Biography

Revolutionary Princeton 1774-1783

by William L. Kidder; read by Paul Heitsch

Discover how eighteenth-century Princeton and its residents—including two signers of the Declaration of Independence—contributed to and were affected by the American Revolution. Learn More

Rescuing Ladybugs

by Jennifer Skiff; read by Donna Postel

Countless times throughout our lives, we're presented with a choice to help another soul. Rescuing Ladybugs highlights the true stories of remarkable people who didn't look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations and instead worked to save animals. Learn More

Report from Ground Zero

Dennis Smith; read by Eric Conger, Jeff David, Don Leslie, Beth McDonald, Jennifer Jay Myers, Paula Parker, and Charles Stransky

What would make someone rush into a towering inferno and dash up stairs toward danger against a flow of human beings running in the opposite direction? Only someone who's been there can tell us. Learn More

Report from Engine Co. 82

Dennis Smith; read by Lloyd James

Report from Engine Co. 82 is the story of one company of New York firefighters battling unimaginable death and destruction every day. Learn More

Red Paint

by Sasha LaPointe; read by Sasha LaPointe

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An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of the women in her lineage in this bold, contemporary journey to reclaim her heritage and unleash her power and voice while searching for a permanent home. Learn More

Red Moon Rising

Matthew Brzezinski; read by Charles Stransky

The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world. Learn More

Reckless Daughter

by David Yaffe; read by Xe Sands

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Reckless Daughter tells the story of Joni Mitchell and also of the fertile, exciting musical time of which she was an integral part, one that had a profound effect that can still be felt today on American music and the industry. Learn More

The Receptionist (Digital Edition)

Janet Groth; read by Susanna Burney

Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining look back at her 21 years (1957 to 1978—the William Shawn years) of lateral trajectory at America’s most literary of institutions. Learn More

Rebels at Sea

by Eric Jay Dolin; read by Eric Jason Martin

The bestselling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War. Learn More

Reap the Whirlwind

by Peter Houlahan; read by Joshua Saxon

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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

Reading the Man

by Elizabeth Brown Pryor; read by Jo Anna Perrin

Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Robert E. Lee's actions reveal a man forced to play a leading role in the formation of the nation at the cost of his private happiness. Learn More

The Radical Imagination of Black Women

by Pearl K. Ford Dowe; read by L. Malaika Cooper

Including interviews with Black women holding political office at the national, state, and local levels, as well as focus group data, The Radical Imagination of Black Women explores how Black women decide to seek political office. Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision for a full democracy. 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

Queen Victoria

by Michael Ledger-Lomas; read by Anne Flosnik

This biography evokes the pervasive importance of religion to Queen Victoria's life but also that life's centrality to the religion of Victorians around the globe. The first comprehensive exploration of Victoria's religiosity, it shows how moments in her life—from her accession to her marriage and her successive bereavements—enlarged how she defined and lived her faith. Learn More

Power and Pinstripes

by Jeff Mangold; read by Mike Chamberlain

No team in American sports has as storied a history as the New York Yankees, winners of twenty-seven World Series. As the strength and conditioning coach for the Yankees for parts of three decades, Jeff Mangold was firmly imbedded in building the dynasty of the 1990s and 2000s. In Power and Pinstripes, Mangold shares priceless stories from his fourteen seasons behind the scenes in the Bronx. Learn More

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

by Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung; read by Rebecca Lam

An authoritative examination of "Xi Jinping Thought"—now the official dogma of the Chinese Communist Party—that marshals Xi's personal words and writings to reveal his plan to make "the China Dream of national rejuvenation" a reality in the coming decades. Learn More

A Political Theory for the Jewish People

by Chaim Gans; read by Barry Abrams

Chaim Gans's A Political Theory for the Jewish People examines the two dominant interpretations of Zionism, contrasts them with post-Zionist alternatives, and develops a third model. Along with exploring the historiographic, philosophical, and moral foundations of each of these approaches, Gans considers their implications for the relationship between Jews and Arabs in Israel/Palestine as well as the relationship between Israeli and diasporic Jews. Learn More

The Pledge to America

by Drago Dzieran; read by Joel Richards

Retired Navy SEAL Drago Dzieran takes listeners behind the scenes of his incredible life, from an impoverished childhood in Communist-controlled Poland to his time as a political prisoner, to his twenty years as a member of the United States military's most elite fighting force. Learn More

A Plausible Man

by Susanna Ashton; read by Leon Nixon