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Girly Drinks
By: Mallory O'Meara
Narrated by: Mallory O'Meara
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist
From Los Angeles Times bestselling author Mallory O’Meara comes a lively and engrossing feminist history of women drinking through the ages
Strawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. These are the cocktails that come in... Read more
The Ship of Dreams
By: Gareth Russell
Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
Length: 12 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
This original and “meticulously researched retelling of history’s most infamous voyage” (Denise Kiernan, New York Times bestselling author) uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Western world. “While there are many Titanic books, this is one... Read more
View audiobookShakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies
By: Elizabeth Winkler
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
An “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.
The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most... Read more
The Stowaway
By: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring of the Jazz Age, The Stowaway is “a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation” (David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).
It was 1928: a time... Read more
Women in the Kitchen
By: Anne Willan
Narrated by: Imogen Church
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Culinary historian Anne Willan “has melded her passions for culinary history, writing, and teaching into her fascinating new book” (Chicago Tribune) that traces the origins of American cooking through profiles of twelve influential women—from Hannah Woolley in the mid-1600s to Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Alice Waters—whose recipes and ideas... Read more
View audiobookAcross the Airless Wilds
By: Earl Swift
Narrated by: Adam Verner
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
“Earl Swift lays out this great unsung saga with verve and magisterial sweep."" —Hampton SidesIn this ""brilliantly observed"" (Newsweek) rediscovery of the final Apollo moon landings, the acclaimed author of Chesapeake Requiem reveals that these extraordinary yet overshadowed missions—distinguished by the use of the revolutionary lunar roving... Read more
View audiobookThe Palace
By: Gareth Russell
Narrated by: John Telfer
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
A “riotously readable…tender and affectionate” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of five hundred years of British history—from King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II—as seen through the doorways of the exquisite Hampton Court Palace.
Architecturally breathtaking and rich in splendid art and décor, Hampton Court Palace has been the stage of some of... Read more
The Berlin Wall
By: Frederick Taylor
Narrated by: Peter Noble
Length: 21 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
“This vivid account of the Wall and all that it meant reminds us that symbolism can be double-edged, as a potent emblem of isolation and repression became, in its destruction, an even more powerful totem of freedom.” — The Atlantic MonthlyNOW WITH AN UPDATED EPILOGUE 30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALLOn the morning of August 13, 1961, the... Read more
View audiobookRome
By: Matthew Kneale
Narrated by: Neil Gardner
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
“This magnificent love letter to Rome” (Stephen Greenblatt) tells the story of the Eternal City through pivotal moments that defined its history—from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the German occupation in World War Two—“an erudite history that reads like a page-turner” (Maria Semple).
Rome, the Eternal... Read more
Black Ghost of Empire
By: Kris Manjapra
Narrated by: Robin Miles & Kris Manjapra
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
If the 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which life in the United States has been shaped by the existence of slavery, this “historical, literary masterpiece” (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy) focuses on emancipation and how its afterlife further codified the racial caste system—instead of obliterating it.
To understand why the shadow of slavery... Read more
Guardians of the Valley
By: Dean King
Narrated by: Samantha Desz
Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
*“We see through this book the immense power of language…to change the minds of lawmakers and tourists alike.” —The New York Times Book Review *“A poignant portrait of an era when mere words could change the world.” —San Francisco Chronicle*
The dramatic and uplifting story of... Read more
No Bullet Got Me Yet
By: John Stansifer
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The incredible story of the most decorated chaplain in US military history and his path to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
Father Emil Kapaun, a humble priest, went far beyond the call of duty during World War II and the Korean War. Often found with the combat medics on the front lines, unarmed, ministering to the wounded, and known for... Read more
Last Mission to Tokyo
By: Michel Paradis
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 12 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Michel Paradis’s Last Mission to Tokyo, a “superb” (The Wall Street Journal) and “engrossing...richly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) account of a key but underreported moment in World War II: The Doolittle Raids and the international war crimes trial in 1945 that defined the Japanese-American relations and changed legal history.
In... Read more
Whatever It Took
By: Henry Langrehr & Jim DeFelice
Narrated by: Mike Ortego
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom.
Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares... Read more
Butch Cassidy
By: Charles Leerhsen
Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
Length: 8 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this “lyrical and deeply researched” (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides.
For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the... Read more
Strong Like Her
By: Haley Shapley
Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
This stirring and vibrant account of women’s athleticism throughout history “will leave readers feeling inspired and powerful” (Ms. magazine).
Part group biography, part cultural history, Strong Like Her delves into the fascinating stories of our muscular foremothers. From the first female Olympian (who entered the chariot race through a... Read more
Unsinkable
By: James Sullivan
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a “captivating…gripping” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the USS Plunkett—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
“A reflection on the nature of... Read more
The Rope
By: Alex Tresniowski
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a “compelling” (The Guardian) and “riveting” (The New York Times Book Review) true-crime thriller recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year-old Marie Smith, the dawn of modern criminal detection, and the launch of the NAACP.
In the tranquil seaside town of Asbury Park, New Jersey,... Read more
The Invention of Miracles
By: Katie Booth
Narrated by: Samantha Desz
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize
“Meticulously researched, crackling with insights, and rich in novelistic detail” (Steve Silberman), this “provocative, sensitive, beautifully written biography” (Sylvia Nasar) tells the true—and troubling—story of Alexander Graham Bell’s... Read more
The Sacred Band
By: James Romm
Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
From classicist James Romm comes a “striking…fascinating” (Booklist) deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great’s destruction of Thebes—and the saga of the greatest military corps of the time, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.
The story of the Sacred Band, an elite... Read more
First Steps
By: Jeremy DeSilva
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Blending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging evolutionary story exploring how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet’s dominant species.
Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four legs—a locomotion known as bipedalism. We strive to be upstanding citizens, honor those who stand tall and... Read more
The Black Joke
By: A.E. Rooks
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy’s anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade.
The most feared ship in Britain’s West Africa Squadron, His Majesty’s brig Black Joke was one of a handful of ships tasked with patrolling the western coast of Africa in an... Read more
Woke Up This Morning
By: Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa
Narrated by: Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa & Full Cast
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The definitive oral history of the landmark television series and streaming hit The Sopranos, packed with untold stories from behind the scenes and on the set. Stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa—whose Talking Sopranos podcast has become a sensational fan favorite—talk intimately with virtually everyone who has been involved with the... Read more
View audiobookThe Life and Times of Hannah Crafts
By: Gregg Hecimovich
Narrated by: Ron Butler & Janina Edwards
Length: 12 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.In 1857, a woman escaped... Read more
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