History audiobooks

Political Theory

By: Joshua Kaplan

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

We all need some help in understanding the world, and that is the starting point for political theory itself. The great works of other times and places can speak to us today, wherever we are. Political theory does this better than other subjects, in part because the theorist wants us to look around and think about the specifics of the world... Read more

Billion Dollar Lessons

By: Paul B. Carroll & Chunka Mui

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.” —EntrepreneurIn the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”There are... Read more

The Road to Wigan Pier

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

When Orwell went to the north of England in the thirties to find out how industrial workers lived, he not only observed but shared in their experience. He stayed in cramped, dreary lodgings and subsisted on the scant, cheerless diet of the poor. He went down into the coal mines and walked crouching, as the miners did, through a one- to... Read more

John Bunyan - Abridged

By: John Brown

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A traveling tinker, John Bunyan accepted long imprisonment rather than give up preaching the Gospel. He explained the life of the Spirit in language the common people could understand and in pictures that stuck in the mind. When he wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress, his fame spread rapidly, and within fifty years of his death, the book was reputed to... Read more

The Irregulars

By: Jennet Conant

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Prior to the U.S. entering WWII, a small coterie of British spies in Washington, D.C., was formed. They called themselves the Baker Street Irregulars after the band of street urchins who were the eyes and ears of Sherlock Holmes in some Arthur Conan Doyle stories. This group constituted the very beginning of what would become MI6, the British... Read more

The North Pole

By: Robert E. Peary

Narrated by: Jonathan Reese

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In September 1909—after nearly two decades of determined effort and numerous attempts, during which he lost eight toes to frostbite—American polar explorer Robert E. Peary emerged from the Arctic's frozen wasteland and declared that his final expedition had been victorious: on April 6, 1909, Peary had attained the North Pole, a long-sought prize... Read more

The War Within - Abridged

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2009 Audie Award Finalist for the Judges’ Award

Bob Woodward once again pulls back the curtain on Washington to reveal the inner workings of a government at war in his fourth book on President George W. Bush.

The War Within provides an exhaustive account of the struggles of General David Petraeus, who takes over in Iraq during one of the bleakest... Read more

Two Nations Under God

By: Tom Doyle

Narrated by: Tom Doyle

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

  In Two Nations Under God, American missionary Tom Doyle presents reasons why the U.S. should show concern for Israel. Part one, “Why Should America Care?” is a biblical and historical primer on Israel with fascinating insights into connections between American and Middle East culture. Part two, “Sorting Out the Middle East Maze,” presents more... Read more

Harry S. Truman

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century

In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the... Read more

The House at Sugar Beach

By: Helene Cooper

Narrated by: Helene Cooper

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist Helene Cooper examines the violent past of her home country Liberia and the effects of its 1980 military coup in this deeply personal memoir and finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Helene Cooper is “Congo,” a descendant of two Liberian dynasties—traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York... Read more

The Anglo Files

By: Sarah Lyall

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Lyall, a reporter for the New York Times, moved to London in the mid-1990s and soon became known for her amusing and incisive dispatches on her adopted country. As she came to terms with its eccentric inhabitants (the English husband who never turned on the lights, the legislators who behaved like drunken frat boys, the hedgehog lovers,... Read more

Autumnal Tints

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From the purple grasses of August, to the yellow elms of October, to the scarlet oak leaves of November, Henry David Thoreau casts his eye on the brilliant colors of autumn and guides us on a journey through the season’s bounty. In this classic essay, first published in 1862, Thoreau delights in fall’s foliage and reveals both a practical and... Read more

Deutsche Geschichte. Ein Versuch Vol. 07 - Abridged

By: Herbert Rosendorfer

Narrated by: Gert Heidenreich

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Während sich im Reich die weltliche Herrschaft gefestigt hat und die Gesellschaft nach bürgerlichen Rechten und konfessioneller Freiheit strebt, bestimmen in Österreich die Türkenkriege das Leben. Außerdem betritt Prinz Eugen die Bühne, der später eine zentrale Rolle spielen wird. Auf unnachahmliche Weise verbindet Rosendorfer sein profundes... Read more

