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One Square Mile of Hell
By: John Wukovits
Narrated by: Gregory Jones
Length: 12 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man.
In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at the end of the Tarawa Atoll. When the Marines landed,... Read more
The Age of Awakening
By: Amit Kapoor & Chirag Yadav
Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Indian leaders at the time of Independence had their tasks cut out. The nation that was marred by an ugly Partition, had to be prevented from coming apart at the seams. A Constitution had to be framed for a complex society. An election system had to be designed for an electorate that was mostly illiterate. An economic policy had to be shaped for... Read more
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The Life and Death of Sambhaji (Part 2)
By: Medha Bhaskaran
Narrated by: Vasundhra Bose
Length: 19 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the Maratha-Mughal conflict from a tender age. His mistakes cost him dearly and when his father suddenly dies and he becomes the chhatrapati, it is as if he has inherited a crown of thorns. In the nine years that follow, he faces a constant battle-internally, as palace... Read more
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One Quarter of the Nation
By: Nancy Foner
Narrated by: Laural Merlington
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
The impact of immigrants over the past half century has become so much a part of everyday life in the United States that we sometimes fail to see it. This deeply researched book by one of America's leading immigration scholars tells the story of how immigrants are fundamentally changing this country.
An astonishing number of immigrants and... Read more
Sophie Scholl. Wie schwer ein Menschenleben wiegt
By: Maren Gottschalk
Narrated by: Marit Beyer
Length: 11 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Eine mutige junge Frau, die sich dem NS-Regime entgegenstellt - weltweit eine der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der deutschen Geschichte Wer war Sophie Scholl, die so früh zum Mythos wurde? Maren Gottschalk schildert, gestützt auf teils noch unveröffentlichte Selbstzeugnisse und Gespräche mit Zeitzeugen, das Heranwachsen eines Mädchens mit... Read more
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Fighter Aces of the R.A.F 1939-1945
By: E. C. R. Baker
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Only a boy when World War II broke out, E. C. R. Baker was gripped by the stories he heard of heroism in the skies as the Allies defeated the mighty Luftwaffe.
But in the years after the war, he was struck by how few of the RAF's legendary fighter aces could be named by the general public.
Some, whose feats in deadly aerial combat equaled or... Read more
The History of Political Thought
By: Richard Whatmore
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Length: 4 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Thinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present. Different periods in politics have used the past differently. At times political thought can be said to have been drawn directly from the study of history; at others, perhaps including our own time,... Read more
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Endless Endless
By: Adam Clair
Narrated by: Landon Woodson, Noah Michael Levine & Cassandra...
Length: 13 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective and the baffling exodus of its larger-than-life luminary, Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum
Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie... Read more
A Rude Life: The Memoir
By: Vir Sanghvi
Narrated by: Ashish Bhandari
Length: 14 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Vir Sanghvi's has been an interesting life - one that took him to Oxford, movie and political journalism, television and magazines - and he depicts it with the silky polish his readers expect of him. In A Rude Life, he turns his dispassionate observer's gaze on himself, and in taut prose tells us about all that he's experienced, and nothing more... Read more
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Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms
By: Bimal Jalan
Narrated by: Abhishek Sharma
Length: 12 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Written by an eminent economist, Bimal Jalan, Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms talks about India's growth from the post reform 1991 era to the modern days and the various challenges plaguing various arms of the government. In this book, Jalan praises the democratic setup that runs this complex and diverse country. The book is... Read more
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Primer tiempo
By: Mauricio Macri
Narrated by: Iván Mozó
Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Este libro es el resultado de más de un año de reflexiones sobre mi presidencia. En sus páginas cuento la historia tal y como la viví. Es la crónica de nuestros logros y de las duras batallas que tuvimos que dar contra el populismo. Es el relato de nuestros aciertos pero también de nuestros errores y, sobre todo, de lo que aprendimos juntos en... Read more
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Unwelcome Guests
By: Steven J. Diner & Harold S. Wechsler
Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
In Unwelcome Guests, Harold S. Wechsler and Steven J. Diner argue that discrimination in college admissions has a long and troubling history in the US. Institutions of higher learning have vigorously sought to shape their mission and the experiences of their undergraduate students by paying careful attention to race and religion in admissions... Read more
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Price Wars
By: Rupert Russell
Narrated by: Ben Deery
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A fascinating, groundbreaking exposé of how commodity traders in New York and London have destabilized societies all over the world, leaving the most vulnerable at the mercy of hunger, chaos, and war.
