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The In-Betweens
by Mira Ptacin; read by Chloe Cannon
A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America's longest-running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond. Learn More
Indigenous Continent
by Pekka Hamalainen; read by Kaipo Schwab
A prize-winning scholar rewrites 400 years of American history from Indigenous perspectives, overturning the dominant origin story of the United States.
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The Inevitability of Tragedy
by Berry Gewen; read by Paul Woodson
A new portrait of Henry Kissinger focusing on the fundamental ideas underlying his policies: Realism, balance of power, and national interest. Learn More
Infinite Baseball
by Alva Noe; read by Barry Abrams
Baseball is a strange sport: it consists of long periods in which little seems to be happening, punctuated by high-energy outbursts of rapid fire activity. Because of this, despite ever greater profits, Major League Baseball is bent on finding ways to shorten games, and to tailor baseball to today's shorter attention spans. But for the true fan, baseball is always compelling to watch—and intellectually fascinating. Learn More
Information Wars
by Richard Stengel; read by Christopher Grove
Richard Stengel shows how disinformation is impacting our global society in this timely, must-listen book. Learn More
Insurrection
by Hawa Allan; read by Hawa Allan
A brilliant debut by lawyer and critic Hawa Allan on the paradoxical state of black citizenship in the United States. Learn More
The Isolated Presidency
by Jordan T. Cash; read by Joshua Saxon
To gain a clear view of how the Constitution creates a baseline of authority that is available to all presidents, Jordan T. Cash examines the "isolated presidents"—presidents who were unelected, faced divided government, and were opposed by major factions of their own political parties. Learn More
Jackson
by Ralph K. Andrist; read by Joe Barrett
Ralph K. Andrist presents the story of how Andrew Jackson—war hero and spokesman for the frontier, the first president from west of the Alleghenies, the first born in a log cabin—fought his way to the White House. Learn More
Jefferson’s Muslim Fugitives
by Jeffrey Einboden; read by Paul Boehmer
Revealing Jefferson's lifelong entanglements with slavery and Islam, Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives tracks the ascent of Arabic slave writings to the highest halls of US power, while questioning why such vital legacies from the American past have been entirely forgotten. Learn More
Jersey Breaks
by Robert Pinsky; read by Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky traces the roots of his work and reflects on how writing poetry helped him make sense of life's challenges, such as his mother's traumatic brain injury, and on his notable public presence, including an unprecedented three terms as United States poet laureate. Learn More
Jesus and John Wayne
by Kristin Kobes du Mez; read by Suzie Althens
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that identifies the forces that have turned Donald Trump into a hero of the Religious Right. Learn More
Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War
by Adam D. Mendelsohn; read by Adam Barr
This book offers an engaging account of the experiences of Jewish soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War. Learn More
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
by Andrew Porwancher; read by George Newbern
The untold story of Alexander Hamilton's likely Jewish birth and upbringing—and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create. Learn More
Jimmy Breslin
by Richard Esposito; read by Eric Jason Martin
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The first-ever biography of America's greatest crime reporter. Learn More
Johnny B. Bad
by Stephanie Bennett; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his sixtieth birthday. Now, on the heels of Berry's death, comes the complete story behind one of America's most enduring and embattled icons. Learn More
Keeping Family Secrets
by Margaret K. Nelson; read by Janet Metzger
From teen pregnancy and gay sexuality to Communism and disability, the startling secrets that families kept during the Cold War era. Learn More
Kill Switch
by Adam Jentleson; read by P.J. Ochlan
An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Learn More
Kingdom of Nauvoo
by Benjamin E. Park; read by Bob Souer
Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Learn More
Know-It-All Society
by Michael P. Lynch; read by William Sarris
The "philosopher of truth" (Jill Lepore, The New Yorker) returns with a clear-eyed and timely critique of our culture's narcissistic obsession with thinking that "we" know and "they" don't. Learn More
Kompromat
by Giorgi Rtskhiladze; read by Bruce Mann
Kompromat is Giorgi Rtskhiladze's story of growing up in Soviet Georgia, emigrating to the US, and his dealings with Donald Trump. Learn More
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