Top Politics & Social Sciences Audiobooks

What is time, really—and why does it seem to flow? In this short essay, Stephen Wolfram explores time not as a coordinate or backdrop but as something generated by the ongoing computation of the universe itself.

Smedley D. Butler (1881–1940), the most decorated officer in U.S. military history, including two Medals of Honor, wrote a searing critique in War is a Racket.

"The Prince" is the most famous of Machiavelli's works; it gives very clear, precise and realistic instructions on how to gain and...

In 1902, Sadakichi Hartmann attempted to transport a theater full of people across a vast ocean using only perfume and an electric fan....

The philosophy of Confucius was so powerful that it dominated intellectual life in ancient China for centuries. It even came to be considered...

Two lectures analyzing and critiquing Kantian and neo-Kantian and natural law efforts to establish and justify human rights...

In fairy tales, dreams do come true...little girls can grow up to marry handsome princes, and live happily ever after in beautiful palaces, where they have delightful children of their own, and in time become queen, to rule with wisdom and grace....

In the world of philosophy and spirituality, few figures stand as distinctively as Alan Watts....

Erdogan recently declared that, starting immediately, Turkish students would begin studying the Ottoman language in school....

Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and this audiobook is his most powerful statement on the topic. He explains what a state is and what it is not....

Kitty Wandsworth pledges to restore the truth in this factual analysis of the press coverage of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, examining the period between their star-studded wedding to the day they fled Britain for the haven of North America....

Follow along as Ada Calhoun and Audible editor Courtney Reimer—both Gen X women living the chaos and joy Calhoun chronicles in her new work....

Conventional wisdom in the West blames the Ukraine crisis on Russian aggression. But this account is wrong....

Nietzsche is a major figure in Western philosophy. His work is radical, sometimes violent, often ironic; it fascinates anyone bold enough to delve into it...

If our bodies are in a state of constant vibration, can the right music tune our cells to good health? Dr. Candace Pert's research has revealed that it can. It has been proven that the molecules of our bodies—not just our ears and brains—actually resonate with the music we hear...

Experience teaches that the burden of guilt is as difficult as the burden of obligation. Philosophers note that irritation with this burden can quickly turn to resentment. So should Jews therefore be careful not to present themselves as victims? Does the same law apply to anti-Semitism? Howard...

Prepare yourself for the ultimate multicast performance....

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch. Succeeding his father...

Charles Portis, author of True Grit, got John Wayne his only Oscar.....

Renowned Masonic scholar and author W. W. Westcott discusses the formula of masonic rituals and why secrets are an important part of that....