The Cat of Bubastes, with eBook

By: G. A. Henty

Narrated by: John Bolen

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The sacred cat of Bubastes has accidentally been slain; now young Chebron must pay for the offense with his own life, as this is the law of the Pagans in Egypt, 1250 BC. Chebron, the son of a high Egyptian priest, flees for his life, taking his sister Mysa, one of the household slaves Amuba, and several companions with him. They escape through... Read more

The Man on Mao's Right

By: Ji Chaozhu

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

No other narrative from within the corridors of power has offered as frank and intimate an account of the making of the modern Chinese nation as Ji Chaozhu's The Man on Mao's Right. Having served Chairman Mao Zedong and the Communist leadership for two decades, and having become a key figure in China's foreign policy, Ji now provides an honest,... Read more

The Lions of Iwo Jima

By: Major General Fred Haynes (USMC-Ret.) & James A...

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

It was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, claiming a third of all marines killed in World War II. The relentless fighting on Iwo Jima lasted for thirty-six days, but most of us only know the iconic photo of five soldiers raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi. For Fred Haynes, a young captain in Combat Team 28, Surabachi was one... Read more

We are Soldiers Still

By: Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

Narrated by: Joseph L. Galloway

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“Powerful. . . . A candid, highly informative, and heartfelt tale of forgiveness between former fierce enemies in the Vietnam War.” —St. Petersburg TimesThe #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young brought to life one of the most pivotal and heartbreaking battles of the Vietnam War. In this powerful sequel, Lt. Gen... Read more

Alexander der Große - Abridged

By: Ulrich Offenberg

Narrated by: Achim Höppner

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sein Ruhm überstrahlte Jahrtausende, seine Taten sind Legende: Alexander der Große schrieb Weltgeschichte, als er im Jahre 334 vor Christus von Griechenland nach Asien übersetzte und den persischen Großkönig Dareios in den drei Schlachten am Granykos, bei Issos und in Gaugamela vernichtend schlug. Er gründete das ägyptische Alexandria und stieß... Read more

The World in Six Songs - Abridged

By: Daniel J. Levitin

Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The author of The New York Times bestseller This is Your Brain on Music reveals music’s role in the evolution of human culture and “will leave you awestruck.” (The New York Times)
 
Daniel J. Levitin’s astounding debut bestseller, This is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted readers as it transformed our understanding of how music gets... Read more

Dark Summit

By: Nick Heil

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found... Read more

Love Letters of Great Men

By: Ursula Doyle & Ursula Doyle (Ed.)

Narrated by: Anton Lesser

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.

For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music’ (Charles... Read more

Step By Step

By: Bertie Bowman

Narrated by: Bob Stewart

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From sharecropper's son in Depression-era South Carolina to hearing coordinator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bowman shares his inspiring life story. Born in Summerton, S.C., in 1931, young Bertie was raised by his stepmother and strict father to do his share of the farm work, in the spirit of molding a man's character by "hard... Read more

The Orthodox Christian Church: History, Beliefs, and Practices

By: Peter Bouteneff

Narrated by: Peter Bouteneff

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

What was the significance of Pope John Paul II''s visit to Greece, the first such papal visit in 1,291 years? Why are people so fascinated in learning about the Orthodox Church, the world''s second largest Christian community?

Explore the fascinating history, theology, and practices that 250 million Orthodox Christians claim as their own, and... Read more

Tony Horwitz: A Voyage Long and Strange

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In this discussion, author Tony Horwitz talks about his new book, A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World, and how the American continent during 1500s is largely a forgotten time. While most students know about Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492 and the Pilgrims landing in 1620, Horwitz tells the NewsHour’s Ray Suarez that... Read more