Politics

The Crooked Path to Abolition

by James Oakes; read by Bob Souer

The long and turning path to the abolition of American slavery has often been attributed to the equivocations and inconsistencies of antislavery leaders, including Lincoln himself. But James Oakes's brilliant history of Lincoln's antislavery strategies reveals a striking consistency and commitment extending over many years. Learn More

Nothing to Lose

by Pastor Darrell Scott; read by Bill Andrew Quinn

Pastor Darrell Scott recounts how and why he boarded "the Trump Train," revealing the considerable difficulties he experienced along the way. Scott also provides a surprising portrait of President Donald Trump himself—his candor; his support for policies, issues, and initiatives important to the African-American community; and his little-understood relationship with Christianity. Learn More

Strongmen

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat; read by Chloe Cannon

In Strongmen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat lays bare the blueprint authoritarian leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future. Learn More

The Last Platoon

by Bing West; read by Stephen Graybill

This authentic war story vividly displays how a warrior must replenish his own moral courage and not allow ambition to coarsen his sense of decency. Learn More

Around the World in (More Than) 80 Days

by Larry Alex Taunton; read by John Pruden

The author of The Grace Effect presents his latest book. Learn More

Abuse of Power

by Fred V. Lucas; read by John McLain

Abuse of Power: Inside The Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump exposes: how Elizabeth Warren tried to set an impeachment trap for Trump even before the inauguration; why the depths of the Biden family's international conflict of interests are worthy of a federal investigation; why Nancy Pelosi caved to The Squad to remain leadership; and more. Learn More

Undercurrents

by Steve Davis; read by Christopher Grove

Improve your knowledge of the ways global trends shape activism with this insightful volume that will supercharge your impact on communities and organizations. Learn More

The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution

by D.H. Robinson; read by Liam Gerrard

In The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution, Dan Robinson presents a new history of politics in colonial America and the imperial crisis, tracing how ideas of Europe and Europeanness shaped British-American political culture. Learn More

The Sum of Our Dreams

by Louis P. Masur, read by Jonathan Yen

In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P. Masur offers a sweeping yet compact history of America from its beginnings to the current moment. Learn More

The President and Immigration Law

by Adam Cox & Cristina M. Rodriguez; read by Gary Tiedemann

In The President and Immigration Law, Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodríguez chronicle the untold story of how, over the course of two centuries, the President became the United States' immigration policymaker-in-chief. Diving deep into the history of American immigration policy, they show how migration crises, real or imagined, have empowered presidents. Learn More

Counting

by Deborah Stone; read by Donna Postel

Suffused with moral reflection and ending with a powerful epilogue on COVID-19's dizzying statistics, Counting will forever change our relationship with numbers. Learn More

A People Betrayed

By Paul Preston; read by Peter Noble

Nowhere does the ceaseless struggle to maintain democracy in the face of political corruption come more alive than in Paul Preston's magisterial history of modern Spain. Learn More

Blood Runs Coal

by Mark A. Bradley; read by Perry Daniels

Edgar Award Winner for Best Fact Crime

The true story of the shocking assassination that catalyzed groundbreaking reform in Big Coal. 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

Never Trump

by Robert P. Saldin & Steven M. Teles; read by Rick Adamson

Based on extensive interviews with conservative opponents of the president, Never Trump reveals why such a wide range of committed partisans chose to break with their longtime comrades in arms. Learn More

We the Possibility

by Mitchell Weiss; read by Tom Perkins

In this inspiring and instructive book, former public official Mitchell Weiss argues that we must shift from a mindset of "Probability Government"—overly focused on performance management and on mimicking "best" practices—to "Possibility Government." This means a leap to public leadership and management that embraces more imagination and riskier projects. Learn More

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