Discover Top 100 Audiobooks in Nonfiction, World Affairs

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Earth in the Balance Subtitle: Ecology and the Human Spirit Author: Al Gore Narrator: Ed Begley Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 12-29-17 Publisher: Phoenix Books Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: In this brave and provocative work, former US Vice President, Al Gore asserts that only a radical rethinking of our relationship with nature will save the earth's ecology for future generations. Gore's analysis of where we've gone wrong ranges across politics, history, science, economics, psychology, and religion. He argues that only a worldwide mobilization can save us from disaster and presents a brilliant and comprehensive plan for action that encompasses not only the earth's ecology, but also population trends, appropriate technology, and environmental education.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary: The Strange Death of Europe Author: Readtrepreneur Publishing Narrator: Erich Bailey Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 12-14-17 Publisher: Readtrepreneur Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: Disclaimer: This is a summary and not the original book. What happened to Europe? Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and all these negative things going on. Whats really happening? The Strange Death of Europe tells what is truly happening from a first-hand perspective with extensive research and evidence. In this beautifully written audiobook, Murray frames the moral dilemma facing the West. Note: This summary is wholly written and published by readtrepreneur.com. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way. "To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness." - Sheryl Sandberg All those that love Europe will have to come to terms with a prolonged, chaotic, and painful departing of what was once the shining light of a civilization that accomplished so much everywhere in the world. Though sad, the brutal truth in this audiobook will definitely be fulfilling for history-lovers and those seeking knowledge on whats happening in Europe.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Everybody Lies Author: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Narrator: Christopher Ragland Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 12-12-17 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: Insightful, surprising and with groundbreaking revelations about our society, Everybody Lies exposes the secrets embedded in our Internet searches, with a foreword by best-selling author Steven Pinker. Everybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors, pollsters - and to themselves. In Internet searches, however, people confess their secrets - about sexless marriages, mental health problems, even racist views. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, an economist and former Google data scientist, shows that this could just be the most important dataset ever collected. This huge database of secrets - unprecedented in human history - offers astonishing, even revolutionary insights into humankind. Anxiety, for instance, does not increase after a terrorist attack. Crime levels drop when a violent film is released. And racist searches are no higher in Republican areas than in Democrat ones. Stephens-Davidowitz reveals information we can use to change our culture and the questions we're afraid to ask that might be essential to our health - both emotional and physical. Insightful, funny and always surprising, Everybody Lies exposes the biases and secrets embedded deeply within us, at a time when things are harder to predict than ever.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Exceptional America Subtitle: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other Author: Mugambi Jouet Narrator: Mirron Willis Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: In this provocative book, Mugambi Jouet describes why Americans are far more divided than other Westerners over basic issues, including wealth inequality, health care, climate change, evolution, gender roles, abortion, gay rights, sex, gun control, mass incarceration, the death penalty, torture, human rights, and war. Raised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father, Jouet then lived in the Bible Belt, Manhattan, and beyond. Drawing inspiration from Alexis de Tocqueville, he wields his multicultural sensibility to parse how the intense polarization of US conservatives and liberals has become a key dimension of American exceptionalism - an idea widely misunderstood as American superiority. While exceptionalism once was a source of strength, it may now spell decline, as unique features of US history, politics, law, culture, religion, and race relations foster grave conflicts. They also shed light on the intriguing ideological evolution of American conservatism, which long predated Trumpism. Anti-intellectualism, conspiracy-mongering, a visceral suspicion of government, and Christian fundamentalism are far more common in America than the rest of the Western world - Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Critic Reviews: "Thought-provoking. Jouet was raised in Paris by a French mother and a Kenyan father, and he tackles his subject with a multicultural point of view, considering anti-intellectualism, fundamentalism, sex and gender roles and the politics of mass incarceration." ( The Mercury News)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Vanishing New York Subtitle: How a Great City Lost Its Soul Author: Jeremiah Moss Narrator: Paul Heitsch Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins Language: English Release date: 11-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: An unflinching portrait of gentrification in the 21st century, and a love letter to lost New York, by the creator of the popular and incendiary blog Vanishing New York New York City has long been a destination for rebels and rule breakers, artists, writers, and other hopefuls longing to be part of its rich cultural exchange and unique social fabric. But today, modern gentrification is transforming the city from an exceptional, iconoclastic metropolis into a suburbanized luxury zone with a price tag only the top one percent can afford. Blogger and cultural commentator Jeremiah Moss has emerged as one of the most outspoken and celebrated critics of this dramatic shift. He has spent the past decade observing and painstakingly documenting this sea change, and in Vanishing New York, he reports on the city's development in the 21st century, a period of "hyper-gentrification" that has resulted in the shocking transformation of beloved