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Dead Man Walking
By: Helen Prejean
Narrated by: Helen Prejean
Length: 13 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier’s death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying. She also came... Read more
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The Lines Between Us
By: Lawrence Lanahan
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The crisscrossing stories of Mark, a white devout Christian who sells his suburban home to move to Baltimore’s inner city, and Nicole, a black mother determined to leave West Baltimore for the suburbs, chronicle how the region became so deeply segregated and why these fault lines persist today. Mark and Nicole personify the enormous disparities... Read more
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The Scientific Attitude
By: Lee McIntyre
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory,” and that scientists are conspiring to keep the truth about vaccines from the public are staples of some politicians' rhetorical repertoire. Defenders of science often point to its discoveries (penicillin! relativity!)... Read more
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YouTubers
By: Chris Stokel-Walker
Narrated by: Eric Meyers
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
'Essential reading.' – ESQUIRE 'Both absorbing and highly illuminating' – THE BOOKSELLER 'No one understands the intricacies of YouTube like Chris Stokel-Walker' – THE ATLANTIC Two billion people watch YouTube and it reaches deep into everyday lives. Its creators start new trends, popularise new songs and games and make and break new... Read more
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Greek Mythology
By: Introbooks Team
Narrated by: Andrea Giordani
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Greek mythology is the repertoire of myths and teachings that originated in ancient Greece on a wide spectrum of topics like their gods, heroes, the different ritual practices, the phenomenon of nature, and the significance of their cult. These myths and teachings come in the form of stories which have been told and retold from one generation to... Read more
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No Win Race
By: Derek A. Bardowell
Narrated by: Derek A. Bardowell
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘Personal, political, powerful and about so much more than race and sport.’ ... Read more
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Non-Bullshit Innovation
By: David Rowan
Narrated by: David Rowan
Length: 14 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
David Rowan travels the globe in search of the most exciting and pioneering startups building the future. He's got to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Didi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious entrepreneurs disrupting businesses in almost every sector. And yet too often the... Read more
My Journey of Faith To The African Slave Coast
By: Rafa Selase
Narrated by: Rafa Selase
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
In 2018 Bay Area born musician Rafa Selase travels to Africa and learns about rarely discussed historical events during the trans atlantic slave trade that connect the current state of America with times of past. During his trip he discovers a hidden past, culture and people that changed his perspective on religion, America and reconciling... Read more
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Fierce Joy
By: Susie Rinehart
Narrated by: Nan McNamara
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
This guide explores the causes of anxious perfectionism, crippling fear, and anxiety in regards to the impossible expectations society forces upon women. It explains how listeners can find their own voice and teaches them how to ask for help in a society that teaches us to “suffer in silence.” By unraveling that journey for listeners, Brave Over... Read more
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Doing Time Like A Spy
By: John Kiriakou
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a thirty month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners.
Doing Time Like a Spy is Kiriakou's memoir of his twenty-three months in prison. Using twenty life... Read more
Angels in America
By: Tony Kushner
Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Deni...
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival.
In this production, adapted especially for the listening experience, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and the entire cast recreate their acclaimed performances from the 2018 Tony Award-winning National... Read more
Masada
By: Jodi Magness
Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
This audiobook narrated by Laurence Bouvard provides a bold new account of the legendary site and story of Masada
Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children—the last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Temple—reportedly took their own lives rather than surrender to... Read more
John Brown, Abolitionist
By: David S. Reynolds
Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
Length: 25 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Few historical figures are as intriguing as John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery and single-handedly changed the course of American history. This brilliant biography of Brown (1800—1859) by the prize-winning critic and cultural biographer David S. Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who... Read more
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Social Butterflies
By: Susannah Hume & Michael Sanders
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
In this essential and timely book, behavioral scientists Sanders and Hume demonstrate the astonishing reach of our social networks, and why we need to reclaim their power to effect positive change in our professional and private lives.
The rise of social media has sent our social instincts into overdrive, and the impact of our networks has... Read more
Future Histories
By: Lizzie O'Shea
Narrated by: Cat Gould
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
When we talk about technology we always talk about tomorrow and the future—which makes it hard to figure out how to even get there. In Future Histories, public interest lawyer and digital specialist Lizzie O'Shea argues that we need to stop looking forward and start looking backwards. Weaving together histories of computing and progressive... Read more
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The White Devil's Daughters
By: Julia Flynn Siler
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration--from 1848 to 1943--San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, bestselling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our... Read more
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Spying on the South
By: Tony Horwitz
Narrated by: Mark Deakins & Tony Horwitz
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times-bestselling final book by the beloved, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Tony Horwitz.
With Spying on the South, the best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect. In the 1850s, the young Frederick Law... Read more
Culture in Nazi Germany
By: Michael H. Kater
Narrated by: David de Vries
Length: 16 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
A fresh and insightful history of how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed under the Nazis.
Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's... Read more
Origins
By: Lewis Dartnell
Narrated by: John Sackville
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species
When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism... Read more
The American Dream
By: Jim Cullen
Narrated by: Steve Menasche
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The American Dream is one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, so familiar that we seldom pause to ask its origin, its history, or what it actually means. In this fascinating short history, Jim Cullen explores the meaning of the American Dream, or rather the several American Dreams that have both reflected and... Read more
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Living An Orgasmic Life
By: Xanet Pailet
Narrated by: Xanet Pailet
Length: 6 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Overcome your discomfort: Living an Orgasmic Life is written for anyone who finds sex challenging or feels uncomfortable with their sex life. Women who are alienated from their erotic side due to sexual abuse or trauma will find healing balm here. Women who can't surrender into pleasure, can't sustain intimacy, or want to reclaim and feel... Read more
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Dancing with Raven and Bear
By: Sonja Grace
Narrated by: Sonja Grace
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Original tales inspired by Native American and Norwegian folklore that highlight the wisdom of the divine natural world
• Shares unique stories about Earth Medicine and animal magic, inspired by the author’s unusual Native American (Hopi) and Norwegian upbringing
• Interwoven with ancient teachings and everyday practical applications of Earth... Read more
American Messiahs
By: Adam Morris
Narrated by: Joel Richards
Length: 12 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
A history with sweeping implications, American Messiahs challenges our previous misconceptions about "cult" leaders and their messianic power.
Mania surrounding messianic prophets has defined the national consciousness since the American Revolution. From Civil War veteran and virulent anticapitalist Cyrus Teed, to the dapper and overlooked... Read more
The Theft of a Decade
By: Joseph C. Sternberg
Narrated by: Corey Gagne
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A Wall Street Journal columnist delivers a brilliant narrative of the mugging of the millennial generation-- how the Baby Boomers have stolen the millennials' future in order to ensure themselves a comfortable present
The Theft of a Decade is a contrarian, revelatory analysis of how one generation pulled the rug out from under another, and the... Read more