16 Best Politics & Government Books
Politics & Government is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Politics & Government audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 16 Politics & Government audiobooks below.
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Mindy Kim, Class President
- By: Lyla Lee
- Length: 1 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 26, 2021
- Language: English
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4.41(139 ratings)
4.41(139 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDIt’s time to pick a class president, and Mindy’s big campaign is all about: 1. FRIENDSHIP! 2. KINDNESS! 3. SNACKS! But there is one thing that Mindy is not sure she can do: make a speech to her class about why they should vote forIt’s time to pick a class president, and Mindy’s big campaign is all about:
1. FRIENDSHIP! 2. KINDNESS! 3. SNACKS!But there is one thing that Mindy is not sure she can do: make a speech to her class about why they should vote for her.
Can Mindy face her fears and prove to the class–and herself–that she can be the best class president ever?
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Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner
- By: Rush Limbaugh
- Narrator: Rush Limbaugh
- Length: 4 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.37(704 ratings)
4.37(704 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.99 USDIt’s the dawn of an important new day in America. Young readers, grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure that takes you on an exciting trip to the past toIt’s the dawn of an important new day in America. Young readers, grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure that takes you on an exciting trip to the past to see our remarkable nation’s most iconic symbols up close and personal!
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“Rush Revere here, along with my chatty horse, Liberty! Wait a minute…Liberty? Where did he go?”
“Reporting for duty, Captain Revere!”
“Liberty, where did you get that spinach smoothie?”
*Slurp*
Well, he certainly didn’t get it from 1787–that’s where we’re rush, rush, rushing off to next with our enthusiastic young friends in the Time-Traveling Crew (but not before causing a major security incident at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.!) A funny case of mistaken identity and a wild chase through the busy streets of Philadelphia will lead us to the famously introverted Father of our Constitution, James Madison, and the heated secret debates over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Fast-forward a few years, and we’ll help his brave wife, Dolley, risk her life to save an important portrait from the White House as the British set Washington afire!
What greater symbol of our exceptional nation’s hard-won freedoms than the Star-Spangled Banner, sewn by American icon Betsy Ross? Perhaps Francis Scott Key can explain what inspired him to pay tribute to our glorious flag by writing our beautiful national anthem. But watch out for the bombs bursting in air, because when we reach 1814, we’ll be front and center at a major battle to defend our liberty.
Jump back in the saddle with me, Rush Revere, and the Time-Traveling Crew, as my trusty horse, Liberty, takes us on another flying leap through American history into a past teeming with heroes and extraordinary citizens who have so much to teach us about patriotism. All you need to bring is your curiosity about the birth of our democracy–I’ve got plenty of tricornered hats for everyone! -
Rush Revere and the Presidency
- By: Rush Limbaugh
- Narrator: Rush Limbaugh
- Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.35(495 ratings)
4.35(495 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.99 USDJoin Rush Revere on another action-packed journey! Rush and his friends head back in time to the early days of our independent nation to watch the early American presidents George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson in action!Hey there,Join Rush Revere on another action-packed journey! Rush and his friends head back in time to the early days of our independent nation to watch the early American presidents George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson in action!
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Hey there, young readers! Rush Revere here. I can’t wait to rush, rush, rush to history with our next adventure: a trip back in time to the first days of our country on its own two legs, free from British rule–
What’s that, Liberty?
Liberty wants me to say on its own four legs.
Anyway, as I was saying–free from British rule and creating a new government for the people, by the people. When one of the time-traveling crew from Manchester Middle School decides to run for student-body president, I take them back to meet our first three presidents and first ladies.
So, join us as we head back to those amazing and important first years, when we got to make all the decisions. Turns out, it’s pretty hard to lead a whole new country! We had to make new rules for America and set the path for the country we would grow up to be. And who better to be our first-ever leader than the general who won the war–George Washington!
