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The Arc of a Covenant

by Walter Russell Mead; read by Josh Bloomberg

From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that overturns the conventional understanding of the Israeli-American relationship. Learn More

Are We There Yet?

by Dan Albert; read by Michael Butler Murray

In Are We There Yet?, Dan Albert combines historical scholarship with personal narrative to explore how car culture has suffused America’s DNA. Learn More

Aroused

by Randi Hutter Epstein, MD; read by Donna Postel

Aroused is a guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them. Learn More

Arroyo

by Chip Jacobs; read by Joel Richards

Set against two distinct epochs in the history of Pasadena, California, Arroyo tells the parallel stories of a young man and his dog in 1913 and 1993. Learn More

Asperger's Children

by Edith Sheffer; read by Christa Lewis

Asperger's Children is a groundbreaking exploration of the chilling history behind an increasingly common diagnosis. Learn More

Assembling Life

by David Deamer; read by Stephen R. Thorne

In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Learn More

At the Frontier of God's Empire

by Ji Li; read by Kathleen Li

At the Frontier of God's Empire: A Missionary Odyssey in Modern China tells the remarkable story of Alfred Marie Caubrière (1876–1948). Learn More

At What Cost

by Nicholas Freudenberg; read by Stephen Bel Davies

An incisive and powerful investigation of corporate impact on human and planetary well-being. Learn More

Authoritarian Nightmare

by Bob Altemeyer & John W. Dean; Rick Adamson

To fully understand the Trump phenomenon, John Dean, a man with a history of standing up to autocratic presidents, joins with Bob Altemeyer, a psychology professor with a unique area of expertise: authoritarianism. Learn More

Bach's Musical Universe

by Christoph Wolff; read by Paul Heitsch

A concentrated study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s creative output and greatest pieces, capturing the essence of his art. Learn More

Bad Mexicans

by Kelly Lytle Hernández; read by Joana Garcia

"Rebel historian" Kelly Lytle Hernández reframes our understanding of US history in this groundbreaking narrative of revolution in the borderlands. Learn More

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu

Joshua Hammer; read by Paul Boehmer

To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pull off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven. Learn More

The Battle of Gettysburg

by Bruce Catton; read by Eric Martin

Bruce Catton, Pulitzer-Prize winner and one of the most acclaimed historians of the Civil War, vividly recreates the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Learn More

Battling the Gods

Tim Whitmarsh; read by James Langton

For readers of Karen Armstrong, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens: An impassioned and learned account of atheisms origins in antiquity Learn More

Bear No Malice

by Clarissa Harwood; read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Great Expectations meets Grantchester in this story of love and lies, secrets and second chances, set in Edwardian England. Learn More

The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom

by John Pomfret; read by Tom Perkins

A narrative account of the relationship between the U.S. and China from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Learn More

The Beauty of Living

by J. Alison Rosenblitt; read by David Colacci

An incisive biography of E. E. Cummings's early life, including his World War I ambulance service and subsequent imprisonment, inspirations for his inventive poetry.
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Beer Money

by S.C. Sherman; read by Adam Barr

A captivating feat of historical fiction set during the 1880s clash between the prohibitionists and the three most powerful brewers in Iowa City—known as "The Beer Mafia." Learn More

Before the Movement

by Dylan C. Penningroth; read by Terrence Kidd

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A prize-winning scholar draws on astonishing new research to demonstrate how Black people used the law to their advantage long before the Civil Rights Movement. Learn More

Being Evil

by Luke Russell; read by James Cameron Stewart

In Being Evil: A Philosophical Perspective, the author discusses why some philosophers think that evil is a myth or a fantasy, while others think that evil is real. Along the way he asks whether evil is always horrific and incomprehensible, or if it can be banal. The book also engages with ongoing discussions over psychopathy and empathy, analyzing the psychology behind evildoing. Learn More

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