neighborhoods and the loss of treasured unofficial landmarks. Moss leads us on a colorful guided tour of the most changed parts of town - from the Lower East Side and Chelsea to Harlem and Williamsburg - lovingly eulogizing iconic institutions as they're replaced with soulless upscale boutiques, luxury condo towers, and suburban chains. Critic Reviews: "[A] comprehensive, emotional exploration of the historical, economic and social forces that have permitted and in many cases encouraged things to play out so dismally." (New York Times)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Bully of Asia Author: Steven W. Mosher Narrator: Al Kessel Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 11-27-17 Publisher: Black Hills Audiobooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: The signs are everywhere. China unilaterally claims the entire South China Sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. It suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. It builds roads into Indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually Chinese territory. The People's Republic under President Xi Jinping is quickly becoming The Bully of Asia.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Audiobook of the Year Author: No Such Thing as a Fish Narrator: James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski, Andrew Hunter Murray, Dan Schreiber, Jane Hill Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 11-02-17 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 78 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: Random House Audiobooks presents The Audiobook of the Year, written and read by the team behind hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish: James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber. In a year when much of the news was believable but fake comes an audiobook packed with stories that are unbelievable but true. The Audiobook of the Year is a feature-length edition of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing as a Fish. Each week over a million people tune in to find out what bizarre and astonishing facts Dan, James, Anna and Andy have found out over the previous seven days. Now the gang have turned their attention to the news of the past 12 months. You'll discover the curious details behind the main headlines - how Donald Trump slept on the 66th floor of a 58-storey building, what effect Brexit had on Coco Pops, and why China's president can't stand Winnie the Pooh - as well as hundreds of stories you may have missed entirely, like the news that: Qatar built a refugee camp for camels 2,000 bees were stolen in Beeston The victim of Britain's first ever shark attack ended up with a cut thumb. From bizarre arrests to baffling elections, via a surprising amount of sausage news, The Audiobook of the Year is an eye-opening tour of the incredible year you didn't know you'd lived through.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Safe Subtitle: How to Stay Safe in a Dangerous World Author: Chris Ryan Narrator: Michael Fenner Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 10-19-17 Publisher: Coronet Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: How to keep you and yours safe from the perils of the modern world. In today's increasingly hostile climate, people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe. Chris Ryan is an expert in dangerous situations, and here he tells you how to keep yourself and your family safe from the perils of modern urban life. He leads you through a variety of situations, including what to do if:

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Power of Moments Subtitle: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact Author: Chip Heath, Dan Heath Narrator: Jeremy Bobb Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 10-05-17 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: The New York Times best-selling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt, elevate and change us - and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember 20 years later? What if a doctor or nurse knew how to orchestrate moments that would bring more comfort to patients? What if you had a better sense of how to create memories that matter for your children? Many of the defining moments in our lives are the result of accident or luck - but why leave our most meaningful, memorable moments to chance when we can create them? In The Power of Moments, Chip and Dan Heath explore the stories of people who have created standout moments, from the owners who transformed an utterly mediocre hotel into one of the best-loved properties in Los Angeles by conjuring moments of magic for guests, to the scrappy team that turned around one of the worst elementary schools in the country by embracing an intervention that lasts less than an hour. Filled with remarkable tales and practical insights, The Power of Moments proves we all have the power to transform ordinary experiences into unforgettable ones.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Foreign Policy at the Periphery Subtitle: The Shifting Margins of US International Relations Since World War II Author: Bevan Sewell, Phillip Dow, Maria Ryan, Robert J. McMahon Ph.D., David Ekbladh, Maria Ryan Narrator: Gary Roelofs Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 06-30-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked and decolonizing states such as Vietnam, India, and Egypt assumed a central role in the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the 20th century came to an end, many of the challenges of the Cold War became even more complex as the Soviet Union collapsed and new threats arose. Featuring original essays by leading scholars, Foreign Policy at the Periphery examines relationships among new nations and the United States from the end of the Second World War through the global war on terror. Rather than reassessing familiar flashpoints of US foreign policy, the contributors explore neglected but significant developments such as the efforts of evangelical missionaries in the Congo, the 1958 stabilization agreement with Argentina, Henry Kissinger's policies toward Latin America during the 1970s, and the financing of terrorism in Libya via petrodollars. Blending new, internationalist approaches to diplomatic history with newly released archival materials, Foreign Policy at the Periphery brings together diverse strands of scholarship to address compelling issues in modern world history. The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky. Authors also include Andrew Rotter, Alan McPherson, Simon Dalby, Mary Ann Heiss, Ryan Irwin, Dustin Walcher, Tanya Harmer, David Ryan, and Hal Brands. Critic Reviews: "These essays