History audiobooks

Storia della Letteratura Italiana

By: Francesco De Sanctis

Narrated by: Silvia Cecchini

Length: 29 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

La Storia della letteratura italiana, completata nel 1871 è la principale opera di Francesco De Sanctis, il più grande critico letterario e saggista italiano dell'Ottocento: essa costituisce la prima grande sintesi organica di tutta la letteratura italiana. L'opera, che non deve essere considerata un manuale di consultazione ma una sintesi... Read more

Treasures from the Attic

By: Mirjam Pressler

Narrated by: Sherry Adams Foster

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

An old lady, an antiques dealer, dies in Basel, Switzerland. Her devoted daughter-in-law finally steels herself to do what all families must in the aftermath of a death—she heads upstairs to the attic to sort through the old lady's effects. But this wasn't just any old lady, and this wasn't just any old family house. Helene (Leni) Elias was born... Read more

Understanding the Bible

By: Dr. John R.W. Stott

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Understanding the Bible will provide you with a foundational comprehension of the entirety of Scripture with a focus on broadening your vision of Jesus Christ.This book answers foundational questions: Who wrote the Bible? What is its message? Why is it thought to be a "holy" book? How does one read and interpret it?  By delving into the... Read more

Combat: The Civil War

By: Don Congdon

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 29 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the book Civil War enthusiasts have been waiting for.There are many, many studies of the Civil War. Books have been written on its economic effects, its political causes, its relationship to western expansion. But the real fascination of the war is the story of combat, men in battle. Combat: The Civil War tells this story in the words of... Read more

The Forgotten Founding Father

By: Joshua Kendall

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

America's own The Professor and the Madman: the story of Noah Webster, author of the first dictionary of American English-and a forgotten leader during a turning point in our nation's history.

Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but although there is much more to his story than that singular achievement, his... Read more

The Wild Rover

By: Mike Parker

Narrated by: Mike Parker

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a very full, intelligent and witty exploration into a glorious and passionate British subject – footpaths and the history of land ownership. Mike discovers how these paths have become part of our cultural landscape and why, at the tender age of 44, he suddenly finds... Read more

The Life of Stonewall Jackson

By: Mary L. Williamson

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Known for his military prowess and Christian character, Thomas Jackson was one of the Confederacy’s greatest commanders—and one of God’s most devoted warriors. Williamson’s biography traces the general’s life from orphaned child, West Point cadet, and Sunday school teacher to military institute professor, Mexican War officer, and Civil War... Read more

The Aeneid

By: Virgil

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

This enduring masterpiece tells of the epic quest of Aenas, who flees the ashes of Troy to found a new civilization: Rome. A unique hero, Aenas struggles and fights not for personal gain but for a civilization that will exist in the far future. Caught between passion and fate, his vision would change the course of the Western world.Virgil,... Read more

C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography, Vol. 1

By: C.H. Spurgeon

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 21 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age of seventeen, Spurgeon became pastor to a handful of believers at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, meeting in what had been a dovecote. Within five years, he had become the best-known minister in London. Two years later, following the Sepoy Mutiny, he conducted a service of national humiliation in the Crystal Palace that was attended by... Read more

Plutarch’s Lives, Vol. 2

By: Plutarch

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 41 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works and the basis for Shakespeare’s Roman plays (Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra), Plutarch’s Lives have been entertaining and arousing the spirit of emulation in countless readers since their creation at the beginning of the second century.Originally named Parallel... Read more

Plutarch’s Lives, Vol. 1

By: Plutarch

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 42 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works and the basis for Shakespeare’s Roman plays (Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra), Plutarch’s Lives have been entertaining and arousing the spirit of emulation in countless readers since their creation at the beginning of the second century.Originally named Parallel... Read more

Money and Power

By: William D. Cohan

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 30 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of the acclaimed House of Cards and The Last Tycoons turns his spotlight on to Goldman Sachs and the controversy behind its success.
 
