Biography

The Bishop's Daughter

by Honor Moore; read by Honor Moore

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Black Panther Woman

by Mary Frances Phillips; foreword by Charlene A. Carruthers; read by Deanna Anthony

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The first biography of Ericka Huggins, a queer Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party. Learn More

Black Samson

by Nyasha Junior & Jeremy Schipper; read by David Sadzin

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper tell the story of how this biblical character became an icon of African American literature. Learn More

Black Sheep

by Ray Studevent; read by Sean Crisden

A captivating memoir of a biracial boy growing up in Washington, DC, abandoned by his birth parents, and lovingly raised by a woman with deep emotional scars from her upbringing in the segregated South. Learn More

Blacksound

by Matthew D. Morrison; read by Matthew D. Morrison

Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound" to uncover how the popular music industry and popular entertainment in general in the United States arose out of slavery and blackface. Learn More

Blow Your House Down

by Gina Frangello; read by Hillary Huber

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In Blow Your House Down, Gina Frangello uses her personal story to examine the place of women in contemporary society: the violence they experience, the rage they suppress, the ways their bodies often reveal what they cannot say aloud, and finally, what it means to transgress "being good" in order to reclaim your own life. Learn More

Bob Goes to Jail

by Rob Sedgwick; read by Roger Wayne

Rob Sedgwick presents his hilarious and touching memoir, Bob Goes to Jail. Learn More

Born in Blackness

by Howard W. French; read by James Fouhey

Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history. Learn More

Boss of the Grips

by Eric K. Washington; read by David Sadzin

A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.
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The Bourbon King

by Bob Batchelor; read by Joe Barrett

Love, murder, mountains of cash, bribery, political intrigue, rivers of bourbon, and a grand spectacle like few before it, the tale of George Remus provides listeners with a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition's "Bourbon Trail," the thirst of the American people, and their fascination with crime. Learn More

Boutwell

by Jeffrey Boutwell; read by Perry Daniels

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The first major biography of the statesman who fought for racial and economic equality alongside Presidents Lincoln and Grant. Learn More

Brave the Wild River

by Melissa L. Sevigny; read by Elizabeth Wiley

The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Learn More

Broadway

by Fran Leadon; read by Kevin Pariseau

Broadway takes us on a mile-by-mile journey that traces the gradual evolution of the seventeenth-century's Brede Wegh, a muddy cow path in a backwater Dutch settlement, to the twentieth century's Great White Way. Learn More

The Brothers Vonnegut

Ginger Strand; read by Sean Runnette

Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut Learn More

Brutus

by Kathryn Tempest; read by Jennifer Dixon

A compelling new portrait of Marcus Brutus delves behind the ancient evidence to set aside the myths that surround the ancient world's most famous assassin. Learn More

Buckley and Mailer

Kevin M. Schultz; read by Peter Berkrot

A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the incredibly contentious and surprisingly close friendship of its two most colorful characters. Learn More

Building America

by Jean H. Baker; read by Laural Merlington

Building America masterfully narrates the life and legacy of a key figure in creating an American aesthetic in the new United States. Learn More

Burning Butch

by R/B Mertz; read by R/B Mertz

R/B Mertz's must-listen debut memoir. Learn More

Call the Midwife

Jennifer Worth; read by Nicola Barber

Companion to the PBS series. An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman. Learn More

Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End