Arts & Entertainment

Improv Nation

by Sam Wasson; read by David deVries

From the bestselling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate—and often hilarious—history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular. Sam Wasson charts the meteoric rise of improv in this richly reported, scene-driven narrative that, like its subject, moves fast and digs deep. Learn More

Ian McKellen

by Garry O'Connor; read by Matthew Lloyd Davies

From Garry O'Connor comes the definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen. Learn More

Iago

by Harold Bloom; read by Simon Vance

From one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, Harold Bloom presents Othello's Iago, perhaps the Bard's most compelling villain—the fourth in a series of five short books about the great playwright’s most significant personalities. 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

How to Taste Coffee

by Jessica Easto; read by Carolyn Jania

Home coffee-making authority and author of Craft Coffee: A Manual introduces you to the wide world of coffee flavor. Learn More

How to Make It in the New Music Business, 3rd Edition

by Ari Herstand; read by Ari Herstand

Hailed as an "indispensable" guide (Forbes), How to Make It in the New Music Business returns in a significantly revised and expanded third edition. Learn More

How To Make It in the New Music Business

by Ari Herstand; read by Ari Herstand with Derek Sivers

"The single best book on the music business 2016. An absolute must-read for every musician."―Derek Sivers, bestselling author and founder of CD Baby Learn More

How To Make It in the New Music Business

by Ari Herstand; read by Ari Herstand

Hailed as an "indispensable" guide (Forbes), How to Make It in the New Music Business returns in this extensively revised and expanded edition. Learn More

How to Be Content

by Horace; selected by Stephen Harrison; translated by Stephen Harrison; introduced by Stephen Harrison; read by PJ Ochlan

In How to Be Content, Stephen Harrison provides fresh, contemporary translations of poems from across Horace's works that continue to offer important lessons about the good life, friendship, love, and death. Learn More

How Media Ownership Matters

by Rodney Benson, Mattias Hessérus, Timothy Neff, Julie Sedel; read by Christopher P. Brown

NEW! Now Available

How Media Ownership Matters provides a fresh approach to understanding news media power, moving beyond the typical emphasis on market concentration or media moguls. Through a comparative analysis of the US, Sweden, and France, as well as interviews of news executives and editors and an original collection of industry data, this book maps and analyzes four ownership models: market, private, civil society, and public. Learn More

How Documentaries Went Mainstream

by Nora Stone; read by Emily Durante

How Documentaries Went Mainstream provides a comprehensive and meaningful periodization of the commercialization of documentary film. Learn More

Homie

by Danez Smith; read by Danez Smith

Finalist For The 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award For Poetry
Finalist For The 2021 Naacp Image Award For Poetry

Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Learn More

Hijacking the Runway

Teri Agins; read by Xe Sands

A fascinating chronicle of how celebrity has inundated the world of fashion, realigning the forces that drive both the styles we covet and the bottom lines of the biggest names in luxury apparel. Learn More

Help!

by Thomas Brothers; read by Keith Sellon-Wright

The fascinating story of how creative cooperation inspired two of the world's most celebrated musical acts. Learn More

Heavyweight

by Jordana Moore Saggese; read by L. Malaika Cooper

NEW! Now Available

The latest book from the author of Reading Basquiat. 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

Gumbo Life

by Ken Wells; read by PJ Ochlan

A sprightly, deeply personal narrative about how gumbo—for 250 years a Cajun and Creole secret—has become one of the world's most beloved dishes. 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

Goldeneye 007

by Alyse Knorr; read by Sarah Beth Pfeifer

NEW! Now Available

Through extensive interviews with GoldenEye's creators, writer and scholar Alyse Knorr traces the story of how this unlikely licensed game reinvigorated a franchise and a genre. Learn all the stories behind how this iconic title was developed, and why GoldenEye 007 has continued to kick the living daylights out of every other Bond game since. Learn More

The Golden Girls

edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr; read by Tanya Eby, Paul Boehmer, and Diontae Black

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

Coming Soon . . . Learn More

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Improv Nation

Ian McKellen

Iago

How to Win the War on Truth

How to Taste Coffee

How to Make It in the New Music Business, 3rd Edition

How To Make It in the New Music Business

How To Make It in the New Music Business

How to Be Content

How Media Ownership Matters

How Documentaries Went Mainstream

Homie

Hijacking the Runway

Help!

Heavyweight

Hallucinations from Hell

Gumbo Life

Good Morning, Olive

Goldeneye 007

The Golden Girls