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Why Baby Boomers Turned from Religion
by Abby Day; read by Jennifer M. Dixon
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Parents of the 1940s and 1950s raised their Baby Boomer children to be respectable church-attendees, and yet in some ways demonstrated an ambivalence that permitted their children to spurn religion and eventually to raise their own children to be the least religious generation ever. This study is the first to offer a sociological account of the sudden transition from religious parents to non-religious children and grandchildren, focusing exclusively on ex–Anglican Boomers. Learn More
Why Liberalism Works
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey; read by Janet Metzger
From Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, an insightful and passionately written book explaining why a return to Enlightenment ideals is good for the world. Learn More
Why The New Deal Matters
by Eric Rauchway; read by Peter Lerman
This book looks at how the legacy of the New Deal, both for good and ill, informs the current debates around governmental responses to crises. Learn More
Why War?
by Richard Overy, PhD; read by Dennis Kleinman
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Why has war been such a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains, drawing on rich examples and keen insight. Learn More
Wicked Problems
by Guru Madhavan; read by Walter Dixon
An ode to systems engineers—whose invisible work undergirds our life—and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle. Learn More
A Wicked War
Amy S. Greenberg; read by Caroline Shaffer
The story of the Mexican-American war—one of the most controversial events in nineteenth-century American history—and of how it divided the country and profoundly impacted the political lives of James Polk, Henry Clay, and Abraham Lincoln. Learn More
Wild Girls
by Tiya Miles; read by Janina Edwards
An award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America. Learn More
Wild Horse Country
by David Philipps; read by David Colacci
Wild Horse Country is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter's history of wild horses in America―and an eye-opening story on their treatment in our time. Learn More
Wild New World
by Dan Flores; read by Clark Cornell
A deep-time history of animals and humans in North America, by the bestselling and award-winning author of Coyote America. Learn More
The Wish Child
by Catherine Chidgey; read by Simon Vance
Winner of the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize
This internationally bestselling historical novel follows two children and a mysterious narrator as they navigate the falsehoods and wreckage of World War II Germany. Learn More
Women in Science
by Rachel Ignotofsky; read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
A New York Times Best Seller
The New York Times bestseller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Learn More
Women in the New Testament World
by Susan E. Hylen; read by Susan Hanfield
Women in the New Testament World helps modern listeners understand the conflicting evidence of women in biblical times. Learn More
The Women’s Suffrage Movement
edited by Sally Roesch Wagner; Introduction by Sally Wagner; Foreword by Gloria Steinem; read by Bahni Turpin
An intersectional anthology of works by the known and unknown women that shaped and established the suffrage movement, in time for the 2020 centennial of women's right to vote, with a foreword by Gloria Steinem. Learn More
Woodstock
by Dale Bell; read by Peter Berkrot & Xe Sands
Featuring a foreword from legendary director Martin Scorcese, Woodstock: Interviews and Recollections combines stories, anecdotes, and perspectives from dozens of musicians and filmmakers about the making of the Academy Award–winning documentary Woodstock. Learn More
Working in America
performed by Joe Richman and Studs Terkel
From the archives of legendary storyteller and bestselling author Studs Terkel comes a stunning audio documentary series that captures the voices of Americans from vastly different backgrounds, each reflecting on the value of work in their lives. Learn More
World War II at Sea
by Craig L. Symonds; read by Eric Martin
Many have argued that World War II was dominated by naval operations; few have shown how and why this was the case. Symonds combines precision with story-telling verve, expertly illuminating not only the mechanics of large-scale warfare on (and below) the sea but offering wisdom into the nature of the war itself. Learn More
World War II: Air War
by Stephen W. Sears; read by Paul Boehmer
Here, from the acclaimed historian Stephen W. Sears, is the story of Europe's air war. Learn More
World War II: Carrier War
by Stephen W. Sears; read by Paul Boehmer
The Enterprise was just one of the carriers that won the war in the Pacific. Here is the extraordinary story of the men and ships that turned the tide of the war. Learn More
World War II: Desert War
by Stephen W. Sears; read by Paul Boehmer
Here, from award-winning military historian Stephen W. Sears, is the dramatic story of the generals, politicians, and soldiers who changed the course of the war. Learn More
A Worse Place than Hell
by John Matteson; read by David Colacci
Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America. Learn More
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