History audiobooks

En avion vers le pôle nord

By: Roald Amundsen

Narrated by: Nicole NORRAC

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"En avion vers le pôle Nord" de Roald Amundsen est un récit captivant de l'une des aventures les plus audacieuses du célèbre explorateur norvégien. Ce livre retrace son incroyable voyage en 1926 à bord du dirigeable Norge, aux côtés de Lincoln Ellsworth et Umberto Nobile, dans leur quête historique pour survoler et atteindre le pôle Nord. À... Read more

A Rare Recording of FA Hayek on Socialism

By: FA Hayek

Narrated by: FA Hayek

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The following two audio clips are from Friedrich August von Hayek (May 8, 1899 - March 23, 1992), who was an Austrian-British economist and political philosopher. Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for work on money and economic fluctuations, and how prices communicate information. His seminal... Read more

Ganz normale Männer

By: Christopher R. Browning

Narrated by: Sebastian Dunkelberg

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Christopher Brownings Buch über die Beteiligung "normaler" Polizisten an der Endlösung ist inzwischen ein Klassiker der Holocaust-Literatur. Sommer 1942: Ein Bataillon der Hamburger Polizeireserve, etwa 500 Männer, die zu alt zum Dienst in der Wehrmacht waren, werden nach Polen zu einem Sonderauftrag gebracht. Sie sollen die jüdische... 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

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

A Rare Recording of Ludwig von Mises - Volume 2

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

Ganz normale Männer

By: Christopher R. Browning

Narrated by: Sebastian Dunkelberg

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Christopher Brownings Buch über die Beteiligung "normaler" Polizisten an der Endlösung ist inzwischen ein Klassiker der Holocaust-Literatur. Sommer 1942: Ein Bataillon der Hamburger Polizeireserve, etwa 500 Männer, die zu alt zum Dienst in der Wehrmacht waren, werden nach Polen zu einem Sonderauftrag gebracht. Sie sollen die jüdische... Read more

Von Harry Truman bis Jimmy Carter

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 54 minutes

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: Harry Truman, Martin Luther King, Meville Chamberlain, Robert Schuman, Yassiry Arafat, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Valerie Giscard d'Estaing, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Konrad Adenauer, Jimmy Carter. Read more

Cryptography in World War I: The History of the Efforts to Make and Break Secret Codes during the Great War

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

World War I was the first major conflict in which new electronic means of transmitting and receiving messages became a major factor in political and military operations. The electric telegraph was developed in the first half of the 19th century, and by 1850, there were several telegraph companies around the world providing a service that... Read more

Gettysburg and Vicksburg: The Civil War Turning Points of 1863

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Without question, the most famous battle of the American Civil War took place outside of the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which happened to be a transportation hub, serving as the center of a wheel with several roads leading out to other Pennsylvanian towns. From July 1-3, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia tried... Read more

Historia del Perú: Una guía fascinante de la historia peruana, desde la civilización chavín y otras antiguas civilizaciones andinas hasta el presente, pasando por el Imperio incaico

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Perú es una tierra de majestuosidad y maravillas donde confluyen mitos, leyendas e historia. Y este libro le ofrece un asiento en primera fila.Perú es una tierra que, para muchos, parece lejana y distante. Incluso para quienes viven relativamente cerca geográficamente, Perú puede parecer fuera de su alcance. Después de todo, Perú está situado en... Read more

Michael Schumacher: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael Schumacher, deutsche Rennsportlegende und tragische Figur: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Louisiana: A Captivating Guide to Its Unique History, from Early Peoples and the Big Land Buy to Important Battles and Beyond

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Jason Saffir

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on a Journey Through Louisiana's Soul: Discover the Land of Diversity & Resilience!Two manuscripts in one audiobook: History of Louisiana: A Captivating Guide to Everything from Native Americans, Cajuns, and Creoles to the Louisiana Purchase, Battle of New Orleans, and More The Louisiana Purchase: A Captivating Guide to a Major... Read more

Pompey the Great: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary Roman General Who Lost the Civil War to Julius Caesar

