Contemporary Issues Audio Books

To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has...

The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.

With the unique fusion of entertainment and politics that he uses on his popular syndicated radio show, Beck delivers a humorous and eye-opening account of the problems that America faces today.

I Am Malala is the memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school.

The rising democratic star and "New York Times" bestselling author of "Dreams From My Father" invokes the hopes and ideals that have made "our improbably experiment in democracy" work and proclaims his vision for more authentic politics.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation's problems.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.

In Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief.

In this most crucial time, this leading conservative thinker explores the psychology, motivations, and history of the utopian movement, its architects, and its modern-day disciples - and how the individual and American society are being devoured by it.