Politics

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

by Amy B. Zegart; read by Amy B. Zegart

A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence experts. Learn More

How to Stop a Conspiracy

by Sallust; introduction and translated by Josiah Osgood; read by Michael Page

An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politician. Learn More

We Don't Know Ourselves

by Fintan O'Toole; read by Aidan Kelly

Winner 2021 An Post Irish Book Award

A celebrated Irish writer's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world. Learn More

Western Jihadism

by Jytte Klausen; read by Rosemary Benson

Drawing on her unparalleled database of up to 6,500 Western jihadist extremists and their networks, Jytte Klausen has produced the most comprehensive account yet of the origins of Western jihadism and its role in the global movement. Learn More

The Long Game

by Rush Doshi; read by Kyle Tait

In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China's conduct to provide a history of China's grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Learn More

Pax Transatlantica

by Jussi M. Hanhimaki; read by Mike Cooper

A bold argument that tackles current trends, such as rising nationalism, arguing that they strengthen rather than undermine transatlantic ties. Learn More

Churchill's Shadow

by Geoffrey Wheatcroft; read by Jonathan Keeble

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

A major reassessment of Winston Churchill that examines his lasting influence in politics and culture. Learn More

The Essential Kerner Commission Report

edited and introduction by Jelani Cobb; with Matthew Guariglia; read by Mirron Willis

Recognizing that a historic study of American racism and police violence should become part of today's canon, Jelani Cobb contextualizes it for a new generation. Learn More

When Women Ruled the World

by Maureen Quilligan; read by Suzanne Toren

A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious sixteenth century. Learn More

The Chinese Question

by Mae M. Ngai; read by Cindy Kay

How Chinese migration to the world's goldfields upended global power and economics and forged modern conceptions of race. Learn More

The Vote Collectors

by Nick Ochsner and Michael Graff; read by Nick Ochsner

The Vote Collectors shows the reality of election stealing in one southern county, where democracy was undermined the old-fashioned way: one absentee ballot at a time. Learn More

The New Border Wars

by Klaus Dodds; read by Mike Cooper

A thrilling insight into international geopolitics by one of the world’s leading experts, examining the past, future, and present meaning of borders from the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, Palestine to Pakistan, North Korea to Trump's Wall, and beyond. Learn More

Benjamin Franklin

by D.G. Hart; read by David Cochran Heath

Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant follows Franklin's remarkable career through the lens of the trends and innovations that the Protestant Reformation started (both directly and indirectly) almost two centuries earlier. Learn More

Presumed Guilty

by Erwin Chemerinsky; read by Perry Daniels

Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty. Learn More

Our Own Worst Enemy

by Tom Nichols; read by Tom Nichols

A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on the citizens themselves. Learn More

Charlie Brown's America

by Blake Scott Ball; read by Johnny Heller

Despite—or because of—its huge popular culture status, Peanuts enabled cartoonist Charles Schulz to offer political commentary on the most controversial topics of postwar American culture through the voices of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the Peanuts gang. Learn More

American Schism

by Seth David Radwell; read by Mike Lenz

American Schism reveals the roots of the rifts in America since its founding and what is really dividing red and blue America; the core issues that underlie all of today's bickering; and a detailed, effective plan to move forward, commencing what will be a long process of repair and reconciliation. Learn More

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