analysis to social justice storytelling, these top-rated titles offer perspective and depth for active listeners.
Author: Dominic Perry Narrator: Length: Release Date: Version: Original recording ⭐ reviews Best Seller Rank Description The History of Egypt Podcast by Dominic Perry explores the intricate world of archaeology and historical analysis. This audiobook delves into cultural shifts, ancient civilizations, and groundbreaking discoveries that continue to shape our understanding of human history….
Author: Cathy Dobson Narrator: Herodotus Length: 3 hours and 10 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ reviews Best Seller Rank Description Many stories have stood the test of time, but this selection have entranced audiences for thousands of years and remain as fresh today as they were when first told. A fascinating collection…
Author: DIG Field School Narrator: Length: Release Date: Version: Original recording ⭐ reviews Best Seller Rank Description A world of blistering heat and dirt, a biosphere where 20-foot-tall dinosaurs roamed. Home to cretaceous creatures that could rip apart their prey with 6-inch serrated teeth! Venture into this landscape to learn how a group…
Author: David Roberts Narrator: David de Vries Length: 8 hours and 7 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.6 out of 5 stars 14 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Did Peary reach the North Pole? Was Admiral Byrd the first to fly over it? Did Frederick Cook actually make the first ascent of…
Author: Chris H. Hardy Ph.D. Narrator: Michael Moynihan Length: 10 hours and 2 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.5 out of 5 stars 215 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Examines the Anunnaki gods’ evolving relationships with humanity, their power struggles, and the details of their nuclear war on Earth Analyzes the crisis…
Author: Mark Lehner Narrator: Pierre Tallet Length: 8 hours and 1 minute Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.7 out of 5 stars 128 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Pierre Tallet’s discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls—the world’s oldest surviving written documents—in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of…
Author: Richard J. Dewhurst Narrator: Nick McDougal Length: 13 hours and 10 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033 reviews Best Seller Rank Description A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150-year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution. It:…
Author: Lizzie Wade Narrator: Christina Delaine Length: 10 hours and 10 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.4 out of 5 stars 6 reviews Best Seller Rank Description “Lizzie Wade is an exceptional journalist and a master storyteller. She reminds us that survival always has been, and still is, possible, and that our…
Author: David W. Anthony Narrator: Tom Perkins Length: 18 hours and 25 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,107 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Roughly half the world’s population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this…
Author: Simon Baron-Cohen Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Length: 5 hours and 42 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.4 out of 5 stars 234 reviews Best Seller Rank Description A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity. Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes…
Author: Andrew Collins Narrator: Shaun Grindell Length: 12 hours and 33 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.3 out of 5 stars 827 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Built at the end of the last ice age, the mysterious stone temple complex of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is one of the greatest challenges…
Author: Colin Renfrew Narrator: Robert Ian MacKenzie Length: 9 hours and 1 minute Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.2 out of 5 stars 197 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Prehistory: Making of the Human Mind by Colin Renfrew explores the intricate world of archaeology and historical analysis. This audiobook delves into cultural shifts,…
Author: Jean Manco Narrator: Corrie James Length: 10 hours and 16 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.4 out of 5 stars 630 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? New research in the fields of archaeology and linguistics, a revolution in the study of genetics,…
Author: Billy Griffiths Narrator: Tom Griffiths Length: 11 hours and 27 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.5 out of 5 stars 272 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian’s inquiring mind, he embarks…
Author: Charles Hapgood Narrator: Joel Richards Length: 5 hours and 42 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.6 out of 5 stars 523 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Charles Hapgood’s classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before…
Author: Toby Wilkinson Narrator: Graeme Malcolm Length: 14 hours and 19 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.5 out of 5 stars 461 reviews Best Seller Rank Description A thrilling history of the West’s scramble for the riches of ancient Egypt by the foremost Egyptologist of our time. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics…
Author: Andrew J. Bayliss Narrator: Shaun Grindell Length: 4 hours and 32 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.3 out of 5 stars 181 reviews Best Seller Rank Description The image of Sparta, and the Spartans, is one dyed indelibly into the public consciousness: musclebound soldiers with long hair and red cloaks, bearing…
Author: Peter Hessler Narrator: Peter Berkrot Length: 18 hours and 32 minutes Release Date: Version: Unabridged ⭐ 4.5 out of 5 stars 522 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China by Peter Hessler explores the intricate world of archaeology and historical analysis. This audiobook delves into cultural…
Author: Joyce E. Salisbury Narrator: The Great Courses Length: 12 hours and 15 minutes Release Date: Version: Original recording ⭐ 2.4 out of 5 stars 2 reviews Best Seller Rank Description The Middle Ages was a time of major historical shifts and transformations. This amazing era reverberates with discoveries, innovations, events, and historical…
Author: Sophie Penhaligon Narrator: Length: Release Date: Version: ⭐ 4.1 out of 5 stars 75 reviews Best Seller Rank Description Athena Duncan is living a life as a cosseted academic with her parents in Oxford when tragedy strikes in mysterious circumstances. In an effort to assuage her grief she travels to Paris where…