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Experience our world: as it was, as it is, as it might become with these audiobooks about history, the arts, culture, education, and politics. Don't miss Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, or Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Writers, or Gwen Ifill's The Breakthrough.

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The Martians

by David Baron; read by Rob Greenbaum

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

Long before NASA began contemplating a visit to our neighboring world, a turn-of-the-century Mars craze invaded the public's imagination, here thrillingly retold in David Baron's The Martians. Learn More
In the Land of Ninkasi

by Tate Paulette; read by Ryan Lee Dunlap

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

A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike, In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world's first great beer culture. Learn More
Here Comes the Sun

by Bill McKibben; read by Patrick Lawlor

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

From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness solar power and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future. Learn More
Understanding High-Risk Pregnancy

by Alan M. Peaceman; read by Walter Dixon

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

A compassionate and insightful guide to understanding high-risk pregnancies. Learn More
Undaunted Mind

by Kevin J. Hayes; read by Brandon Pollock

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

In this gripping work, Benjamin Franklin is given a biography as rich and complex as his own intellectual life by master literary historian Kevin J. Hayes. Learn More
The Democratic Marketplace

by Lisa Herzog; read by Janelle Tedesco

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

An urgent critique of the market-fundamentalist ideals undermining democratic politics, pointing the way to principled reforms. Learn More
Between Two Rivers

by Moudhy Al-Rashid; read by Moudhy Al-Rashid

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

Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. In Between Two Rivers, historian Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid reveals what these ancient people chose to record about their lives. Learn More
Belle Starr

by Michael Wallis; read by Michael Wallis

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

In this definitive biography of the most infamous female outlaw of the nineteenth century, bestselling historian Michael Wallis challenges a notorious legacy. Learn More
Everest

by J. R. Smith; read by Michael Page

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

Mount Everest is known to everyone—but what of the person after whom it was named? This book traces the life and profession of that person, George Everest. Learn More
The A to Z of Whisky Place-Names

by Jacob King; read by Mhairi Morrison

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

Have you ever wondered about the place-names that appear on Scotch whisky bottles? What language the names come from, what they mean, or if they are even real places? If you feel baffled about where to start looking for such information, then this reliable and informative book is for you. Learn More
Angelica

by Molly Beer; read by Rachel Yong

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

A women-centric view of revolution through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton's influential sister-in-law. Learn More
An Atomic Love Story

by Shirley Streshinsky and Patricia Klaus; read by Anna Maste

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

A gripping narrative of the love and betrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, told through the lives of three unique women. Learn More
What Is Free Speech?

by Fara Dabhoiwala; read by Matthew Spencer

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

A leading intellectual historian shows how free speech, once viewed as both hazardous and unnatural, was reinvented as an unalloyed good, with enormous consequences for our society today. Learn More
Forbidden

by Jordan D. Rosenblum; read by Josh Bloomberg

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

A surprising history of how the pig has influenced Jewish identity. Learn More
La La Land

by Hannah Lewis; read by Dara Brown

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

In this Oxford Guide to Film Musicals, author Hannah Lewis gives listeners fascinating new insights into the development, style, and reception of the 2016 film musical La La Land. Learn More
Spelunky

by Derek Yu; read by Austin Ku

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

Spelunky is Boss Fight's first autobiographical book: the story of a game's creation as told by its creator. Using his own game as a vehicle, Derek Yu discusses such wide-ranging topics as randomization, challenge, indifferent game worlds, player feedback, development team dynamics, and what's required to actually finish a game. Learn More
A Light in the Northern Sea

by Tim Brady; read by David de Vries

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

From the bestselling author of Three Ordinary Girls, the gripping, remarkably little-known true story of how the people of Denmark banded together during WWII to rescue nearly all of their Jewish citizens from Nazi persecution by ferrying them just a few at a time to sanctuary in Sweden. Learn More
Sedition

by Marcus Alexander Gadson; read by Terrence Kidd

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

Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But Americans have weathered many constitutional crises, often accompanied by the same violence and chaos experienced on January 6. However, these crises occurred on the state level. In Sedition, Marcus Alexander Gadson uncovers these episodes of civil unrest and examines how state governments handled them. Learn More
Beyond Proportionality

by Thane Rosenbaum; read by Thane Rosenbaum

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

The latest book from the author of Saving Free Speech . . . from Itself. Learn More
Superpower Britain

by Ashley Jackson and Andrew Stewart; read by Michael Langan

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

History tells us that the Second World War broke Britain as a great power, diminishing its military strength, ruining its economy, and precipitating a striking wave of decolonization. Nationalists and new superpowers dominated the post-war landscape, and the country was on the slide. But no one knew this in 1945—the leading politicians, the top civil servants, and the most knowledgeable experts, all expected the British Empire to remain intact long into the future. How do we account for the difference between what it was thought would happen and the actual course of events? Learn More
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