History audiobooks

Sherman’s March

By: Richard Wheeler

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

General William Tecumseh Sherman is known as the man who said “War is hell” and who waged it so fiercely that it left a permanent scar on the Southern psyche. But Civil War historian Richard Wheeler offers a new view of Sherman, as a man of compassion as well as conviction, a military leader who was ahead of his time in understanding that the... Read more

On War - Abridged

By: Carl von Clausewitz

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Prussian soldier and writer, Clausewitz is said to have distilled Napoleon into theory. Perhaps best known among his numerous pronouncements is that war is a continuation of politics by other means. His theories and observations in this work have been heeded by military strategists for nearly two hundred years. Many have considered this to be... Read more

The Dragon Seekers

By: Christopher McGowan

Narrated by: Stuart Langton

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, an extraordinary group of scientists struggled to make sense of a mysterious, prehistoric world—a world that they had to piece together from the fossilized, fragmentary remains of animals no one had ever seen.These nineteenth-century pioneers were an eccentric lot that included a working-class woman, an... Read more

Lincoln’s Greatest Speech

By: Ronald C. White

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his second inauguration, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it yearned for; nor did he blame the South solely for the sin of slavery. Calling the whole nation to account, Lincoln offered a moral... Read more

More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas

By: Ace Collins

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Ace Collins has dug deep to uncover the true stories behind your favorite Christmas songs. Explore how these songs came into being, and discover a deeper appreciation for these melodic messages of peace, hope, and joy that celebrate the birth of Jesus. Read more

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

By: W. Phillip Keller

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Travel the Shepherd's path to the green pastures and cool, refreshing waters of Psalm 23. As a shepherd himself, W. Phillip Keller shares his insights into the life and character of sheep--and of the Good Shepherd who loves and cares for them. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 will give new meaning to the ageless Shepherd Psalm, enriching your trust... Read more

Big Boy Rules

By: Steve Fainaru

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A parallel army lives on the margins of the Iraq war—nearly 100,000 armed men, invisible yet in plain sight, doing jobs the overstretched and understaffed military can't or won't do. The U.S. media call them "security contractors." They call themselves "mercs," and they operate under their own rules.



Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru... Read more

A Dawn Like Thunder

By: Robert J. Mrazek

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of the members of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These thirty-five American men—many flying outmoded aircraft—changed the course of history, going... Read more

Empires of Trust

By: Thomas F. Madden

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

In Empires of Trust, Professor Thomas F. Madden explores surprising parallels between the Roman and American republics. By making friends of enemies and demonstrating a commitment to fairness, the two republics-both "reluctant" yet unquestioned super - powers-built empires based on trust. Madden also includes vital lessons from the Roman... Read more

The Bible and the Roots of Western Literature

By: Adam Potkay & Monica Brzezinski Potkay

Narrated by: Adam Potkay

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The Bible is renowned as a rich source of myth and parable, prose and poetry. Indeed, much of Western Literature owes an enormous debt to the unique and widely varied writings in this important religious text. Read more

You Know You're a Child of the 70s When...

By: Mark Leigh & Mike Lepine

Narrated by: Joy Gelardi

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you remember riding a Chopper to school, buying your dad Old Spice

for Christmas and getting brain-freeze from your first Slush Puppie? If so,

then hang up your disco ball, dig out the old Atari 2600 and tuck into a

Curly Wurly as you prepare to find out if you are a true child of the 70s. Read more

You Know You're a Child of the 60s When...

By: Mark Leigh & Mike Lepine

Narrated by: Joy Gelardi

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

You were never, ever convinced that the Milky Bar Kid was strong and tough. Your parents threatened to throw you out if you ever became a hippy. Do you remember when England won the World Cup, screaming yourself hoarse for the Fab Four and watching from behind the sofa as the daleks invaded Earth for the first time? If so, then kick off your... Read more

Why Businessmen Need Philosophy and Other Essays

By: Ayn Rand, various authors, Leonard Peikoff, Har...

Narrated by: Susan O’Malley

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth," wrote Ayn Rand.In the title essay of this collection, Leonard Peikoff applies this principle to the world of business. He shows that certain philosophic ideas, such as reason, egoism, and individualism, are needed to defend and protect the freedom of businessmen, while the... Read more

The Man Who Owns the News

By: Michael Wolff

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 15 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate the headlines. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer... Read more

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

By: Paul Krugman

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobel Prize® winning economist Paul Krugman shows how today's crisis parallels the events that caused the Great Depression - and explains what it will take to avoid catastrophe. In 1999, Paul surveyed the economic crisis that had swept across Asia and Latin America, and warned that those crises were a warning for all of us: like diseases that... Read more

The Man Who Owns the News - Abridged

By: Michael Wolff

Narrated by: Michael Wolff

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If Rupert Murdoch isn’t making headlines, he’s busy buying the media outlets that generate the headlines. His News Corp. holdings—from the New York Post, Fox News, and most recently The Wall Street Journal, to name just a few—are vast, and his power is unrivaled. So what makes a man like this tick? Michael Wolff gives us the definitive answer... Read more

God in the Foxhole

By: Charles W. Sasser

Narrated by: Wes Bleed

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Iraq, 2004... two enemies - a Nazi priest and an American G.I. - who served Communion Mass in a Belgian sanctuary in 1944... the prescient letter from a Civil War army major to his beloved wife, one week before his death at Bull Run... the 21st-century toddler with a jaw-dropping spiritual connection to a war hero of Iwo Jima... and dozens... Read more

Down and Dirty Pictures

By: Peter Biskind

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 23 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines—the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films—that have powered them. Peter Biskind profiles the people who took the independent movement from obscurity to the Oscars, most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his... Read more

The Sun and the Moon

By: Matthew Goodman

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sun and the Moon tells the delightful and surprisingly true story of how a series of articles in the Sun newspaper in 1835 convinced the citizens of New York that the moon was inhabited. Purporting to reveal discoveries of a famous British astronomer, the series described such moon life as unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and... Read more

Napoleon's Wars

By: Charles Esdaile

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 24 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

No military figure in history has been quite as polarizing as Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he a monster, driven by an endless, ruinous quest for military glory? Or a social and political visionary brought down by petty, reactionary kings of Europe?



In the most definitive account to date, respected historian Charles Esdaile argues that the chief... Read more

Unintended Consequences

By: Peter W. Galbraith

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Called by New York Times columnist David Brooks the "smartest and most devastating" critic of President George W. Bush's Iraq policies, Peter W. Galbraith was the earliest expert to describe Iraq's breakup into religious and ethnic entities, a reality that is now commonly accepted.



The Iraq war was intended to make the United States more secure,... Read more

The Defining Moment

By: Jonathan Alter

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this dramatic and fascinating account, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his first one hundred days in office to lift the country from the despair and paralysis of the Great Depression and transform the American presidency. Instead of becoming the dictator so many wanted in those first days, FDR... Read more

Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church

By: D. A. Carson

Narrated by: Jonathan Petersen & Jonathan Peterson

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A careful and informed assessment of the “emerging church” by a respected author and scholarThe “emerging church” movement has generated a lot of excitement and exerts an astonishingly broad influence. Is it the wave of the future or a passing fancy? Who are the leaders and what are they saying? The time has come for a mature assessment. D. A.... Read more

Understanding the Holocaust

By: David Engel

Narrated by: David Engel

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In Understanding the Holocaust, Professor David Engel of New York University examines the encounter between Germany's Third Reich and the Jews of the twenty European countries that fell under Nazi domination between 1933 and 1945. The results of this encounter stretch human comprehension to the limit and raise frightening questions about the... Read more