History

Practical Equality

by Robert Tsai; read by David Shih

A path-breaking account of how Americans have used innovative legal measures to overcome injustice—and an indispensable guide to pursuing equality in our time. Learn More

Set in the hardscrabble landscape of early 1900s Oklahoma, but timeless in its sensibility, Prairie Fever traces the dynamic between two sisters: the pragmatic Lorena and the chimerical Elise. Their connection to each other supersedes all else, until the arrival of a schoolteacher sunders the sisters' relationship as they both begin to fall for him. 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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Radium Girls

by Kate Moore; read by Angela Brazil

Goodreads Best Books of 2017
NPR Best Book of 2017
Library Reads Favorite of Favorites 2017

Ordinary women in 1920s America. All they wanted was the chance to shine . . . Be careful what you wish for. 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

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

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