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No Turning Back
by Rania Abouzeid; read by Susan Nezami
Rania Abouzeid brings listeners deep inside Assad's prisons, to covert meetings where foreign states and organizations manipulated the rebels, and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy and the formation of ISIS. Learn More
Nobody's Child
by Susan Nordin Vinocour; read by Laural Merlington
A powerful and humane exploration of the history of the "insanity defense," through the story of one poignant case. Learn More
Nobody's Girl Friday
by J. E. Smyth; read by Karen White
Looking back on her career in 1977, Bette Davis remembered with pride, "Women owned Hollywood for twenty years." She had a point. Between 1930 and 1950, over forty percent of film industry employees were women, twenty five percent of all screenwriters were female, one woman ran MGM behind the scenes, over a dozen women worked as producers, a woman headed the Screen Writers Guild three times, and press claimed Hollywood was a generation or two ahead of the rest of the country in terms of gender equality and employment. Learn More
Nomads
by Anthony Sattin; read by Anthony Sattin
The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history. Learn More
Norco '80
by Peter Houlahan; read by Joe Barrett
One of NPR's Best Books of the Year Hammett Prize Finalist
In the spirit of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Onion Field, Norco '80 is a gripping true crime account of one of the most violent bank heists in U.S. history. Learn More
North Korea
by Patrick McEachern; read by Paul Heitsch
In this book, former North Korea lead foreign service officer at the U.S. embassy in Seoul, Patrick McEachern, unpacks the contentious and tangled relationship between the Koreas in an approachable question-and-answer format. Learn More
North to Boston
by Blake Gumprecht; read by Terrence Kidd
Between World War II and 1980, tens of thousands of Black people moved to Boston from the South as part of the Great Migration, one of the most consequential mass movements of people in American history. Black migration from the South transformed the city, as it did urban areas across the country. North to Boston is the first book to examine that important subject. Learn More
Northern Armageddon
D. Peter MacLeod; read by Tom Perkins
A vivid re-telling of Canada's most important battle, based on decades of research and many dramatic eyewitness accounts. Learn More
The Not-Quite States of America
by Doug Mack; read by Jonathan Yen
An entertaining and eye-opening journey to the most overlooked parts of America. Learn More
Nothing to Lose
by Pastor Darrell Scott; read by Bill Andrew Quinn
Pastor Darrell Scott recounts how and why he boarded "the Trump Train," revealing the considerable difficulties he experienced along the way. Scott also provides a surprising portrait of President Donald Trump himself—his candor; his support for policies, issues, and initiatives important to the African-American community; and his little-understood relationship with Christianity. Learn More
NPR American Chronicles: Civil Rights
NPR; hosted by Michele Norris
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
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: The Military History Collection
Hosted by Neal Conan, Rachel Martin, and Audie Cornish
The NPR® American Chronicles series explores the historical events that continue to resonate in our lives. Expert commentary and unforgettable stories create vivid sound portraits of history’s greatest people and events, examined in multi-faceted and moving detail. Hosted by Neal Conan, Rachel Martin, and Audie Cornish. Learn More
NPR American Chronicles: The Vietnam War
NPR; hosted by Audie Cornish
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: World War I
NPR; hosted by Rachel Martin
NPR marks the 100th anniversary of the Great War with firsthand accounts from veterans, insightful commentary from leading historians, and detailed stories about battles, battlefields, and the legacy of the world’s first global military conflict. 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
Nuclear Folly
by Serhii Plokhy; read by Keith Sellon-Wright
A harrowing account of the Cuban missile crisis and how the US and USSR came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse. Learn More
The Oath and the Office
by Corey Brettschneider; read by Mike Chamberlain
An essential guide to the presidential powers and limits of the Constitution, for anyone voting—or running—for our highest office. Learn More
Occidentalism
by Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit; read by Nigel Patterson
Occidentalism is a groundbreaking investigation of the demonizing fantasies and stereotypes about the Western world that fuel such hatred in the hearts of others. A work of extraordinary range and erudition, Occidentalism will permanently enlarge our collective frame of vision. Learn More
On Freedom
by Cass R. Sunstein; read by Johnny Heller
From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means—and requires—today. Learn More
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