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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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Calvin Trillin; read by the author

This original recording—his first—features Trillin at his most uproarious, reading from his own articles and books. Learn More

Picasso's War

Russell Martin; read by Oliver Wyman

Picasso's War sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to WWII and delivers an unforgettable portrait of a genius whose visionary statement about horror and terrible wounds of war still resonates today. Learn More

The Philadelphia Chromosome

Jessica Wapner; read by Heather Henderson

N E W ! Now Available

Science journalist Jessica Wapner goes beyond the headlines to share the fascinating backstory on ground-breaking cancer research and the genetic science behind it.

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Permanent Present Tense

Suzanne Corkin; read by Pam Ward

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The riveting story of the man who couldn’t remember: H. M., the famous brain-damaged patient whose case afforded untold advances in the study of memory. Learn More

The Pearl Harbor Collection

Gordon W. Prange with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon; read by Tony Roberts

There is no better, more authoritative chronicle of Pearl Harbor and its repercussions than the three Gordon W. Prange titles collected here. Learn More

Passage to Juneau

Jonathan Raban; read by Jonathan Raban

Acclaimed travel writer Jonathan Raban invites us aboard his boat, a floating cottage cluttered with books, curling manuscripts, and dead ballpoint pens. Learn More

Paris to the Moon

Adam Gopnik; read by Adam Gopnik

Weaving the magical with the mundane, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik offers a wholly delightful, often hilarious look at what it was to be an American family man in Paris at the end of the twentieth century. Learn More

Overdiagnosed

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz, Dr. Steven Woloshin; read by Sean Runnette

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Exposing the overdiagnosis of everything from high blood pressure to prostate and breast cancers , Dr. Welch traces the social, ethical, and economic ramifications of some of the worst excesses of American medical practice. Learn More

Off the Cuff

Carson Kressley; read by Carson Kressley

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star Carson Kressley presents in one clear guidebook his tips for dressing well. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: World War II

NPR; hosted by Neal Conan

Released in time for the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, nearly 30 stories from NPR reflect on the deadliest war in human history. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: The Vietnam War

NPR; hosted by Audie Cornish

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The first-ever collection of stories from NPR explores the Vietnam War from the perspective of both ordinary people affected by the conflict and high-ranking policy makers and military officials. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: The Civil War

NPR; hosted by Neal Conan

An Audie® Award Finalist
An AudioFile Best Audiobooks of the Year Selection

A new series from NPR launches with a collection of stories on the Civil War. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: Exploring Space

NPR; hosted by Joe Palca

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

NPR takes listeners to the moon, the stars, and beyond in this collection that explores human achievements in space. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: Civil Rights

NPR; hosted by Michele Norris

N E W ! Now Available
A Booklist Editors' Choice Selection

For the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders, NPR looks back at defining moments in the Civil Rights movement and ordinary people who worked for change. Learn More