From the outside, Goldman Sachs is a perfect company. The Goldman PR machine loudly declares it to be smarter, more ethical, and more profitable than all of its competitors. Behind closed... Read more

Stealing the General

By: Russell S. Bonds

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 15 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

On April 12, 1862—one year to the day after Confederate guns opened on Fort Sumter and started the Civil War—a tall, mysterious smuggler and self-appointed Union spy named James J. Andrews and nineteen infantry volunteers infiltrated Georgia and stole a steam engine called the General. Racing northward at speeds near sixty miles an hour, cutting... Read more

Bottom of the 33rd

By: Dan Barry

Narrated by: Dan Barry

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bottom of the 33rd is chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is never enough.” —Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax From Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry comes the beautifully recounted story of the longest game in baseball history—a tale celebrating not only the robust... Read more

The Heart and the Fist

By: Eric Greitens

Narrated by: Eric Greitens

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Like many young idealists, Eric Greitens wanted to make a difference. During college and afterward, he traveled to the world's trouble spots, working in refugee camps, serving the sick and the poor on four continents, from Gaza to Croatia to Mother Teresa's home in Calcutta, among others. Yet he could not prevent violence or save anyone from... Read more

The Education of Henry Adams

By: Henry Adams

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 21 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This autobiography was immediately hailed as a masterpiece upon publication and has even been called the greatest nonfiction book ever written. Henry Adams, whose great-grandfather and grandfather were both U.S. presidents, fills his story with one unforgettably brilliant observation after another. Filled with uncommon wisdom, this book also... Read more

El jardin devastado

By: Jorge Volpi

Narrated by: Alfredo Huereca

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"Uno tras otro, alli, a la intemperie. Docenas.Mutilados, exhibidos. Sin sepultura. Una imagen que Laila solo ha visto en las peliculas. Ideal para un premio de fotoperiodismo." El infierno se desata en Irak tras la invasion y una mujer busca entre los muertos a su amor. Bagdad es un cadaver cuyos trozos se disputan las aves de rapina y ella... Read more

The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier

By: Jakob Walter

Narrated by: Patrick Tull

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Napoleon's surrender and retreat from Moscow in 1812 is a pinnacle of military horror. Of the 600,000 men who crossed into Russia in June of 1812, only 25,000 would survive. Jakob Walter, a conscript soldier, was one of those survivors. His observant diary captures the everyday circumstances that soldiers suffered during the campaign. Read more

The Brilliant Disaster

By: Jim Rasenberger

Narrated by: Bob Walter

Length: 17 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A “balanced, engrossing account” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of the Bay of Pigs crisis drawing on long-hidden CIA documents and delivering the vivid truth of five pivotal days in April 1961.

At the heart of the Bay of Pigs crisis stood President John F. Kennedy, and journalist Jim Rasenberger traces what Kennedy knew, thought, and said as... Read more

Brothers, Rivals, Victors

By: Jonathan W. Jordan

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 23 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of the friendship—and rivalry—among the greatest American generals of World War IISupreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, General George S. Patton, and General Omar N. Bradley engineered the Allied conquest that shattered Hitler’s hold over Europe. But they also shared an intricate web of relationships going back decades.... Read more

A Covert Affair

By: Jennet Conant

Narrated by: Jan Maxwell

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

By bestselling author Jennet Conant, a stunning account of Julia Child’s early life as a member of the OSS in the Far East during World War II, and the tumultuous years when she and Paul Child were caught up in the McCarthy witch hunt and behaved with bravery and honor.

Bestselling author Jennet Conant brings us a stunning account of Julia and... Read more

Gangster Government

By: David Freddoso

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Bribery … coercion … intimidation. Sounds like a movie review of The Godfather, but unfortunately we're talking about your federal government. So says bestselling author David Freddoso. InGangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy, Freddoso exposes how the Obama administration bears a closer resemblance to the mob than... Read more

Augustus - Krieg und Frieden - Abridged

By: Werner Dahlheim

Narrated by: Werner Dahlheim

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Augustus, durch Testament der Sohn Caesars, rang alle seine Rivalen im Kampf um die Macht in einem fünfzehnjährigen Bürgerkrieg nieder und machte der alten Republik den Garaus. DER MONARCH Seine Macht gründete der Herrscher auf die Legionen, auf die Zustimmung Italiens und das Bündnis mit den politischen Eliten Roms. Die Untertanen in den... Read more

Chariots of the Gods

By: Erich von Daniken

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance—the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth was visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eye of the Sphinx. But here is where... Read more