History • Culture
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.
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The Plague of War
by Jennifer T. Roberts; read by Anne Flosnik
A fast-paced narrative of one of antiquity's most famous clashes, The Plague of War is a must-listen for history enthusiasts of all ages. Learn More
Pity the Reader
by Suzanne McConnell & Kurt Vonnegut; read by Karen White
The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student. Learn More
Pigs at the Trough
Arianna Huffington; read by Alison Fraser
Arianna Huffington turns the spotlight on the tough reforms we must demand from Washington that go beyond the Corporate Responsibility Act. Learn More
Piece By Piece
Calvin Trillin; read by the author
This original recording—his first—features Trillin at his most uproarious, reading from his own articles and books. Learn More
Picnic Comma Lightning
by Laurence Scott; read by Laurence Scott
What does it mean to be human in the twenty-first century? In this innovative examination of our present reality, award-winning writer Laurence Scott charts the ways our traditional mental models of the world have started to fray. Learn More
The Picnic
by Matthew Longo; read by Tom Parks
The gripping story of a collective passion for freedom that shook the world. Learn More
Picasso's War
Russell Martin; read by Oliver Wyman
Picasso's War sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to WWII and delivers an unforgettable portrait of a genius whose visionary statement about horror and terrible wounds of war still resonates today. Learn More
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios; Foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss; read by Kevin T. Collins
A complete update to the hit book on the real physics at work in comic books, featuring more heroes, more villains, and more science. Learn More
The Philadelphia Chromosome
Jessica Wapner; read by Heather Henderson
Science journalist Jessica Wapner goes beyond the headlines to share the fascinating backstory on ground-breaking cancer research and the genetic science behind it.
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The Petroleum Papers
by Geoff Dembicki; read by Steve Menasche
Burning fossil fuels will cause catastrophic global warming: this is what top American oil executives were told by scientists in 1959. But they ignored that warning. Instead, they developed one of the biggest, most polluting oil sources in the world―the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. As investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki reveals in this explosive book, the decades-long conspiracy to keep the oil sands flowing into the US would turn out to be one of the biggest reasons for the world's failure to stop the climate crisis. Learn More
Pessoa
by Richard Zenith; read by Hannibal Hills
Like Richard Ellmann's James Joyce, Richard Zenith's Pessoa immortalizes the life of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Learn More
Personality Wins
by Merrick Rosenberg with Richard Ellis; read by Jonathan Yen
Personality has determined the winner of the last twenty-two US presidential elections—and it will decide who wins in the future. If you're wondering whether Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or another Democratic candidate can beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election, this book has the answer. Learn More
Personality Disorders
by Allan V. Horwitz; read by Jonathan Yen
The fascinating and controversial history of personality disorders. Learn More
Personality
by Daniel Nettle; read by Matthew Waterson
Written by Daniel Nettle—author of the popular book Happiness—this brief volume takes the listener on an exhilarating tour of what modern science can tell us about human personality. Learn More
Permanent Present Tense
Suzanne Corkin; read by Pam Ward
The riveting story of the man who couldn’t remember: H. M., the famous brain-damaged patient whose case afforded untold advances in the study of memory. Learn More
Permanent Damage
by Mercy Fontenot, Lyndsey Parker; read by Natasha Soudek
Mercy Fontenot was a Zelig who grew up in the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury scene, where she crossed paths with Charles Manson, went to the first Acid Test, and was friends with Jimi Hendrix (she was later in his movie Rainbow Bridge). Written just prior to her death in 2020, Permanent Damage shows us the world of the 1960s and 1970s music scene through Mercy's eyes. Learn More
The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King
by Jerom Charyn; read by Danny Campbell
Raising the literary bar to a new level, Jerome Charyn re-creates the voice of Theodore Roosevelt, the New York City police commissioner, Rough Rider, and soon-to-be twenty-sixth president through his derring-do adventures, effortlessly combining superhero dialogue with haunting pathos. Learn More
The Perfume Burned His Eyes
by Michael Imperioli; read by Michael Imperioli
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Screenwriter and Emmy Award–winning actor Michael Imperioli presents a must-listen coming-of-age story set in New York City. Learn More
People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations
NPR; hosted by David Greene
The beauty, genius and heroism of the human spirit shines throughout this collection of encounters with exceptional individuals, selected and presented by NPR personalities whose lives have been enriched by a single conversation. Learn More
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