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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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Overlooking the Border

By Dana Hercbergs; read by Christina Delaine

Overlooking the Border: Narratives of Divided Jerusalem by Dana Hercbergs continues the dialogue surrounding the social history of Jerusalem. Learn More

Owning the Sun

by Alexander Zaitchik; read by Johnny Heller

An authoritative look at monopoly medicine, from the dawn of patents through the race for COVID-19 vaccines and how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people. Learn More

Oxford Handbook of IPOs

by Sofia A. Johan; read by Mike Chamberlain

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of why companies list on stock exchanges, how IPOs are regulated, initially valued, and their performance in the short and long run. Learn More

Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb

by Mansoor Ahmed; read by Tom Perkins

A groundbreaking account of Pakistan's rise as a nuclear power draws on elite interviews and primary sources to challenge long-held misconceptions. Learn More

The Palestinian Delusion

by Robert Spencer

Every negotiated settlement between the State of Israel and its Palestinian adversaries has failed to establish a stable and lasting peace. This is the history of what was attempted, why those failures were inevitable, and what must be done instead. Learn More

Pan Am at War

by Mark Cotta Vaz & John H. Hill; read by Mike Chamberlain

Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. Learn More

The Pandemic Century

by Mark Honigsbaum; read by John Lee

A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease. Learn More

The Parable of the Knocker

by Bryan Porter; read by Michael Butler Murray

The Parable of the Knocker is a nonfiction book about the investigation, prosecution, and trial of a notorious serial killer, Charles Severance. Learn More

Pardongate

by Mark Hyman; Foreword by R. Emmett "Bob" Tyrell, Jr.; read by Christopher Grove

A shocking exposé of the Bill Clinton pardons and commutations issued after Hillary Clinton made it known she was running for the US Senate. Learn More

Paris

by Eleanor Aldridge; read by Emily Ellet

From Eleanor Aldridge, a fresh approach to visiting the "city of love." Learn More

Paris and Her Cathedrals

by R. Howard Bloch; read by Matthew Josdal

For history readers, travelers, and scholars alike, an indispensable behind-the-scenes guide to the great cathedrals of Paris. Learn More

Paris to the Moon

Adam Gopnik; read by Adam Gopnik

Weaving the magical with the mundane, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik offers a wholly delightful, often hilarious look at what it was to be an American family man in Paris at the end of the twentieth century. Learn More

The Parrot and the Igloo

by David Lipsky; read by Mike Chamberlain

The New York Times bestselling author explores how "anti-science" became so virulent in American life―through a history of climate denial and its consequences. Learn More

Partners in Command

by Mark Perry; read by James Anderson Foster

A unique look at the complex relationship between two of America's foremost World War II leaders. Learn More

Passage to Juneau

Jonathan Raban; read by Jonathan Raban

Acclaimed travel writer Jonathan Raban invites us aboard his boat, a floating cottage cluttered with books, curling manuscripts, and dead ballpoint pens. Learn More

A Pathway to American Renewal

by Robert L. Woodson, Sr.; read by Mirron Willis

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available April

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Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic

by Richard A. McKay; read by Paul Woodson

The search for a "patient zero"—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Yet the term itself did not exist before the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. How did this idea so swiftly come to exert such a strong grip on the scientific, media, and popular consciousness? Learn More

Patrick Henry

by Jon Kukla; read by Paul Woodson

This authoritative biography of Patrick Henry—the underappreciated founding father best known for saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"—restores him and his fellow Virginians to their seminal place in the story of American independence. Learn More

Patriot Presidents

by William E. Leuchtenburg; read by Tim Fannon

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available January

A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidency. Learn More

Patsy

by Nicole Dennis-Benn; read by Sharon Gordon

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O Magazine's Best Books by Women of Summer 201

A beautifully layered portrait of motherhood, immigration, and the sacrifices we make in the name of love from award-winning novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn. Learn More