History

Revenants of the German Empire

by Sean Andrew Wempe; read by David De Vries

Revenants of the German Empire tracks the difficulties Colonial Germans encountered while they adjusted to their new circumstances, as repatriates to Weimar Germany or as subjects of the War's victors in the new African Mandates. Learn More

Rethinking Rescue

by Carol Mithers; read by Christina Delaine

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Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the very humane question, Who deserves the love of a pet? Learn More

Rethinking American Grand Strategy

edited by Elizabeth Borgwardt, Christopher McKnight Nichols, Andrew Preston; read by Teri Schnaubelt, Steve Menasche

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.
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Restraining Great Powers

by T.V. Paul; read by Paul Heitsch

Professor T.V. Paul's Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era provides the first comprehensive history and overview of soft balancing. Learn More

The Rest I Will Kill

by Brian McGinty; read by Sean Crisden

A surprising work of narrative history and detection that illuminates one of the most daring―and long-forgotten―heroes of the Civil War. Learn More

Resistance

by Jeff Biggers; read by Johnny Heller

Across cities, towns, and campuses, Americans are grappling with overwhelming challenges and the daily fallout from the most authoritarian White House policies in recent memory. Learn More

Reproductive Justice

by Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger; read by Julienne Irons and Holly Adams

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Reproductive Justice is a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field. Written by two legendary scholar-activists, Reproductive Justice introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics. Learn More

Reports from Hell

by Chas Smith; read by Peter Berkrot

A gonzo ride through war-torn Yemen as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell and Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair, could provide. Learn More

Report from Ground Zero

Dennis Smith; read by Eric Conger, Jeff David, Don Leslie, Beth McDonald, Jennifer Jay Myers, Paula Parker, and Charles Stransky

What would make someone rush into a towering inferno and dash up stairs toward danger against a flow of human beings running in the opposite direction? Only someone who's been there can tell us. Learn More

Report from Engine Co. 82

Dennis Smith; read by Lloyd James

Report from Engine Co. 82 is the story of one company of New York firefighters battling unimaginable death and destruction every day. Learn More

Renewable Energy

by Nick Jelley; read by Danny Campbell

This Very Short Introduction describes the main renewable sources of energy—solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass—as well as the less well-developed ones—geothermal, tidal, and wave. Learn More

Reluctant Race Men

by Joan L. Bryant; read by Deanna Anthony

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Reluctant Race Men traces a history of the disparate challenges nineteenth-century Black American reformers lodged against the concept of race. Learn More

The Religion of Whiteness

by Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II; read by Tom Parks

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Using national survey data, in-depth interviews, and focus group results gathered over several years, Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II show how the Religion of Whiteness shapes the practice of Christianity for millions of Americans—and what can be done to confront it. Learn More

Religion as We Know It

by Jack Miles; read by David Cochran Heath

A brief, beautiful invitation to the study of religion from Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Miles. Learn More

Religicide

by Georgette F. Bennett, Jerry White; read by Jonathan Yen

A brave and timely proposal to name, investigate, and ultimately stop a new crime—the mass murder of millions of people for their faith. Learn More

The Regency Years

by Robert Morrison; read by Chris MacDonnell

A surprising and lively history of an overlooked era that brought the modern world of art, culture, and science decisively into view. Learn More

Red Moon Rising

Matthew Brzezinski; read by Charles Stransky

The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world. Learn More

The Red Mirror

by Gulnaz Sharafutdinova; read by Michael Page

What explains Putin's enduring popularity in Russia? In The Red Mirror, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova uses social identity theory to explain Putin's leadership. Learn More

Rebels at Sea

by Eric Jay Dolin; read by Eric Jason Martin

The bestselling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War. Learn More

Reap the Whirlwind

by Peter Houlahan; read by Joshua Saxon

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The bestselling author of Norco '80 returns with a riveting story of mid-1980s San Diego that placed one young Black man at the center of a whirlwind of crime and punishment that profoundly altered Southern California. Learn More

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Rethinking Rescue

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The Rest I Will Kill

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Report from Engine Co. 82

Renewable Energy

Reluctant Race Men

The Religion of Whiteness

Religion as We Know It

Religicide

The Regency Years

Red Moon Rising

The Red Mirror

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