History

Eight Bears

by Gloria Dickie; read by Cassidy Brown

A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face. Learn More

The Einstein of Sex

by Daniel Brook; read by Patrick Mealey

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available May

An illuminating portrait of a lost thinker, German-Jewish sexologist and activist Magnus Hirschfeld. Learn More

The bitter feud between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. Compellingly written, Eisenhower vs. Warren brings to vivid life the clash that continues to reverberate in political and constitutional debates today. Learn More

Election Meltdown

by Richard L. Hasen; read by Tim Paige

As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Learn More

The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City

by Margaret Creighton; read by Callie Beaulieu

The 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, meant to herald the twentieth century, went tragically, spectacularly, awry. Learn More

The Eleventh Plague

by Jeremy Brown; read by Jonathan Todd Ross

A physician and historian of science and medicine at the National Institute of Health tells the hidden story of how plagues and pandemics shaped the history of the Jewish people. Learn More

An Emancipation of the Mind

by Matthew Stewart; read by Mike Chamberlain

The story of how a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders' oligarchy in the Civil War. Learn More

Embers of the Hands

by Eleanor Barraclough; read by Eleanor Barraclough

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A "brilliantly written, brilliantly conceived" (Tom Holland) history of the Viking Age, from mighty leaders to rebellious teenagers, told through their runes and ruins, games and combs, trash and treasure. Learn More

Embracing Exile

by David Kraemer; read by Barry Abrams

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available September

A new interpretation of historical and contemporary Jewish texts that views diaspora as a positive outcome for Jews and for the world. Learn More

Empire Made

by Kief Hillsbery; read by James Cameron Stewart

The shadowy story of a nineteenth-century English gentleman who went to India and dramatically cut all ties to home, forming a relationship with a local Muslim man. Learn More

The Empire Must Die

by Mikhail Zygar; read by Simon Vance

Kirkus Best of 2017

The Empire Must Die portrays the vivid drama of Russia's brief and exotic experiment with civil society before it was swept away by the despotism of the Communist Revolution. Learn More

Empire of Cotton

Sven Beckert; read by Jim Frangione

The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Learn More

Empire of Deception

Dean Jobb; read by Peter Berkrot

A rollicking story of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar deceit, illicit sex, and a brilliant and wildly charming con man who kept a Ponzi scheme alive perhaps for longer than anyone else in history. Learn More

Empire of God

by Robert Spencer; read by Bob Souer

Western civilization is generally regarded as the child of Athens, Jerusalem, and Rome. However, Western society has other forefathers as well: we would be unwise to give the Byzantine Empire short shrift. The ways in which it has influenced our world for the good, and indeed, created the parameters of our society at its healthiest and strongest, are insufficiently appreciated today. Learn More

Empress

by Ruby Lal; read by Suzanne Toren

Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Her legend still lives, but her story was lost—until now. Learn More

The Endurance

Caroline Alexander; read by Michael Tezla and Martin Ruben

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An extraordinary re-creation of the terrible beauty of Antarctica, the awful destruction of the ship The Endurance, and Shackleton’s crew’s heroic daily struggle for survival. A thrilling account of one of the last great adventures in the brave age of exploration. Learn More

Enemies in Love

by Alexis Clark; read by Allyson Johnson

is a true and deeply moving narrative of forbidden love during World War II and a shocking, hidden history of race on the home front. Learn More

The Enemy Harassed

by Jim Stempel; read by Stephen Bowlby

As few books regarding American history have achieved, Jim Stempel's The Enemy Harassed brings a previously neglected period of the American Revolution to life. Learn More

Engineering Hitler's Downfall

by Gwilym Roberts; read by Bruce Mann