A darkly humorous thriller about the ghosts that haunt the temples of excess we call casinos, and the people caught in their high-stakes, low-odds web. Learn More
edited by Robert L. Woodson, Sr.; read by Mirron Willis
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A celebration of resilience: the inspiring story of how Black America survived unimaginable odds and an examination of the real challenges it faces today. Learn More
Despite the key part he played in the country's founding, few Americans today have heard of John Dickinson. Early chroniclers and historians cast him as a coward and Loyalist for not signing the Declaration. Many later historians have simply accepted and echoed this distorted and dismissive view. Jane Calvert's fascinating, authoritative, and accessible biography, the first complete account of Dickinson's life and work, restores him to a place of prominence in the nation's formative years. Learn More
Mai Der Vang's poetry—lyrically insistent and visually compelling—constitutes a groundbreaking investigation into the collective trauma and resilience experienced by Hmong people and communities, the ongoing cultural and environmental repercussions of the war in Vietnam, the lives of refugees afterward, and the postmemory carried by their descendants. Primordial is a crucial turn to the ecological and generational impact of violence, a powerful and rousing meditation on climate, origin, and fate. Learn More
by Christopher Shaw Myers; read by Daniel Thomas May and Christopher Shaw Myers
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Just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of Steven Spielberg's Jaws, an intimate and richly-told portrait of the iconic actor and writer Robert Shaw, from his portrayal of the legendary shark hunter Captain Quint and beyond, written lovingly but honestly by his nephew. Learn More
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
Drawing on private and previously classified documents, this definitive history of women's contributions to the intelligence services is the first authoritative account of the hidden female army of clerks, typists, telephonists, and secretaries who were the cornerstone of the British secret state across two world wars and beyond. Learn More
by Rachel Paris; read by Eva Seymour and Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood
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In this compelling debut thriller perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, one detective's investigation into a family tragedy threatens to collapse a powerful dynasty. Learn More
A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America. Learn More
Being human entails an astonishingly complex interplay of biology and culture, and while there are important differences between women and men, there is a lot more variation and overlap than we may realize. Sex Is a Spectrum offers a bold new paradigm for understanding the biology of sex, drawing on the latest science to explain why the binary view of the sexes is fundamentally flawed—and why having XX or XY chromosomes isn't as conclusive as some would have us believe. Learn More
A trailblazing female medical examiner in 1867 London and a skeptical Scotland Yard detective investigate a string of art world murders in this dark, atmospheric, historically rich mystery for fans of Andrea Penrose and Deanna Raynourn. Learn More
A pioneering scientist presents a mind-expanding account of the sociogenomics revolution, which promises to upend everything we know about human development. Learn More
A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. Learn More
