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The Dogs of Avalon
by Laura Schenone; read by Esther Wane
In this David versus Goliath story (including the rescue of her own dog, Lily), Laura Schenone takes us into a complex world of impassioned people who stood up for millions of animals. Learn More
Gene Smith's Sink
by Sam Stephenson; read by Coleen Marlo
The result of twenty years of research, Gene Smith's Sink is an unprecedented look into the photographer's beguiling legacy and the subjects around him. Learn More
The Sunken Gold
by Joseph A. Williams; read by Paul Boehmer
More than an incredible story about undersea diving adventure, The Sunken Gold is a story of human persistence, bravery, and patriotism. Learn More
The Cold War
by Odd Arne Westad; read by Julian Elfer
From a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the world Learn More
The Great Shift
by James L. Kugel; read by Malcolm Hillgartner
A world-renowned scholar brings a lifetime of study to reveal how a pivotal transformation in spiritual experience during the Biblical Era made us who we are today. Learn More
Savage Country
by Robert Olmstead; read by Danny Campbell
In September 1873, Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged and mysterious brother-in-law, Michael. Learn More
The Future of War
by Lawrence Freedman; read by Michael Page
In 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, wrote a short story about a war fought from underwater submersibles that included the sinking of passenger ships. At the time, it was dismissed by the British generals and admirals of the day not because the idea of submarines was technically unfeasible, but because no one could imagine that any nation would be so depraved as to sink civilian merchant shipps. The future of war more often than not surprises us less because of some fantastic technical or engineering dimension but because of some human, political, or moral threshold that we had never imagined wanting to cross. Learn More
Black Dahlia, Red Rose
by Piu Eatwell; read by Robertson Dean
With startling new evidence, this gripping reexamination of the Black Dahlia murder offers a definitive theory of a quintessential American crime. Learn More
Wild Horse Country
by David Philipps; read by David Colacci
Wild Horse Country is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter's history of wild horses in America―and an eye-opening story on their treatment in our time. Learn More
Schlesinger
by Richard Aldous; read by Norman Dietz
Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian is the first major biography of preeminent historian and intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a defining figure in Kennedy's White House. Learn More
The Burr Conspiracy
by James E. Lewis, Jr.; read by Robertson Dean
The Burr Conspiracy offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of the United States at a time when it was far from clear to its people how long it would last. James E. Lewis also traces the enduring legacy of the stories that were told and accepted during this moment of uncertainty. Learn More
The Ghost
by Jefferson Morley; read by John Pruden
In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton's dramatic story, from his friendship with the poet Ezra Pound through the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington to the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate scandal. Learn More
Stormtroopers
by Daniel Siemens; read by Roger Clark
Stormtroopers is the first full history of the Nazi Stormtroopers whose muscle brought Hitler to power, with revelations concerning their longevity and their contributions to the Holocaust. Learn More
A Most Elegant Equation
by David Stipp; read by Sean Pratt
In David Stipp's hands, Euler's identity becomes a contemplative stroll through the glories of mathematics. The result is an ode to this magical field. Learn More
The Empire Must Die
by Mikhail Zygar; read by Simon Vance
Kirkus Best of 2017
The Empire Must Die portrays the vivid drama of Russia's brief and exotic experiment with civil society before it was swept away by the despotism of the Communist Revolution. Learn More
Black Tudors
by Miranda Kaufmann; read by Corrie James
AudioFile Earphones Award Winner
In Black Tudors Miranda Kaufmann reveals the absorbing stories of some of the Africans who lived free in Tudor England. Learn More
Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic
by Richard A. McKay; read by Paul Woodson
The search for a "patient zero"—popularly understood to be the first person infected in an epidemic—has been key to media coverage of major infectious disease outbreaks for more than three decades. Yet the term itself did not exist before the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. How did this idea so swiftly come to exert such a strong grip on the scientific, media, and popular consciousness? Learn More
Brutus
by Kathryn Tempest; read by Jennifer Dixon
A compelling new portrait of Marcus Brutus delves behind the ancient evidence to set aside the myths that surround the ancient world's most famous assassin. Learn More
Working in America
performed by Joe Richman and Studs Terkel
From the archives of legendary storyteller and bestselling author Studs Terkel comes a stunning audio documentary series that captures the voices of Americans from vastly different backgrounds, each reflecting on the value of work in their lives. Learn More
The Gifted Generation
David Goldfield; read by Mike Chamberlain
A sweeping and path-breaking history of the post–World War II decades, during which an activist federal government guided the country toward the first real flowering of the American Dream. Learn More
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