History

Lincoln's Body

Richard Wightman Fox; read by Pete Larkin

A groundbreaking, magisterial study that explains why, like Walt Whitman, we "love the President personally."

In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright "ugly" of aspect came to mean so much to us. Learn More

Lions of the West

Robert Morgan; read by David Drummond

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America’s Manifest Destiny—as envisioned by Thomas Jefferson and nine other Americans—comes to life in bestselling historian and biographer Robert Morgan’s skilled hands. Learn More

Lithium

by Walter A. Brown; read by Shawn Compton

The remarkable untold story of a miracle drug, the forgotten pioneer who discovered it, and the fight to bring lithium to the masses. Learn More

Living I Was Your Plague

by Lyndal Roper; read by Michael Page

From the author of the acclaimed biography Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, new perspectives on how Luther and others crafted his larger-than-life image. Learn More

London's Triumph

by Stephen Alford; read by John Lee

For most, England in the sixteenth century was the era of the Tudors, from Henry VII and VIII to Elizabeth I. But as their dramas played out at court, England was being transformed economically by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. Learn More

The Long Game

by Rush Doshi; read by Kyle Tait

In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Learn More

The Long Hangover

by Shaun Walker; read by Michael Page

The Long Hangover is a book about a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. It shows that the legacy of the collapse is one with which Russia and Russians are still grappling. Learn More

The Long Ships

by Frans G. Bengtsson; read by Michael Page

Frans Gunnar Bengtsson's The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Learn More

A Long, Long Way

by Greg Garrett; read by Tom Perkins

A Long, Long Way incorporates both cinematic and religious truth-telling to the subject of race and reconciliation. In acknowledging the racist history of America's national art form, Garrett offers the possibility of hope for the future. Learn More

The Longest Con

by Joe Conason; read by Steve Marvel

A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise—and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right's moral decay. Learn More

Looking for the Hidden Folk

by Nancy Marie Brown; read by Ann Richardson

In exploring how Icelanders interact with nature—and their idea that elves live among us—Nancy Marie Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of the environment can be a crucial first step toward saving it. Learn More

Losing Jon

by David Parrish; read by Jonathan Yen

A PopSugar Best True Crime Book of 2020

David Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. However, when David learned how Jon's body was found, he felt compelled to find the facts behind this incomprehensible tragedy. Learn More

The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot

Bart D. Ehrman; read by Dennis Boutsikaris with Lew Grenville

The leading authority on this gospel, early church historian Bart Ehrman, offers the first complete account of the discovery and illuminates the significance of this remarkable ancient text. Learn More

Lost Loot

by John Willis; read by Perry Daniels

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

Hear about the pursuit of riches turning to grief in this mesmerizing story collection! A thrilling exploration of the world's most intriguing and dangerous treasure hunts, Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money collects dozens of fascinating stories of reward, riches, greed, and ruin. Learn More

The Lost Prince

by Michael Mewshaw; read by Bob Souer

Michael Mewshaw's The Lost Prince is an intimate memoir of his friendship with internationally bestselling author Pat Conroy. Learn More

The Loud Minority

Daniel Q. Gillion; read by David Sadzin

An exploration of how protests affect voter behavior and warn of future electoral changes, The Loud Minority looks at the many ways that activism can shape democracy. Learn More

Love and the Working Class

by Karen Lystra; read by Lisa S. Ware

Using letters written to parents, siblings, husbands, wives, friends, and potential mates between 1830 and 1880, Karen Lystra identifies the shared conceptions of love and practices of courtship and marriage within a racially diverse population of free working-class people born in America. Learn More

Love Lives

by Carol Dyhouse; read by Rachael Beresford

The story of how women's lives, loves, and dreams have been reshaped since 1950, the year of Walt Disney's Cinderella and a time when teenage girls dreamed of marriage, Mr. Right, and happy endings. Learn More

The Lowells of Massachusetts

by Nina Sankovitch; read by Jo Anna Perrin

For the first time, Nina Sankovitch tells the story of the Lowells—a fascinating and powerful dynasty—in The Lowells of Massachusetts. Learn More

Macbeth

by Harold Bloom; read by Simon Vance

From the greatest Shakespeare scholar of our time comes a portrait of Macbeth, one of William Shakespeare's most complex and compelling anti-heroes—the final volume in a series of five short books about the great playwright's most significant personalities: Falstaff, Cleopatra, Lear, Iago, Macbeth. Learn More

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