He was the father of our country and made some incredible decisions that still affect how we live our lives today! But even so, President Washington knew that he couldn’t stay president forever or we might end up with a king, just like England.
We’ll watch as he makes his tough decision to step down to spend more time with Martha Washington and his adopted grandchildren, Nelly and Wash.
Then we’ll saddle up and ride into the presidency of John Adams, who followed in some very big footsteps with the help of his accomplished wife, Abigail. Then we’ll rush, rush, rush to the year 1803, when Thomas Jefferson continues the mission of creating America by making a risky decision to buy a lot of land from the French in the Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubles our size!
Using advice from the early presidents, first ladies, and a former U.S. congressman, the crew works to defeat an old nemesis. The question is– will it be enough?
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Teddy Roosevelt Was a Moose? (Wait! What?)
- By: Dan Gutman
- Length: 1 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 29, 2022
- Language: English
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4.32(7 ratings)
4.32(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDTeddy Roosevelt had a zebra, a lion, and a one-legged rooster at the White House! He helped save football! He was shot before a rally and still gave his speech with the bullet in his chest! Wait! What? Siblings Paige and Turner have collected someTeddy Roosevelt had a zebra, a lion, and a one-legged rooster at the White House! He helped save football! He was shot before a rally and still gave his speech with the bullet in his chest!
Wait! What?
Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about the larger-than-life president, from his childhood and his Rough Rider days to his rise in politics and his complicated presidential legacy.
Narrated by the two spirited siblings, Wait! What? Teddy Roosevelt Was a Moose?is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman’s signature zany sense of humor.
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Dear America: Young Readers’ Edition
- By: Jose Antonio Vargas
- Narrator: Jose Antonio Vargas
- Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.3(91 ratings)
4.3(91 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDIn this young readers’ adaptation of his adult memoir Dear America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story, in light of the 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the UnitedIn this young readers’ adaptation of his adult memoir Dear America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story, in light of the 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States.
Jose Antonio Vargas was only twelve years old when he was brought to the United States from the Philippines to live with his grandparents. He didn’t know it, but he was sent to the U.S. illegally.
When he applied for a learner’s permit, he learned the truth, and he spent the next almost twenty years keeping his immigration status a secret. Hiding in plain sight, he was writing for some of the most prestigious news organizations in the country. Only after publicly admitting his undocumented status–risking his career and personal safety–was Vargas able to live his truth.
This book asks questions including, How do you define who is an American? How do we decide who gets to be a citizen? What happens to those who enter the U.S. without documentation?
By telling his personal story and presenting facts without easy answers, Jose Antonio Vargas sheds light on an issue that couldn’t be more relevant.
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The Story That Cannot Be Told
- By: J. Kasper Kramer
- Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 9 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.28(680 ratings)
4.28(680 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDA powerful middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989.Ileana has always collected stories.A powerful middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989.
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Ileana has always collected stories. Some are about the past, before the leader of her country tore down her home to make room for his golden palace; back when families had enough food, and the hot water worked on more than just Saturday nights. Others are folktales like the one she was named for, which her father used to tell her at bedtime. But some stories can get you in trouble, like the dangerous one criticizing Romania’s Communist government that Uncle Andrei published–right before he went missing.
Fearing for her safety, Ileana’s parents send her to live with the grandparents she’s never met, far from the prying eyes and ears of the secret police and their spies, who could be any of the neighbors. But danger is never far away. Now, to save her family and the village she’s come to love, Ileana will have to tell the most important story of her life. -
How to Change Everything
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrator: Katie Ryerson
- Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.03(383 ratings)
4.03(383 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD“[A] uniquely inclusive perspective that will inspire conviction, passion, and action.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An empowering, engaging young readers guide to understanding and battling climate change from the expert and“[A] uniquely inclusive perspective that will inspire conviction, passion, and action.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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An empowering, engaging young readers guide to understanding and battling climate change from the expert and bestselling author of This Changes Everything and On Fire, Naomi Klein.
