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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Fanatics and Fools
Arianna Huffington; read by Arianna Huffington
New York Times best-selling author Arianna Huffington takes another sweeping look at how right wing zealots have taken charge of the Republican Party and the government—and the American leadership who let it happen. Learn More
Fantasy Expert
by Ron Shandler; read by BJ Harrison
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An entertaining and incisive chronicle from one of the foremost authorities in fantasy baseball. Learn More
Farewell to the Horse
by Ulrich Raulff; read by Matthew Waterson
A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, Farewell to the Horse paints a stunning panorama of a world shaped by hooves, and the imprint left on humankind. Learn More
The Farther Reaches of Human Nature
by Abraham H. Maslow; read by Tom Perkins
Abraham H. Maslow was one of the foremost spokespersons of humanistic psychology. In The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature, an extension of his classic Toward a Psychology of Being, Maslow explores the complexities of human nature by using both the empirical methods of science and the aesthetics of philosophical inquiry. Learn More
Father James Page
by Larry Eugene; read by Terrence Kidd
This first-of-its-kind biography tells the story of Rev. James Page, who rose from slavery in the nineteenth century to become a religious and political leader among African Americans as well as an international spokesperson for the cause of racial equality. Learn More
FDR's Mentors
by Michael J. Gerhardt; read by Danny Campbell
A unique and illuminating exploration of the key relationships that shaped Franklin Delano Roosevelt into one of America's most definitive leaders and impacted his influence on the world stage, from presidential historian Michael J. Gerhardt, the acclaimed author of Lincoln's Mentors and principal adviser in the official annotation of the Constitution at the Library of Congress. Learn More
Feeling Like It
by Tamar Schapiro; read by Nancy Peterson
Feeling Like It provides a concise and accessible investigation of a new problem at the intersection of ethics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of mind. Learn More
Fertility Technology
by Donna J. Drucker; read by Christa Lewis
A concise overview of fertility technology—its history, practical applications, and ethical and social implications around the world. Learn More
Feuding Fan Dancers
by Leslie Zemeckis; read by Christa Lewis
Leslie Zemeckis continues to discover the forgotten feminist histories of the golden age of entertainment, turning her sights on the lost stories of Sally Rand and Faith Bacon—icons who each claimed to be the inventor of the notorious fan dance.
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Fiber
by Susan Crawford; read by Coleen Marlo
In a fascinating account combining policy expertise with compelling on-the-ground reporting, Susan Crawford reveals how the giant corporations that control cable and internet access in the United States use their tremendous lobbying power to tilt the playing field against competition, holding back the infrastructure improvements necessary for the country to move forward. Learn More
Fierce Ambition
by Jennet Conant; read by EJ Lavery
A spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated profession. Learn More
Fierce Desires
by Rebecca L. Davis; read by Stephanie Dillard
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From an esteemed scholar, a richly textured, authoritative history of sex and sexuality in America—the first major account in three decades. Learn More
The Fight for Privacy
by Danielle Keats Citron; read by Chloe Cannon
The essential road map for understanding—and defending—your right to privacy in the twenty-first century. Learn More
The Fight of the Century
by Michael Arkush; by JD Jackson
The Fight of the Century is very likely the most dramatic, compelling, and moving sports story you will ever hear. Learn More
Fighting for Justice
by Mark Shaw; read by Greg D. Barnett
Packed with shocking new evidence, Fighting for Justice exposes the cover-ups of the JFK assassination and the murders of Dorothy Kilgallen and Marilyn Monroe, while revealing for the first time the corrupt inner workings of the Warren Commission based on the firsthand "whistleblower" account of an actual Commission member never identified before. Learn More
Fighting Mad
edited by Krystale E. Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger; read by Deanna Anthony
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Fighting Mad is a book about what "reproductive justice" means and what it looks like to fight for it. Editors Krystale E. Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger bring together many of the strongest, most resistant voices in the country to describe the impacts of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision on abortion access and care. Learn More
The File
by San Charles Haddad; read by Paul Boehmer
Over eighty years of international turmoil, discriminatory agendas, and vicious acts of violence . . . This is the haunting Olympic history of Israel and Palestine. Learn More
Finding Francis
by Elizabeth J. West; read by Machelle Williams
A family story full of twists and turns, Finding Francis reclaims and honors those women who played an essential role in the historical survival and triumph of Black people during and after American slavery. Learn More
Firepower
by Matthew J. Lacombe; read by Mike Chamberlain
Firepower sheds vital new light on how the NRA has grown powerful by mobilizing average Americans, and how it uses its GOP alliance to advance its objectives and shape the national agenda. Learn More
The First 50
by Natascia Tornetta-Mallin; read by Jean Ann Douglass
A proudly humanist portrayal of sexual impulse and impropriety in the City of Angels, The First 50 is a chronological recapitulation of fifty erotic encounters that take place between the ages of thirteen and thirty-three. Columbine, 9/11, The Iraq War, and The Great Recession set the stage as a young woman navigates the ambient decadence that has long defined Los Angeles. Learn More
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