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Sidecountry
by John Branch; read by Charles Constant
New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work, featuring twenty of his favorites from the more than 2,000 pieces he has published in the paper. Learn More
Sisters and Rebels
by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall; read by Karen White
2020 PEN America Literary Award Winner
Grounded in decades of research, Sisters and Rebels unfolds an epic narrative of American history through the lives and works of three Southern women. Learn More
Snowblind
by Robert Sabbag; read by Andrew Eiden
Called "a triumphant piece of reporting," Snowblind recounts the exploits of former cocaine smuggler Zachary Swan, chronicling his elaborate scams and outstanding success in the early 1970s. Learn More
So Many Roads
David Browne; read by Sean Runnette
An acclaimed journalist sheds new light on one of rock’s most iconic bands. Learn More
So Much Longing in So Little Space
by Karl Ove Knausgaard; read by Matthew Waterson
A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Scream. Learn More
So Much Things to Say
by Roger Steffens; read by Roger Steffens
So Much Things to Say is the definitive oral history of Bob Marley by one of the world's foremost reggae scholars. Learn More
Soldier, Priest, and God
by F. S. Naiden; read by Stephen Bel Davies
Soldier, Priest, and God, the first religious biography of Alexander, incorporates recent scholarship to provide a vivid and unique portrait of a remarkable leader. Learn More
Solitude & Company
by Silvana Paternostro, Contributing Author Edith Grossman; read by Robert Fass
An oral history biography of the legendary Latin American writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, brimming with atmosphere and insight. Learn More
Something in the Blood
by David J. Skal; read by James Patrick Cronin
A groundbreaking biography reveals the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula and traces the psychosexual contours of late Victorian society. Learn More
Somewhere Out There
by Don Bluth; read by Don Bluth
After more than five decades in Hollywood, Don Bluth, the man behind some of the most iconic animated films ever made, tells his story. Learn More
The Song Poet
Kao Kalia Yang; read by Kao Kalia Yang
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America. Learn More
Sonny
by S.J. Peddie; read by Tanya Eby
Based on exclusive interviews before his death in 2020 at age 103, Sonny is the first and only authorized biography of legendary mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese, the head of the Colombo crime family and financier of the infamous film Deep Throat. Learn More
South with the Sun
Lynne Cox; read by Christine Williams
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever. Learn More
Spillane
by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor; read by Michael Butler Murray
The first-ever biography of the most popular and most influential pulp writer of all time, written by the collaborator who knew him best. Learn More
A Spy Named Orphan
by Roland Philipps; read by Jonathan Cowley
A Spy Named Orphan is the first full biography of one of the most intriguing and important spies of the twentieth century. Learn More
Stand Up Straight and Sing!
by Jessye Norman; read by Mia Ellis
In Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman recalls in rich detail the strong women who were her role models, from her ancestors to family friends, relatives, and teachers. Learn More
The Statesman and the Storyteller
Mark Zwonitzer; read by Joe Barrett
In the tradition of the bestselling historical works of David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, and Walter Isaacson, award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer brings two extraordinary American figures—and friends—into the spotlight at a time when their country was taking center stage in the world. Learn More
The Storm
by Christopher Zyda; read by Paul Boehmer
Christopher Zyda confronts the long-buried and painful memories of his harrowing fifteen-year journey in The Storm: One Voice from the AIDS Generation, a heart-wrenching love story and coming-of-age tale during the early years of the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles. Learn More
The Story of Motown
by Peter Benjaminson; read by Sean Crisden
A re-release of the first book ever published in America about the legendary Motown Record Company, with a new foreword by legendary music journalist Greil Marcus.
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Street Poison
Justin Gifford; read by J. D. Jackson
The first and definitive biography of one of America's bestselling, notorious, and influential writers of the twentieth century: Iceberg Slim, nee Robert Beck, author of the multimillion-copy memoir Pimp and such equally popular novels as Trick Baby and Mama Black Widow. Learn More
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