History audiobooks

Pillar of Fire - Abridged

By: Taylor Branch

Narrated by: CCH Pounder & Joe Morton

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.

In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch... Read more

Ted Williams - Abridged

By: Leigh Montville

Narrated by: Philip Bosco

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He was The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? What motivated him to interrupt his Hall of Fame career twice to serve his country as a... Read more

Shadow Divers - Abridged

By: Robert Kurson

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times Bestseller 

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.

For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than... Read more

To Conquer the Air - Abridged

By: James Tobin

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.

For years, Wilbur Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in... Read more

100 Quotes by Heraclitus of Ephesus - Abridged

By: Heraclitus

Narrated by: Brad Carty

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

'100 Quotes by Heraclitus of Ephesus' is a superb read for those with an interest in philosophy or the human condition. Insightful, esoteric, and incisive, 21st-century readers will be taken with the relevance of observations made more than 2,500 years ago. Whether you're looking for philosophical inspiration or to further your self-development,... Read more

Freie Spitzen - Politische Witze und Erinnerungen aus den Jahren des Ostblocks (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Bernd-Lutz Lange

Narrated by: Bernd-Lutz Lange

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ein Streifzug durch die vielfältige Landschaft des politischen Witzes im gesamten Ostblock vom Kriegsende bis zum Mauerfall Bernd-Lutz Lange verwebt in seinen Texten die politischen Witze dieser Jahre mit der Beschreibung der herrschenden Zustände in jenen Ländern, mit anekdotischen Streiflichtern und seinen persönlichen Reiseerlebnissen. "Jeder... Read more

Mellon - Abridged

By: David Cannadine

Narrated by: John H. Mayer

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our time: the first published biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government, and philanthropy, leaving his transformative stamp on each.
Following a boyhood in nineteenth-century Pittsburgh, Andrew Mellon overcame painful shyness to... Read more

Frost/Nixon - Abridged

By: David Frost

Narrated by: David Frost

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Following the resounding success of the eponymous West End and Broadway hit play, Frost/Nixon tells the extraordinary story of how Sir David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career—and how the series drew larger audiences than any news interview ever had in the United States, before being shown all over the world.This is Frost's... Read more

Tenente-General Marquês de Caxias - Abridged

By: Sébastien Auguste Sisson

Narrated by: Hellen Vasconcelos

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Esta biografia do Duque de Caxias – então ainda Marquês de Caixas! – tem a peculiaridade de ter sido escrita por um quase contemporâneo seu, Sébastien Auguste Sisson, francês radicado no Rio de Janeiro. Nela, Sisson destaca a influência da educação familiar na formação do jovem militar, bem como parcela de suas façanhas no exército brasileiro,... Read more

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - Abridged

By: James D. Hornfischer

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”

With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the... Read more

Nothing Like it In The World - Abridged

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job.

Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of... Read more

José de Alencar - Abridged

By: Sébastien Auguste Sisson

Narrated by: Lu Affonso

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Esta biografia de José de Alencar tem a peculiaridade de ter sido escrita por um quase contemporâneo seu, Sébastien Auguste Sisson, francês radicado no Rio de Janeiro. "Trinta e seis anos são passados..." escreve o autor... 36 anos desde 1822, ano da Independência do Brasil! Eis o frescor do texto. Nesta biografia, é privilegiada sua atuação... Read more

Lincoln - Abridged

By: Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt, II...

Narrated by: Frank Langella

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An audiobook to be treasured by all history buffs: the companion volume to the ABC TV documentary.

This remarkable biography presents Abraham Lincoln as we have never before seen him. The insightful and vibrant narrative draws extensively on diaries, letters, and other primary sources to provide a remarkably close-up view of Lincoln: the boy,... Read more

O Senhor D. Pedro II - Abridged

By: Sébastien Auguste Sisson

Narrated by: Lu Affonso

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Esta biografia de D. Pedro II tem a peculiaridade de ter sido escrita por um quase contemporâneo seu, Sébastien Auguste Sisson, francês radicado no Rio de Janeiro. O leitor fica assim conhecendo os passos que antecederam a subida ao trono do imperador, no chamado "decênio das regências", quando muitas calamidades pesaram sobre o país. A imagem... Read more

