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Ways of Eating
by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft and Merry White; read by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft
From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces listeners to world food history and food anthropology. Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White offer new ways to understand food in relation to its natural and cultural histories and the social rules that shape our meals. Learn More
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
by Saidiya Hartman; read by Allyson Johnson
National Book Critics Circle Finalist
A breathtaking exploration of the lives of young black women in the early twentieth century. Learn More
We Don't Know Ourselves
by Fintan O'Toole; read by Aidan Kelly
Winner 2021 An Post Irish Book Award
A celebrated Irish writer's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Learn More
We're Still Here
by Jennifer M. Silva; read by Teri Schnaubelt
We're Still Here provides powerful, on the ground evidence of the remaking of working-class identity and politics that will spark new tensions but also open up the possibility for shifting alliances and new possibilities. Learn More
The Wealth of Refugees
by Alexander Betts; read by Jennifer M. Dixon
Refugee numbers are increasing due to a proliferation of fragile states, and this problem will be exacerbated by climate change and the impact of COVID-19. The Wealth of Refugees identifies approaches that can be effective in improving the welfare of refugees, increasing social cohesion between refugees and host communities, and reducing the need for onward migration. Learn More
Well of Souls
by Kristina R. Gaddy; foreword by Rhiannon Giddens; read by Chanté McCormick
An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion, and music. Learn More
The Western Front
by Nick Lloyd; read by Mark Elstob
A panoramic history of the savage combat on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 that came to define modern warfare. Learn More
Western Jihadism
by Jytte Klausen; read by Rosemary Benson
Drawing on her unparalleled database of up to 6,500 Western jihadist extremists and their networks, Jytte Klausen has produced the most comprehensive account yet of the origins of Western jihadism and its role in the global movement. Learn More
What Blest Genius
by Andrew McConnell Stott; read by John Lee
The remarkable, ridiculous, rain-soaked story of Shakespeare's Jubilee: the event that established William Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time. Learn More
What God Would Have Known
by J. L. Schellenberg; read by Tom Parks
NEW! Now Available
The latest book from the author of Monotheism and the Rise of Science. Learn More
What Is Ancient History?
by Walter Scheidel; read by Michael Langan
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What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
by Thomas Nagel; read by Joe Barrett
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A fiftieth anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of twentieth century philosophy. Learn More
When Left Moves Right
by Maria Snegovaya; read by Teri Schnaubelt
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Over the past two decades, postcommunist countries have witnessed a sudden shift in the electoral fortunes of their political parties: previously successful center-left parties suffered dramatic electoral defeats and disappeared from the political scene, while right-wing populist parties soared in popularity and came to power. This dynamic echoed similar processes in Western Europe and raises a question: Were these dynamics in any way connected? Learn More
When Women Ruled the World
by Maureen Quilligan; read by Suzanne Toren
A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious sixteenth century. Learn More
Where Great Powers Meet
by David Shambaugh; read by Eric Jason Martin
The United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, David Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. Learn More
White House Warriors
by John Gans; read by David Marantz
This revelatory history of the elusive National Security Council shows how staffers operating in the shadows have driven foreign policy clandestinely for decades. Learn More
The White Mosque
by Sofia Samatar; read by Sofia Samatar
PEN American Literary Award Longlist
A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, of students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a journey through Uzbekistan and of the strange shifts, encounters, and accidents that combine to create an identity. Learn More
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?
by Jesse McCarthy; read by Terrence Kidd
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist New York Times Book Review Best Books of the Year: TIME, Kirkus Reviews
A supremely talented young critic's essays on race and culture, from Toni Morrison to trap, herald the arrival of a major new voice in American letters. Learn More
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
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