History audiobooks

Miles

By: Miles Davis

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 16 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about his extraordinary life.Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first time Miles talks about his five-year silence, he speaks frankly and openly about his drug... Read more

The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519

By: Christopher Hibbert

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The first major biography of the Borgias in thirty years, Christopher Hibbert's latest history brings to life the family and the world they lived in: the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance.The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia,... Read more

The Red Leather Diary

By: Lily Koppel

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age, following your dreams and discovering (or rediscovering) who you are, were and want to be.” — ParadeRescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an... Read more

Money Well Spent?

By: Michael Grabell

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The 2012 presidential campaign will, above all else, be a referendum on the Obama administration’s handling of the financial crisis, recalling the period when Obama’s “audacity of hope” met the austerity of reality. Central to this is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009—the largest economic recovery plan in American history.... Read more

Secret Weapon

By: Kevin D. Freeman

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Who's really to blame for America's catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the "Occupy Movement" might tell you, it's not greedy Wall Street executives. No, as one of America's top financial professionals reveals in this shocking book, the real culprit is economic warfare, with our foreign enemies... Read more

Sister Queens

By: Julia Fox

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman... Read more

How to Be Black

By: Baratunde Thurston

Narrated by: Baratunde Thurston

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and... Read more

The Coming Revolution

By: Richard Lee

Narrated by: Daniel Butler

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

People need a creed and a cause, and today millions of patriotic Americans are finding their voices. They say the best indicator of the future is history. How things have been can be a powerful signal of how they will be. But what will be our role in shaping the future for this country? In The Coming Revolution Dr Richard G. Lee powerfully... Read more

The First Elizabeth

By: Carolly Erickson

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 18 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Elizabeth was not just Queen, she was ruler. In an age of male supremacy she, by sheer force of character, became not only the unchallenged leader of the English but also the first leader of an empire upon which the sun never set. Erickson's biography tells the truth about this extraordinary woman and profiles some amazing people-their... Read more

All In

By: Paula Broadwell & Vernon Loeb

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In the New York Times bestseller All In, military expert Paula Broadwell examines Petraeus's career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the U.S. military.Afforded extensive access by General... Read more

The Mormon People

By: Matthew Bowman

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

With Mormonism on the verge of an unprecedented cultural and political breakthrough, an eminent scholar of American evangelicalism explores the history and reflects on the future of this native-born American faith and its connection to the life of the nation.
 
In 1830, a young seer and sometime treasure hunter named Joseph Smith began organizing... Read more

Monsoon

By: Robert D. Kaplan

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front
and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This
convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth
century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally
change.

In this pivotal examination of the countries known as... Read more

Rock 'N Roll and American Society

By: William McKeen

Narrated by: William McKeen

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Professor William McKeen delves into the origins of rock beginning with its emergence in the 1950s Read more

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

By: Will Hermes

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Punk rock and hip-hop, disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists—in the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented, all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the... Read more

The Battle of Shiloh

By: Wetware Media

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

At daybreak on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces launched a bold suprise attack on the Union army, encamped in southwestern Tennesse. The battle of Shiloh, also known as the battle of Pittsburg Landing, would prove to be the bloodiest battle up until that point in United Staes history. The two day battle would cost a staggering 23,000... Read more

In the Country of Brooklyn

By: Peter Golenbock

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 23 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What is Brooklyn? A bedroom suburb of Manhattan? A crumbling relic of urban decay? A collection of gorgeous million dollar brownstones? A magnet for artists and writers and hipsters and yuppies and new immigrants and real estate developers? A hotbed of political activists? A breeding ground for mobsters? A place to achieve the American dream? A... Read more

With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg

By: Wilber F. Crummer

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Wilber F. Crummer was an acquaintance and neighbor of Ulysses S. Grant in Galena, Illinois. When civil war broke out, he became "one of the Boys in Blue" who followed General Grant in the Battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg. His stirring and vivid accounts of these significant civil war battles, covering the years 1862-63, are filled... Read more

Revolution 2.0

By: Wael Ghonim

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The revolutions sweeping the Middle East in 2011 were unlike any the world had ever seen. Brutal regimes that had been in power for many decades were suddenly swarmed by unstoppable mobs of freedom seekers. Now, one of the key figures behind the Egyptian uprising tells the riveting inside story of what happened and presents lessons for all of us... Read more

Legacy of Secrecy

By: Lamar Waldron

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 35 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Updated with dramatic new revelations!John F. Kennedy’s assassination launched a frantic search to find his killers. It also launched a flurry of covert actions by Lyndon Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and other top officials to hide the fact that in November 1963 the United States was on the brink of invading Cuba, as part of a JFK-authorized... Read more

Wishing on the Moon

By: Donald Clarke

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 17 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. This authentic biography sets the record straight. Donald Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s with those who... Read more

In Our Time

By: Melvyn Bragg

Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Broadcaster and arts presenter Melvyn Bragg fronts 'The Written World', a five-part BBC Radio 4 series following the origins of writing from its first appearance 6,000 years ago and exploring how it has shaped the world's intellectual history. In the first programme he looks at the technology of writing, and how making signs on clay, wood or... Read more

The Fracture Zone

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning journalist and author Simon Winchester takes readers on a personal tour of the Balkans. Combining history and interviews with the people who live there, Winchester offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex issues at work in this chaotic region. Unrest in the Balkans has gone on for centuries. A seasoned reporter, Winchester... Read more

Witness to Gettysburg

By: Richard Wheeler

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Witness to Gettysburg brings the bloodiest, most crucial battle of the Civil War to life through on-the-spot eyewitness accounts. From the courageous fighting men and officers to the civilians watching as the conflict raged through their towns, from the reporters riding with the regiments to the children excited or terrified by the titanic drama... Read more

Silver Like Dust

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The poignant story of a Japanese American woman's journey through one of the most shameful chapters in American history.Sipping tea by the fire, preparing sushi for the family, or indulgently listening to her husband tell the same story for the hundredth time, Kimi Grant's grandmother, Obaachan, was a missing link to Kimi's Japanese heritage,... Read more