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Victoria Woodson

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Thanks to Caesar’s victory in the civil war, Pompey is mostly remembered not for being one of Rome’s greatest generals, but for being defeated by Caesar and then ignominiously murdered after he fled to Egypt, where the boy pharaoh Ptolemy XIII decapitated Pompey and offered his head to Caesar as a gift. Although Caesar was there chasing... Read more

Las guerras berberiscas: Una guía fascinante de las primeras guerras de ultramar emprendidas por Estados Unidos

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

¡Descubra la fascinante historia de las primeras guerras estadounidenses en África!A través de este libro conocerá las guerras berberiscas de 1801 a 1805 y de 1815, las primeras guerras estadounidenses fuera de Norteamérica. Los enemigos eran los piratas berberiscos musulmanes de la costa norteafricana.Descubra cómo los marineros estadounidenses... Read more

Human History: 1000 Interesting Facts About Humans from Ancient Times to the Present

By: Ahoy Publications

Narrated by: Jay Herbert

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the fascinating history of the world with 1,000 interesting facts!1000 Interesting Facts About Human History is an in-depth exploration of human history from 200,000 BCE to the present day. Discover how early humans migrated across landmasses, the inventions revolutionized society and helped propel humanity forward, the rise of... Read more

Homo sapiens: Una fascinante guía sobre la historia de los humanos y la evolución humana

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Alguna vez ha querido saber cómo el Homo sapiens se convirtió en «humano»?Al principio, el Homo sapiens era solo una de las especies humanas del mundo. Tras siglos de coexistencia, fue el único superviviente. ¿Cómo ocurrió?Este fascinante libro sobre el Homo sapiens desvela los secretos de nuestra especie y lo que nos hizo humanos. Desde sus... Read more

Diabolical Democracy Debunked

By: Gregory Heary

Narrated by: Omar Abu

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you ever wonder if modern democracy truly aligns with religious teachings? Can a system like Shariah law offer a more just governance according to divine principles? This book holds the key to understanding these pressing questions.
Navigating the complex interplay between democracy and religion, this book critically examines the contrasts and... Read more

Die Kultur der Maya: Ein fesselnder Überblick über die Geschichte der Maya von der olmekischen Herrschaft über das alte Mexiko bis zur Ankunft Hernán Cortés’ und der spanischen Eroberung

By: Billy Wellman

Narrated by: Marko Kraft

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Gibt es die Maya noch?Welche Bedeutung hat die Entdeckung von Chichén Itzá?Wie ist diese mächtige Kultur untergegangen?Wenn Sie Antworten auf diese faszinierenden Fragen suchen, dann lesen Sie weiter ...Die Maya schufen eine erstaunliche Gesellschaft voller Überraschungen, die uns rätseln lassen, wie diese Menschen entstanden sind und... Read more

Von Bill Haley bis Ritchie Valens

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Ralf Erkel

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 58 minutes

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: Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Carl Perkins, Ritchie Valens. Read more

The Elephant Man

By: Frederick Treves

Narrated by: Edward E. French

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a story in Victorian England of how in 1884 Frederick Treves, Surgeon and Lecturer in Anatomy at the London Hospital arranged for the "Elephant Man" (whose distorted grotesque face and deformed body made him a "freak") to visit the medical college next to the hospital for the purpose of a lecture. They would later become friends and... Read more

The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading) - Abridged

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: Various

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading)
Discover a Landmark Legal Drama Like Never BeforeStep into the courtroom of history with the Digital Audiobook of "The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading)" by Anonymous. This powerful and gripping audiobook transports you to the sensational trials that captivated the world and ultimately led to the... Read more

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin

Narrated by: Anna Isaksen

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on an auditory adventure with The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, narrated to immerse you in the life of one of America’s pivotal Founding Fathers. This isn't just a story; it's a journey through Franklin's remarkable rise from humble beginnings to becoming an inventor, writer, and statesman. With vivid narration, Franklin's trials,... Read more

Von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing bis Günter Grass

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 52 minutes

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: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Heinrich von Kleist, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Fontane, Hermann Hesse, Erich Maria Remarque, Bertolt Brecht, Erich Kästner, Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass. Read more