History

Asperger's Children

by Edith Sheffer; read by Christa Lewis

Asperger's Children is a groundbreaking exploration of the chilling history behind an increasingly common diagnosis. Learn More

Arroyo

by Chip Jacobs; read by Joel Richards

Set against two distinct epochs in the history of Pasadena, California, Arroyo tells the parallel stories of a young man and his dog in 1913 and 1993. Learn More

Aroused

by Randi Hutter Epstein, MD; read by Donna Postel

Aroused is a guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them. Learn More

Are We There Yet?

by Dan Albert; read by Michael Butler Murray

In Are We There Yet?, Dan Albert combines historical scholarship with personal narrative to explore how car culture has suffused America’s DNA. Learn More

The Arc of a Covenant

by Walter Russell Mead; read by Josh Bloomberg

From the acclaimed author of God and Gold and Special Providence, a groundbreaking new work that overturns the conventional understanding of the Israeli-American relationship. Learn More

Apocalypse Television

by David Craig; foreword by Robert Iger; read by Kim Niemi

A dramatic insider's account of the making of and backlash against the 1983 made-for-TV movie The Day After. Learn More

The Apocalypse Factory

by Steve Olson; read by Jonathan Yen

A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy, and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb. Learn More

The Apache Wars

Paul Andrew Hutton; read by Jonathan Yen

In the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland. Learn More

AntiSemitism

by Robert Spencer; read by Cam Cornelius

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

Why the ancient evil of antisemitism has returned—and how to counter it. Learn More

Anthem

by Martin Popoff; read by Michael Butler Murray

The definitive biography of the rock 'n' roll kings of the North. Learn More

Angelica

by Molly Beer; read by Rachel Yong

NEW! Now Available

A women-centric view of revolution through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton's influential sister-in-law. Learn More

Ancient Skies

by David Weston Marshall; read by Keith Sellon-Wright

This nonfiction narrative presents the tales of the forty-eight classical constellations, compiled from literature spanning a thousand years from Homer (c. 800 BC) to Claudius Ptolemy (c. 150 AD). Ancient Skies brings the belief systems of the classical world to shining life. Learn More

Ancient Christianities

by Paula Fredriksen; read by Rachel Perry

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety. Learn More

Ancient African Religions

by Robert M. Baum; read by Jim Seybert

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

This volume traces the history of African religions beginning with early hominids and their ritual and burial sites through ancient Egypt, North and Northeast Africa, and Africa south of the Sahara from the fourth millennium BCE to the birth of Islam in the seventh century. Learn More

Anatomy of a Song

by Marc Myers; read by Jonathan Yen

Every great song has a story that needs to be told. In Anatomy of a Song, based on the ongoing Wall Street Journal column, writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music through forty-five transformative hits and oral-history interviews with the artists who created them. Learn More