Experience our world: as it was, as it is, as it might become with these audiobooks about history, the arts, culture, education, and politics. Don't miss Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, or Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Writers, or Gwen Ifill's The Breakthrough.
Named a Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2021 by Publishers Weekly: A rigorous examination of six political myths used to deflect and discredit demands for social justice. Learn More
A celebrated Irish writer's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Learn More
by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft and Merry White; read by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft
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From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces listeners to world food history and food anthropology. Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White offer new ways to understand food in relation to its natural and cultural histories and the social rules that shape our meals. Learn More
Peter Singer and James Mason; read by Rick Adamson
A thought-provoking look at how what we eat profoundly effects all living things and the environment—and how we can make healthful, more humane food choices. Learn More
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of The Way We Were, this intriguing and impeccably researched book is the first ever account of the making of the classic film starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford, revealing the full story behind its genesis and continued controversies, its many deleted scenes, its much-anticipated but never-filmed sequel, and the real-life romance that inspired this groundbreaking love story . . . Learn More
David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler; read by David Drummond
George Washington was a singular, often aloof man who sought out the counsel of a few, trusted men to help him share his task of governing the new nation. In WASHINGTON'S CIRCLE, David and Jeanne Heidler introduce not just the president but the group of extraordinary men who advised him. Learn More
Edited by Travis Langley, Foreword by John Russo; read by Allyson Ryan and Adam Verner
What does it take to stay human when humanity has lost the world? The characters of The Walking Dead live in a desolate post-apocalyptic world, filled with relentless violence and death. In reality, how would such never-ending stress and trauma affect the psyche? Learn More
From a critically acclaimed and beloved storyteller comes a sweeping novel set aboard the Morning Light, a Nova Scotian merchant ship sailing through the South Pacific in 1912. Learn More
An in-depth look at America's largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhood. Learn More
Author Rebecca Sive draws on her decades of political experience to create this crucial book, which empowers every American man, woman, and child who cares about our nation's democratic future to harness their collective power in the run-up to 2020 and, at last, form a more perfect union. Learn More
An expert on U.S. election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective. Learn More
by Nick Ochsner and Michael Graff; read by Nick Ochsner
The Vote Collectors shows the reality of election stealing in one southern county, where democracy was undermined the old-fashioned way: one absentee ballot at a time. Learn More
In this book, Tim Strangleman tells the story of the Guinness brewery at Park Royal, showing how the history of one plant tells us a much wider story about changing attitudes and understandings about work in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Learn More
by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.; read by J. Rodney Turner
They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the Confederacy. Learn More
by Charles Ryan, with Hudson Perigo; read by PJ Ochlan
Integrating the molecular and the medical, sociology and storytelling, The Virility Paradoxoffers a fascinating look at how one hormone has shaped history, and the connections between our biology, our behavior, and our best selves. Learn More
Violence and the Sacred is René Girard's landmark study of human evil. Here Girard explores violence as it is represented and occurs throughout history, literature, and myth. Learn More
