History audiobooks

For Calvinism

By: Michael Horton

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In an eloquent defense of Calvinist theology, author and professor Michael Horton invites us to explore the teachings of Calvinism—also commonly known as Reformed theology—by showing how it is biblical and Christ-centered, leading us to live our lives for the glory of God. The system of theology known as Calvinism has been immensely influential... Read more

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire

By: H. W. Crocker

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Nothing offends liberals and leftists more than Western imperialism—it is racism, sexism, and chauvinism all in one. And of course the epitome of Western imperialism is the British Empire, the biggest empire the world has ever known, covering at its height a quarter of the globe's surface and ruling a quarter of the world's population.In The... Read more

Jerusalem

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 25 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of... Read more

Warriors of God

By: Nicholas Blanford

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 19 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other Western journalist has penetrated as deeply inside this secretive organization as Nicholas Blanford. Now Blanford has written the first comprehensive inside account of Hezbollah and its enduring struggle against Israel. Based on more than a decade and... Read more

Midnight Rising

By: Tony Horwitz

Narrated by: Dan Oreskes

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
A Library Journal Top Ten Best Books of 2011
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011

Bestselling author Tony Horwitz tells the electrifying tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war

Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal... Read more

American Nations

By: Colin Woodard

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red state-blue state myth.

North America was settled by people with distinct religious, political, and ethnographic characteristics, creating regional cultures that have been at odds with one another ever since. Subsequent immigrants didn't confront or... Read more

The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty

By: Lt. William Bligh

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This documentary records the events of the most celebrated mutiny in the annals of the sea: the 1789 revolt against Captain William Bligh in the West Indies. Was Bligh a sadistic disciplinarian who terrorized his crew? Or a superb and misunderstood seaman? Over 200 years later, the controversy surrounding this legendary captain still rages. The... Read more

Great Catherine

By: Carolly Erickson

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 15 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Prize-winning historian and biographer, Carolly Erickson has created an eminently readable biography that recognizes the humanity of Great Catherine-Empress of Russia-with her majesty and immense capability. Dispelling some of the myths surrounding her voracious sexual appetite, the biographer portrays Catherine as a lonely woman far ahead of... Read more

Son of the Morning Star

By: Evan S. Connell

Narrated by: Adrian Cronauer

Length: 20 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Son of the Morning Star is the nonfiction account of General Custer from the great American novelist Evan S. Connell.Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history—more than one hundred years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the... Read more

Hoover’s FBI

By: Cartha “Deke” DeLoach

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 15 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the upcoming film J. Edgar, directed by Clint Eastwood.As director of the FBI for over five decades, J. Edgar Hoover left a profound and lasting legacy on this most celebrated institution. Only the few who were part of Hoover’s inner circle know the truth about his controversial years of authoritarian rule and the... Read more

Into the Silence

By: Wade Davis

Narrated by: Enn Reitel

Length: 28 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned.
 
In this magisterial... Read more

Suicide of a Superpower - Abridged

By: Patrick J. Buchanan

Narrated by: Patrick J. Buchanan

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pat Buchanan's latest polemic—and his first since Obama's election—exposes the risks America faces today and what those dangers will mean for the country's future

Since Obama took office, conservative pundits have been mainstays on the bestseller list. And now, the bestselling author and political legend Pat Buchanan weighs in with a warning... Read more

How the States Got Their Shapes

By: Mark Stein

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

If you’ve ever wondered why the 50 states have the shapes they do, this audiobook’s for you. In a light, accessible style, Mark Stein unpacks the mysteries state by state, line by line. Why are some states boringly square, and others, like Texas and California, truly “outsized.” How can Maryland possibly be - is that even a shape? HOW THE STATES... Read more

The Earth Shall Weep

By: James Wilson

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 21 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This carefully researched exploration of Native American culture investigates the complex, often misunderstood histories of hundreds of indigenous peoples. Author James Wilson has drawn from ethnographic and archaeological studies, historical texts, and the rich written and oral traditions of Native Americans to complete this important work. Read more

Thunder Run

By: David Zucchino

Narrated by: Richard Davidson

Length: 15 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Called "the best account of combat since Black Hawk Down" by Men's Journal, Thunder Run is a no-holds-barred look at the sweep of Baghdad, Iraq in 2003 by U.S. armed forces. One of the boldest gambles in modern military history, the surprise attack on Baghdad by three battalions of tanks and APCs and less than 1,000 men total was the single... Read more

The Civil War

By: Julius Caesar

Narrated by: Robin Field

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Civil War is Julius Caesar’s personal account of his war with Pompey the Great—the war that destroyed the five-hundred-year-old Roman Republic. Caesar the victor became Caesar the dictator. In three short books, Caesar describes how, in order to defend his honor and the freedom of both himself and the Roman people, he marched on Rome and... Read more

My Song

By: Harry Belafonte & Michael Shnayerson

Narrated by: Harry Belafonte & Mirron Willis

Length: 19 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs.
 
Belafonte grew up,... Read more

FDR Goes to War

By: Anita Folsom & Burton W. Folsom, Jr.

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Burton Folsom's New Deal or Raw Deal? was heralded by critics across the board, and #1 New York Times bestselling author and media personality Glenn Beck called it "a must read to help understand our current fiscal problems." Now, writing with his wife Anita Folsom, a domestic policy specialist, FDR Goes to War expands on the premise that FDR's... Read more

Grant's Final Victory

By: Charles Bracelen Flood

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer. Destitute and dying, Grant began to write his memoirs to save his family from permanent financial ruin.



As Grant continued his work, suffering increasing pain, the American public became aware of this race between... Read more

County

By: David A. Ansell

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The amazing tale of “County” is the story of one of America’s oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a “poor house” dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago’s Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the health-care provider of last resort for the city’s uninsured. County covers more... Read more

How to Survive the Titanic

By: Frances Wilson

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it. Ismay boarded a lifeboat meant for women and children, and within days became 'The Most Talked-of Man in the World.' Branded a coward, he became a flesh-and-blood embodiment... Read more

Admiral of the Ocean Sea

By: Samuel Eliot Morison

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 25 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus’ path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a... Read more

Napoleon's Buttons

By: Jay Burreson & Penny Le Couteur

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they... Read more

Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism

By: Kevin Bauder, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., John G. St...

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Understand the history, core values, and divisions as they've developed within the Evangelical Christian movement.Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism compares and contrasts four distinct positions on the current fundamentalist-evangelical spectrum. Each contributor offers their case for one of four primary views: Fundamentalism –... Read more