History audiobooks

Mirage of Peace

By: David Aikman

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Former TIME Magazine Jerusalem bureau chief David Aikman takes a sober, balanced look at the Middle East, bringing a journalist's mind and a believer's heart to his examination of religion aflame. In this timely and informed exploration of current Mid-East issues that goes beyond headlines and sound bites, Aikman fills in the blanks for... Read more

Hero Tales

By: Theodore Roosevelt & Henry Cabot Lodge

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Theodore Roosevelt proved that a political figure could also excel in military matters and literary endeavors. This work covers a most interesting list of heroes in American history, from Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark through various Revolutionary War participants, to activities during the Civil War. Daniel Boone will always occupy a... Read more

Cäsar lässt grüßen Vol. 1

By: Joachim Fernau

Narrated by: Philipp Kreisselmeier

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

In seinem unverwechselbaren spannend- ironischen Stil macht Joachim Fernau Tausend Jahre Römische Geschichte zu einem Abenteuer: er beginnt noch vor Romulus und Remus und endet bei den Soldatenkaisern. Es dauert lange, bis man sich aus dieser Welt wieder lösen kann - hellsichtiger und klüger. Im ersten Teil der Geschichte des Römischen... Read more

Cäsar lässt grüßen Vol. 3

By: Joachim Fernau

Narrated by: Philipp Kreisselmeier

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Im dritten Teil der Geschichte des Römischen Reiches nimmt Gaius Gracchus den Platz seines Bruders Tiberius ein, bis auch er ein gewaltsames Ende findet. Die Teutonen werden glücklich überwunden, Marius und Sulla erblicken das Licht der Welt, und Spartakus organisiert einen Sklavenaufstand, der Geschichte schreibt. In seinem unverwechselbaren... Read more

Cäsar lässt grüßen Vol. 2

By: Joachim Fernau

Narrated by: Philipp Kreisselmeier

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Im zweiten Teil der Geschichte des Römischen Reiches erzählt Fernau von den Punischen Kriegen und der Zerstörung Hellas. Die ganze antike Welt ist zum Imperium Romanum geworden, und endlich herrscht Frieden - bis Tiberius Gracchus den ersten Aufstand entfesselt. In seinem unverwechselbaren spannend- ironischen Stil macht Joachim Fernau... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1860-1861

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard... Read more

The Medieval World II

By: Thomas F. Madden

Narrated by: Thomas F. Madden

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning, widely recognized expert on pre-modern history, Professor Thomas F. Madden concludes this two-part series on the medieval world. In this course, we will see the error of the commonly held assumption that the "Dark Ages" was a time of superstition, ignorance, and violence. Rather than a time of darkness, the Middle Ages saw... Read more

Resolute Determination

By: Donald Sutherland

Narrated by: Donald Sutherland

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In these lectures, Professor Donald M.G. Sutherland explores the life and times of Napoleon, one of history's most brilliant strategic thinkers. But despite his inarguable brilliance, Napoleon has also been denounced as unscrupulously ambitious and as alone responsible for the wars that bear his name. With his scholarly eye, Professor Sutherland... Read more

The Glory That Was Greece

By: Jennifer Tobin

Narrated by: Jennifer Tobin

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

No ancient society has exerted greater influence on the development of Western culture than the ancient Greeks. Over two thousand years ago these people gave birth to the institution of democracy, to scientific investigation and philosophical dialogue, to poetry, both epic and personal, to historical narrative, and to comic and tragic theater.... Read more

Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Stephen Van Doren

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This is one of the most important works written by Nietzsche and represents his attempt to sum up his philosophy. The great nineteenth-century philosopher refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in this work, a fascinating examination of human values and morality. It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus... Read more

Ayn Rand Answers

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand turned to nonfiction writing and occasional lecturing. Her aim was to bring her philosophy to a wider audience and to apply it to current cultural and political issues. The taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed added not only an eloquent new dimension to Ayn... Read more

Ecce Homo

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Stephen Van Doren

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his... Read more

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal

By: Robert P. Murphy

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Obama isn't giving fireside chats (yet), and we're not waiting in breadlines, but to listen to the mainstream media, we're on the cusp of Great Depression 2.0 and Obama's "new New Deal" is the only thing that can save us. But here to remind us of the lessons that we should have learned isThe Politically Incorrect Guideto the Great Depression and... Read more

In-N-Out Burger

By: Stacy Perman

Narrated by: Loren Lester

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

“This book grills up an enjoyable read for both avid foodies and novice diners alike! Perman’s sneak peek into the fascinating history of In-N-Out is as good as the delicious burgers themselves.”—Mario Batali, celebrity chef and author of Molto Italiano A behind-the-counter look at the fast-food chain that breaks all the rules, Stacy Perman’s... Read more

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

By: Lawrence G. McDonald & Patrick Robinson

Narrated by: Erik Davies

Length: 16 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers—right from the belly of the... Read more

The Age of Entanglement

By: Louisa Gilder

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 14 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

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Seeds of Terror

By: Gretchen Peters

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Most Americans think of the Taliban and al-Qaeda as a bunch of bearded fanatics fighting an Islamic crusade from caves in Afghanistan. But that doesn't explain their astonishing comeback along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Why is it that eight years after we invaded Afghanistan, the CIA says that these groups are better armed and better... Read more

A Flame of Pure Fire

By: Roger Kahn

Narrated by: Kevin Yon

Length: 17 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the... Read more

The Accidental Billionaires

By: Ben Mezrich

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic... Read more

A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

By: Ernest Hemingway

Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches.

Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979,... Read more

Prisoner of the State

By: Renee Chiang, Adi Ignatius & Bao Pu

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 13 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

How often can you peek behind the curtains of one of the most secretive governments in the world? Prisoner of the State is the first book to give listeners a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, the man who brought liberal change to that nation and who, at the height of the... Read more

Packing the Court

By: James MacGregor Burns

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

For decades, James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. Now he turns his eye to an institution of government that he believes has become more powerful—and more partisan—than the Founding Fathers ever intended: the Supreme Court. Much as we would like to believe that the Court remains... Read more

Mirror to the Church

By: Emmanuel M. Katongole & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Narrated by: Jonathan Petersen & Jonathan Peterson

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

We learn who we are as we walk together in the way of Jesus. So I want to invite you on a pilgrimage. Rwanda is often held up as a model of evangelization in Africa. Yet in 1994, beginning on the Thursday of Easter week, Christians killed other Christians, often in the same churches where they had worshiped together. The most Christianized... Read more

An Edible History of Humanity

By: Tom Standage

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is a pithy, entertaining account of how a series of changes—caused, enabled, or influenced by food—has helped to shape and transform... Read more