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Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
by James H. Cone; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
In this powerful and passionate memoir—his final work—James H. Cone describes the obstacles he overcame to find his voice, to respond to the signs of the times, and to offer a voice for those—like the parents who raised him in Bearden, Arkansas, in the era of lynching and Jim Crow—who had no voice. Learn More
Saints and Liars
by Debórah Dwork; read by Alexandra Cohler
A gripping history that plumbs the extraordinary stories of American relief and rescue workers during World War II. Learn More
A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold; introduction by Barbara Kingsolver; read by Cassandra Campbell
First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Learn More
Savage Country
by Robert Olmstead; read by Danny Campbell
In September 1873, Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged and mysterious brother-in-law, Michael. Learn More
Saving the News
by Martha Minow ; read by Eliza Foss
A detailed argument of how our government has interfered in the direction of America's media landscape that traces major transformations in media since the printing press and charts a path for reform. Learn More
Scenes of Subjection
by Saidiya Hartman; read by Lisa Reneé Pitts
The groundbreaking debut by the award-winning author of Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, revised and updated. Learn More
A Scheme of Heaven
by Alexander Boxer; read by Peter Noble
An illuminating look at the surprising history and science of astrology, civilization's first system of algorithms, from Babylon to the present day. Learn More
Schlesinger
by Richard Aldous; read by Norman Dietz
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian is the first major biography of preeminent historian and intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a defining figure in Kennedy's White House. Learn More
Scorpion Down
Ed Offley; read by Richard Ferrone
After a quarter century of research, Offley is finally able to tell the facts behind the sinking of the Scorpion with its 99 crew members. Learn More
The Search for Reagan
by Craig Shirley; read by Bob Johnson
Never before has anyone explored the mind, soul, and heart of Ronald Reagan. The Search for Reagan explores the challenges and controversies in Reagan's life and how he successfully dealt with each, depicting a man who was never as conservative as some conservatives wanted him to be, but rather as conservative as he was comfortable being—a man who wanted to win on his own terms and integrity. Learn More
The Second Emancipation
by Howard W. French; read by David Sadzin and Howard W. French
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A work of epic dimension that recasts the liberation of twentieth-century Africa through the lens of revolutionary leader Kwame Nkrumah. Learn More
The Second Jewish Book of Why
Alfred J. Kolatch; read by Theodore Bikel
The Jewish Book of Why answered fundamental questions of Jewish faith; this second volume digs deeper, addressing the complex, contemporary issues of today's society. Learn More
The Secret History of Home Economics
by Danielle Dreilinger; read by Rachel Perry
The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. Learn More
The Secret Public
by Jon Savage; read by Liam Gerrard
A monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979. Learn More
Secret Servants of the Crown
by Claire Hubbard-Hall; read by Anne Flosnik
Drawing on private and previously classified documents, this definitive history of women's contributions to the intelligence services is the first authoritative account of the hidden female army of clerks, typists, telephonists, and secretaries who were the cornerstone of the British secret state across two world wars and beyond. Learn More
Secrets
Daniel Ellsberg; read by Daniel Ellsberg and Dan Cashman
Covering the decade between his entry into the Pentagon and Nixon's resignation, Secrets is Ellsberg’s meticulously detailed insider's account of the secrets and lies that shaped American foreign policy during the Vietnam era. Learn More
The Secrets of Silence
by Shannon Malone Gonzalez; read by Sanya Simmons
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In The Secrets of Silence, Shannon Malone Gonzalez examines the pervasive and often invisible forms of everyday policing that render black women's stories missing from official data, headlines, and community conversations. Learn More
Secrets of the Killing State
by Corinna Barrett Lain; read by Elizabeth Miller
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In the popular imagination, lethal injection is a slight pinch and a swift nodding off to forever-sleep. It is performed by well-qualified medical professionals. It is regulated and carefully conducted. And it usually provides a "humane" death. In reality, however, not one of those things is true. Secrets of the Killing State pulls back the curtain on this clandestine punishment practice, presenting a view of lethal injection that states have worked hard to hide. Learn More
Sedition
by Marcus Alexander Gadson; read by Terrence Kidd
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Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But Americans have weathered many constitutional crises, often accompanied by the same violence and chaos experienced on January 6. However, these crises occurred on the state level. In Sedition, Marcus Alexander Gadson uncovers these episodes of civil unrest and examines how state governments handled them. Learn More
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