History audiobooks

Konrad Adenauer - Abridged

By: Johannes Haneke

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Konrad Adenauer Deutschlands Weg aus den Trümmern 1949 - 1967 Wer war der Mann, der Deutschland aus den Trümmern führte und von 1949 bis 1963 als erster Kanzler der jungen Republik den politischen Weg einer Nation maßgeblich mitbestimmte? Der einen strikt antikommunistischen Kurs verfolgte und Deutschland stark mit dem Westen verband?... Read more

A Long Way from Home - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years

From his parents’ life in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into... Read more

The Darkest Jungle - Abridged

By: Todd Balf

Narrated by: Ray Childs

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Commit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Darién—and in God’s is the way out.”

The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America’s first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darién, a place that loomed large in the minds of the world’s most courageous adventurers... Read more

Russian Civil War - Abridged

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Russian Civil War is regarded as one of the most important occurrences in the 20th century. There were not one but many reasons which sparked the Civil War in Russia. The event is at times clubbed together with the Great War. The number of people died in the Russian Civil War was so high that it shadowed the American Civil War. The end of... Read more

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments - Abridged

By: George Johnson

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the acclaimed New York Times science writer George Johnson, an irresistible book on the ten most fascinating experiments in the history of science—moments when a curious soul posed a particularly eloquent question to nature and received a crisp, unambiguous reply.

Johnson takes us to those times when the world seemed filled with mysterious... Read more

Dönitz im Kreuzverhör - Abridged

By: Klaus Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Dönitz im Kreuzverhör Ungeschnittene Original-Ton-Dokumente aus dem Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem internationalen Militärgerichtshof Nürnberg 1945 - 1946 Am 1. Mai 1945, einen Tag nachdem Adolf Hitler in Berlin Selbstmord begangen hatte, übernahm Großadmiral Karl Dönitz als dessen Nachfolger das Amt des... Read more

The Power of Gold - Abridged

By: Peter L. Bernstein

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Over the centuries, gold had stirred the passions for power and glory, for beauty and security, and even for immortality.  No other object has commanded so much veneration over such a long period of time.  The most striking feature of this long history is that gold led most of the protagonists in the drama into the ditch.  Gold had them, rather... Read more

Thucydide, Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse, oeuvres choisies - Abridged

By: Thucydide

Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

La Guerre du Péloponnèse, ou Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse est un ouvrage de l'historien athénien Thucydide écrit à la fin du Vème siècle av. J.-C. Il raconte la guerre du Péloponnèse opposant la ligue du Péloponnèse, dirigée par Sparte, à la ligue de Délos, menée par Athènes ; il est généralement considéré comme la première œuvre... Read more

The Great Republic - Abridged

By: Winston S. Churchill

Narrated by: Winston S. Churchill

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Great Republic is Sir Winston Churchill's personal vision of American history, from the arrival of the first European settlers to the dawn of the Cold War, edited by his grandson, the historian and journalist Winston S. Churchill. The book is a magnificent retelling of the American story, including some of the best short histories of the  ... Read more

Philistines at the Hedgerow - Abridged

By: Steven Gaines

Narrated by: Steven Gaines

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author Steven Gaines's "richly entertaining" (People) and juicy social history of the Hamptons.

As one of America's most fabled communities--long a magnet for artists, celebrities, the very rich, and their respective hangers-on--the Hamptons have been a scene of constant collision among the established old guard, New Money, and the... Read more

Xénophon, Histoire Grecque - Abridged

By: Xénophon

Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Xénophon est un historien, philosophe et chef militaire de la Grèce antique né à Erchia près d'Athènes vers 430 av. J.-C. et mort vers 355 av. J.-C. Les Helléniques ou Histoire Grecque est un ouvrage ou celui-ci raconte l'histoire grecque entre 411 et 362. L'ouvrage débute là où s'achève l'Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse de Thucydide et se... Read more

The Family - Abridged

By: Kitty Kelley

Narrated by: Kitty Kelley

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under the leadership of their number one son, they are, more... Read more

Electric Universe - Abridged

By: David Bodanis

Narrated by: Adam Levy

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe—electricity—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.

