History audiobooks

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

Elizabeth and Mary - Abridged

By: Jane Dunn

Narrated by: Isla Blair

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The first dual biography of two of the world’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots—by one of Britain’s “best biographers” (The Sunday Times).

In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a... Read more

State of Denial - Abridged

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

THE DETAILED, INSIDE STORY OF A WAR-TORN WHITE HOUSE

Bob Woodward examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to the Congress, and often to themselves in State of Denial. Woodward's third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about... Read more

When Songbirds Returned to Paris - Abridged

By: E.M. Sloan

Narrated by: David Harlan, Gabi Plumm & Kelly Quinnett

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Left the 20th of Jan. for Germany,in the convoy of women.                                               ,Good health, good morale.Warn the Red Cross to send shoes,warm clothes, and food.
Addressed to a French doctor away in service of the war, a scrap of paper bearing twenty-seven cryptic words was tossed from a train as it pulled from the... 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

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

Un recuerdo para ellos de gloria - Abridged

By: Antonio Rosique

Narrated by: Antonio Rosique, César Ramones & Gabriela Guraieb

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este audiolibro es una recopilación de 17 testimonios de atletas olímpicos mexicanos, quienes relatan el momento en el que lograron la victoria más importante de su vida y subieron al podio olímpico. Las historias son sustancia viva y se transforman todos los días, mutan, se añejan en los rincones de nuestra memoria. Y por ello, en cada una... Read more

Blood and Thunder - Abridged

By: Hampton Sides

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review).

In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed... Read more

Black Africa : An illustrated History - Abridged

By: Nubian Griot

Narrated by: Kobina Danso

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The idea for "Black Africa: An Illustrated History" was born out of a passion for telling the stories that have often been overlooked or misunderstood. We believe that history is more than just a series of events; it is the collective memory of humanity conceived from the experiences, struggles, and triumphs of countless individuals and... Read more

Raid on the Sun - Abridged

By: Rodger Claire

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the earliest days of his dictatorship, Saddam Hussein had vowed to destroy Israel. So when France sold Iraq a top-of-the-line nuclear reactor in 1975, the Israelis were justifiably concerned. The reactor formed the heart of a huge nuclear plant situated twelve miles from Baghdad, 1,100 kilometers from Tel Aviv. By 1981, the reactor was on... Read more

Revolutionaries - Abridged

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

Narrated by: Shubhankar

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is an abridged edition of Sanjeev Sanyal's Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom, shortened and illustrated for younger readers.You may have read the history of India's freedom struggle from the perspective of the non-violent movement. Yet, the story of armed resistance to the British Empire is just as... Read more

Nothing Down for the 2000s - Abridged

By: Robert G. Allen

Narrated by: John Dossett

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

With more than a million copies in print, Robert Allen's Nothing Down for the '90s has probably helped more people achieve success in real estate than any book in history. Countless numbers of his readers are now financially independent and many actual millionaires attribute their wealth to his techniques. Why has this blockbuster bestseller... 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

Diary of an Airborne Ranger - Abridged

By: Frank Johnson

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Perhaps the most accurate story of LRRPs at war
ever to appear in print!

When Frank Johnson arrived in Vietnam in 1969, he was nineteen, a young soldier untested in combat like thousands of others--but with two important differences: Johnson volunteered for the elite L Company Rangers of the 101st Airborne Division, a long range reconnaissance... Read more

Seize the Fire - Abridged

By: Adam Nicolson

Narrated by: Adam Nicolson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

“Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.” —The EconomistAdam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire... Read more

The Dichotomy of Leadership - Abridged

By: Jocko Willink y Leif Babin

Narrated by: Bill Hathey

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Book summary and Analysis by Loudly, this is an abridged version of the original title Discover the art of balanced leadership with The Dichotomy of Leadership, a compelling guide that unveils the delicate equilibrium leaders must achieve to excel. Drawing from high-stakes military experiences and applying them to the challenges of leadership... Read more

Les dictateurs - Partie II - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Christoph Schulte-Richtering

Narrated by: Oliver Rohrbeck

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Herrlich schlau und wunderbar komisch." Ralf Schmitz Charmant, witzig und kenntnisreich erzählt Christoph Schulte-Richtering die wichtigsten Kapitel der Weltgeschichte nach - von Nero bis Fidel Castro, von den Kreuzzügen bis zum Mauerfall, von Karl V. bis zu dessen Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Urgroßschwipponkel. Read more

Papa Bravo Romeo - Abridged

By: Wynn Goldsmith

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Our mission was independent, no-holds-barred combat against a stubborn enemy in the enemy's backyard."                

In Vietnam, river warfare was often conducted in the dark. It was always dangerous, sometimes fatal--especially in the eastern end of the Cong-plagued Mekong Delta. In 1967, U.S. Navy Lt. Wynn Goldsmith was the "river rat" who... Read more

The Narnian - Abridged

By: Alan Jacobs

Narrated by: Alan Jacobs

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Yet who was the man who created this world? This audio book attempts to unearth the making of the first Narnian, C. S. Lewis... 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

The Echoing Green - Abridged

By: Joshua Prager

Narrated by: Joshua Prager

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Untold Story Behind The Shot Heard Round The World

The 1951 regular baseball season was as good as over. The Brooklyn Dodgers led the New York Giants by three runs with just three outs to go in their third and final playoff game. Not once in the 278 preceding playoff and World Series games had a team overcome a three-run deficit in the... Read more

What If...? Vol 1 - Abridged

By: Robert Cowley

Narrated by: John Cunningham & Janet Zarish

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising,... Read more

Die Humboldts - Abridged

By: Dorothee Nolte

Narrated by: Dorothee Nolte & Paul Sonderegger

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Wir sind uns gut, aber selten eng", sagte Wilhelm von Humboldt über sein Verhältnis zu Alexander. Zwei Jahre trennen die Brüder Humboldt, sie wachsen behütet, aber nicht glücklich im Tegeler Familienschloss auf, werden auf eine Karriere im preußischen Staatsdienst vorbereitet. Alexander wird Forschungsreisender, Wilhelm Staatsbeamter und... Read more