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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
NEW! Now Available
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
Octavia E. Butler
by Chi-Ming Yang; read by Janina Edwards
NEW! Now Available
An homage to the childhood genius of Black science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler. 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
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
The Oxford Handbook of Jorge Luis Borges
by Oxford Handbooks; edited by Daniel Balderston and Nora Benedict; read by Emmanuel Chumaceiro
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available July
In The Oxford Handbook of Jorge Luis Borges, editors Daniel Balderston and Nora Benedict, along with a team of international scholars, contextualize Jorge Luis Borges's work for a new generation of twenty-first-century readers and critics. Learn More
The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron
edited by Jonathon Shears and Alan Rawes; read by Mike Cooper
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available April
The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron offers the latest in critical thinking about the poet that defined the Romantic era across Europe and beyond. The volume presents forty-four groundbreaking essays that enable listeners to assess Lord Byron's central position in Romantic traditions and his profound and far-reaching influence on British, European, and world culture. Learn More
Pardon Power
by Kim Wehle; read by Holly Adams
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
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