"Vivid with a Mesozoic bestiary" (Tom Holland), this on-the-ground, must-listen narrative weaves together the chance discovery of dinosaurs and the rise of the secular age. Learn More
Weaving mystery, history, and memoir, Irena's Gift is the captivating account of one woman's personal quest to uncover the unspoken and give voice to her family's secret war-torn history. Learn More
Detailed information on birth control, STIs, emergency contraception, and more: a guide to what today's young women need to know about their bodies, from a compassionate, experienced practitioner. Learn More
In this newest entry in the Edgar-nominated Delia Mariola series, a serial killer stalks the streets of a depressed Rust Belt town on the cusp of revitalization. Learn More
Kayfabe is a window into life on the fringes of a uniquely brutal American pastime and an intelligent, self-aware commentary on modern identity, artifice, and violence. Evoking Sam Lipsyte's whip-smart humor and Lauren Oyler's biting insight, Kayfabe challenges listeners to consider the truths that fakery can expose. Learn More
A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences. Learn More
The Yorkshire detectives are upstaged by a Shakespeare-inspired serial killer in this "stylish, superior . . . snappy" mystery (Kirkus Reviews). Learn More
A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers listeners powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. Learn More
In this unique book, John Janovy Jr., one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites, reveals what can humans learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, flukes, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside, and how these lessons help us negotiate our own complicated world. Whether we're learning to adapt to adverse conditions, accept our own limitations, or process new information in an ever-changing landscape—we can be sure a parasite did it first. Learn More
A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise—and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right's moral decay. Learn More
Making Makers presents a comprehensive history of a seminal work of scholarship which has exerted a persistent attraction for scholars of war and strategy: Makers of Modern Strategy. It reveals the processes by which scholars conceived and devised the book, considering both successful and failed attempts to make and remake the work across the twentieth century, and illuminating its impact and legacy. Learn More
A witty and warm memoir about growing up with the help of a very special cat—from Helen Brown, internationally bestselling author of Cleo and other tales of the beloved cats in her life. Learn More
A "hauntingly effective" surrealist travel memoir about the mysterious transformations that may lurk inside us all (Library Journal, starred review). Learn More
In poems of rangy curiosity, sharp humor, and illuminating self-scrutiny, Diane Seuss's Modern Poetry investigates our time's deep isolation and divisiveness and asks: What can poetry be now? Do poems still have the capacity to mean? Learn More
