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A People's History of the United States

By: Howard Zinn

Narrated by: Jeff Zinn

Length: 34 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing... Read more

Pandora's Jar

By: Natalie Haynes

Narrated by: Natalie Haynes

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!”—Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classical stories Greek... Read more

The Happiest Man on Earth

By: Eddie Jaku

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times BestsellerIn this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life.Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was a teenager when his world was turned... Read more

Femina

By: Janina Ramirez

Narrated by: Janina Ramirez

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history and why it matters

The Middle Ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings; a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the “Dark” Ages were... Read more

You Are What You Watch

By: Walt Hickey

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and data expert Walt Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, how we see ourselves, and how nations gain power. Virtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising... Read more

The Exceptions

By: Kate Zernike

Narrated by: Kathe Mazur

Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book

As late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles.

“Gripping…one puts down the book inspired by the women’s grit, tenacity,... Read more

Ministry of Truth

By: Steve Benen

Narrated by: Rachel Maddow

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A searing, vital investigation of the Republican Party’s dangerous campaign to rewrite history in real time, from the Emmy Award-winning Rachel Maddow Show producer and bestselling author of The Impostors.“There is nobody…who has more influence on the way I think about politics than Steve Benen.” —Rachel Maddow For as long as historical records... Read more

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask

By: Dr. Anton Treuer

Narrated by: Dr. Anton Treuer

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young listeners alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?," "What's it like for... Read more

Empires of the Steppes

By: Kenneth W. Harl

Narrated by: Corey M. Snow

Length: 17 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped world civilization.

The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the... Read more

The Day the World Came to Town

By: Jim DeFede

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of the musical Come From Away!When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded... Read more

The Gender Binary is a Big Lie

By: Lee Wind

Narrated by: Diontae Black

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What if you discovered that the whole concept of a gender binary is an illusion?




While many people identify as men or women, that is not all there is. The idea that all humans fall into one of two gender categories is largely a construct created by those who benefit from that belief. The reality is that gender is naturally diverse, falling inside... Read more

The Chancellor

By: Kati Marton

Narrated by: Alex Allwine & Kati Marton

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The “captivating” (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful—and elusive—woman in the world.

Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a... Read more

The Cure for Women

By: Lydia Reeder

Narrated by: Sara Sheckells

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood—and the brilliant doctor who defied them. After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to universities like Harvard, women built their own... Read more

Some People Need Killing

By: Patricia Evangelista

Narrated by: Patricia Evangelista

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

“Patricia Evangelista’s searing account is not only the definitive chronicle of a reign of terror in the Philippines, but a warning to the rest of the world about the true dangers of despotism—its nightmarish consequences and its terrible human... Read more

The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1

By: Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 25 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.

“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a... Read more

Smoke and Ashes

By: Amitav Ghosh

Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar

Length: 12 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most... Read more

The Escape Artist

By: Jonathan Freedland

Narrated by: Jonathan Freedland

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award · New York Times Bestseller""A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information—and misinformation. Is it possible to stop mass murder by telling the truth?"" — Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus:... Read more

Harbingers

By: Timothy J. Heaphy

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A crucial, clear-eyed assessment of what connects the two most influential moments of political violence in recent American history, and where we go from here This dramatic, revealing book offers an insider account of the planning and aftermath of the racist riot in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, and the insurrection at the US. Capitol on... Read more

The Chess Revolution

By: Peter Doggers

Narrated by: George Weightman

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world’s top chess journalists in the world explores why, after 1,500 years of existence, chess has never been more relevant than now. Chess is not just one of the greatest games ever devised. It has inspired writers, painters, and filmmakers, and is a secret mover behind technical revolutions like artificial intelligence that are... Read more

The Price They Paid

By: Jeff Forret

Narrated by: J. D. Jackson

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A prizewinning historian uncovers the first instances of reparations in America—ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves. “A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure reparations.”
—Robert Elder‚ author of... Read more

Shadow of the Titanic

By: Andrew Wilson

Narrated by: David Pickering

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A riveting and groundbreaking account of what happened to the survivors of the Titanic. We think we know the story of the Titanic—the once majestic and supposedly unsinkable ship that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America—but very little has been written about the vessel’s 705 survivors. How did the events of that... Read more

Goethe

By: A. N. Wilson

Narrated by: A.N. Wilson

Length: 16 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Goethe, written and read by A. N. Wilson

Goethe remains one of the most influential figures in modern literature and thought.

Goethe was the inventor of the psychological novel, a pioneer scientist, great man of the theatre and a leading politician. As A. N. Wilson argues in this groundbreaking biography, it was his genius and... Read more

The House of War

By: Simon Mayall

Narrated by: Simon Mayall

Length: 15 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The House of War: The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate written and read by Simon Mayall.

A powerful new history detailing the most significant military clashes between Islam and Christendom over the 1,300 years of the Muslim caliphate.

From the taking of the holy city of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph... Read more

Scotland Yard

By: Simon Read

Narrated by: Harry Myers

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notorious murder cases. The idea of Scotland Yard is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II,... Read more