History audiobooks

Seabiscuit - Abridged

By: Laura Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than ... Read more

Ava's Man - Abridged

By: Rick Bragg

Narrated by: Rick Bragg

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over But the Shoutin’ a beloved bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South.

This time he’s writing about his grandfather Charlie Bundrum, a man who died before Bragg was born but left an indelible... Read more

American Heritage's Great Minds of American History - Abridged

By: American Heritage

Narrated by: David McCullough & Stephen E. Ambrose

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history.

American Heritage's Great Minds of American History takes you to critical moments in American history, imbuing the past with an immediacy that goes well beyond the scope of formal histories. Roger Mudd's highly... Read more

An Army at Dawn - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: Rick Atkinson

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the first volume of a remarkable trilogy, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson provides the definitive history of the war in North Africa.
The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. An Army at Dawn begins on the eve of Operation TORCH, the... Read more

The Road Ahead - Abridged

By: Bill Gates

Narrated by: Rick Adamson & Bill Gates

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The founder of Microsoft presents his vision for the future, in which he sees the digital technologies of the coming years changing the way we buy, work, learn, and communicate. Read more

Der Thule-Orden - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier, Volker Risch & Marietta Bürger

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Thule-Orden Die schwarze Macht des Dritten Reiches Der nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg ins Leben gerufene "Thule-Orden" gilt als organisatorisches Fundament der nationalsozialistischen Bewegung. Zu seinen Gründungsmitgliedern zählten Himmler, Streicher, Rosenberg und Hess. Doch so eindeutig, wie manche Historiker es darstellen, scheinen die... Read more

Die Todesfahrt der "Wilhelm Gustloff" - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier, Eva Garg & Hans-Peter Goldbeck

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Todesfahrt der "Wilhelm Gustloff" Der Untergang der "Wilhelm Gustloff" war die größte Schiffskatastrophe aller Zeiten: Über 9.300 Menschen, darunter 5.000 Kinder, verloren am 30. Januar 1945 im eisigen Wasser der Ostsee ihr Leben. Zeitzeugen lassen die Geschichte des seinerzeit größten Dampfers der Erde noch einmal lebendig werden:... Read more

Der Totenwald von Bialowieza - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Hendrik Stickan

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Totenwald von Bialowieza Vormarschkämpfe der Heeresgruppe Mitte im Sommer 1941 Am 22. Juni 1941 trat die deutsche Heeresgruppe Mitte unter Feldmarschall von Bock zum Angriff auf die Sowjetunion an. Die Heeresgruppe sollte auf ihren Flügeln starke Kräfte vorantreiben, die russischen Verbände in Weißrussland zersprengen und... Read more

Wer regiert die Welt? - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Hans-Peter Goldbeck

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wer regiert die Welt? Illuminaten, Neuptempler und Bilderberger Alles, was uns als "Wirklichkeit" verkauft wird, ist nur eine hübsch bemalte Fassade aus Pappmaschee. Politik ist eine Art Puppentheater, die Figuren auf der öffentlichen Bühne sind lediglich gut bezahlte Marionetten. Die Fäden, an denen sie zappeln, ziehen mächtige... Read more

Citizen Soldiers - Abridged

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest Europe from the day after D-Day until the end of the bitterest days of World War II.

In this riveting account, historian Stephen E. Ambrose continues where he left off in his #1 bestseller D-Day. Citizen... Read more

Pete Hamill on Eddie Stanky - Abridged

By: Pete Hamill

Narrated by: Pete Hamill

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It's a cold spring day in 1944. A young Pete Hamill is with his father watching the Brooklyn Dodgers play the Boston Braves. The wartime teams are just dismal - many major league players are serving their country and the teams have been clogged with has-beens and guys that are 4-F. But Pete's father tells him to "watch this little guy." His name... Read more

Der Zweite Dreißigjährige Krieg - Abridged

By: Gerd Schulze-Rohnhof

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Der zweite Dreißigjährige Krieg" 1914 - 1945 Der für uns Deutsche ungewohnte Begriff des "Zweiten Dreißigjährigen Kriegs" stammt aus England. Die Briten umschreiben damit – in Anlehnung an die Geschehnisse der Jahre 1618 bis 1648, die in die Geschichtsschreibung als "Dreißigjähriger Krieg" eingegangen sind – den Zeitraum vom Beginn des... Read more

Bound for Canaan - Abridged

By: Fergus Bordewich

Narrated by: Fergus Bordewich

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change.The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a clash of values that evolved into a fierce... Read more

Otto von Bismarck - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes & Eva Garg

