Arts & Entertainment

The Role of the Scroll

by Thomas Forrest Kelly; read by Adam Verner

Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex—or book—became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls? Learn More

Rough Magic

By Lara Prior-Palmer; read by Henrietta Meire

A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of the Season
The Millions Most Anticipated in May
O Magazine's Best Books by Women of Summer 2019

Told with terrific suspense and style, Rough Magic captures the extraordinary story of one young woman who forged ahead, against all odds, to become the first female winner of the world's longest, toughest horse race. Learn More

The Saddest Words

by Michael Gorra; read by Joe Barrett

Interweaving biography, absorbing literary criticism, and rich travelogue, The Saddest Words recontextualizes Faulkner, revealing a civil war within him, while examining the most plangent cultural issues facing American literature today. Learn More

Sargent's Women

by Donna M. Lucey; read by Elizabeth Wiley

The fascinating backstories of four women painted by John Singer Sargent come alive in this seductive, multilayered biography. Learn More

Savoring the World

by Harold McGee

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

Savoring the World is Harold McGee's extraordinary exploration of what is perhaps the most vivid and mysterious of our five senses—the sense of smell. Learn More

The Science of Breaking Bad

by Dave Trumbore & Donna J. Nelson; read by Tom Perkins & Tiffany Morgan

All the science in Breaking Bad—from explosive experiments to acid-based evidence destruction—explained and analyzed for authenticity. Learn More

The Secrets of Story

by Matt Bird; read by Eric Michael Summerer

From the creative force behind the Cockeyed Caravan, the busy online resource for writers, comes a revolutionary and comprehensive writing guide for the 21st Century. Learn More

See You on the Radio

Charles Osgood; read by Charles Osgood

See You on the Radio gathers together some of the best of Osgood’s work. 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

Shakespeare and the Afterlife

by John Garrison; read by Steven Crossley

Shakespeare and the Afterlife is the first book to focus on discussions of what happens after death within the author's body of work. Learn More

The Show That Never Ends

by David Weigel; read by Rudy Sanda

The Show That Never Ends is the behind-the-scenes story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive (“prog”) rock, epitomized by such classic, chart-topping bands as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, and Emerson Lake & Palmer, and their successors Rush, Styx, and Asia.
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Shula

by Mark Ribowsky; LJ Ganser

Spanning seven decades, the notorious loss of Super Bowl III, and an historic undefeated season with the Dolphins, Shula is the definitive biography of a coaching legend. Learn More

Sid Meier's Memoir!

by Sid Meier; read by Charles Constant

The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the "godfather of computer gaming," and creator of Civilization. Learn More

Sidecountry

by John Branch; read by Charles Constant

New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work, featuring twenty of his favorites from the more than 2,000 pieces he has published in the paper. Learn More

Slayers & Vampires

by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman; read by Julie McKay and James Patrick Cronin

From the bestselling authors of the critically acclaimed two-volume series The Fifty-Year Mission, comes Slayers & Vampires: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Angel. Learn More

Slouching Towards Los Angeles

by Steffie Nelson; read by Eric Jason Martin & Xe Sands

This collection of original essays covers the turf that made Joan Didion a sensation—Hollywood and Patty Hearst; Malibu, Manson and the Mojave; the Summer of Love and the Central Park Five—while bringing together some of the finest voices of today's Los Angeles and beyond. Learn More