History

The Kelloggs

by Howard Markel; read by David Colacci

2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

Howard Markel gives us the life and times of the Kellogg brothers of Battle Creek: Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium medical center, spa, and grand hotel attracted thousands actively pursuing health and well-being. Learn More

Kent State

by Brian VanDeMark; read by Daniel Hennig

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences. Learn More

KGB Man

by Cecil Kuhne; read by Mike Chamberlain

A thin, balding, and reclusive middle-aged Russian by the name of Rudolf Ivanovich Abel was one of the Soviet Union's most renowned spies during the Cold War of the 1950s . . . . until his cover was blown by an incompetent colleague who wanted to defect to the United States. This is the full account of Abel's espionage work, his dramatic apprehension, his eventual conviction and its affirmation by the United States Supreme Court, and finally, his surprising release back to Russia. Learn More

Kill Anything That Moves

Nick Turse; read by Don Lee

A New York Times Bestseller!
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Supported by classified documents and first-person interviews, this reexamination of American actions against Vietnamese civilians during the war suggests a dark, pervasive policy that belies the “isolated incidents” narrative used to explain away the most notorious of the atrocities. Learn More

Kill Switch

by Adam Jentleson; read by P.J. Ochlan

An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Learn More

Killing Strangers

by T.K. Wilson; read by Matthew Lloyd Davies

Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern aims to highlight the very strangeness of contemporary experience when it is viewed against a long-term perspective. Atrocities regularly capture media attention—and just as quickly fade from public view. Deep down we expect no different. So Killing Strangers deliberately asks the very simplest of questions. How on earth did we get here? Learn More

The King and Queen of Malibu

David K. Randall; read by Eric Summerer

New York Times best-selling author David K. Randall spins a remarkable tale of the American West and the desire of one couple to preserve paradise. Learn More

King of the World

by Matt Waters; read by Michael Page

King of the World provides an authoritative and accessible account of Cyrus the Great's life, career, and legacy. Learn More

The Kingdom of God Has No Borders

by Melani McAlister; read by Donna Postel

More than forty years ago, conservative Christianity emerged as a major force in American political life. Since then the movement has been analyzed and over-analyzed, declared triumphant and, more than once, given up for dead. But because outside observers have maintained a near-relentless focus on domestic politics, the most transformative development over the last several decades—the explosive growth of Christianity in the global south—has gone unrecognized by the wider public, even as it has transformed evangelical life, both in the US and abroad. Learn More

Kingdom of Nauvoo

by Benjamin E. Park; read by Bob Souer

Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Learn More

The Kingdom of Rye

by Darra Goldstein; read by Suzanne Toren

Celebrated food scholar Darra Goldstein takes listeners on a vivid tour of history and culture through Russian cuisine. Learn More

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Nikolaus Wachsmann; read by Paul Hodgson

In a landmark work of history, Nikolaus Wachsmann offers an unprecedented, integrated account of the Nazi concentration camps from their inception in 1933 through their demise, seventy years ago, in the spring of 1945. The Third Reich has been studied in more depth than virtually any other period in history, and yet until now there has been no history of the camp system that tells the full story of its broad development and the everyday experiences of its inhabitants, both perpetrators and victims, and all those living in what Primo Levi called the gray zone. Learn More

The Knowledge Machine

by Michael Strevens; read by Julian Elfer

A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science. Learn More

Kompromat

by Giorgi Rtskhiladze; read by Bruce Mann

Kompromat is Giorgi Rtskhiladze's story of growing up in Soviet Georgia, emigrating to the US, and his dealings with Donald Trump. Learn More

The Lake on Fire

by Rosellen Brown; read by Emily Lawrence

An examination of family, love, and revolution, The Lake on Fire is a profound tale that resonates eerily with today's current events and tumultuous social landscape. Learn More

The Land of Flickering Lights

by Michael Bennet; read by Michael Bennet

Michael Bennet eloquently chronicles the dramatic full stories behind five debates and decisions crucial to all Americans, each of which exemplifies the hyper-partisan politics that have upended our democracy. Learn More

Landing the Paris Climate Agreement

by Todd Stern; read by Michael Butler Murray

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From the US lead negotiator on climate change, an inside account of the seven-year negotiation that culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015—and where the international climate effort needs to go from here. Learn More

The Last Campaign

Thurston Clarke; read by Pete Larkin

An intimate and absorbing historical narrative that goes right to the heart of America's deepest despairs—and most fiercely held dreams—and tells us more than we had understood before about this complicated man and the heightened dramas of his times. Learn More

The Last Dynasty

by Toby Wilkinson; read by Julian Elfer