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The Second Founding

By: Eric Foner

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War–era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their
virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today... Read more

Not "A Nation of Immigrants"

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States

Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly... Read more

The Widows of Malabar Hill

By: Sujata Massey

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history... Read more

The People in the Trees

By: Hanya Yanagihara

Narrated by: Arthur Morey & William Roberts

Length: 16 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1950, a young doctor, Norton Perina, signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote island of Ivu'ivu in search of a rumored lost tribe. They succeed, finding not only that tribe but also a group of forest dwellers they dub 'The Dreamers,' who turn out to be fantastically long-lived but progressively more... Read more

Rightful Heritage

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 22 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed, award-winning historian—“America’s new past master” (Chicago Tribune)—examines the environmental legacy of FDR and the New Deal.Douglas Brinkley’s The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt’s spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley... Read more

Quantum Supremacy

By: Michio Kaku

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may supercharge artificial intelligence, solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, and eventually illuminate the deepest mysteries of science, by the bestselling... Read more

Walking

By: Erling Kagge

Narrated by: Atli Gunnarsson

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A lyrical account of an activity that is essential for our sanity, equilibrium, and well-being, from the author of Silence ("A book to be handled and savored." —The Wall Street Journal)

Placing one foot in front of the other, embarking on the journey of discovery, and experiencing the joy of exploration—these activities are intrinsic to our... Read more

Arcadia

By: Lauren Groff

Narrated by: Andrew Garman

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A staggering portrait of a crumbling utopia, this “timeless and vast” novel filled with the “raw beauty” beautifully depicts an idyllic commune in New York State—and charts its eventual yet inevitable downfall (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Timeless and vast … The raw beauty of Ms. Groff’s prose is one of the best... Read more

Beautiful Country

By: Qian Julie Wang

Narrated by: Qian Julie Wang

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world.
 
"Extraordinary…Consider this remarkable memoir a new classic."—Publishers Weekly, *Starred Review*

In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to... Read more

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Abridged

By: Lisa See

Narrated by: Jodi Long

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an era of Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail and deep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delves into one of the most mysterious of human relationships: female friendship. 

Lily is... Read more

How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Liam Neeson

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

The Bully Pulpit - Abridged

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for History/Biography and Finalist for Audiobook of the Year

Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s dynamic history of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in... Read more