LLC Recorded Books

"One of the distinguished gardening books of our time," from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma (USA Today).

Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the 75 greatest books ever written about gardening

After Michael Pollan bought an old Connecticut dairy farm, he planted a garden and attempted to follow Thoreau's example: do not impose...

A twenty-four lecture course that offers an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh.

Whether you consider it a book of faith or a cultural artifact, the New Testament is among the most significant writings that the world has ever known. Scarcely a single major writer in the last 2,000 years has failed to rely on the web of meaning contained in the New Testament to communicate. Yet the New Testament is also among the most widely disputed and least clearly understood books in history. In these lectures Professor Bart D. Ehrman develops...

A survey of the American revolution, from its outbreak at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 until its close with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 and the dispersion of the American Continental Army.

This course looks at the creation of the New Testament from a historical and socio-cultural perspective giving scholarly information that offers views on authorship and how the Christian canon was created, shaped and shared.

An introductory course on Greek and Roman mythology. Surveys some of the leading theoretical approaches to understanding myth in general and classical myth in particular.

In this course, you'll sample some of the greatest literary expressions the world has known and experience storytelling in its many forms, including poetry, drama, and narrative.

This 24-lecture course is intended to help you analyze and appreciate the long poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) known as the Divine Comedy.

Chronicles the history of the United States from its colonial origins to the beginning of the 21st century.

Professor Mark Leary offers journey into the complex heart of who you are, using the latest theories and research from psychology and other behavioral sciences to find answers--many of them startling--to provocative questions about a variety of rather ordinary (but often quite puzzling) aspects of human behavior.