reflect very serious scholarship, attention to all available sources, and judicious recognition and use of the key secondary sources." (Lloyd C. Gardner, author of Killing Machine: The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare) "An all-star lineup of historians...uncovers the powerful dynamics that have shaped America's rise to globalism." (Andrew Preston, Cambridge University)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary of Thomas L. Friedman's 'Thank You for Being Late': Key Takeaways & Analysis Author: Sumoreads Narrator: Michael London Anglado Format: Unabridged Length: 33 mins Language: English Release date: 06-28-17 Publisher: SUMOREADS Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: Don't miss this summary of Thomas L. Friedman's eye-opening look at the current state of the world, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations. In his book, Friedman explores the accelerating changes affecting our world and offers concrete advice for how we need to adapt. This SUMOREADS summary provides key takeaways and analysis from the original book to help you quickly absorb his profound wisdom. What will you learn from listening to this book? Book Summary Overview Thomas Friedman's Thank You for Being Late is a comprehensive guide to all the dizzying change shaping the 21st century. Friedman explores all the ways technology, globalization, and climate are changing and interacting, and offers a clear and illuminating view of where everything is headed, who survives, and who falls off. He encourages individuals and institutions to step into the "eye of the hurricane" and adapt - or risk being swept into oblivion. This political economy best seller is a must-listen for anyone perplexed by all the unsettling changes covered in the news. Please note: This is a summary, analysis, and review of Thank You for Being Late and not the original book.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled Subtitle: Voices from Syria Author: Wendy Pearlman Narrator: Erin Bennett, Assaf Cohen, Susan Nezami Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs Language: English Release date: 06-06-17 Publisher: Harper Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: Reminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight. Against the backdrop of the wave of demonstrations known as the Arab Spring, in 2011 hundreds of thousands of Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom, democracy, and human rights. The government's ferocious response, and the refusal of the demonstrators to back down, sparked a brutal civil war that over the past five years has escalated into the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our times. Yet despite all the reporting, the video, and the wrenching photography, the stories of ordinary Syrians remain unheard, while the stories told about them have been distorted by broad-brush dread and political expediency. This fierce and poignant collection changes that. Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle East and Europe, We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of firsthand testimonials from the front lines. Some of the testimonies are eloquent narratives that could stand alone as short stories; others are only a few sentences, poetic and aphoristic. Together, they cohere into an unforgettable chronicle that is a testament not only to the power of storytelling but to the strength of those who face darkness with hope, courage, and moral conviction.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Kingdom of Olives and Ash Subtitle: Writers Confront the Occupation Author: Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman Narrator: Fred Sanders, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 05-30-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have teamed up with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence - an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there - and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories. Kingdom of Olives and Ash includes contributions from several of today's most esteemed storytellers including: Colum McCann, Jacqueline Woodson, Colm Toibin, Geraldine Brooks, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru, Raja Shehadeh, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Assaf Gavron as well as from editors Chabon and Waldman. Through these incisive, perceptive, and poignant essays, listeners will gain unique insight into the narratives behind the litany of grim destruction broadcasted nightly on the news as well as deeper understanding of the conflict as experienced by the people who live in the occupied territories. Together, these stories stand witness to the human cost of the occupation.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dancing in the Glory of Monsters Subtitle: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa Author: Jason Stearns Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 05-09-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 24 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention. In this deeply reported book, Jason K. Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood conflict through the experiences of those who engineered and perpetrated it. He depicts village pastors who survived massacres, the child soldier assassin of President Kabila, a female Hutu activist who relives the hunting and methodical extermination of fellow refugees, and key architects of the war that became as great a disaster as - and was a direct consequence of - the genocide in neighboring Rwanda. Through their stories, he tries to understand why such mass violence made sense, and why stability has been so elusive. Through their voices, and an astonishing wealth of knowledge and research, Stearns chronicles the political, social, and moral decay of the Congolese State.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Ode Less Travelled Subtitle: Unlocking the Poet Within Author: Stephen Fry Narrator: Stephen Fry Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs Language: English Release date: 05-02-17 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Nonfiction, World Affairs Publisher's Summary: Stephen Fry believes that if you can speak and read English, you can write poetry. But it is no fun if you don't know where to start or have been led to believe that anything goes. Stephen, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms. Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, The Ode Less Travelled will give you the tools and the confidence to do so. Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, The Ode Less Travelled guides the listener towards mastery and confidence in the Mother of the Arts.