History

Mapping Humanity

by Joshua Z. Rappoport, PhD; read by Peter Lerman

Thanks to the popularity of personal genetic testing services, it's now easier than ever to get information about our own unique DNA—but who does this information really benefit? And, as genome editing and gene therapy transform the healthcare landscape, what do we gain—and what might we give up in return? Learn More

The Marauders

by Patrick Strickland; read by Kent Klineman

This real-life Western tells the story of how citizens in a small Arizona border town stood up to anti-immigrant militias and vigilantes. Learn More

March 1917

by Will Englund; read by Julian Elfer

A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered World War I. Learn More

The Martians

by David Baron; read by Rob Greenbaum

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Long before NASA began contemplating a visit to our neighboring world, a turn-of-the-century Mars craze invaded the public's imagination, here thrillingly retold in David Baron's The Martians. Learn More

Martin & Malcolm & America

by James H. Cone; read by Sean Crisden

This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African American leaders of the twentieth century. Learn More

Martin Luther

by Lyndal Roper; read by Michael Page

Library Journal Best Books 2017

The first historical biography, for many decades, of Martin Luther (1483-1546), the rebellious monk who ushered in the modern world. Learn More

The Marvel of Martyrdom

by Sophia Moskalenko & Clark McCauley; read by Xe Sands

The Marvel of Martyrdom is about how self-sacrifice can change lives and how martyrs can change the world. Learn More

The Masters of Medicine

by Andrew Lam; read by Jason Vu

An in-depth look at the mavericks, moments, and mistakes that sparked the greatest medical discoveries in modern times—plus the cures that will help us live longer and healthier lives in this century . . . and beyond. Learn More

Mayflower Lives

by Martyn Whittock; read by James Cameron Stewart

A fresh and revealing history of one of the most seminal events in American history as seen through fourteen diverse and dynamic figures. Learn More

A Measure Short of War

by Jill Kastner and William C. Wohlforth; read by Christine Rendel

A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivals. Learn More

Medieval Bodies

by Jack Hartnell; read by Michael Page

In this witty and unusual history, Jack Hartnell uncovers the fascinating ways in which people thought about, explored, and experienced their physical selves in the Middle Ages, from Constantinople to Cairo and Canterbury. Learn More

Meet the Kellys

by Chris Enss; read by Wendy Tremont King

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Gangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys—the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as "Machine Gun" Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne—who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime. Learn More

Menace of Our Time

by Aaron J. Leonard; read by Danny Campbell

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

Beginning at the turn of the century, and ending only with communism’s collapse, the US government and major elements in the wider society undertook an unrelenting effort to suppress and criminalize domestic communism. This book tracks those efforts; from the state laws of the twenties that imprisoned the fledgling communist leadership, the efforts by police and local authorities against communists as they fought for unions, racial equality, and the unemployed, the trials and imprisonment of communist leaders mid-century, the extra-legal efforts of the Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) in the sixties, and the ongoing, relentless attention by the FBI afterward. Learn More

The Menendez Murders

by Robert Rand; read by Eric martin

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the source material for NBC's Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders. Learn More

The Metaphysical Club

Louis Menand; read by Henry Leyva

This organization consisted of four members and probably existed for less than nine months. Yet its impact upon American intellectual life remains incalculable. Learn More

MI5

by Keith Ewing, Joan Mahoney, Andrew Moretta; read by Michael Page

This book explores the powers, activities, and accountability of MI5 from the end of the Second World War to 1964. Learn More

The Middle Ages

by Morris Bishop; read by Michael Page

With exceptional grace and wit, Morris Bishop vividly reconstructs this distinctive era of European history in a work that will inform and delight scholars and general readers alike. Learn More

The Middle Way

by Derek Chollet; read by Christopher Grove

A portrait of the effectiveness of moderation in US foreign policy, as illustrated by three of America's most consequential and widely-admired postwar presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, George H. W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Learn More

Midnight in Siberia

David Greene; read by the author

NPR host David Greene travels along the Trans-Siberian Railroad, capturing an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin. Learn More

Misinformation Nation

by Jordan E. Taylor; read by Christopher P. Brown

"Fake news" is not new. Just like millions of Americans today, the revolutionaries of the eighteenth century worried that they were entering a "post-truth" era. Their fears, however, were not fixated on social media, but rather on peoples' increasing reliance on news gathered from foreign newspapers. In Misinformation Nation, Jordan E. Taylor reveals how foreign news defined the boundaries of American politics and ultimately drove colonists to revolt against Britain and create a new nation. Learn More

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