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The Kingdom of Rye
by Darra Goldstein; read by Suzanne Toren
Celebrated food scholar Darra Goldstein takes listeners on a vivid tour of history and culture through Russian cuisine. Learn More
Anatomy of 55 More Songs
by Marc Myers; read by Michael Butler Murray
Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Learn More
Dark Carnivals
by W. Scott Poole; read by Enrique McGavin
The panoramic story of how the horror genre transformed into one of the most incisive critiques of unchecked American imperial power. 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
Good Morning, Olive
by Robert Viagas; read by Roman Howell
Good Morning, Olive (named for one of the most beautiful and temperamental of Broadway's ghosts) is about the ghosts that haunt theatres in New York and around the world. Learn More
How to Win the War on Truth
by Samuel C. Spitale; read by Patrick Lawlor
Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this guide to navigating today's post-truth landscape, filled with examples of modern-day propaganda campaigns. Learn More
For a Dollar and a Dream
by Jonathan D. Cohen; read by Tom Lennon
This first comprehensive history of America's lottery obsession explores the spread of state lotteries and how players and policymakers alike got hooked on wishful dreams of an elusive jackpot. 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 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 Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie
by James King; read by Mike Cooper
The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars Sean, Demi, and Tom all got their big break. Learn More
My Baby First Birthday
by Jenny Zhang; read by Jenny Zhang
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020 A Best Read of 2020 at Ms. Magazine
Radiant and tender, My Baby First Birthday is a collection that examines innocence, asking us who gets to be loved and who has to deplete themselves just to survive. Learn More
Seven Games
by Oliver Roeder; read by William Sarris
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. 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
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?
by Jesse McCarthy; read by Terrence Kidd
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist New York Times Book Review Best Books of the Year: TIME, Kirkus Reviews
A supremely talented young critic's essays on race and culture, from Toni Morrison to trap, herald the arrival of a major new voice in American letters. Learn More
Don't Let Me Be Lonely
by Claudia Rankine; read by Janina Edwards
The award-winning poet Claudia Rankine, well known for her experimental multigenre writing, fuses the lyric and the essay in this politically and morally fierce examination of solitude in the rapacious and media-driven assault on selfhood that is contemporary America. Learn More
Architects of Self-Destruction
by John Gentile and Brad Logan; read by Brad Logan
Architects of Self-Destruction: An Oral History of Leftöver Crack traces the band's entire history by speaking to the band members themselves, fellow musicians, their fans, and of course, those that still hold a grudge against the LoC. Learn More
Charlie Brown's America
by Blake Scott Ball; read by Johnny Heller
Despite—or because of—its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through the voices of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang. Learn More
Hallucinations from Hell
by Gregg H. Turner; read by Gregg H. Turner
From his time at Creem Magazine in the 1970s and '80s to the formation of the Angry Samoans in Los Angeles, and all the travels, trials, and tribulations that occurred after, Gregg Turner takes us through a wild ride of stories he's heard, stories he's lived, and some he may or may not have made up. Learn More
The Beatles 100
by John Borack; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
In 100 brief chapters, John M. Borack discusses and ranks the greatest moments in Beatles history. A love letter to the greatest rock band of all time, The Beatles 100 is a book for Beatles buffs and casual fans alike. Learn More
Permanent Damage
by Mercy Fontenot, Lyndsey Parker; read by Natasha Soudek
Mercy Fontenot was a Zelig who grew up in the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury scene, where she crossed paths with Charles Manson, went to the first Acid Test, and was friends with Jimi Hendrix (she was later in his movie Rainbow Bridge). Written just prior to her death in 2020, Permanent Damage shows us the world of the 1960s and 1970s music scene through Mercy's eyes. Learn More
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