by James T. Hamilton; illustrated by Jim Toomey; read by Steve Menasche
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available July
For high school graduates and anyone heading off to college, this book is packed with 100 lessons to help shape your college experience and prepare for what comes afterward. It makes the perfect gift for the new college student. Learn More
Steve Champion—flamboyant businessman, former leader of an anti-Nazi network in the Second World War—is a man surrounded by mysteries. There are rumors he is still in the spying business. And suspicions that his fortune may be built on something nefarious; something he'd rather stayed secret. The Department are nervous, so Champion's oldest wartime ally is sent to the South of France to investigate. It's time to reopen the file on yesterday's spy, whatever the consequences. Learn More
Based on research, interviews, and the author's own experience in a hardcore raiding guild, Daniel Lisi's book examines World of Warcraft's origins, the addictive power of its gameplay loop, the romances WoW has both cemented and shattered, the enabling power of anonymity, and the thrill of conquering BlizzCon with guildmates you've known for years and just met for the first time. Learn More
Find the confidence and courage to change the world. Shelly Rachanow's book contains a diverse collection of brave, beautiful, brilliant, creative, and totally possible ideas that women have shared, complemented by inspirational quotes from famous women and action lists like "Ten Things You Can Start Doing Now." Rachanow's warm and encouraging voice motivates listeners to join other amazing women who are kicking serious butt for the good of all. Learn More
A powerful and important exploration of how addiction functions on social, psychological, and biological levels, integrated with the experience of being an addict, from an acclaimed philosopher and former addict. Learn More
A leading intellectual historian shows how free speech, once viewed as both hazardous and unnatural, was reinvented as an unalloyed good, with enormous consequences for our society today. Learn More
A messianic tale about a group of professional mourners—a darkly funny novel of grief, mystery, and redemption from the author of The Delivery. Learn More
In 1981, David Bowie and Queen both happened to be in Switzerland: They met and made "Under Pressure." Recorded on a lark, the song broke the path for subsequent pop anthems. In Under Pressure, Max Brzezinski tells the classic track's story, charting the relationship between pop music, collective politics, and dominant institutions of state, corporations, and civil society. Learn More
In this gripping work, Benjamin Franklin is given a biography as rich and complex as his own intellectual life by master literary historian Kevin J. Hayes. Learn More
An epic tragicomedy spanning three generations, UGLY explores the horrifying and hilarious truths of man's inhumanity to woman, delivered with unforgettable characters and indelible dark humor in the grand tradition of John Irving. Learn More
When the unnamed British agent in this story is sent to take custody of a defecting Russian scientist, his mission takes him to the Arab world and the Sahara desert as he is consistently foiled by a US Secret Service high-up. Loyalty is tested and never certain, as it becomes unclear as the novel develops who is actually chasing whom, and where the threat is coming from. Learn More
by Jerome R. Corsi, PhD, foreword by Marc Morano; read by Bob Souer
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available June
Want to know the truth about how energy, temperature, and climate work? Listen to The Truth about Energy, Global Warming, and Climate Change—but prepare to be shocked. Learn More
by Joe Westmoreland; introduction by Eileen Myles; read by Nick Monteleone
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available June
A treasured cult classic following a young gay man crisscrossing 1970s and '80s America in search of salvation. Now reissued with an introduction from Eileen Myles and an afterword from the author. Learn More
The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectual way. In The Tenderness of Silent Minds, Martha C. Nussbaum, a leading thinker on emotion, morality, and justice, conducts a pioneering study of Benjamin Britten's musical representations of the tender male body amidst the brutality of war, and their ability to transform consciousness by evoking potent, non-personal emotions. Learn More