For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that... Read more

Erwin Geschonneck - Abridged

By: Johannes Haneke

Narrated by: Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Erwin Geschonneck: "Bei uns gab es keine Stars" Stationen eines ungewöhnlichen Lebens Erwin Geschonneck zählt zu den wenigen charismatischen Bühnen- und Filmstars der DDR. Seine schauspielerische Individualität ist legendär. Trotz seines Erfolges ist er sich selbst sein Leben lang treu geblieben und nutzte seine exponierte Stellung immer... Read more

Hérodote, Histoires - Abridged

By: Herodotus

Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hérodote (Vème siècle av. J.-C) est un historien et géographe grec. Considéré comme le premier historien, il a été surnommé le " Père de l'Histoire " par Cicéron en raison de sa grande œuvre historique, les Histoires, également appelée Enquête. C'est l'un des précurseurs de l'histoire universelle. Hérodote y expose le développement de l'empire... Read more

Mekong First Light - Abridged

By: Joseph W. Callaway, Jr.

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”
—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” Caldwell

December, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into... Read more

Eva Braun - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eva Braun – Die Frau an Hitlers Seite Deutschland im Mai 1945. Der Krieg ist verloren: Trümmer und Ruinenfelder, so weit das Auge reicht. Während die Alliierten den Sieg feiern, suchen russische Spezialeinheiten in Berlin nach den Überresten von Feind Nummer 1: Adolf Hitler. Dieser hatte sich am 30. April gemeinsam mit seiner kurz zuvor... Read more

A Writer's Life - Abridged

By: Gay Talese

Narrated by: Gay Talese

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The inner workings of a writer’s life, the interplay between experience and writing, are brilliantly recounted by a master of the art. Gay Talese now focuses on his own life—the zeal for the truth, the narrative edge, the sometimes startling precision, that won accolades for his journalism and best-sellerdom and acclaim for his revelatory books... Read more

Friedrich der Große - Abridged

By: Johannes Haneke

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier, Volker Risch & Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Friedrich der Große - Zeitlose Weisheiten des großen Preußenkönigs "Eine Regierung muss sparsam sein, weil das Geld, das sie erhält, aus dem Blut und Schweiß ihres Volkes stammt. Es ist gerecht, dass jeder einzelne dazu beiträgt, die Ausgaben des Staates tragen zu helfen. Aber es ist nicht gerecht, dass er die Hälfte seines jährlichen... Read more

Die Geschichte der Deutschen - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Geschichte der Deutschen Von der Hermannsschlacht bis zum Fall der Mauer Das Hörbuch "Die Geschichte der Deutschen" zeichnet ebenso pointiert wie kompetent die Entwicklung Deutschlands von seinen Ursprüngen bis in die Gegenwart nach. Kein trockener Geschichtsunterricht, keine langweilige Aneinanderreihung von Daten und Fakten, sondern... Read more

Grace and Power - Abridged

By: Sally Bedell Smith

Narrated by: Anne Twomey

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made... Read more

Die Geschichte der Hitlerjugend - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Geschichte der Hitlerjugend Obwohl die Hitlerjugend mit über acht Millionen Mitgliedern die größte Jugendorganisation in der deutschen Geschichte war, sind viele Fragen hinsichtlich ihrer Führungsstruktur und ihrer politischen Ausrichtung bis heute unbeantwortet. Diese Doppel-CD bietet ausführliche Einblicke in die Entwicklung der... Read more

I Am Alive! - Abridged

By: Charles Jackson & Major Bruce H. Norton

Narrated by: John Henry Cox

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the bleak and bitter cold of a copper mine in northern Japan, a Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy was given an opportunity to write a prisoner-of-war card for his wife. He was allowed ten words—he used three: “I AM ALIVE!” This message, classic in its poignancy of suffering and despair captures only too well what it meant to be a prisoner... Read more

America Back on Track - Abridged

By: Edward M. Kennedy

Narrated by: Edward M. Kennedy

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With America Back on Track, his first major policy book in more than forty years, Senator Edward Kennedy reveals a critical plan to revive the lapsed values of our nation.

Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours Read more