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Reading the Man
by Elizabeth Brown Pryor; read by Jo Anna Perrin
Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Robert E. Lee's actions reveal a man forced to play a leading role in the formation of the nation at the cost of his private happiness. Learn More
Rating America's Presidents
by Robert Spencer; read by Rick Adamson
This book offers what should be the only criteria for rating the occupants of the White House: were they good for America? Learn More
Raising the Hunley
Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf; read by Harry Chase
Two prize-winning journalists, Brian Hicks and Schulyer Kropf, have chronicled this fascinating story of military daring, momentary victory, sudden death, buried secrets, persistence, and ultimate payoff. Learn More
RAF
by Richard Overy, PhD; read by Steven Crossley
RAF is a masterful history of how the Royal Air Force emerged from the deadly trench warfare of World War I. Learn More
The Radium Girls
by Kate Moore; read by Angela Brazil
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Ordinary women in 1920s America. All they wanted was the chance to shine . . . Be careful what you wish for. Learn More
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church
by Bryan N. Massingale; read by Mirron Willis
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church examines the presence of racism in America from its early history through the Civil Rights Movement and the election of Barack Obama. It also explores how Catholic social teaching has been used—and not used—to promote reconciliation and justice. Learn More
The Race to the Future
by Kassia St. Clair; read by Kassia St. Clair
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The rise of the automobile as told through its Rubicon moment—a sensational, high-risk race across two continents on the verge of revolution. Learn More
The Quintessential Good Samaritan
by Thomas Huening; foreword by Congresswoman Jackie Speier; read by Mike Chamberlain
The authorized biography of John Joseph Kelly—the quintessential Good Samaritan—who changed the lives of thousands of people in need, first as a devoted Catholic priest; then as a champion of the poor and a father figure to troubled minority youth; and finally, as a one-on-one mentor offering hope and guidance to hardcore San Quentin inmates. Learn More
Queen Victoria
by Michael Ledger-Lomas; read by Anne Flosnik
This biography evokes the pervasive importance of religion to Queen Victoria's life but also that life's centrality to the religion of Victorians around the globe. The first comprehensive exploration of Victoria's religiosity, it shows how moments in her life—from her accession to her marriage and her successive bereavements—enlarged how she defined and lived her faith. Learn More
Putin Country
Anne Garrels; read by the Author
In Putin Country, longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels crafts a necessary portrait of Russia's heartland. Learn More
The Pursuit of Power
by Richard J. Evans; read by Napoleon Ryan
From the bestselling author of The Third Reich at War, a masterly account of Europe in the age of its global hegemony. Learn More
The Pursuit of Dominance
by Christopher J. Fettweis; read by Tristan Morris
A sweeping yet concise account of history's empires that managed to maintain dominance for long stretches. Learn More
PTSD
by Allan V. Horwitz; read by Kyle Tait
In PTSD: A Short History, Allan V. Horwitz argues that PTSD, perhaps more than any other diagnostic category, is a lens for showing major historical changes in conceptions of mental illness. Learn More
Protestants
by Alec Ryrie ; read by Tim Bruce
Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk in 1517. Now it covers the globe and includes almost a billion people. On the 500th anniversary of Luther's theses, a global history of the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world. Learn More
Prophets without Honor
by Shlomo Ben-Ami; read by David Colacci
A high-level insider's history of the efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from 2000 Camp David Talks to the present, that explains why successive attempts have all failed. Learn More
The Property Species
by Bart J. Wilson; read by Mike Lenz
What is property, and why does our species have it? In The Property Species, Bart J. Wilson explores how humans acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property, and why this might be relevant to understanding how property works in the twenty-first century. Learn More
The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic
by Kevin Kenny; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
A powerful analysis of how regulation of the movement of enslaved and free black people produced a national immigration policy in the period between the American Revolution and the end of Reconstruction. Learn More
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli; translated by George Bull; read by Fritz Weaver
A masterpiece of prophecy, psychological insight, and forceful prose, The Prince is a classic of realpolitik, stunningly relevant to our times. Learn More
Presumed Guilty
by Erwin Chemerinsky; read by Perry Daniels
Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty. Learn More
The President and Immigration Law
by Adam Cox & Cristina M. Rodriguez; read by Gary Tiedemann
In The President and Immigration Law, Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodríguez chronicle the untold story of how, over the course of two centuries, the President became the United States' immigration policymaker-in-chief. Diving deep into the history of American immigration policy, they show how migration crises, real or imagined, have empowered presidents. Learn More
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