History audiobooks

From Jesus to Christianity

By: Thomas F. Madden

Narrated by: Thomas F. Madden

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Entrusting the apostles to continue the work he had started by instructing them to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit . . .," Jesus kindled the fires of a new religion in a world largely dominated by polytheism, cult leader worship, and mysticism. In the first... Read more

The World's First Superpower

By: Denis Judd

Narrated by: Denis Judd

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This course will examine the growth and development of the largest empire in world history -the British Empire-beginning with the late 15th-century Tudor dynasty in England and ending with the death of the Queen-Empress Victoria in 1901. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were very few countries or people who had not been affected, one... Read more

Masterpieces of Western Music

By: Jeffrey Lependorf

Narrated by: Jeffrey Lependorf

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

This lecture series focuses on the very best of Western music, and as we progress through these lectures, the following are two important questions that we will seek to answer as we examine the various musical selections: What makes these works masterpieces? Why highlight these works? - These works share, for the most part, a common language,... Read more

World's First Superpower

By: Denis Judd

Narrated by: Denis Judd

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Professor Denis Judd-London Metropolitan University In the second part of a two-part course on the nearly six-century- long history of the British Empire, Professor Denis Judd picks up the narrative at the beginning of the 20th century. The fascinating saga unfolds from the death of Queen Victoria, through the First World War, the resulting... Read more

Bard of the Middle Ages

By: Michael Drout

Narrated by: Michael Drout

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Chaucer's works are today widely studied and serve as models for current literature around the world. Chaucer holds a place of esteem as the earliest and one of the foremost writers in the English language. Read more

Epochs European Civilization

By: Geoffrey Hosking

Narrated by: Henry Strozier

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The period stretching from the Reformation to the twenty-first century proved a time of radical change for Europe-and with the continent's far-reaching influence, for the entire world as well. This course provides a greater understanding of the role played by such influential figures as Luther, Calvin, Napoleon, and Stalin, among others.... Read more

Epochs of European Civilization

By: Geoffrey Hosking

Narrated by: Geoffrey Hosking

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The four main themes of this course are answers to the question, "What makes Europe distinctive compared with other parts of the world?" 1. The Nation State. The idea of the State or sovereign authority takes on a new significance when it is attached to a nation or a people who have an idea of a common origin and identity. This idea was... Read more

The American Legal Experience

By: Lawrence Friedman

Narrated by: The Professor

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The legal system in America is the basis of freedom as we know it today. The system is based, ultimately, on the common law of England, but it has grown, developed, and changed over the years. American law has been a critical factor in American life since colonial times. It has played a role in shaping society, but society-the structure,... Read more

Jerusalem

By: Frank Peters

Narrated by: Frank Peters

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The sacred city of Jerusalem has been coveted since the dawn of recorded history. The heart of the Holy Land, Jerusalem is the ultimate destination of pilgrimage for three of the world's largest religions. And for this, it is the most contested city in the history of the world ... Read more

The Law of the Land

By: Kermit Hall

Narrated by: Brian Keeler

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Supreme Court of the United States represents our most unusual and least understood branch of government. Unlike the other branches, the high court marches to an overtly legal drummer, one that demands there be cases and controversies, there be lawyers who function as adversaries, and that all arguments be made in open court. On the other... Read more

The Battle of New Orleans

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This book addresses a pivotal and overlooked moment in American history. In 1815, Britain’s crack troops, fresh from victories against Napoleon, were stunningly defeated near New Orleans by a ragtag army of citizen soldiers under the fledgling commander Andrew Jackson, whom they dubbed “Old Hickory.” It was this battle that first defined the... Read more

Nathan Hale

By: M. William Phelps

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Few Americans know much more about Nathan Hale than his famous last words: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” But who was the real Nathan Hale? M. William Phelps charts the life of this famed patriot and Connecticut’s state hero, following Hale’s rural childhood, his education at Yale, and his work as a... Read more

Daniel Boone

By: John Mack Faragher

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly portrays America’s famous frontier hero, while illuminating the American hero-making process itself. Drawing from popular narrative, the public record, scraps of documentation from Boone’s own hand, and a treasure trove... Read more

Titanic's Last Secrets - Abridged

By: Brad Matsen

Narrated by: Henry Leyva

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did?

To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assemble a team of experts... Read more

The H. L. Hunley

By: Tom Chaffin

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy’s H. L. Hunley sank the Union’s formidable sloop-of-war, the USS Housatonic—to her own demise. For generations, searchers prowled Charleston’s harbor for the sunken boat, while legends surrounding the Hunley and its fate continued to grow. Even after the submarine was located in 1995 and... Read more

Intrepid

By: Bill White & Robert Gandt

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. The 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has sailed into harm’s way around the globe. At Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, she sank Japanese warships and endured kamikaze and torpedo attacks. She fought at Okinawa and other Pacific battles, surviving to be the recovery ship for... Read more

The Devil We Know

By: Robert Baer

Narrated by: Ted Barker

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the past thirty years, while the United States has turned either a blind or dismissive eye, Iran has emerged as a nation every bit as capable of altering America’s destiny as traditional superpowers Russia and China. Indeed, one of this book’s central arguments is that, in some ways, Iran’s grip on America’s future is even tighter.

As ex–CIA... Read more

The Man Who Flew The Memphis Belle - Abridged

By: Robert Morgan

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A powerful chronicle of loyalty, love, and astonishing bravery, The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle takes you into the heart of the war above 20,000 feet, and into the unforgettable life of one of America's greatest World War II heroes. Read more

Gandhi & Churchill

By: Arthur Herman

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 29 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire. They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain’s most glamorous... Read more

Heaven or Heresy

By: Thomas F. Madden

Narrated by: Thomas F. Madden

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Professor Thomas F. Madden-Saint Louis University For many, the Inquisition conjures Gothic images of cloaked figures and barbarous torture chambers. So enmeshed is this view of the Inquisition in popular culture that such scenes play out even in comedies such as Mel Brooks' History of the World and Monty Python's Flying Circus. But is this a... Read more

A Hope in the Unseen

By: Ron Suskind

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez

Length: 17 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times best-selling investigative journalist Ron Suskind based this book on his Pulitzer Prize-winning articles about Cedric Jennings, a black youth struggling to survive one of D.C.'s toughest school districts. A moving portrait of inner city life, A Hope in the Unseen offers a view of life through the eyes of someone trying desperately... Read more

Planet Google

By: Randall Stross

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

After one of the most successful IPOs in history, Google set forth on an incredible, audacious new strategy for its future—a vision so bold, large-scale, and controversial, that the company has worked very hard to keep it totally under wraps. Neither The Search nor The Google Story, both successful books about the company, included any... Read more

The Forever War

By: Dexter Filkins

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prize-winning New York Times correspondent, we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the... Read more

Reagan

By: Marc Eliot

Narrated by: Marc Eliot

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

While his presidency has been rigorously examined, Ronald Reagan's early life as an actor and union leader has remained largely unexplored. In this highly entertaining and revealing new biography, acclaimed author and film historian Marc Eliot uncovers Reagan's unlikely and often frustrating career in motion pictures as well as his unpredictable... Read more