History audiobooks

Eisenhower

By: John Wukovits

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This new addition to Wesley Clark’s Great Generals Series features the principal architect of the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II and his relevance today.World War II expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower’s contributions to American warfare. American general and thirty-fourth president of the United States, Eisenhower... Read more

LeMay

By: Barrett Tillman

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Packed with breathtaking air battles and ground tactics, this new addition to the Great Generals Series features the controversial command and strategies of the former Air Force Chief of Staff.Curtis LeMay was a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general. In World War II, he ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when atomic bombs... Read more

MacArthur

By: Richard B. Frank

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his adaptability that hoisted him to his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability now reigns as the most indispensable trait for high military leadership in an era of technological leaps that guarantee the nature of war will radically change during the span of an ordinary career. No American figure better... Read more

Napoleon’s Egypt

By: Juan Cole

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this vivid historical account, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798.Revealing Napoleon’s reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt and showcasing the young general’s fascinating views of the Orient, Cole delves into the psychology of both the military titan and his entourage. He paints a multifaceted... Read more

Stonewall Jackson

By: Donald A. Davis

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Deemed “irreplaceable” by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that the Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Jackson’s leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a... Read more

For the New Intellectual

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth.”—Ayn RandOne of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philosophy of rational self-interest that stands in sharp opposition to the ethics of altruism and self-sacrifice. Her unique philosophy, Objectivism, has gained a... Read more

The Case of Abraham Lincoln

By: Julie M. Fenster

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1856, Abraham Lincoln was at a difficult point, personally. Depressed, edgy, and often despondent, he had grown bored with his work as a lawyer. He saw himself as a former congressman with little future in politics. Then in May of 1856, he became drawn to the case of the gruesome murder of a blacksmith named George Anderson. Lincoln was asked... Read more

Victory

By: Peter Schweizer

Narrated by: Ian Esmo

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This explosive book chronicles why and how Ronald Reagan helped to bring down the Soviet Union. Based on exclusive interviews with key participants including Caspar Weinberger, George Schultz, John Poindexter, Robert McFarlane, and William Clark, Peter Schweizer provides the riveting details of how the Reagan inner circle undermined the Soviet... Read more

Sherman

By: Steven E. Woodworth

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, as well as criticism for the harshness of the “scorched earth” policies that he implemented in conducting total war... Read more

Tales from the Dugout

By: Mike Shannon

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This memorable collection of anecdotes about America's national pastime will take you into the dugout, clubhouse, and press box with some of the game's greatest players and storytellers. From Hall-of-Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays to the always-quotable Casey Stengel, to modern-day stars Ken Griffey, Jr. and Larry Walker, Tales from the... Read more

Charles Hillinger’s America

By: Charles Hillinger

Narrated by: Dennis McKee

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection is the fruit of Hillinger’s nearly forty-six years of a dream job spent traveling the United States as a feature writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. The result was 6,000 human and general interest stories. He traveled, came home to write, and hit the road again.In Charles Hillinger’s America, you will learn about... Read more

Firestorm

By: Marshall De Bruhl

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

On February 13 and 14, 1945, three successive waves of British and U.S. aircraft rained down thousands of tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs on the largely undefended German city of Dresden. Night and day, Dresden was engulfed in a vast sea of flame, a firestorm that generated 1,500-degree temperatures and hurricane-force winds.... Read more

The Night Stalkers

By: Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov & Robert L. Jo...

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

From the authors of the bestselling In the Company of Heroes come the thrilling, never-before-heard stories of the Army's elite aviation unit, the most daring and professional helicopter crews in the world.



In his first book, Michael Durant told his harrowing tale of being shot down in his Blackhawk over Mogadishu and held captive by a Somali... Read more

Lincoln’s Spymaster

By: David Hepburn Milton

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Civil War conjures images of blood-soaked battlefields in the United States, but few are aware of the equally important diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe. While the Confederacy sought Great Britain as a strategic ally, the Union utilized diplomacy and espionage to avert both the construction... Read more

Dragon Sea

By: Frank Pope

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound-dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel-teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of fifteenth-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. The Stakes were high: The Hoi An wreck lay hundreds of feet down in a typhoon-prone stretch of water off the coast of Vietnam... Read more

The Life of Thomas More

By: Peter Ackroyd

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 18 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This book, as much a work of history as a biography, is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures in history.Thomas More (1478–1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political treatise, Utopia, that gave a political worldview; and, most famously, a Catholic martyr and saint. Born into... Read more

Andrew Jackson

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

It was Andrew Jackson’s military heroism that helped to usher him into the presidency. From the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 to the Indian Wars and his unorthodox presence in the White House, Jackson is one of the most fascinating figures in American history. Here is his life as told by the foremost Jackson historian of our time. Read more

Pershing

By: Jim Lacey

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing’s legacy as the nation’s first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today’s four-star officers. When the US entered into World War I in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one-million-man army against forty... Read more

Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls

By: Edward E. Leslie

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 21 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson to Alive! and Adrift, tales of survival have always captivated readers. This powerful collection chronicles the remarkable true stories of real-life maroons, castaways, and other survivors as they struggle to endure against insurmountable odds. From the 1500s to the present, in the most isolated... Read more

Double Victory

By: Ronald Takaki

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In Double Victory, a broad spectrum of American voices emerges to illustrate the country's multicultural struggles and victories during World War II. We hear from a Japanese-American at an internment camp; a Native American code breaker using the Navajo language for the first time; a Mexican-American woman, "Rosarita, the riveter," who was able... Read more

William Henry Harrison

By: Howard Peckham

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet our ninth US president before his famous victory over the native chief Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Young readers will thrill to “Billy” Harrison’s dramatic rescue of his sister, Sally, as she struggles to stay afloat after falling into a river, and admire his courage when he captures a British soldier at the age of eight. Find out... Read more

Echoes of the Mekong

By: Peter A. Huchthausen & Nguyen Thi Lung

Narrated by: Lloyd James & Marguerite Gavin

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1967, Peter Huchthausen, a river patrol officer on Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta, rescued a badly wounded Vietnamese child, Nguyen Thi Lung. He arranged for the girl’s treatment and education, only to lose track of her when her town was overrun by the North Vietnamese during the Tet Offensive.After the war, Lung led a difficult and shadowy... Read more

Shades of Blue and Gray

By: Herman Hattaway

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Shades of Blue and Gray places the 1861–1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing technology and its significant impact, Hattaway includes valuable material on land and sea mines, minesweepers, hand grenades, automatic weapons, the Confederate submarine, and balloons. The evolution of professionalism in the American... Read more

Inside the CIA

By: Ronald Kessler

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald Kessler’s explosive bestseller, The FBI, brought down FBI Director William S. Sessions. Now, in this unparalleled work of investigative journalism, Kessler reveals the inner world of the CIA. Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active Directors of Central Intelligence William H. Webster and Robert M.... Read more