Warmer temperatures. Fires in the Amazon. Superstorms. These are just some of the effects of climate change that we are already experiencing.
The good news is that we can all do something about it. A movement is already underway to combat not only the environmental effects of climate change but also to fight for climate justice and make a fair and livable future possible for everyone. And young people are not just part of that movement, they are leading the way. They are showing us that this moment of danger is also a moment of great opportunity–an opportunity to change everything.
Full of empowering stories of young leaders all over the world, this information-packed book from award-winning journalist and one of the foremost voices for climate justice, Naomi Klein, offers young readers a comprehensive look at the state of the climate today and how we got here, while also providing the tools they need to join this fight to protect and reshape the planet they will inherit. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
- By: Tonya Bolden
- Narrator: Michael Early
- Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 06, 2018
- Language: English
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3.95(174 ratings)
3.95(174 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDPublished on the anniversary of when President Abraham Lincoln’s order went into effect, this book offers listeners a unique look at the events that led to the Emancipation Proclamation. Filled with little-known facts and fascinating details,Published on the anniversary of when President Abraham Lincoln’s order went into effect, this book offers listeners a unique look at the events that led to the Emancipation Proclamation. Filled with little-known facts and fascinating details, it includes excerpts from historical sources and new research that debunk myths about the Emancipation Proclamation and its causes. Complete with a timeline, glossary, and bibliography, Emancipation Proclamation is an engrossing new historical resource from award-winning children’s book author Tonya Bolden.
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Catch You Later, Traitor
- By: Avi
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 10, 2015
- Language: English
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3.91(617 ratings)
3.91(617 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDFrom Newbery Medalist Avi comes the thrilling and suspenseful story of an ordinary American family who fall under suspicion. It’s 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detectiveFrom Newbery Medalist Avi comes the thrilling and suspenseful story of an ordinary American family who fall under suspicion. It’s 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete’s doorstep, accusing Pete’s father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete’s family? As Pete follows the quickly accumulating clues, he begins to wonder if the truth could put his family’s livelihood–and even their freedom–at risk. In the tradition of “Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?, Don’t You Know There’s a War On?, “and “Nothing But the Truth, Catch You Later, Traitor” tells a funny, insightful story packed with realistic period detail of a boy in mid-twentieth-century America whose family is caught in the wide net of America’s Red Scare.
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Bringing Down a President
- By: Andrea Balis
- Narrator: Liisa Ivary
- Length: 3 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.89(113 ratings)
3.89(113 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA middle-grade retelling of Richard Nixon’s downfall, Bringing Down a President: The Watergate Scandal is an inventive and timely look at one of the biggest scandals to ever rock our nation by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy. Comprised almostA middle-grade retelling of Richard Nixon’s downfall, Bringing Down a President: The Watergate Scandal is an inventive and timely look at one of the biggest scandals to ever rock our nation by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy.
Comprised almost completely of primary source quotes (good thing Nixon’s recorder was on) and interspersed with contextual narrative, this captivating account of the trials and tribulations of the Nixon Administration has been rendered screenplay style offering an extraordinarily immediate narrative of one of America’s most turbulent eras.
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No Choirboy
- By: Susan Kuklin
- Narrator: Susan Kuklin
- Length: 5 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 24, 2013
- Language: English
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3.86(1189 ratings)
3.86(1189 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDImagine having everything taken away from you-permanently-with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind barsImagine having everything taken away from you-permanently-with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles. Chosen by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book, No Choirboy is an honest examination of a pervasive problem in America. A full cast of Recorded Books narrators captures each of these unique voices for a powerful audio experience. “Searing and provocative.”-Booklist “An eye-opening account.”-Horn Book Magazine, starred review
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GET SMART-ISH
- By: Gitty Daneshvari
- Narrator: Amanda Philipson
- Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 11, 2016
- Language: English
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3.8(74 ratings)
3.8(74 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.98 USDA hilarious and action-packed sequel to The League of Unexceptional Children! Jonathan Murray: Twelve years old. Wears khaki pants to tell the world he plans on driving the speed limit when he grows up. Saved the world once; it was probably aA hilarious and action-packed sequel to The League of Unexceptional Children!
