History audiobooks

Tears in the Darkness

By: Elizabeth M. Norman & Michael Norman

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 17 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America's first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American military history.



The defeat, though, was only the... Read more

On the Social Contract

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrated by: Erik Sandvold

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains.” Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential 1762 work, On the Social Contract, a milestone of political science and essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and social science. A progressive work, it inspired worldwide political reforms, most notably the American and French... Read more

How Christianity Changed the World

By: Alvin J. Schmidt

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 15 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic,secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people todayhave little sense of how their lives have benefited fromChristianity’s influence, often viewing the church withhostility or resentment.How Christianity Changed the World is a topicallyarranged Christian history for Christians and... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-1837

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 8 hours 13 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

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1837-1842

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 5 hours 33 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

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1843-1849

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 6 hours 2 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

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1849-1855

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 6 hours 25 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

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1855-1858

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 9 hours 59 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

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1859-1860

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 4 hours 31 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

Dangerous Games

By: Margaret MacMillan

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The author behind the New York Times best-sellers Paris 1919 and Nixon & Mao, Margaret MacMillan presents a remarkable treatise on history's importance. "MacMillan is a superb writer who can bring history to life."-Philadelphia Inquirer Read more

Eiffel's Tower

By: Jill Jonnes

Narrated by: Paul Hecht

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Reminiscent of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, this fascinating account from acclaimed author Jill Jonnes recaptures the 1889 Paris World's Fair. Casting vehement criticism aside, Gustave Eiffel built his tower to be the fair's centerpiece. Perched at the top all summer, he hosted a string of dignitaries. Read more

Warlord

By: Carlo D’Este

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 30 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Warlordis the definitive chronicle of Winston Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars.Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Churchill through the prism of his... Read more

All the Presidents' Wits

By: Gerald Gardner

Narrated by: Gerald Gardner

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Laugh with political humorist Gerald Gardner, as he takes an entertaining and probing look at how six American Presidents over three decades— John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan— deliberately and effectively employed humor to achieve their political goals. In a... Read more

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers

By: Brion McClanahan

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

They were the greatest generation in American history. Yet how much do you really know about the Founding Fathers? And how much of what you "know" is actually myth perpetuated by leftist history professors who dismiss the Founders as wealthy, racist, sexist, dead-white-males whose principles deserve to be as dead as they are? Here to rescue the... Read more

Rocket Men

By: Craig Nelson

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 17 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride."
-The Wall Street Journal

Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig Nelson's definitive and thrilling story of man's first trip to the moon. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16,... Read more

Magnificent Desolation

By: Buzz Aldrin & Ken Abraham

Narrated by: Patrick Egan

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. In the years since, millions more have had their Earth-centric perspective... Read more

The State of Jones

By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more

The State of Jones - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more

On Killing

By: Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

Narrated by: Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat, hailed by the Washington Post as "an illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed." In World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of combat infantry were willing to fire their rifles.... Read more

The Challenge For Africa

By: Wangari Maathai

Narrated by: Chinasa Ogbuagu

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai has campaigned for environmental activism in Africa for more than three decades. In The Challenge for Africa, Maathai delivers an insightful call to action, presenting a realistic look at the diverse problems facing Africans. Maathai's ability to dissect cultural problems and... Read more

Flying Drunk

By: Joseph Balzer

Narrated by: Joseph Balzer

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

March 8, 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew, including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer, fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota. July 25, 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and... Read more

Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever

By: Leroy “Satchel” Paige

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Leroy "Satchel" Paige was forty-two years old when he became the first African American pitcher in the American League in 1948. Although he was the oldest rookie around, he had already become a legend. For twenty-two years, beginning in 1926, Paige dazzled fans with his performance in the Negro Major Leagues. He outlasted everyone by playing... Read more

Glenn Beck's Common Sense

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Glenn Beck

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, revisits Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation’s... Read more

Confessions of a Reformission Rev.

By: Mark Driscoll

Narrated by: Art Carlson

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story of the birth and growth of Seattle’s innovative Mars Hill Church, one of America’s fastest growing churches located in one of America’s toughest mission fields. It’s also the story of the growth of a pastor, the mistakes he’s made along the way, and God’s grace and work in spite of those mistakes. Mark Driscoll’s emerging,... Read more