Social Sciences

Full of passionate, personal and keenly felt argument, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is a wake-up call to a nation in denial about structural and institutional racism....

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook....

Some crimes are so horrific they attract the harshest punishment possible: a sentence that means the guilty will die behind bars. From ‘the Crossbow Cannibal’ to Moors murderer Myra Hindley, journalist Julian Druker explores the cases of eight criminals with whole life orders.... 

Ordinary people. Extraordinary stories. Listen to history's unsung heroes who changed the world, in this powerful documentary series...

In his devastating new book The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray examines the 21st century’s most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race....  

Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences....

These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt....

 In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem....

To the Woman is Audible UK’s flagship podcast series for International Women’s Day. Season two is hosted by June Sarpong OBE - a former To the Woman (Season 1) contributor and the BBC’s first Director of Creative Diversity....

Women Don't Owe You Pretty is the ultimate audiobook for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy....

David Olusoga's Black and British is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa....

As the country's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

Welcome to Her Majesty's Prison Service, a creaking and surreal world that has been left to rot for decades in the shadows of polite society....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

University student Anna Winslow has gone missing and the circumstances of her disappearance are far from ordinary....

Using essays and the personal experiences of the widely travelled author, Prisoners of Geography offers an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history....

It's about time we made motherhood more diverse.... When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and the pinned discussions on Mumsnet.... 

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

They’re wearing ball gowns, they’re debutantes... and they’re black. The debs’ ball is a controversial colonial export but can it be empowering too? Australia’s most celebrated young playwright Nakkiah Lui and actress Miranda Tapsell put on their hats and gloves to find out.....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

Explore the questions, anxieties and agendas that consume our lives....

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and their livelihood....

A jaw-dropping account of life as a prison officer in one of the country's most notorious jails....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

Here you can find all you need to know (two audiobooks in one) about your “first-time mom” journey. Discover the benefits of hypnobirthing and learn how to deal with children struggling to get a good night's sleep....