Sociology Nonfiction

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    • A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
    • By: J. D. Vance
    • Narrated by: J. D. Vance
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 62,276 ratings
    • Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans....

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    • A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
    • By: Harold Schechter
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • In the tradition of Mary Roach's best-selling Stiff and Jessica Mitford's classic expose The American Way of Death comes this meticulously researched and refreshingly irreverent look at death from acclaimed author Harold Schechter....

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    • Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
    • By: Erik Larson
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-02
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30,833 ratings
    • The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death....

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    • A Story of Violent Faith
    • By: Jon Krakauer
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,039 ratings
    • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities....

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    • Dispatches from the American Future
    • By: Stephen Marche
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 484 ratings
    • On a small two-lane bridge in a rural county that loathes the federal government, the US Army uses lethal force to end a standoff with hard-right anti-government patriots....

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    • Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
    • Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • Exploring more than 80 of the big ideas and key theories in the field of sociology in a clear and simple way, narrated by Laurel Lefkow. This is the perfect introduction to the study of how humans live and interact with each other....

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    • A Memoir of Love Told in Tarot Readings
    • By: Angela Lam
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-25
    • Language: English
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    • On the cusp of forty, Angela Lam consults with a tarot reader for career advice and receives the following prediction: she will find a new job and,...

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    • How Racism Hurts Everyone
    • By: Heather McGhee
    • Narrated by: Heather McGhee
    • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The future can be prosperous for everyone, but only if we address the problems of racial and economic inequality. McGhee believes that all people, of all ages and all backgrounds, need to rethink their attitude toward race....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Steve Bruce
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Steve Bruce discusses the continuing arguments for social egalitarianism, considering issues such as gay marriage, women in combat roles, and the 2010 Equality Act to debunk contemporary arguments against parity....

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    • A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family
    • By: Fox Butterfield
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
    • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist: a pathbreaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family - specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness....

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    • The Functions of Public Welfare
    • By: Cloward Fox Piven
    • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
    • Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years....

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    • Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
    • By: Peter Ross
    • Narrated by: Peter Ross
    • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 09-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning journalist Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of Britain's best graveyards....

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    • A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love
    • By: Wendy Ruderman, Barbara Laker
    • Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
    • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 11-18-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • Busted is Ruderman and Laker's riveting account of their explosive investigation into the acts committed by rogue members of the narcotics squad....

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    • Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
    • Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
    • Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 12-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The perfect way to explore this fascinating subject, The Sociology Book profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 80 of their biggest ideas, from the early pioneers Karl Marx and Auguste Comte to the groundbreaking work of Sharon Zukin and Judith Butler....

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    • One Family and the Fracturing of America - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 2019
    • By: Eliza Griswold
    • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
    • Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Seven years in the making, Amity and Prosperity tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and of one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist....

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    • Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
    • By: Akash Kapur
    • Narrated by: Vikas Adam
    • Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 07-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • A spellbinding story about love, faith, the search for utopia - and the often devastating cost of idealism....

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    • O que aconteceu com o Brasil e possíveis rotas de fuga para a crise atual [What Happened to Brazil and Possible Escape Routes from the Current Crisis]
    • By: Rosana Pinheiro-Machado
    • Narrated by: Keila Ribeiro
    • Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-23
    • Language: Portuguese
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    • Desde as grandes manifestações de 2013, boa parte dos brasileiros possui uma única pergunta: o que está acontecendo com o país? Muitas pessoas se sentem em um trem desgovernado....

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