Jonathan Murray: Twelve years old. Wears khaki pants to tell the world he plans on driving the speed limit when he grows up. Saved the world once; it was probably a fluke.
Shelley Brown: Twelve years old. Narrates her imaginary exploits as if she is the subject of a documentary film. Saved the world once; it was probably a fluke.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has called upon Jonathan and Shelley to catch a criminal who has stolen a virus that makes people less smart. When the stakes are this high, can the kids be the utterly average spies the world needs them to be and save the day? Embrace your unexceptional side in this hysterically funny sequel!
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The Jeffersonian Republicans
- By: Christopher Collier
- Narrator: Jim Manchester
- Length: 1 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.7(75 ratings)
3.7(75 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDHistory is dramatic–and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through presentHistory is dramatic–and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.
The Jeffersonian Republicans examines various events between 1800 and 1823 that helped to shape the United States. The Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and important Supreme Court decisions are among the discussed events.
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Isabella: Girl in Charge
- By: Jennifer Fosberry
- Narrator: Cris Dukehart
- Length: 22 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 14, 2017
- Language: English
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3.65(121 ratings)
3.65(121 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDA big event has Isabella ready to leave home at the crack of dawn. But that’s a motion her parents aren’t likely to pass. After a two-to-one vote, it’s decided that some things need to happen before Isabella can leave theA big event has Isabella ready to leave home at the crack of dawn. But that’s a motion her parents aren’t likely to pass. After a two-to-one vote, it’s decided that some things need to happen before Isabella can leave the house-like eating breakfast and brushing her teeth! If her house is going to work like a democracy, Isabella knows what she has to do; call an assembly and campaign her way out the door! Taking inspiration from women who trail blazed their way onto the political map of America, Isabella celebrates the women who were first to hold their offices. And if Isabella can get her parents out the door, she might just witness the first woman voted into the highest position of all…
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The League of Unexceptional Children
- By: Gitty Daneshvari
- Narrator: Amanda Philipson
- Length: 4 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 20, 2015
- Language: English
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3.42(516 ratings)
3.42(516 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.98 USDAre you average? Normal? Forgettable? If so, the League of Unexceptional Children is for you! This first book in a hilarious new adventure series is for anyone who’s struggled to be noticed in a sea of above-average overachievers. What is theAre you average? Normal? Forgettable? If so, the League of Unexceptional Children is for you! This first book in a hilarious new adventure series is for anyone who’s struggled to be noticed in a sea of above-average overachievers.
What is the League of Unexceptional Children? I’m glad you asked. You didn’t ask? Well, you would have eventually and I hate to waste time. The League of Unexceptional Children is a covert network that uses the nation’s most average, normal, and utterly unexceptional children as spies. Why the average kids? Why not the brainiacs? Or the beauty queens? Or the jocks? It’s simple: People remember them. But not the unexceptionals. They are the forgotten ones. Until now!
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Froggy for President!
- By: Jonathan London
- Length: 10 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 12, 2020
- Language: English
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3.33(82 ratings)
3.33(82 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDFroggy is running for class president–and his opponent is Frogilina! Froggy is running for president—class president, that is—but so is Frogilina! Wearing a long, presidential-style tie, Froggy presents his platform, whichFroggy is running for class president–and his opponent is Frogilina!
Froggy is running for president—class president, that is—but so is Frogilina! Wearing a long, presidential-style tie, Froggy presents his platform, which includes ten snack times per school day and recess all day long. But Frogilina has a platform, too: a search party for lost things, a lunch-sharing program, and a talent show to benefit the school library. Which candidate will voters choose?
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