History audiobooks

Hannibal and Me

By: Andreas Kluth

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The lives of Hannibal and his Roman enemies are the stuff of legend. But these classic stories contain truths with relevance today: The seeds of our successes lie in our failures, and within our successes are the kernels of our failure. Knowing how to recognize these paradoxes will help us to be more effective at work, at school, at home, and... Read more

Heart of a Soldier

By: George E. Pickett

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

These are the passionate and poignant letters from General George E. Pickett, C.S.A., written to his wife, Sally. These letters reveal intimate details of Pickett's personal life, as well as his incredible accounts of Civil War battles and personalities. A must-listen for any Civil War buff Read more

Glock

By: Paul M. Barrett

Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American’s gun.  Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop... Read more

Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul

By: John M. Barry

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 17 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author John M. Barry has penned numerous works on a variety of historical subjects. Here Barry explores the development of the fundamental ideas of church and state through the story of Roger Williams. The first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, Williams helped shape the balance of... Read more

George F. Kennan

By: John Lewis Gaddis

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 31 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold War delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind.In the late 1940s, George Kennan wrote two documents, the “Long Telegram” and the “X Article,” which set forward the strategy of containment that would define US... Read more

Elizabeth the Queen

By: Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 21 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign.

From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II was the object... Read more

Great Harry

By: Carolly Erickson

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 24 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In lively, absorbing prose that rivals the finest literary fiction, prize-winning historian Carolly Erickson recreates the life of the notorious Tudor king, Henry VIII. In his youth as a charming national hero, his reign as a monstrous king, and his final days as a tottering old man, Erickson draws a thoroughly convincing portrait of one of... Read more

Titanic Lives

By: Richard Davenport-Hines

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, Titanic Lives is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives on board the most famous ship in history. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the seemingly unsinkable Titanic hit an iceberg, sustaining a 300-feet gash as six compartments were... Read more

Fraternity

By: Diane Brady

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
San Francisco Chronicle • The Plain Dealer

The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor
 
On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month, the Reverend John Brooks, a professor of theology at the College of the... Read more

American Sniper

By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD—NOMINATED FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTUREFrom 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during... Read more

Lost Kingdom

By: Julia Flynn Siler

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times-bestselling author delivers "a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle in Hawaii... A real gem of a book" (Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot). Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Kingdom brings to life the clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly... Read more

Socrate, sa vie son oeuvre

By: Socrate

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Socrate est un philosophe de la Grèce antique (-470 à -399), considéré comme l'un des inventeurs de la philosophie morale et politique. Il n'a cependant laissé aucune œuvre écrite ; sa philosophie s'est transmise par l'intermédiaire de témoignages indirects (en particulier par les écrits de ses disciples Platon et Xénophon). Voici l'histoire de... Read more

Platon, sa vie son oeuvre

By: Platon

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Ce livre audio vous permettra de vous initier à la vie et à l'oeuvre de Platon, l'un des plus grands philosophes. Fils d'une famille de l'aristocratie athénienne, Platon semblait être destiné à occuper des responsabilités politiques de tout premier ordre. Mais sa rencontre avec Socrate bouleverse ces plans. A la mort du maître, il se consacre,... Read more

Louis XIV le roi soleil

By: Patrick M. Bournat

Narrated by: various

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Quel roi ! Le plus long règne, la plus longue vie, le plus beau palais, des guerres sans fin, des amours multiples, une splendeur incroyable, de la gloire à n'en plus finir, une cour royale fastueuse, mécène des arts et de la culture et un emblème : le Soleil... Au-delà de l'histoire de sa vie et de son règne, nous vous emmenons dans une épopée,... Read more

Marie Antoinette Reine de France

By: Patrick M. Bournat

Narrated by: various

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Notre histoire commence à Paris le 13 juillet 1793, à la prison du Temple. Marie-Antoinette, prisonnière dans sa cellule, n'est plus reine de France. La reine déchue sait qu'elle va bientôt être séparée de son enfant pour toujours. Dans quelques mois, elle sera exécutée place de la Révolution. Elle profite de ses derniers instants avec son fils... Read more

