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Up to Heaven and Down to Hell
A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy. Learn More
Victory Is Assured
by Stanley Crouch; introduction by Jelani Cobb; afterword by Wynton Marsalis; edited by Glenn Mott
The grievous loss of Stanley Crouch, one of America's most renowned intellectuals, is underscored by the posthumous appearance of these remarkable essays. Learn More
The View from My Foxhole
by William Swanson; read by Michael Butler Murray
The View from My Foxhole tells William Swanson's story of fighting in Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. Learn More
The Vikings
by Frank R. Donovan; read by Chris Sorensen
Author and historian Frank R. Donovan presents the history of the Vikings. Learn More
Voices from the Confederacy
by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.; read by J. Rodney Turner
They say history is written by the victors. In the case of the Civil War, that's largely true. But historian Samuel Mitcham brings the Southern point of view to life in Voices from the Confederacy. Learn More
The Vote Collectors
by Nick Ochsner and Michael Graff; read by Nick Ochsner
The Vote Collectors shows the reality of election stealing in one southern county, where democracy was undermined the old-fashioned way: one absentee ballot at a time. Learn More
Vote for US
by Joshua A. Douglas; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
An expert on U.S. election law presents an encouraging assessment of current efforts to make our voting system more accessible, reliable, and effective. Learn More
Vote Her In
by Rebecca Sive; read by Rebecca Gibel
Author Rebecca Sive draws on her decades of political experience to create this crucial book, which empowers every American man, woman, and child who cares about our nation's democratic future to harness their collective power in the run-up to 2020 and, at last, form a more perfect union. Learn More
The Voucher Promise
by Eva Rosen; read by Xe Sands
An in-depth look at America's largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhood. Learn More
The Wars of the Lord
by Matthew J. Tuininga; read by Bob Souer
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The epic, tragic story of the Puritan conquest of New England through the eyes of those who lived it. Learn More
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
by Saidiya Hartman; read by Allyson Johnson
National Book Critics Circle Finalist
A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. Learn More
We're Still Here
by Jennifer M. Silva; read by Teri Schnaubelt
We're Still Here provides powerful, on the ground evidence of the remaking of working-class identity and politics that will spark new tensions but also open up the possibility for shifting alliances and new possibilities. Learn More
Well of Souls
by Kristina R. Gaddy; foreword by Rhiannon Giddens; read by Chanté McCormick
An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music. Learn More
The Western Front
by Nick Lloyd; read by Mark Elstob
A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. Learn More
When Should Law Forgive?
by Martha Minow; read by Janet Metzger
Martha Minow explores the complicated intersection of the law, justice, and forgiveness, asking whether the law should encourage people to forgive, and when courts, public officials, and specific laws should forgive. Learn More
Where Great Powers Meet
by David Shambaugh; read by Eric Jason Martin
The United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, David Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. Learn More
White House Warriors
by John Gans; read by David Marantz
This revelatory history of the elusive National Security Council shows how staffers operating in the shadows have driven foreign policy clandestinely for decades. Learn More
Why Baby Boomers Turned from Religion
by Abby Day; read by Jennifer M. Dixon
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Parents of the 1940s and 1950s raised their Baby Boomer children to be respectable church-attendees, and yet in some ways demonstrated an ambivalence that permitted their children to spurn religion and eventually to raise their own children to be the least religious generation ever. This study is the first to offer a sociological account of the sudden transition from religious parents to non-religious children and grandchildren, focusing exclusively on ex–Anglican Boomers. Learn More
Why Liberalism Works
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey; read by Janet Metzger
From Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, an insightful and passionately written book explaining why a return to Enlightenment ideals is good for the world. Learn More
Why The New Deal Matters
by Eric Rauchway; read by Peter Lerman
This book looks at how the legacy of the New Deal, both for good and ill, informs the current debates around governmental responses to crises. Learn More
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