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Operation Underworld
by Matthew Black; read by Jonathan Todd Ross
The never-before-told true story of how mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano—the US Mafia boss who put the "organized" into organized crime—was recruited by US Naval Intelligence to turn the tide of WWII. Learn More
Orchid Muse
by Erica Hannickel; read by Nicol Zanzarella
A kaleidoscopic journey into the world of nature’s most tantalizing flower, and the lives it has inspired. Learn More
Origin Story
by Howard Markel; read by Mike Cooper
A lively account of how Darwin's work on natural selection transformed science and society, and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author. Learn More
The Origins of Elected Strongmen
by Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Joseph Wright; read by Suzie Althens
NEW! Now Available
Since the end of World War II, democracies typically fell apart by coup d'état or through force. Today, however, they are increasingly eroding at the hands of democratically elected incumbents, who seize control by slowly chipping away at democratic institutions. To better understand these developments, this book examines the role of personalist political parties, or parties that exist primarily to further their leader's career as opposed to promote a specific policy platform. Learn More
The Other Paris
Luc Sante; read by the author
Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris: The People's City, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside, one populated by working and criminal classes that, though virtually extinct today, have shaped Paris over the past two centuries. Learn More
The Other Side of Prospect
by Nicholas Dawidoff; read by Diontae Black
A landmark work of intimate reporting on inequality, race, class, and violence, told through a murder and intersecting lives in an iconic American neighborhood. Learn More
Our Man in Charleston
Christopher Dickey; read by Antony Ferguson
As tension over slavery and western expansion threatened to break the US into civil war, the Southern states found themselves squeezed between two nearly irreconcilable realities: the survival of the Confederate economy would require the importation of more slaves, a practice banned in America since 1807, but the existence of the Confederacy itself could not be secured without official recognition from Great Britain, who would never countenance reopening the Atlantic slave trade. How, then, could the first be achieved without dooming the possibility of the second? Learn More
Our Own Worst Enemy
by Tom Nichols; read by Tom Nichols
A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Learn More
Out of One, Many
by Jennifer T. Roberts; read by Petrea Burchard
A sweeping new account of ancient Greek culture and its remarkable diversity. Learn More
Out of the Shadows
by Emily Midorikawa; read by Rachael Beresford
Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves. But not so within the social sphere of the séance—a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic, in which women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Learn More
Out of the Shadows
by Emily Midorikawa
Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves. But not so within the social sphere of the séance—a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic, in which women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Learn More
Out of the Shadows
by Walt Odets; read by Will Damron
A moving exploration of how gay men construct their identities, fight to be themselves, and live authentically. Learn More
Outsourcing Duty
by Michael J. Robillard and Bradley J. Strawser; read by Rudy Sanda
Are contemporary soldiers exploited by the state and society that they defend? More specifically, have America's professional service members disproportionately carried the moral weight of America's war-fighting decisions since the inception of an all-volunteer force? In this volume, Michael J. Robillard and Bradley J. Strawser examine the question of whether and how American soldiers have been exploited in this way. Learn More
Over the Wall
by Kevin M. Hallinan; with Rob Travalino; read by Steve Marvel
Lieutenant Kevin M. Hallinan's adventure-packed and insightful journey through the evolution of law enforcement, the rise of counterterrorism, and the birth of modern sports security. Learn More
Overlooking the Border
By Dana Hercbergs; read by Christina Delaine
Overlooking the Border: Narratives of Divided Jerusalem by Dana Hercbergs continues the dialogue surrounding the social history of Jerusalem. Learn More
The Oxford Handbook of Kant
edited by Anil Gomes and Andrew Stephenson; read by Nigel Patterson
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available August
The Oxford Handbook of Kant provides an up-to-date account of recent scholarship on Kant's philosophy. Learn More
The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron
edited by Jonathon Shears and Alan Rawes; read by Mike Cooper
NEW! Now Available
The Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron offers the latest in critical thinking about the poet that defined the Romantic era across Europe and beyond. The volume presents forty-four groundbreaking essays that enable listeners to assess Lord Byron's central position in Romantic traditions and his profound and far-reaching influence on British, European, and world culture. Learn More
The Painful Truth about Hunger in America
by Mariana Chilton; read by Kim Niemi
NEW! Now Available
A radical and urgent new approach to how we can solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the US. Learn More
Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb
by Mansoor Ahmed; read by Tom Perkins
A groundbreaking account of Pakistan's rise as a nuclear power draws on elite interviews and primary sources to challenge long-held misconceptions. Learn More
Pan Am at War
by Mark Cotta Vaz & John H. Hill; read by Mike Chamberlain
Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. Learn More
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