Politics

Secularity and Science

by Elaine Howard Ecklund, David R. Johnson, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Kristin R.W. Matthews, Steven W. Lewis, Robert A. Thomson, Jr., & Di Di; read by Paul Boehmer

Secularity and Science leaves inaccurate assumptions about science and religion behind, offering a new, more nuanced understanding of how science and religion interact and how they can be integrated for the common good. Learn More

The Palestinian Delusion

by Robert Spencer

Every negotiated settlement between the State of Israel and its Palestinian adversaries has failed to establish a stable and lasting peace. This is the history of what was attempted, why those failures were inevitable, and what must be done instead. Learn More

Big Tech Tyrants

by Floyd Brown & Todd Cefaratti; read by Shawn Compton

Big Tech Tyrants: How Silicon Valley's Stealth Practices Addict Teens, Silence Speech, and Steal Your Privacy is an eye-opening, must-listen book for anyone living in the twenty-first century. Learn More

The Transpacific Experiment

by Matt Sheehan; read by PJ Ochlan

In The Transpacific Experiment, journalist Matt Sheehan lays bare the new reality of twenty-first-century superpowers: the closer they get to one another, the more personal their frictions become. Learn More

Post-Liberalism

by Fred Dallmayr; read by Sean Runnette

Drawing on a wide range of contemporary political, religious, and secular thought, Fred Dallmayr charts a possible path to a liberal socialism that is devoid of egalitarian imperatives and a private sphere free from acquisitiveness. Learn More

Taking Aim at Attack Advertising

by Kim Fridkin & Patrick Kenney; read by Teri Schnaubelt

Negative campaigning is a central component of politics in the United States. Yet, until now, demonstrating the impact of combative advertising on voters has been elusive. How can we reconcile the findings of a plethora of studies with the methods of politicians? Learn More

Dinner in Camelot

by Joseph Esposito; read by Tom Perkins

Joseph A. Esposito recounts the famed White House dinner hosted by President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy in April 1962. Learn More

Norco '80

by Peter Houlahan; read by Joe Barrett

One of NPR's Best Books of the Year
Hammett Prize Finalist

In the spirit of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Onion Field, Norco '80 is a gripping true crime account of one of the most violent bank heists in U.S. history. Learn More

38 Nooses

by Scot W. Berg; read by Paul Heitsch

Scott W. Berg recounts an overlooked but seminal moment in American history. Learn More

The Land of Flickering Lights

by Michael Bennet; read by Michael Bennet

Michael Bennet eloquently chronicles the dramatic full stories behind five debates and decisions crucial to all Americans, each of which exemplifies the hyper-partisan politics that have upended our democracy. Learn More

Eyes in the Sky

by Arthur Holland Michel; read by LJ Ganser

The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens. Learn More

Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management

by David J. Teece; read by Christopher Grove

How do firms compete? How do firms earn above normal returns? What's needed to sustain superior performance long term? An increasingly powerful answer to these fundamental questions of business strategy lies in the concept of dynamic capabilities. Learn More

The Capital

by Robert Menasse; read by Gildart Jackson

Mordantly funny and piercingly urgent, The Capital, the winner of Germany's highest fiction prize, is an "elegantly written, beautifully constructed" (Die Zeit) feat of world literature. Learn More

The Bourbon King

by Bob Batchelor; read by Joe Barrett

Love, murder, mountains of cash, bribery, political intrigue, rivers of bourbon, and a grand spectacle like few before it, the tale of George Remus provides listeners with a lens into the dark heart of Prohibition's "Bourbon Trail," the thirst of the American people, and their fascination with crime. Learn More

Words No Bars Can Hold

by Deborah Appleman; foreword by Jimmy Santiago Baca; read by Virginia Wolf

Words No Bars Can Hold provides a rare glimpse into literacy learning under the most dehumanizing conditions. Deborah Appleman chronicles her work teaching college- level classes at a high- security prison for men, most of whom are serving life sentences. Learn More

The Debatable Land

by Graham Robb; read by Saul Reichlin

Bestselling author Graham Robb finds that the 2,000-year-old map of Ptolemy unlocks a central mystery of British history. Learn More

Objection

by Carlton Patrick; read by

In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful. Learn More

Small Town, Big Oil

by David W. Moore; read by Rebecca Gibel

Small Town, Big Oil is the story of how the residents of Durham, led by three women, handed Greek oil shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis the most humiliating defeat of his business career and spared the New Hampshire seacoast from becoming an industrial wasteland. Learn More

Riskwork

by Michael Power; read by Shawn Compton

This collection of essays deals with the situated management of risk in a wide variety of organizational settings—aviation, mental health, railway project management, energy, toy manufacture, financial services, chemicals regulation, and NGOs. Learn More

The Regency Years

by Robert Morrison; read by Chris MacDonnell

A surprising and lively history of an overlooked era that brought the modern world of art, culture, and science decisively into view. Learn More

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