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Homie

by Danez Smith; read by Danez Smith

Finalist For The 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award For Poetry
Finalist For The 2021 Naacp Image Award For Poetry

Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Learn More

HOOF BEATS

by William T. Taylor; read by Tristan Morris

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Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history. Learn More

A House Full of Females

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich; read by Susan Ericksen

From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, and The Age of Homespun—a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and determination. Learn More

The House of Erzulie

by Kirsten Imani Kasai; read by Adenrele Ojo, Ron Butler

The House of Erzulie tells the eerily intertwined stories of an ill-fated young couple in the 1850s and the troubled historian who discovers their writings in the present day. Learn More

Housewife Assassin

by Geri Spieler; read by Rosemary Benson

President Gerald Ford suffered two attempts on his life during his term in office: one by a young woman in Charles Manson's Family, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and the other by a far more unlikely candidate—an average middle-aged mother of five—Sara Jane Moore. After thirty years in contact with Moore in prison, journalist Geri Spieler deconstructs her life in Housewife Assassin. Learn More

How Data Happened

by Chris Wiggins and Matthew L. Jones; read by Eric Jason Martin

A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world. Learn More

How Do We Get Out of Here

by R. Emmett Tyrell Jr.; read by Frank Block

How Do We Get Out of Here? is R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s intimate memoir, detailing his leadership in the conservative movement and his relationships with its major personalities from 1968 to the present. Learn More

How to Be a Bad Emperor

by Suetonius; edited, translation, & introduction by Josiah Osgood; read by PJ Ochlan

What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to lead. Learn More

How to Be a Leader

by Plutarch; translated by Jeffrey Beneker; read by Matthew Waterson

Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field. Learn More

How to Be a Tudor

Ruth Goodman; read by Heather Wilds

From an historian who advised on the BBCs Wolf Hall, an erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England. Learn More

How to Be Content

by Horace; selected by Stephen Harrison; translated by Stephen Harrison; introduced by Stephen Harrison; read by PJ Ochlan

In How to Be Content, Stephen Harrison provides fresh, contemporary translations of poems from across Horace's works that continue to offer important lessons about the good life, friendship, love, and death. Learn More

How to be Healthy

by Galen; translated with commentary by Katherine D. Van Schaik; read by Rick Adamson and Cindy Kay

Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world. Learn More

How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England

by Ruth Goodman; read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Offensive language, insolent behavior, slights, brawls, and scandals come alive in Ruth Goodman's uproarious history. Learn More

How to Care About Animals

by Porphyry; translated with commentary by Peter NobleM. D. Usher; read by

An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals—and our vital relationships with them. Learn More

How to Die

by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduction by James S. Romm; read by P.J. Ochlan

Featuring beautifully rendered new translations, How to Die also includes an enlightening introduction, notes, the original Latin texts, and an epilogue presenting Tacitus's description of Seneca's grim suicide. Learn More

How to Do the Right Thing

by Seneca; introduction, selection, and translation by Robert A. Kaster

How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others―and ourselves―more fairly and mercifully. Learn More

How to Drink

by Vincent Obsopoeus; edited, translated, and introduced by Michael Fontaine; read by Roger Clark

In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus's text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages. Learn More