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The Long Ships
by Frans G. Bengtsson; read by Michael Page
Frans Gunnar Bengtsson's The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Learn More
The Long Hangover
by Shaun Walker; read by Michael Page
The Long Hangover is a book about a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. It shows that the legacy of the collapse is one with which Russia and Russians are still grappling. Learn More
The Source
by Martin Doyle; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment―over federalism, taxation, regulation, conservation, and development. Learn More
The Divide
by Jason Hickel; read by Jonathan Cowley
A provocative and timely myth buster that exposes the hidden machinations behind five centuries of global poverty and inequality. Learn More
Farewell to the Horse
by Ulrich Raulff; read by Matthew Waterson
A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, Farewell to the Horse paints a stunning panorama of a world shaped by hooves, and the imprint left on humankind. Learn More
The Counterrevolution
by Bernard E. Harcourt; read by Stephen R. Thorne
A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern Americans. Learn More
No Turning Back
by Rania Abouzeid; read by Susan Nezami
Rania Abouzeid brings listeners deep inside Assad's prisons, to covert meetings where foreign states and organizations manipulated the rebels, and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy and the formation of ISIS. Learn More
The History of Rome in 12 Buildings
by Phillip Barlag; read by Stephen Graybill
The History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of The Eternal City is compelling, concise, and fun, and takes you behind the iconic buildings to reveal the hidden stories of the people that forged the Roman Empire. Learn More
How to Die
by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduction by James S. Romm; read by P.J. Ochlan
Featuring beautifully rendered new translations, How to Die also includes an enlightening introduction, notes, the original Latin texts, and an epilogue presenting Tacitus's description of Seneca's grim suicide. Learn More
Pogrom
by Steven J. Zipperstein; read by Barry Abrams
Separating historical fact from fantasy, an acclaimed historian retells the story of Kishinev, a riot that transformed the course of twentieth-century Jewish history. Learn More
Denmark Vesey's Garden
by Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts; read by Tom Perkins
Denmark Vesey's Garden joins the small bookshelf of major, paradigm-shifting new interpretations of slavery's enduring legacy in the United States. Learn More
The Perfume Burned His Eyes
by Michael Imperioli; read by Michael Imperioli
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Screenwriter and Emmy Award–winning actor Michael Imperioli presents a must-listen coming-of-age story set in New York City. Learn More
Lexington and Concord
by George C. Daughan; read by Mike Chamberlain
George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the battle of Lexington and Concord will challenge the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. Authoritative and immersive, Lexington and Concord offers new understanding of a battle that became a template for colonial uprising in later centuries. Learn More
Broadway
by Fran Leadon; read by Kevin Pariseau
Broadway takes us on a mile-by-mile journey that traces the gradual evolution of the seventeenth-century's Brede Wegh, a muddy cow path in a backwater Dutch settlement, to the twentieth century's Great White Way. Learn More
Making the Arab World
by Fawaz A. Gerges; read by James Cameron Stewart
Based on a decade of research, including in-depth interviews with many leading figures in the story, Making the Arab World is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the roots of the turmoil engulfing the Middle East, from civil wars to the rise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Learn More
Occidentalism
by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit; read by Nigel Patterson
Occidentalism is a groundbreaking investigation of the demonizing fantasies and stereotypes about the Western world that fuel such hatred in the hearts of others. A work of extraordinary range and erudition, Occidentalism will permanently enlarge our collective frame of vision. Learn More
Reading the Man
by Elizabeth Brown Pryor; read by Jo Anna Perrin
Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Robert E. Lee's actions reveal a man forced to play a leading role in the formation of the nation at the cost of his private happiness. Learn More
Enemies in Love
by Alexis Clark; read by Allyson Johnson
RAF
by Richard Overy, PhD; read by Steven Crossley
RAF is a masterful history of how the Royal Air Force emerged from the deadly trench warfare of World War I. Learn More
Genetics in the Madhouse
by Theodore M. Porter; read by Mike Chamberlain
A bold rethinking of asylum work, Genetics in the Madhouse shows how heredity was a human science as well as a medical and biological one. It is the untold story of how the collection and sorting of hereditary data in mental hospitals, schools for "feebleminded" children, and prisons gave rise to a new science of human heredity. Learn More
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