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Secrets
Daniel Ellsberg; read by Daniel Ellsberg and Dan Cashman
Covering the decade between his entry into the Pentagon and Nixon's resignation, Secrets is Ellsberg’s meticulously detailed insider's account of the secrets and lies that shaped American foreign policy during the Vietnam era. Learn More
The Season
by Kristen Richardson; read by Cassandra Campbell
In this enthralling history of the debutante ritual, Kristen Richardson sheds new light on contemporary ideas about women and marriage. Learn More
The Search for Reagan
by Craig Shirley; read by Bob Johnson
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Never before has anyone explored the mind, soul, and heart of Ronald Reagan. The Search for Reagan explores the challenges and controversies in Reagan's life and how he successfully dealt with each, depicting a man who was never as conservative as some conservatives wanted him to be, but rather as conservative as he was comfortable being—a man who wanted to win on his own terms and integrity. Learn More
Search and Destroy
by Ryan Lovelace; read by Terrence Bayes
In this deeply researched account, one of Washington's top legal reporters reveals the massive funding, sophisticated organization, and fanatical zeal behind the campaign to stop Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the nation’s highest court. Learn More
The Scientific Attitude
by Lee McIntyre; read by Mike Chamberlain
An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence. Learn More
Saving the News
by Martha Minow ; read by Eliza Foss
A detailed argument of how our government has interfered in the direction of America's media landscape that traces major transformations in media since the printing press and charts a path for reform. Learn More
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
by James H. Cone; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
In this powerful and passionate memoir—his final work—James H. Cone describes the obstacles he overcame to find his voice, to respond to the signs of the times, and to offer a voice for those—like the parents who raised him in Bearden, Arkansas, in the era of lynching and Jim Crow—who had no voice. 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 Rise of Real-Life Superheroes
by Peter Nowak; read by Peter Nowak
Lifelong comic-book fan and veteran journalist Peter Nowak meets with real-life superheroes in North America and around the world to get their stories and investigate what the movement means for the future of society.
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
by Gary Gerstle; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half century before crashing against the forces of Trumpism on the right and a new progressivism on the left. Learn More
Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy
by Joseph E. Stiglitz; read by Robertson Dean
A companion to his acclaimed work in Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy, Joseph E. Stiglitz, along with Carter Dougherty and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, lays out the economic framework for a Europe with faster growth that is more equitably shared. Learn More
Revolution and Terror
by Graeme Gill; read by Julian Elfer
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Graeme Gill argues that in order to understand the relationship between revolution and terror, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror. There are three such types: revolutionary terror, in which the aim is to destroy enemies and thereby consolidate the regime; transformational terror, designed to drive the politico-socio-economic transformation of society that is the purpose of the 'great' revolutions; and inverted terror, which is when terror is turned against part of the elite and regime more broadly. Revolution and Terror explains how these different types of terror are related to the revolutionary seizure of power. Learn More
Revolution
by KT McFarland; read by KT McFarland
When Trump's first Deputy National Security Advisor left Washington, she disappeared from sight. Now former government official and political commentator KT McFarland returns with tenacity, resolve, and the truth about the Trump Administration and those seeking to destroy it. Learn More
Revenants of the German Empire
by Sean Andrew Wempe; read by David De Vries
Revenants of the German Empire tracks the difficulties Colonial Germans encountered while they adjusted to their new circumstances, as repatriates to Weimar Germany or as subjects of the War's victors in the new African Mandates. Learn More
Rethinking American Grand Strategy
edited by Elizabeth Borgwardt, Christopher McKnight Nichols, Andrew Preston; read by Teri Schnaubelt, Steve Menasche
A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.
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Resistance
by Jeff Biggers; read by Johnny Heller
Across cities, towns, and campuses, Americans are grappling with overwhelming challenges and the daily fallout from the most authoritarian White House policies in recent memory. Learn More
Reproductive Justice
by Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger; read by Julienne Irons and Holly Adams
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Reproductive Justice is a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field. Written by two legendary scholar-activists, Reproductive Justice introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and gender politics. Learn More
Reports from Hell
by Chas Smith; read by Peter Berkrot
A gonzo ride through war-torn Yemen as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell and Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair, could provide. Learn More
Renewable Energy
by Nick Jelley; read by Danny Campbell
This Very Short Introduction describes the main renewable sources of energy—solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass—as well as the less well-developed ones—geothermal, tidal, and wave. Learn More
The Religion of Whiteness
by Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II; read by Tom Parks
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Using national survey data, in-depth interviews, and focus group results gathered over several years, Michael O. Emerson and Glenn E. Bracey II show how the Religion of Whiteness shapes the practice of Christianity for millions of Americans—and what can be done to confront it. Learn More
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