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Nine Irish Lives
by Mark Bailey; read by Alana Kerr Collins and Alan Smyth
In the spirit of David McCullough's Brave Companions, this anthology of popular American history presents the stories of nine incredible Irish immigrants as written by nine contemporary Irish Americans. Learn More
The Nine Lives of Pakistan
by Declan Walsh; read by Roger Clark
The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Learn More
No One Man Should Have All That Power
By Amos Barshad; read by Johnny Heller
An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control. Learn More
No Scrap Left Behind
by Teralyn Pilgrim; read by Teralyn Pilgrim
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available November
The story of a mother's quest to end her family's food waste—and all the blunders that came with it. Learn More
Nobody's Girl Friday
by J. E. Smyth; read by Karen White
Looking back on her career in 1977, Bette Davis remembered with pride, "Women owned Hollywood for twenty years." She had a point. Between 1930 and 1950, over forty percent of film industry employees were women, twenty five percent of all screenwriters were female, one woman ran MGM behind the scenes, over a dozen women worked as producers, a woman headed the Screen Writers Guild three times, and press claimed Hollywood was a generation or two ahead of the rest of the country in terms of gender equality and employment. Learn More
Not a Game
by Kent Babb; read by Michael Butler Murray
Shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
Through extensive research and interviews with those closest to Iverson, acclaimed Washington Post sportswriter Kent Babb gets behind the familiar, sanitized, and heroic version of the hard-changing, hard-partying athlete who played every game as if it were his last. Learn More
NPR American Chronicles: First Ladies
NPR; hosted by Cokie Roberts
Audie Finalist
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner
While the role of the first lady has changed dramatically over the course of the nation’s history, one thing remains constant: Americans have always been fascinated by the wives of the President. Learn More
Of Bears and Ballots
by Heather Lende; read by Karen White
The writer whom the Los Angeles Times calls “part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott,” now brings her quirky and compassionate take on holding local office. Learn More
One and Only
Gerald Nicosia and Anne Marie Santos; read by Vanessa Hart and Stephen Bowlby
The Real Woman Behind Kerouac's MaryLou
The story of Lu Anne Henderson, the woman who loved—and was loved by—Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady. Learn More
Onward
Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon; read by Stephen Bowlby
In the highly anticipated follow-up to his first bestseller, the CEO of Starbucks recounts the story and leadership lessons behind the global coffee company’s comeback. Learn More
The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean; read by Anna Fields
The Orchid Thief is the true story of John Laroche, an obsessed Florida plant dealer willing to go to any lengths to steal rare and protected wild orchids and clone them, all for a tidy profit. Learn More
Origin Story
by Howard Markel; read by Mike Cooper
NEW! Now Available
A lively account of how Darwin's work on natural selection transformed science and society, and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author. Learn More
Out of the Shadows
by Emily Midorikawa
Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves. But not so within the social sphere of the séance—a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic, in which women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Learn More
Out of the Shadows
by Emily Midorikawa; read by Rachael Beresford
Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves. But not so within the social sphere of the séance—a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic, in which women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Learn More
Overlooking the Border
By Dana Hercbergs; read by Christina Delaine
Overlooking the Border: Narratives of Divided Jerusalem by Dana Hercbergs continues the dialogue surrounding the social history of Jerusalem. Learn More
Pardon Power
by Kim Wehle; read by Holly Adams
NEW! Now Available
If you've ever wondered about the constitutional basis for presidential pardons, this book explains it, offering examples from the recent and distant past. Follow constitutional law professor and popular newsroom commentator Kim Wehle through a fascinating rundown of how this executive power has been—and might be—used by American presidents. Learn More
Partners in Command
by Mark Perry; read by James Anderson Foster
A unique look at the complex relationship between two of America's foremost World War II leaders. Learn More
Patrick Henry
by Jon Kukla; read by Paul Woodson
This authoritative biography of Patrick Henry—the underappreciated founding father best known for saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"—restores him and his fellow Virginians to their seminal place in the story of American independence. Learn More
Patriot Presidents
by William E. Leuchtenburg; read by Tim Fannon
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available March
A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidency. Learn More
Penman of the Founding
by Jane E. Calvert; read by Kitty Hendrix
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available February
Despite the key part he played in the country's founding, few Americans today have heard of John Dickinson. Early chroniclers and historians cast him as a coward and Loyalist for not signing the Declaration. Many later historians have simply accepted and echoed this distorted and dismissive view. Jane Calvert's fascinating, authoritative, and accessible biography, the first complete account of Dickinson's life and work, restores him to a place of prominence in the nation's formative years. Learn More
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