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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How to Think about War
by Thucydides; translated by Johanna Hanink; read by David de Vries
An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides's History that takes listeners to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war. Learn More
How to Win the War on Truth
by Samuel C. Spitale; read by Patrick Lawlor
Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this guide to navigating today's post-truth landscape, filled with examples of modern-day propaganda campaigns. Learn More
Hubris
by Jonathan Haslam; read by Jonathan Haslam
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A leading expert on US-Russian relations reveals how the United States and its European allies set the course for the war in Ukraine—and offers a sobering indictment of American foreign policy since the fall of the Soviet Union. Learn More
A Human Algorithm
by Flynn Coleman; read by Flynn Coleman
A groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of ethically designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology. Learn More
Human Errors
by Nathan H. Lents; read by LJ Ganser
A rollicking, deeply informative tour of humans' four billion year long evolutionary saga, Human Errors both celebrates our imperfections and offers an unconventional accounting of the cost of our success. Learn More
Humans versus Nature
by Daniel R. Headrick; read by David Stifel
Humans versus Nature tells a history of the global environment from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the adversarial relationship between the human and natural worlds. Learn More
Hyperspace
by Michio Kaku; read by Tim Lounibos
The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of ten-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for. Learn More
I Am the Law
by Michael Molcher; read by Keval Shah
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the comic strip Judge Dredd, published in 2000 AD, has predicted the changing face of policing in Britain over the last forty-five years. Learn More
I Don't Believe in Atheists
Chris Hedges; read by the author
From the New York Times bestselling author of American Fascists and the NBCC finalist for War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning comes this timely and compelling work about the New Atheists: those who attack religion to advance the worst of global capitalism, intolerance, and imperial projects. Learn More
I Dream with Open Eyes
by George Prochnik; read by Malcolm Hillgartner
A journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change. Learn More
I Feel You
by Cris Beam; read by Susan Ericksen
A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion. Learn More
Iago
by Harold Bloom; read by Simon Vance
From one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, Harold Bloom presents Othello's Iago, perhaps the Bard's most compelling villain—the fourth in a series of five short books about the great playwright’s most significant personalities. Learn More
Ian McKellen
by Garry O'Connor; read by Matthew Lloyd Davies
From Garry O'Connor comes the definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen. Learn More
Ice War Diplomat
by Gary Smith; read by Kyle Tait
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the historic Summit Series, here is the incredible story of an unlikely political stage—the hockey rink—where a Cold War, and the threat of nuclear annihilation, is no less important than a power play in the final minute. Discover a diplomacy mission like no other: caught between capitalism and communism, Canada and the Soviet Union, young Canadian diplomat Gary J. Smith must navigate the rink, melting the ice between two nations skating a dangerous path. Learn More
Icons and Instincts
by Vincent Paterson; read by Peter Berkrot
For the first time, the choreographer of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Björk, and many others reveals stage stories through his extraordinary journey. Learn More
The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution
by D.H. Robinson; read by Liam Gerrard
In The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution, Dan Robinson presents a new history of politics in colonial America and the imperial crisis, tracing how ideas of Europe and Europeanness shaped British-American political culture. Learn More
Identity Crisis
by John Sides, Michael Tesler, Lynn Vavreck; read by Paul Heitsch
Donald Trump's election victory stunned the world. How did he pull it off? Was it his appeal to alienated voters in the battleground states? Was it Hillary Clinton and the scandals associated with her long career in politics? Were key factors already in place before the nominees were even chosen? Identity Crisis provides a gripping account of the campaign that appeared to break all the political rules―but in fact didn't. Learn More
Ill Fares the Land
Tony Judt; read by James Adams
A Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award Winner
British historian Tony Judt writes a passionate, wise letter about what is profoundly wrong with the way we think about how we should live today. He shows how to apply the past to the future, challenging us to confront our societal ills and to shoulder responsibility for the world we live in. Learn More
Illiberal America
by Steven Hahn; read by Mitch Crawford
If your reaction to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was to think, 'That's not us,' think again: in Illiberal America, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian uncovers a powerful illiberalism as deep seated in the American past as the founding ideals. Learn More
Illuminating History
by Bernard Bailyn; read by Tom Parks
The brilliance of a master historian shines through this personal account of a lifetime's work. Learn More
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