Biography • Memoir
Share in the childhood tales of A Girl Named Zippy. Hear Kenneth Branagh read Samuel Pepys' exuberant 17th-century diary. Be transformed by the extraordinary women of Half the Sky. You'll find these and other remarkable life stories under biography and memoir.
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Women in Science
by Rachel Ignotofsky; read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
A New York Times Best Seller
The New York Times bestseller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Learn More
Women in Sports
by Rachel Ignotofsky; read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable women athletes from the 1800s to today, including trailblazers, Olympians, and record-breakers in more than forty sports. Learn More
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth
by Rachel Ignotofsky; read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
New York Times Bestselling Author
A fascinating tour of the planet exploring ecosystems large and small, from reefs, deserts, and rainforests to a single drop of water—from the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science. Learn More
The Breakthrough
Gwen Ifill; read by the author
A veteran journalist surveys the American political landscape and illuminates the evolution of the African-American politician—and the future of American democracy. Learn More
Dressed Up for a Riot
by Michael Idov; read by Michael Idov
In Dressed Up for a Riot, Idov writes openly, sensitively, and stingingly about life in Moscow and his place in a media apparatus that sometimes undermined but more often bolstered a state system defined by cynicism, corruption, and the fanning of fake news. With humor and intelligence, he offers a close-up glimpse of what a declining world power can become. Learn More
Running with Raven
by Laura Lee Huttenbach; read by Allyson Ryan
In 1975 Robert “Raven” Kraft, a high school dropout and aspiring songwriter, made a New Year’s Resolution to run eight miles on Miami’s South Beach each evening. Over 125,000 miles later, he has not missed one sunset. Learn More
The Quintessential Good Samaritan
by Thomas Huening; foreword by Congresswoman Jackie Speier; read by Mike Chamberlain
The authorized biography of John Joseph Kelly—the quintessential Good Samaritan—who changed the lives of thousands of people in need, first as a devoted Catholic priest; then as a champion of the poor and a father figure to troubled minority youth; and finally, as a one-on-one mentor offering hope and guidance to hardcore San Quentin inmates. Learn More
Daughter of the Dragon
by Yunte Huang; read by Rebecca Lam
A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic racism are set against the currents of twentieth-century history. Learn More
Inseparable
by Yunte Huang; read by PJ Ochlan
2019 National Book Critics Circle Award
With wry humor, Shakespearean profundity, and trenchant insight, Yunte Huang brings to life the story of America's most famous nineteenth-century Siamese twins. Learn More
Spying on the Reich
by R. T. Howard; read by Julian Elfer
Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished British, French, German, Danish, and Czech archival sources, Spying on the Reich tells the story of Germany and its rearmament in the 1920s and 1930s; its relations with foreign governments and their intelligence services; and the relations and rivalries between Western governments, seen through the prism of the cooperation, or lack of it, between their spy agencies. Learn More
Listen Up!
by Mark Howard & Chris Howard; read by Peter Berkrot
An album-by-album account of working with iconic artists such as Anthony Kiedis, Michael Stipe, Gord Downie, and Bono, from a leader in the field. Learn More
Reap the Whirlwind
by Peter Houlahan; read by Joshua Saxon
The bestselling author of Norco '80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that placed one young Black man at the center of a whirlwind of crime and punishment that profoundly altered Southern California. Learn More
Cougars on the Cliff
by Maurice Hornocker; with David Johnson; read by Joel Richards
Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator—the mountain lion. A story of redemption, this book is a memoir about the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding Hornocker's groundbreaking study of cougars in the remote reaches of the Idaho Primitive Area. Learn More
Storming the Heavens
by Gerald Horne; read by Bill Quinn
The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this account and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African Americans to gain the right to fly. Learn More
The Man Who Would Not Be Washington
Jonathan Horn; read by David Drummond
A young, enormously talented historian tells the story of why Robert E. Lee, the one soldier who most embodied the legacy of George Washington, chose to fight for the South, a decision that changed American history. Learn More
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