History

What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

by Thomas Nagel; read by Joe Barrett

A fiftieth anniversary edition of one of the most widely influential articles of twentieth century philosophy. Learn More

HOOF BEATS

by William T. Taylor; read by Tristan Morris

Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history. Learn More

Dancing Down the Barricades

by Matthew Frye Jacobson; read by Jonathan Yen

A deep dive into racial politics, Hollywood, and Black cultural struggles for liberation as reflected in the extraordinary life and times of Sammy Davis Jr. Learn More

Written by one of the world's leading dinosaur experts, Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior presents the latest findings on dinosaur behavior and explaining how researchers interpret the often minimal and even conflicting information available to them. Learn More

Small, Medium, Large

by Colleen A. Dunlavy; read by Coleen Marlo

An engrossing new work of economic history, Small, Medium, Large will make scholars, students, and general audiences alike think differently about the history of mass production and consumption. Learn More

Hidden in the Heavens

by Jason Steffen; read by Perry Daniels

An insider's account of the NASA mission that changed our understanding of planets, planetary systems, and the stars they orbit. Learn More

Jimmy Breslin

by Richard Esposito; read by Eric Jason Martin

The first-ever biography of America's greatest crime reporter. Learn More

The Burning Earth

by Sunil Amrith; read by Esh Alladi

A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, over the last 500 years. Learn More

Fierce Desires

by Rebecca L. Davis; read by Stephanie Dillard

From an esteemed scholar, a richly textured, authoritative history of sex and sexuality in America—the first major account in three decades. Learn More

The Vanishing at Smokestack Hollow

by Jake Anderson; read by Chris Abernathy

An immersive descent into one of the most mysterious and bizarre unsolved cases of this century. Through extensive research, personal interviews, and exclusive evidence, Jake Anderson unearths the truth behind the disappearance of a loving, plucky family that was gradually worn down, warped—by pain and pathology—into a radicalized cell. Learn More

Enslaved Native Americans and the Making Of Colonial South Carolina

by D. Andrew Johnson; read by Joshua Saxon

A compelling study into the history and lasting influence of enslaved Native people in early South Carolina. Learn More

The Power of Black Excellence

by Deondra Rose; read by L. Malaika Cooper

A powerful and revealing history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which have been essential for empowering Black citizens and for the ongoing fight for democracy in the US. Learn More

The Titans of the Twentieth Century

by Michael Mandelbaum; read by Tom Parks

An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao. Learn More

On Settler Colonialism

by Adam Kirsch; read by Adam Barr

A prominent public intellectual tackles one of the most crucial political ideas of our moment. Learn More

Blacksound

by Matthew D. Morrison; read by Matthew D. Morrison

Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound" to uncover how the popular music industry and popular entertainment in general in the United States arose out of slavery and blackface. Learn More