For Rupert Russell, the Brexit vote was only the latest shock in a decade full of them: the unstoppable war in Syria, huge migrant flows into... Read more
A Taste for Poison
By: Neil Bradbury, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 7 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes an epilogue and acknowledgements read by the author
“A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains.” --Kathy Reichs
As any reader or listener of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring—and popular—weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into... Read more
Thomas Jefferson
By: William G. Hyland
Narrated by: Kate Mulligan
Length: 16 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, the public man, and with good reason: he was the architect of our democracy and a visionary who expanded the nation’s physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But the intensely private Jefferson joined in a conspiracy to make himself unknowable to the public.Thomas Jefferson: Family Secrets is a... Read more
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Deliberate Evil
By: Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
Narrated by: Shawn Compton
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
"This is true crime at its most enthralling—prepare to be transported."—Terri Cheney, New York Times bestselling author of Manic
The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White shook all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from Salem's influential Crowninshield... Read more
The Method
By: Isaac Butler
Narrated by: Isaac Butler
Length: 14 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME MAGAZINE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, VOX, SALON, LIT HUB, AND VANITY FAIR
“Entertaining and illuminating.”--The New Yorker * “Compulsively readable.”--New York Times * “Delicious, humane, probing.”--Vulture * “The best and most... Read more
And We Rise
By: Erica Martin
Narrated by: Erica Martin
Length: 1 hour 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse.
In stunning verse, Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement—from the well-documented events that shaped the nation’s treatment of Black people, beginning with... Read more
Die Entdeckung des Erdballs
By: Wilhelm Cremer
Narrated by: Norbert Wendel
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Das Hörbuch bietet einen kompakten Überblick über die Entdeckungs- und Forschungsreisen der vergangenen Jahrhunderte. Bis zum 14. Jahrhundert waren den Europäern weite Teile des Erdballs gänzlich unbekannt. Erst mit den Entdeckungsreisen Marco Polos und den Segelabenteuern portugiesischer und spansicher Konquistadoren weitete sich der Horizont... Read more
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Great and Inspiring Speeches of the 20th Century
By: Charles Lindbergh, Joseph McCarthy, Adlai Steve...
Narrated by: The Peter Pan Players
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century. Read more
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Gold
By: Tim Wharnsby
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
"Now after fifty years, it's time for Canada to stand up and cheer. Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey gold medal: Canada!" —Bob Cole, CBC play-by-play broadcaster
There was no iconic Paul Henderson moment, nor a Sidney Crosby golden goal, but Canada's 5-2 victory against the rival United States in... Read more
Vaccinated
By: Paul A. Offit
Narrated by: Tim Dixon
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Updated with a New Foreword""Medical writing at its finest.""—David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryRespected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of... Read more
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Freedom's Prophet
By: Richard S. Newman
Narrated by: Leonard Dozier
Length: 14 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Gold Winner of the 2008 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Biography Category
Brings to life the inspiring story of one of America's Black Founding Fathers, featured in the documentary The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song
Freedom's Prophet is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African... Read more
Treasured
By: Christina Riggs
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A bold new history of the discovery of King Tut and the seismic impact it left on modern society.
When it was discovered in 1922, in an Egypt newly independent of the British Empire, the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world. The boy-king became a household name overnight and kickstarted an international obsession... Read more
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