History

American Heritage History of the United States

by Douglas Brinkley; read by Eric Martin

In this rich and inspiring book, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes us on the incredible journey of the United States. Learn More

American Heritage History of World War II

by Stephen E. Ambrose and C.L. Sulzberger; read by John Pruden

This book captures the courage, commitment, military genius, and horror of the war that gave birth to a new era in world politics. The American Heritage History of World War II is the definitive single-volume work on the subject and will endure as a major narrative of world history. Learn More

American Inheritance

by Edward J. Larson; read by David de Vries

From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding. Learn More

American JewBu

by Emily Sigalow; read by Rebecca Gibel

American JewBu highlights the leading role that American Jews have played in the popularization of meditation and mindfulness in the United States, and the profound impact that these two venerable traditions have had on one another. Learn More

American Journey

by Wes Davis; read by Mitch Crawford

The epic road trips―and surprising friendship―of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age. Learn More

American Manifesto

by Bob Garfield; read by Bob Garfield

Do you fear for our democracy? Are you perplexed by Trumpism? Are you ready to throw in the towel? Don’t! This is your guidebook to reassembling our hyperpolarized American society in six (not-so-easy) steps, written by cohost of WNYC's On the Media, Bob Garfield. Learn More

American Messiahs

by Adam Morris; read by Joel Richards

Buzzfeed’s 37 Spring Reads 2019

A history with sweeping implications, American Messiahs challenges our previous misconceptions about "cult" leaders and their messianic power. Learn More

American Sanctuary

by A. Roger Ekirch; read by Tom Zingarelli

The extraordinary story of the mutiny aboard the HMS Hermione from "one of America’s most imaginative historians" (Gordon S. Wood). Learn More

American Schism

by Seth David Radwell; read by Mike Lenz

American Schism reveals the roots of the rifts in America since its founding and what is really dividing red and blue America; the core issues that underlie all of today's bickering; and a detailed, effective plan to move forward, commencing what will be a long process of repair and reconciliation. Learn More

American Sucker

David Denby; read by Dennis Boutsikaris

Join David Denby, New Yorker critic and otherwise sensible man, on a whirlwind ride through an exuberant stock market, investment feeding frenzy, and the cataclysmic result of greed and illusion. Learn More

American Tyrannies in the Long Age of Napoleon

by Elizabeth Duquette; read by Diana Blue

What if the American experiment is twofold, encompassing both democracy and tyranny? That is the question at the core of this book. While some nineteenth-century Americans informed their thinking with reference to classical texts, which comprehensively consider tyranny's dangers, most drew on a more contemporary source—Napoleon Bonaparte, the century's most famous man and its most notorious tyrant. Learn More