A deliciosa história da França (resumo) - Abridged

By: Stéphane Hénaut & Jeni Mitchell

Narrated by: Rodrygo Gomes

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este livro é um resumo produzido a partir da obra original. Da receita do cassoulet, que venceu uma guerra, até o crepe, que derrotou Napoleão; das revoltas provocadas por pão e sal até as novas culinárias forjadas pelo Império, a história da França está estreitamente ligada a aventuras gastronômicas. Por meio de uma investigação espirituosa dos... Read more

The Big Show - Abridged

By: Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick

Narrated by: Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From World Sports Headquarters in historic Bristol, Connecticut, comes the audiobook that's more colorful than Dennis Rodman's hair. For the first time, Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the tag-team partners of ESPN's award winning Sportscenter, bring what People magazine calls their "Letterman-like loopiness and Koppel-esque smarts" to... Read more

Preachers of Hate - Abridged

By: Kenneth R. Timmerman

Narrated by: Kenneth R. Timmerman

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single most important issue we face when trying to make... Read more

Death of a Dissident - Abridged

By: Alex Goldfarb & Marina Litvinenko

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The assassination of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander "Sasha" Litvinenko in November 2006 -- poisoned by the rare radioactive element polonium -- caused an international sensation. Within a few short weeks, the fit forty-three-year-old lay gaunt, bald, and dying in a hospital, the victim of a "tiny nuclear bomb." Suspicions swirled... Read more

Our Hidden Lives - Abridged

By: Simon Garfield

Narrated by: Amanda Carlton, Christopher Scott, Jeffrey Perr...

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would record, in diary form, the events of their everyday lives. An estimated one million pages eventually found their way to the archive - and it soon... Read more

ملخص كتاب كل جيش الكرملين - Abridged

By: ميخائيل زيغار

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يعتقد كثيرون أن العبقرية هي السبب الأساسي وراء الأعمال الإبداعية العظيمة، إلا أنّ تلك ما هي إلا حقيقةٌ منقوصةٌ. العبقرية في حدّ ذاتها لا تضمن تحقيق النجاح. وكم من أشخاصٍ يتمتعون بمعدلات ذكاءٍ مرتفعة أو فوق متوسطة فشلوا في الوصول لإنجازات وصل إليها من هم دونهم في معدلات الذكاء. الحقيقة أنّ تحقيق النجاح الحقيقي في المجالات الإبداعية كما في أي... Read more

The State of Jones - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins & John Stauffer

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the real South. Not the... Read more

Die Rückkehr des Terrors - Wie uns der Dschihadismus herausfordert (Autorisierte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Peter R. Neumann

Narrated by: Martin Valdeig

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der dschihadistische Terror ist zurück. Seit dem Angriff der Hamas auf Israel am 7. Oktober 2023 mobilisiert sich weltweit eine neue Gewaltbewegung, die sich in westlichen Gesellschaften schnell auszubreiten droht - nach dem Angriff gab es in Europa bereits mehr versuchte Anschläge als im gesamten Jahr zuvor. Peter R. Neumann, einer der... Read more

Tenha o Poder de Atrair Dinheiro - Abridged

By: Zé Namasteca

Narrated by: Namasteca Estúdios

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A jornada de um homem que desafiou os limites e conquistou a liberdade financeira. Descubra como um caminhoneiro transformou sua vida através do poder da mente e da espiritualidade. Este livro revela os segredos que o levaram da pobreza à abundância, oferecendo um guia prático para você alcançar seus objetivos.Descubra os segredos ancestrais da... Read more

Die Versprengten - Abridged

By: F. John-Ferrer

Narrated by: Klaus G. Förg

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Januar 1945: Zwei Obergefreite verlieren auf dem Rückzug der deutschen Truppen vor der herannahenden Roten Armee den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Auf sich allein gestellt, inmitten einer feindlichen Welt und geplagt vom sibirisch kalten Winter haben die beiden nur ein Ziel: Sie müssen hinter die Frontlinie gelangen, sonst sind sie verloren. Auf... Read more