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Savoring the World
by Harold McGee
F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available June
Savoring the World is Harold McGee's extraordinary exploration of what is perhaps the most vivid and mysterious of our five senses—the sense of smell. Learn More
Saving Tarboo Creek
by Scott Freeman; read by Mike Chamberlain
In the proud tradition of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, Saving Tarboo Creek is both a timely tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect it. Learn More
A Sand County Almanac
by Aldo Leopold; introduction by Barbara Kingsolver; read by Cassandra Campbell
First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Learn More
Rise of the Machines
Thomas Rid; read by Robertson Dean
Drawing on new sources and interviews with hippies, anarchists, sleuths, and spies, Thomas Rid's Rise of the Machines offers an unparalleled perspective into our anxious embrace of technology and today’s clash of digital privacy and security. Learn More
Righteous Rebels, Revised Edition
by Patrick Range McDonald; read by Paul Boehmer
In a riveting portrait of the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care provider, award-winning journalist Patrick Range McDonald reveals AIDS Healthcare Foundation's unlikely rise from a feisty grassroots organization during the height of 1980s AIDS crisis to its position today as a global leader in the fight to control HIV and AIDS. Learn More
Rethinking Consciousness
by Michael S. A. Graziano; read by David de Vries
Neuroscientist and psychologist Michael S. A. Graziano puts forward a groundbreaking new theory on the origin of consciousness.
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Rescuing Ladybugs
by Jennifer Skiff; read by Donna Postel
Countless times throughout our lives, we're presented with a choice to help another soul. Rescuing Ladybugs highlights the true stories of remarkable people who didn't look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations and instead worked to save animals. 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
Remember It!
by Nelson Dellis, foreword by Sanjay Gupta; read by Matthew Josdal
Throughout his research into memory theory, Nelson Dellis found existing memory improvement guides to be wanting—overcomplicated, dry, and stodgy. So he decided to write a book that is approachable and fun, centered on what people actually need to remember. Learn More
Religion and Science
Bertrand Russell; read by David Case
Bertrand Russell’s popular polemic against religious dogma. Learn More
Relativity
Albert Einstein; read by Julian Lopez-Morillas
Albert Einstein’s explanation of the Theory of Relativity, written for the lay person. Learn More
Relationships 5.0
by Elyakim Kislev; read by Jonathan Todd Ross
A trailblazing inquiry into human love and relationships in the age of super-smart technology. Learn More
Redeeming Anthropology
by Khaled Furani; read by Bob Souer
Mining the biographical registers of the American, British, and French anthropological traditions, Khaled Furani argues that despite all efforts to the contrary, theological sediments remain in this disciplining discipline. Learn More
Red Moon Rising
Matthew Brzezinski; read by Charles Stransky
The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world. Learn More
Reconsidering Race
Edited by Kazuko Suzuki & Diego A. Von Vacano, Foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.; read by Mirron Willis
Reconsidering Race will help shed light on multiple contemporary concerns, such as the place of race in identity formation, ethno-political conflict, immigration policy, social justice, biomedical ethics, and the carceral state. Learn More
Reaching for the Moon
by Roger D. Launius; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
Fifty years after the Moon landing, a new history of the space race explores the lives of both Soviet and American engineers. Learn More
PTSD
by Allan V. Horwitz; read by Kyle Tait
In PTSD: A Short History, Allan V. Horwitz argues that PTSD, perhaps more than any other diagnostic category, is a lens for showing major historical changes in conceptions of mental illness. Learn More
Psychologically Sound
by Sheldon Roth, MD; read by John McLain
A highly respected psychiatrist challenges the media narrative that President Trump is mentally unstable. Learn More
Psychedelic Experience
by Aidan Lyon; read by Mike Cooper
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A philosophical account of psychedelic experience. Learn More
Proust and the Squid
Maryanne Wolf; read by Kirsten Potter
This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading, its effect on our lives, and explains why it matters so greatly in a digital era. Learn More
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