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Otto von Bismarck – Diplomat im Schatten der Macht Wir schreiben das Jahr 1847: Ein gerade mal 34-jähriger Gutsbesitzersohn zieht als Nachrücker in den Preußischen Landtag ein. Nichts Außergewöhnliches; wir könnten leicht darüber hinwegsehen, wenn er Müller, Meier oder Schulze geheißen hätte. Aber er hieß Otto von Bismarck, und damit... Read more

Hajo Herrmann - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Oberst a.D. Hajo Herrmann Erinnerungen eines deutschen Luftwaffenoffiziers Oberst a. D. Hajo Herrmann gilt heute als einer der herausragenden Zeitzeugen in Fragen des Luftkrieges. Denn der Jagd- und Kampfflieger berichtet über die Ereignisse vor und während des Zweiten Weltkrieges aus eigenem unmittelbaren Erleben in exponierten... Read more

Fliegst Du schon oder überlegst du noch - Abridged

By: Claudia Lanfranconi

Narrated by: Antonia Feuerstein, Dagmar Maya Hahn, Kornelia ...

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Frauen, die ihre Träume wahr machten, wollten meist hoch hinaus und bei ihren Bemühungen konnte sie niemand aufhalten. Sie haben sich gegen Väter, Mütter, Brüder, Lehrer und gesellschaftliche Konventionen gestellt, um abzuheben und die gläserne Decke zu durchbrechen. Kurzweilige Lebensgeschichten von spannenden Frauen, die den großen Sprung... Read more

A la luz de las lucernas - Abridged

By: Juan Luis del Valle Pliego

Narrated by: Martín Quirós (voz sintética)

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Un hombre desembarca en el puerto de Ostia. Se trata de un esclavo. Forma parte de un lote prohibitivo que acaba de adquirir su señor, uno de los hombres más poderosos de su tiempo. Por su empeño de preceptor y consejero estará en contacto con el poder y sus oscuras intrigas. A través de sus ojos y de sus escritos conoceremos la ciudad eterna,... Read more

Intelligence in War - Abridged

By: John Keegan

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a powerful argument about military intelligence.

In... Read more

الجريمة العثمانية - Abridged

By: وليد فكري

Narrated by: محمد العربي

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

في هذا الكتاب، يتناول الكاتب والباحث «وليد فكري» الوقائع الصادمة والجرائم التي ارتكبتها الدولة العثمانية خلال أربعة قرون أثناء استيلائهم على مصر. من خلال أربعة وثلاثين مقال منفصلة يعدد مساوئ تلك الفترة، لكنه يبدأ حديثه عن حُمى تمجيد العثمانيين وتحصينهم الديني للتاريخ، ويتكلم عن دور الدراما التركية في التأثير على الفكر الجمعي للجماهير... Read more

Kaddish - Abridged

By: Leon Wieseltier

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After his father died, Leon Wieseltier began to observe the traditional year-long period of mourning, going to the synagogue three times a day to recite the prayer known as the mourner's Kaddish. Struck by the profound, yet unexpected power of this practice and the poverty of his knowledge about it, Leon began to study the history and meaning of... 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

Stauffenberg - Der 2. Juli 1944 (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Dirk Schwibbert

Narrated by: Oliver Nitsche & Matthias Scherwenikas

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, eine der zentralen Persönlichkeiten des Widerstandes gegen die Nationalsozialisten, verübte am 20. Juli 1944 erfolglos ein Attentat auf Adolf Hitler. Die "Operation Walküre", der geplante Staatsstreich, war damit gescheitert, die Widerständler wurden noch in der gleichen Nacht hingerichtet. Ein fesselndes... Read more

Crazy Wisdom - Abridged

By: Wes "Scoop" Nisker

Narrated by: Wes "Scoop" Nisker

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Take a wild and rickety ride through the philosophies of the East and West to discover madmen, dreamers, and unconventional wisdom seekers. Fun and irreverent, Crazy Wisdom synthesizes the most significant, compelling insights of the ages. Journey into the unorthodox teachings that have bubbled up through the words of such "crazy" visionaries as... Read more

In the Company of Heroes - Abridged

By: Michael Durant & Steven Hartov

Narrated by: Michael Durant

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Ranger, Ranger, you die Somalia!" shouted the enraged Somali voices surrounding Blackhawk helicopter pilot Michael J. Durant, his bird shot down by a well-placed rocket-propelled grenade. With his devastating injuries, Durant would be lucky to survive the night.
"Mike Durant...Mike Durant..." came the disembodied voice floating above the... Read more