Science & Technology

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

Relativity

Albert Einstein; read by Julian Lopez-Morillas

Albert Einstein’s explanation of the Theory of Relativity, written for the lay person. Learn More

Religion and Science

Bertrand Russell; read by David Case

Bertrand Russell’s popular polemic against religious dogma. 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

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

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

Resident Evil

by Philip J Reed; read by Nick Monteleone

F O R T H C O M I N G ! Available July

Pop culture writer and horror cinephile Philip J Reed takes dead aim at 1996's Resident Evil, the game that named and defined the genre we now call "survival horror." While examining Resident Evil's influences from the worlds of film, literature, and video games alike, Reed's love letter to horror examines how the game's groundbreaking design and its atmospheric fixed-cam cinematography work to thrill and terrify players—and why that terror may even be good for you. 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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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

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

Sad Planets

by Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker; read by Christina Delaine

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In this series of meditations, Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker explore some of the key "negative affects"—both eternal and emergent—associated with climate change, environmental destruction, and cosmic solitude. In so doing they unearth something so obvious that it has gone largely unnoticed: the question of how we should feel about climate change. 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

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

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