American Heritage

Martin & Malcolm & America

by James H. Cone; read by Sean Crisden

This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African American leaders of the twentieth century. Learn More

Mayflower Lives

by Martyn Whittock; read by James Cameron Stewart

A fresh and revealing history of one of the most seminal events in American history as seen through fourteen diverse and dynamic figures. Learn More

Meddling in the Ballot Box is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of foreign meddling in elections from the dawn of the modern era to the 2016 Russian intervention in the US election. Learn More

Meet the Kellys

by Chris Enss; read by Wendy Tremont King

Gangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys—the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as "Machine Gun" Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne—who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime. Learn More

Menace of Our Time

by Aaron J. Leonard; read by Danny Campbell

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Beginning at the turn of the century, and ending only with communism’s collapse, the US government and major elements in the wider society undertook an unrelenting effort to suppress and criminalize domestic communism. This book tracks those efforts; from the state laws of the twenties that imprisoned the fledgling communist leadership, the efforts by police and local authorities against communists as they fought for unions, racial equality, and the unemployed, the trials and imprisonment of communist leaders mid-century, the extra-legal efforts of the Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) in the sixties, and the ongoing, relentless attention by the FBI afterward. Learn More

The Metaphysical Club

by Louis Menand; read by Paul Heitsch

Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History, The Metaphysical Club is a riveting, original book about the creation of modern American thought. Learn More

The Middle Ages

by Morris Bishop; read by Michael Page

With exceptional grace and wit, Morris Bishop vividly reconstructs this distinctive era of European history in a work that will inform and delight scholars and general readers alike. Learn More

The Middle Way

by Derek Chollet; read by Christopher Grove

A portrait of the effectiveness of moderation in US foreign policy, as illustrated by three of America's most consequential and widely-admired postwar presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, George H. W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Learn More

Misinformation Nation

by Jordan E. Taylor; read by Christopher P. Brown

"Fake news" is not new. Just like millions of Americans today, the revolutionaries of the eighteenth century worried that they were entering a "post-truth" era. Their fears, however, were not fixated on social media, but rather on peoples' increasing reliance on news gathered from foreign newspapers. In Misinformation Nation, Jordan E. Taylor reveals how foreign news defined the boundaries of American politics and ultimately drove colonists to revolt against Britain and create a new nation. Learn More

Murder at the Capitol

by C. M. Gleason; read by James Anderson Foster

In July 1861, just months after the Battle of Fort Sumter plunges the young nation into civil war, President Lincoln's top priority is to unite the country, while Adam Quinn finds himself on the trail of a murderer. Learn More

Muse of Fire

by Michael Korda; read by Malcolm Hillgartner

The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier-poets in Michael Korda's epic Muse of Fire. Learn More

Mutations

by Sam McPheeters & Tobi Vail; read by Sam McPheeters

In this collection of essays, profiles, criticism, and personal history, Sam McPheeters examines the diverse realms of punk he intersected—New York hardcore, Riot Grrrl, Gilman street, the hidden enclaves of Olympia, New England, and downtown Los Angeles—and the forces of mental illness and creative inspiration that drove him, and others, in the first place. Learn More

My Fellow Americans

by Yuvraj Singh and Ted Widmer; read by Danny Campbell

Introduced by presidential historian Ted Widmer, this work offers both the original texts and insightful essays by leading historians on each of the presidential inaugural addresses—from George Washington to Joseph Biden. Learn More

Napoleon

by J. Christopher Herold; read by Paul Woodson

In Napoleon, National Book Award winner J. Christopher Herold tells the fascinating story of a legendary leader who changed the world in every aspect—political, cultural, military, and commercial. Learn More

The National Road

by Tom Zoellner; read by Rick Adamson

This collection of "eloquent essays that examine the relationship between the American landscape and the national character" serves to remind us that despite our differences we all belong to the same land (Publishers Weekly). Learn More

Native America

by Kenneth L. Feder; read by Adam Barr

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

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Nature's Mutiny

by Philipp Blom; read by Jonathan Keeble

An illuminating work of environmental history that chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, which transformed the social and political fabric of Europe. Learn More

Navy SEALs

by Don Mann and Lance Burton; read by Robertson Dean

The authors highlight the major steps and operations of the Navy SEALs, discuss the training and what it takes, and explore some of the most important moments in SEAL history. Learn More

Nervous States

By William Davies; read by Chris MacDonnell

In this age of intense political conflict, we sense objective fact is growing less important. Experts are attacked as partisan, statistics and scientific findings are decried as propaganda, and public debate devolves into personal assaults. How did we get here, and what can we do about it?
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The New Negro, A History

edited by Martha H. Patterson and Henry Louis Gates Jr.; read by Deanna Anthony

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

An authoritative anthology tracing the history of one of the most important concepts Black people drew on to challenge the brutal, totalizing system of Jim Crow racism. Learn More

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