History audiobooks

A Short History of Reconstruction [Updated Edition]

By: Eric Foner

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Newly UpdatedFrom the “preeminent historian of Reconstruction” (New York Times Book Review),a newly updated abridged edition of the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America.“[A] smart book of enormous strengths.”--Boston Globe In this updated edition of the abridged Reconstruction, Eric Foner redefines... Read more

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

By: Wilfred Reilly

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as... Read more

Homewaters

By: David B. Williams

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed... Read more

Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove

Narrated by: Questlove

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary... Read more

A Hero on Mount St. Helens

By: Melanie Holmes

Narrated by: Jeff Renner

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Serendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team conducting scientific research that underpinned warnings about the mountain. Those warnings saved thousands of lives when the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history blew... Read more

The Fall of Rome

By: Nick Holmes

Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A skilled storyteller, Holmes presents a riveting account of the wars, intrigues and personalities that contributed to Rome's decline, with entire chapters devoted to single battles.' Kirkus Reviews



Why did Rome Fall?



In this gripping retelling of one of the most momentous chapters in history, Nick Holmes presents a new interpretation of an old... Read more

Heart of American Darkness

By: Robert G. Parkinson

Narrated by: Shawn Compton

Length: 15 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed historian captures the true nature of imperialism in early America, demonstrating how the frontier shaped the nation.



We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all-powerful empire was brought to bear on... Read more

North of Nowhere

By: Marie Wilson

Narrated by: Marie Wilson

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped lead... Read more

A Word Is Not a Sparrow

By: various authors, Barry Abrams, Sholem Yankev Ab...

Narrated by: Barry Abrams, Andrea Emmes, Jennifer Jill Araya...

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Artists in Ukraine have lost their livelihoods. The Ukraine Audiobook Relief Project was launched to support artists in Ukraine whose lives are threatened because of war.It is a fundamental aspect of war to suppress story, language, and culture. Moved by this crisis of culture, members of PANA (the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association)... Read more

Right Thing, Right Now

By: Ryan Holiday

Narrated by: Ryan Holiday

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what’s right – even when it isn’t easy

For the ancients, everything worth... Read more

Lost Tribes and Promised Lands

By: Ronald Sanders

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 19 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL EDITION: An utterly revelatory work. Unprecedented in scope, detail, and ambition. In Lost Tribes and Promised Lands, celebrated historian and cultural critic Ronald Sanders offers a compelling and ideology-shattering history of racial prejudice and myth as shaped by political, religious, and economic forces from the 14th... Read more

As One Is

By: J. Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Mike Fraser

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a philosopher in the original sense of the word, not an academic or intellectual, but a lover of truth who raised essential questions of living. He spent his adult life speaking to people around the world about eternal questions of life.

In this series of eight talks, given in Ojai, California, in 1955, he... Read more

Roctogenarians

By: Mo Rocca & Jonathan Greenberg

Narrated by: Mo Rocca

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobituaries, comes an inspiring collection of stories that celebrates the triumphs of people who made their biggest marks late in life.

Eighty has been the new sixty for about twenty years now. In fact, there have always been late-in-life achievers, those... Read more

Hospital Sketches

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: Anne Hancock

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In the novel Little Women, Mr. March goes off to war. But in real life, it was Jo March (Louisa May Alcott herself, an avowed abolitionist) who traveled to Washington to nurse Northern soldiers. This is Alcott’s memoir but she chose to use the pseudonym “Tribulation Periwinkle” to tell her story.Despite the subject matter, her account is full of... Read more

This Thread of Gold

By: Catherine Joy White

Narrated by: Catherine Joy White

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Beautiful… A gift to ourselves and to the world.”— Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism

From gender adviser to the UN Catherine Joy White comes This Thread of Gold, a lyrical celebration of the history of Black women who challenged stereotypes through film, politics, activism, and beyond.

This immersive and... Read more

Fosse

By: Sam Wasson

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 21 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Now the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams with Lin-Manuel Miranda executive producing.

“Wasson is a smart and savvy reporter, and his book abounds with colorful firsthand tales.” — Janet Maslin, New York Times

“Fascinating . . . Wasson has taken complete control of his subject.” — Wall Street Journal

The... Read more

Lance Armstrong: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Lance Armstrong, amerikanische Radsportlegende und polarisierende Figur: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

The Mighty Moo

By: Nathan Canestaro

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

THE MIGHTY MOO is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested crew earned a distinguished combat record and beat incredible odds to earn 12 battle stars in the Pacific.

The USS Cowpens and her crew weren’t your typical heroes.  She was a flattop that the US Navy initially didn’t want, with a captain nearly... Read more

Hitler and Poland

By: Norman Ridley

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the end of the First World War, Poland was wedged uncomfortably between the two dominant nations of Germany and the Soviet Union. Poland was obliged to plot and negotiate to try and prevent them from realizing their ambitions to eviscerate the country.



As well as bitter ethnic battles between Germany and Poland for the political control... Read more

Under the Dome

By: Alan M. Hantman

Narrated by: Peter Lerman

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The domed US Capitol Building is recognized around the world as America's most iconic symbol, the forum for representative democracy, and the physical stage for the transfer of executive power. As the United States grew in size and complexity, the Capitol was built, rebuilt, enlarged, and extended many times under the direction of the few who... Read more

The Countryside

By: Corinne Fowler

Narrated by: Corinne Fowler

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An Air Mail Editors’ Pick

Ten walks through idyllic scenery reveal rural Britain’s forgotten links to transatlantic slavery and colonialism—a “revelatory travelogue-cum-exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that will transform our understanding of the English countryside and its heritage.

For centuries, the green fields, rugged highlands,... Read more

Von Leo Tolstoi bis Philip Roth

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Leo Tolstoi, Jules Verne Rudyard Kipling, Stefan Zweig, Kurt Tucholsky, Agatha Christie, Joseph Roth, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Astrid Lindgren, Philip Roth. Read more

WHITE TURK vs BLACK TURK

By: Aydin Nurhan

Narrated by: Tyler christose

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

White Turk vs Black Turk is a thought-provoking exploration of the complex interplay between clashing lifestyles in Turkey and their impact on the country's political arena. Former Ambassador Nurhan provides a comprehensive understanding of the intricate tapestry that is Turkey's political landscape by skill- fully incorporating human... Read more

A Rare Recording of Ludwig von Mises - Volume 1

By: Ludwig von Mises

Narrated by: Ludwig von Mises

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881 - October 10, 1973) was an Austrian–American Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism and the power of consumers. He is best known for his work on human behavior studies comparing... Read more