History

Let the People Rule

Geoffrey Cowan; read by Joe Barrett

The colorful, dramatic, and surprising story of four crucial months in Teddy Roosevelt's 1912 campaign that fundamentally altered the American political process. Learn More

Let Them Eat Tweets

by Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson; read by Peter Berkrot

A groundbreaking account of the dangerous marriage of plutocratic economic priorities and right-wing populist appeals—and how it threatens the pillars of American democracy. Learn More

Levon

by Sandra B. Tooze; read by Rosemary Benson

A dazzling, epic biography of Levon Helm—the beloved, legendary drummer and singer of the Band. Learn More

Lewis and Clark

by Ralph K. Andrist; read by Joe Barrett

Here, from award-winning historian Ralph K. Andrist, is the dramatic story of the epic journey of Lewis and Clark. Learn More

Lexington and Concord

by George C. Daughan; read by Mike Chamberlain

George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the battle of Lexington and Concord will challenge the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. Authoritative and immersive, Lexington and Concord offers new understanding of a battle that became a template for colonial uprising in later centuries. Learn More

Liberty Equality Fashion

by Anne Higonnet; read by Elisabeth Lagelee and Anne Higonnet

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This is a story for our time: of a revolution that demanded universal human rights, of self-creation, of women empowering each other, and of transcendent glamor. Learn More

Life In Ancient Rome

by Lionel Casson; read by John Glouchevitch

Award-winning historian Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome. Learn More

Life in the Middle Ages

by Richard Winston; read by Shaun Grindell

Here, National Book Award winner Richard Winston explores life in the Middle Ages. Learn More

Light and Legacies

by Janaka Bowman Lewis; read by Janaka Bowman Lewis

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literature. Learn More

Lightning Sky

by R.C. George read by John McLain

A U.S. fighter pilot captured by the enemy. A father determined to rescue his son. One of the most remarkable and moving true stories of faith and perseverance to come out of World War II. Learn More

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