A Bound Man
Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win
by Shelby Steele
read by Richard Allen
ISBN: 9781400136032
$39.99 3 CDs

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Content of Our Character comes an illuminating examination of the complex racial issues surrounding presidential candidate Barack Obama and his quest for the White House.



 

God’s Crucible
Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
by David Levering Lewis
read by Richard Allen
ISBN: 9781400135776
$79.99 15 CDs

Beginning with the fall of the Persian and Roman Empires, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Levering Lewis reexamines history to provide a new interpretation of world-altering events whose influence remains as current as today's headlines.



 

Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey
A Biography
by Alberto Manguel
read by Michael Prichard
ISBN: 9781400133932
$59.99 6 CDs

This latest installment of the Books That Changed the World series traces the lineage of Homer’s epic poems that recount the stories of the Trojan War, Achilles, Ulysses and Penelope, the Cyclops, the beautiful Helen of Troy, and the petulant gods.



 

Comrade J
The Untold Secrets of Russia’s Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War
by Pete Earley
read by Michael Prichard
ISBN: 9781400135523
$69.99 9 CDs

Bestselling author Pete Earley (Family of Spies) reveals the remarkable true story of the man who ran Russia's post-cold war spy program in America.

 

The Age of Shiva
by Manil Suri
read by Josephine Bailey
ISBN: 9781400136216
$79.99 16 CDs
Pub Date: March

Manil Suri follows his spectacular debut novel, The Death of Vishnu, with a mesmerizing and powerful story of modern India and an extraordinary portrait of maternal love. "A finely conceived, absorbing and powerful book."--Kirkus, Starred Review

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An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love
The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given
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House Lust
America’s Obsession with Our Homes
by Daniel McGinn
read by David Drummond
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Homo Politicus
The Strange and Scary Tribes That Run Our Government
by Dana Milbank
read by Johnny Heller
ISBN: 9781400136049
$69.99 9 CDs

I’m Looking Through You
Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir
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The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus
Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World
by Jacques Cousteau & Susan Schiefelbein
foreword by Bill McKibben
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