American Heritage

Authoritarian Nightmare

by Bob Altemeyer & John W. Dean; Rick Adamson

To fully understand the Trump phenomenon, John Dean, a man with a history of standing up to autocratic presidents, joins with Bob Altemeyer, a psychology professor with a unique area of expertise: authoritarianism. Learn More

Bad Mexicans

by Kelly Lytle Hernández; read by Joana Garcia

"Rebel historian" Kelly Lytle Hernández reframes our understanding of US history in this groundbreaking narrative of revolution in the borderlands. Learn More

The Battle of Gettysburg

by Bruce Catton; read by Eric Martin

Bruce Catton, Pulitzer-Prize winner and one of the most acclaimed historians of the Civil War, vividly recreates the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Learn More

Bear No Malice

by Clarissa Harwood; read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Great Expectations meets Grantchester in this story of love and lies, secrets and second chances, set in Edwardian England. Learn More

Before the Movement

by Dylan C. Penningroth; read by Terrence Kidd

A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement. Learn More

Behind Closed Doors

by Ken Khachigian; read by Dean Gallagher

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A compelling insider's account by the trusted adviser and confidante to America's presidential giants and political legends as he draws the curtains back on his most private moments with Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon during revolutionary changes in our economy, politics, communications, foreign policy, and culture. Learn More

Benjamin Franklin

by D.G. Hart; read by David Cochran Heath

Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant follows Franklin's remarkable career through the lens of the trends and innovations that the Protestant Reformation started (both directly and indirectly) almost two centuries earlier. Learn More

The Best of American Heritage: Lincoln

by Edwin S. Grosvenor; read by David Drummond

Abraham Lincoln comes to life in this selection from America's leading history magazine, chosen Edwin S. Grosvenor. Learn More

The Best of American Heritage: The Civil War

by Edwin S. Grosvenor; read by Sean Pratt

Some of America's foremost historians—including Bruce Catton, David McCullough, James McPherson and Stephen Sears—tell extraordinary stories of courage, disaster, and triumph in this collection of the best articles from sixty years of American Heritage. Learn More

Better Days Will Come Again

by Travis Atria; read by David Sadzin

Better Days Will Come Again, based on groundbreaking research and including unprecedented access to Arthur Briggs's oral memoir, is a crucial document of jazz history, a fast-paced epic, and an entirely original tale of survival. Learn More

Beyond Broadway

by Stacy Wolf; read by Romy Nordlinger

The idea of American musical theatre often conjures up images of bright lights and big city, but its lifeblood is found in amateur productions at high schools, community theatres, afterschool programs, summer camps, and dinner theatres. In Beyond Broadway, author Stacy Wolf looks at the widespread presence and persistence of musical theatre in US culture. Learn More

Beyond the Great Divide

by Governor George Pataki with Trey Radel; read by Trey Radel

An unprecedented, insider view into 9/11 and the inner workings of the political climate that emerged after the attacks, which continues to shape our future—politically and culturally—and how we as a country can bridge the Great Divide. Learn More

Big Tech Tyrants

by Floyd Brown & Todd Cefaratti; read by Shawn Compton

Big Tech Tyrants: How Silicon Valley's Stealth Practices Addict Teens, Silence Speech, and Steal Your Privacy is an eye-opening, must-listen book for anyone living in the twenty-first century. Learn More

Black Death at the Golden Gate

by David K. Randall; read by Charles Constant

A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress. Learn More

Black Folk

by Blair LM Kelley; read by Anika Noni Rose

An award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears. Learn More

Black Noir

by Otto Penzler; read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Sean Crisden

Some of the best-known and most influential pieces of crime fiction have been from African American writers. Be it Walter Mosley's great detective Easy Rawlins, or the mean streets of Harlem at the hands of Chester Himes, the stories and characters in this anthology have shaped the mystery genre with their own unique viewpoints and styles. Learn More

Black Samson

by Nyasha Junior & Jeremy Schipper; read by David Sadzin

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper tell the story of how this biblical character became an icon of African American literature. Learn More

Black Site

by Philip Mudd; read by Robertson Dean

A bold account of one of the most controversial and haunting initiatives in American history, Black Site tells the full story of the post-9/11 counterterrorism world at the CIA. Learn More

Black Software

by Charlton D. McIlwain; read by Leon Nixon

Black Software centralizes African Americans' role in the Internet's creation and evolution, illuminating both the limits and possibilities for using digital technology to push for racial justice in the United States and across the globe. Learn More

Blacksound

by Matthew D. Morrison; read by Matthew D. Morrison