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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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The Beauty of Living

by J. Alison Rosenblitt; read by David Colacci

An incisive biography of E. E. Cummings's early life, including his World War I ambulance service and subsequent imprisonment, inspirations for his inventive poetry.
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Becoming Odyssa

by Jennifer Pharr Davis; read by Jennifer Pharr Davis

A must-listen memoir from the author of Called Again: A Story of Love and Triumph. Learn More
Beer Money

by S.C. Sherman; read by Adam Barr

A captivating feat of historical fiction set during the 1880s clash between the prohibitionists and the three most powerful brewers in Iowa City—known as "The Beer Mafia." Learn More
Beethoven

by John Clubbe; read by David Colacci

A fascinating and in-depth exploration of how the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleon shaped Beethoven's political ideals and inspired his groundbreaking compositions. Learn More
Before Dementia

by Dr. Kate Gregorevic; read by Ann Sprinkle

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Structured around twenty questions you need to ask to help prevent, prepare, and cope, this book is a friendly, authoritative guide for anyone facing dementia and those who care for them. Exploring why disease is a social construct just as much as a biological construct, it helps us understand what it means to live with or care for someone with dementia. Learn More
Before the Movement

by Dylan C. Penningroth; read by Terrence Kidd

A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement. Learn More
Behind Closed Doors

by Ken Khachigian; read by Dean Gallagher

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A compelling insider's account by the trusted adviser and confidante to America's presidential giants and political legends as he draws the curtains back on his most private moments with Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon during revolutionary changes in our economy, politics, communications, foreign policy, and culture. Learn More
Being Evil

by Luke Russell; read by James Cameron Stewart

In Being Evil: A Philosophical Perspective, the author discusses why some philosophers think that evil is a myth or a fantasy, while others think that evil is real. Along the way he asks whether evil is always horrific and incomprehensible, or if it can be banal. The book also engages with ongoing discussions over psychopathy and empathy, analyzing the psychology behind evildoing. Learn More
Believers

by Melvin Konner; read by Tom Parks

An anthropologist examines the nature of religiosity, and how it shapes and benefits humankind. Learn More
Belle Cora

by Phillip Margulies; read by Elizabeth Wiley & Graham Rowat

Told with unflagging wit and verve, Belle Cora brings to life a turbulent era and an untamed America on the cusp of greatness. Its heroine is a woman in conflict with her time, who nevertheless epitomizes it with her fighting spirit, her gift for self-invention, and her determination to chart her own fate. Learn More
Belonging

by Geoff Cohen; read by Noah Michael Levine

In Belonging, Stanford University professor Geoffrey L. Cohen applies his and others' groundbreaking research to the myriad problems of communal existence and offers concrete solutions for improving daily life. Learn More
Beloved Beasts

by Michelle Nijhuis; read by Christina Delaine

A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement—told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. Learn More
Benjamin Franklin

by D.G. Hart; read by David Cochran Heath

Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant follows Franklin's remarkable career through the lens of the trends and innovations that the Protestant Reformation started (both directly and indirectly) almost two centuries earlier. Learn More
The Best of American Heritage: Lincoln

by Edwin S. Grosvenor; read by David Drummond

Abraham Lincoln comes to life in this selection from America's leading history magazine, chosen Edwin S. Grosvenor. Learn More
The Best of American Heritage: The Civil War

by Edwin S. Grosvenor; read by Sean Pratt

Some of America's foremost historians—including Bruce Catton, David McCullough, James McPherson and Stephen Sears—tell extraordinary stories of courage, disaster, and triumph in this collection of the best articles from sixty years of American Heritage. Learn More
Better Days Will Come Again

by Travis Atria; read by David Sadzin

Better Days Will Come Again, based on groundbreaking research and including unprecedented access to Arthur Briggs's oral memoir, is a crucial document of jazz history, a fast-paced epic, and an entirely original tale of survival. Learn More
Beyond Broadway

by Stacy Wolf; read by Romy Nordlinger

The idea of American musical theatre often conjures up images of bright lights and big city, but its lifeblood is found in amateur productions at high schools, community theatres, afterschool programs, summer camps, and dinner theatres. In Beyond Broadway, author Stacy Wolf looks at the widespread presence and persistence of musical theatre in US culture. Learn More
Beyond Measure

by James Vincent; read by James Vincent

A vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient civilizations to the modern day. Learn More
Beyond the Great Divide

by Governor George Pataki with Trey Radel; read by Trey Radel

An unprecedented, insider view into 9/11 and the inner workings of the political climate that emerged after the attacks, which continues to shape our future—politically and culturally—and how we as a country can bridge the Great Divide. Learn More
Bibliophobia

by Brian Cummings; read by Tom Perkins

Bibliophobia is a book about material books, how they are cared for, and how they are damaged, throughout the 5000-year history of writing from Sumeria to the smartphone. Learn More
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