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Innate

by Kevin J. Mitchell; read by Michael Page

A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you think. Learn More

A Covert Action

by Seth G. Jones; read by Jonathan Yen

A Covert Action is the dramatic untold story of one of the CIA's most successful Cold War intelligence operations. Learn More

Insurrecto

by Gina Apostol; read by Justine Eyre

PW Best Books of 2018
BuzzFeed Best Fiction of 2018
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist

Within the spiraling voices and narrative layers of Insurrecto are stories of women—artists, lovers, revolutionaries, daughters—finding their way to their own truths and histories. Using interlocking voices and a kaleidoscopic structure, the novel is startlingly innovative, meditative, and playful. Learn More

Frontier Rebels

by Patrick Spero; read by Joe Barrett

Frontier Rebels is the untold story of the "Black Boys," a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. Learn More

Cleopatra

by Harold Bloom; read by Simon Vance

From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, comes an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of Cleopatra—one of the Bard's most riveting and memorable female characters. Learn More

Cyberwar

by Kathleen Hall Jamieson; read by Emily Durante

Drawing on path-breaking work in which she and her colleagues isolated significant communication effects in the 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, the eminent political communication scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson marshals the troll posts, unique polling data, analyses of how the press used the hacked content, and a synthesis of half a century of media effects research to argue that, although not certain, it is probable that the Russians helped elect the 45th president of the United States. 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 Collector of Lives

by Ingrid Rowland & Noah Charney; read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Lauded by Sarah Bakewell as "insightful, gripping, and thoroughly enjoyable," The Collector of Lives reveals how one Renaissance scholar completely redefined how we look at art. Learn More

The Improbable Wendell Willkie

by David Levering Lewis; read by Mike Chamberlain

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner comes this surprising portrait of Wendell Willkie, the businessman–turned–presidential candidate who (almost) saved America’s dysfunctional political system. Learn More

Rum, Sodomy, Prayers, and the Lash Revisited

by Matthew S. Seligmann; read by John Lee

"Naval tradition? Naval tradition? Monstrous. Nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers and the lash." This quotation, from Winston Churchill, is frequently dismissed as apocryphal or a jest, but, interestingly, all four of the areas of naval life singled out in it were ones that were subject to major reform initiatives while Churchill was in charge of the Royal Navy between October 1911 and May 1915. Learn More

Josephine Baker's Last Dance

by Sherry Jones; read by Adenrele Ojo

From the author of The Jewel of Medina, a moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary performer and activist Josephine Baker, perfect for fans of The Paris Wife and Hidden Figures. Learn More

World War II at Sea

by Craig L. Symonds; read by Eric Martin

Many have argued that World War II was dominated by naval operations; few have shown how and why this was the case. Symonds combines precision with story-telling verve, expertly illuminating not only the mechanics of large-scale warfare on (and below) the sea but offering wisdom into the nature of the war itself. Learn More

The Club

by Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg; read by Shaun Grindell

Deeply researched and drawing on 100 exclusive interviews including the key decision-makers at every major English team—from aristocrats like Manchester United and Arsenal, to the arrivistes at Chelsea and Manchester City—The Club is the definitive and wildly entertaining narrative of how the Premier League took over the world. Learn More

Help!

by Thomas Brothers; read by Keith Sellon-Wright

The fascinating story of how creative cooperation inspired two of the world's most celebrated musical acts. Learn More

The Third Revolution

by Elizabeth C. Economy; read by Jo Anna Perrin

In The Third Revolution, eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Learn More

The Escape Line

by Megan Koreman; read by Christa Lewis

Using recently declassified archives, The Escape Line tells the story of the Dutch-Paris and the thousands of people it saved during World War II. Author Megan Koreman, who was given exclusive access to many of the archives, is herself the daughter of Dutch parents who were part of the resistance. Learn More

The Sit Room

by David Scheffer; read by Joe Barrett

The Sit Room brings you inside the secretive Situation Room of the White House, the most important deliberative room in the world, during the early 1990s when the author was one of the policymakers who framed the Clinton Administration's policy towards the bloody Balkans War. Learn More

Women in the New Testament World

by Susan E. Hylen; read by Susan Hanfield

Women in the New Testament World helps modern listeners understand the conflicting evidence of women in biblical times. Learn More

Storming the Heavens

by Gerald Horne; read by Bill Quinn

The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this account and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African Americans to gain the right to fly. Learn More

Soldier, Priest, and God

by F. S. Naiden; read by Stephen Bel Davies

Soldier, Priest, and God, the first religious biography of Alexander, incorporates recent scholarship to provide a vivid and unique portrait of a remarkable leader. Learn More

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