Aristote, sa vie son oeuvre

By: Aristote

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Après la mort prématurée de son père médecin, Aristote intègre l'académie de Platon. A la mort du philosophe, il apprend les subtilités de l'art politique aux côtés du tyran Hermias d'Atarnée. En 343, l'élève Aristote, appelé par Philippe roi de macédoine, devient précepteur et responsable de l'éducation du jeune Alexandre le Grand. A son retour... Read more

Les voix des hommes célèbres - Abridged

By: various

Narrated by: De Gaulle, Pétain, Roosevelt, Eisenhower & etc

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Les voix des figures qui ont marqué notre histoire et changé le monde. De Gaulle (appels des 22 et 28 juin 1940) ; Hitler (1er septembre 1939) au sujet de la Pologne ; Roosevelt (1942) ; Mussolini (14 mai 1939) ; Daladier (21 septembre 1939) ; Eisenhower (septembre 1944) ; Pétain (17 juin 1940) ; Goebbels (15 mars 1939) ; Elisabeth d'Angleterre... Read more

L'Illiade et L'Odyssée - Abridged

By: Homère

Narrated by: Alain Cuny, Michel Galabru & various

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

L'Iliade : La première épopée du vieux continent conte les derniers moments de la guerre de Troie et la terrible vengeance d'Achille à qui le roi Agamemnon a volé sa captive favorite. L'Odyssée : Dans une Grèce éternelle, Pénélope attend celui qu'elle aime, Ulysse, qui ne rentrera à Ithaque qu'au terme de dix ans d'aventures face auxquelles il... Read more

Vercingétorix - Abridged

By: Marc Vincent

Narrated by: Marc Vincent & Georges Descrières

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fils du chef de la puissante tribu des Arvernes, Vercingétorix apparaît aux yeux des historiens comme la figure la plus marquante de l'époque gallo-romaine. Son rôle dans l'histoire antique est essentiel puisqu'il est le premier à fédérer la plupart des peuples de Gaule dans la lutte contre l'ennemi romain. Sa jeunesse est pourtant partagée... Read more

Le château féodal - Abridged

By: Marc Vincent

Narrated by: Marc Vincent

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Parmi les meilleurs souvenirs des premières leçons d'initiation à l'histoire, ceux qui se rapportent au château féodal tiennent une place privilégiée. C'est autour de l'évocation du château fort que se construit toute l'histoire de la société féodale. La période féodale a laissé sur notre sol des ruines nombreuses. Le but de ce livre audio est... Read more

Les plus grands discours de De Gaulle - Abridged

By: De Gaulle

Narrated by: De Gaulle

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1. L'appel du 22 juin 1940 (aucun enregistrement n'a été fait le 18 juin, seul l'enregistrement du 22 juin subsiste) ; 2. Message après Bir Hakeim : 11 juin 1942 ; 3. Message de Noël : 24 décembre 1943 ; 4. Message du Débarquement : 6 juin 1944 ; 5. La Libération de Paris : 28 août 1944 (discours à l'hôtel de Ville et Magnificat à Notre Dame de... Read more

A Safeway in Arizona

By: Tom Zoellner

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootingsOn January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet and greet held by US representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left six people dead and thirteen injured, including Giffords, whom he shot in the head.Award-winning... Read more

Practicing History

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

Narrated by: Aviva Skell

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The critically-acclaimed historian's insights, sense of humor, and sharp pen take on everything from Vietnam, Israel, and the Great War to writing history and its meaning. Includes these essays: Why Policy-Makers Do Not Listen; When Does History Happen?; Is History a Guide to the Future?; America as an Idea; How We Entered World War I; and more Read more

Jacqueline Kennedy

By: author

Narrated by: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Jacqueline Kennedy, ...

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrate the life and legacy of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, with this expansive illustrated book which includes interviews, recordings and other exclusive materials.

To mark John F. Kennedy's centennial, celebrate the life and legacy of the 35th President of the United States.

In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded... Read more