History audiobooks

Pigs at the Trough - Abridged

By: Arianna Huffington

Narrated by: Alison Fraser

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Arianna Huffington turns the spotlight on the tough reforms we must demand from Washington that go beyond the Corporate Responsibility Act. Read more

Resumen Completo: Realidad (Factfulness) - Basado En El Libro De Hans Rosling - Abridged

By: Libros Maestros

Narrated by: Michael Sandoval

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

RESUMEN COMPLETO: REALIDAD (FACTFULNESS) - BASADO EN EL LIBRO DE HANS ROSLING CONTENIDO:El Porqué De La Cosmovisión Fatalista Del MundoLas Ilusiones Y El Conocimiento Del MundoEl Instinto De BrechaPromedios Y Comparaciones Favorecen El Instinto De Brecha¿Cómo Comenzar A Desprenderse Del Instinto De Brecha?El Instinto De NegatividadEl Instinto De... Read more

Starke Stücke. Georg Friedrich Händel. Feuerwerksmusik - Abridged

By: Markus Vanhoefer

Narrated by: Stefan Wilkening, Jochen Noch, Wolfgang Hinze, ...

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

London, im Frühjahr 1749. Mit einem Feuerwerk, dem größten, das die Welt bis dahin gesehen hat, soll ein ganz besonderer Vertrag gefeiert werden, der Vertrag von Aachen. Er verspricht nach langen Kriegen endlich Frieden in Europa. Kein anderer als der große Komponist Georg Friedrich Händel ist beauftragt worden ein Werk für dieses Ereignis... Read more

The British Are Coming - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: George Newbern & Rick Atkinson

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

**One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019**

"The winning combination of George Newbern's engaging narration and Rick Atkinson's vivid new work of history--the first in a planned trilogy about the American Revolution--brings to life what could have been a dry account of Revolutionary battles." -- AudioFile Magazine

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Zeiten der Erkenntnis - Abridged

By: Ian Mortimer

Narrated by: Michael A. Grimm

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Welches der vergangenen zehn Jahrhunderte hat die größten Veränderungen erlebt, welches hat die Menschheit am weitesten vorangebracht? Was war das Besondere eines jeden Jahrhunderts? Auf einem Streifzug durch die vergangenen 1000 Jahre führt uns Ian Mortimer zu den großen Zeiten der Erkenntnis und des Wandels. Wir begegnen gottesfürchtigen... 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

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

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

La battaglia di Verdun - Abridged

By: Alan King

Narrated by: Librinpillole & William Angiuli

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dicembre 1915, l'Europa è in fiamme e gli eserciti di Guglielmo II si preparano a sferrare un attacco senza precedenti contro la linea difensiva francese a Verdun. Se la città cade, i tedeschi avranno la strada libera per conquistare Parigi. Inizia così una delle più sanguinose battaglie della storia, durata quasi un anno e costata la vita a... 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

El Arte de la Guerra - Abridged

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

La obra del general Sun Tzu no es únicamente un audiolibro de práctica militar, sino un tratado que enseña la estrategia suprema de aplicar con sabiduría el conocimiento de la naturaleza humana en los momentos de confrontación. No es por tanto, un audiolibro sobre la guerra: es una obra para comprender las raíces de un conflicto y buscar una... Read more

La Madre Teresa - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nacida bajo el nombre de Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , cambia su nombre a Teresa cuando decide dedicarse a Dios.Biografía dramatizada de una de las mujeres que por más de 45 años atendió a pobres, enfermos, huérfanos y moribundos, al mismo tiempo que guiaba la expansión de su congregación, primeramente en la India y luego en otros países del mundo. Read more

New York Burning - Abridged

By: Jill Lepore

Narrated by: Beth McDonald

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The untold story of the little-known Manhattan slave rebellion of 1741 and the white hysteria that resulted. Read more

Nelson Mandela - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Conocido en su país como Madiba, es abogado y político, fue el primer presidente de Sudáfrica elegido democráticamente mediante sufragio universal así como el líder del Umkhonto we Sizwe, el brazo armado del Congreso Nacional Africano (CNA).Estuvo 27 años en la cárcel, la mayoría de los cuales estuvo confinado en la prisión de Robben Island.... Read more

The Rehnquist Choice - Abridged

By: John W. Dean

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines & John W. Dean

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The explosive story of how William Rehnquist became a Supreme Court Justice, told by the only person who could have revealed this information—John W. Dean.

In 1971, William Rehnquist seemed the perfect choice to fill a seat on the United States Supreme Court. He was a young, well-polished lawyer who shared many of President Richard Nixon's... Read more

The Original Argument - Abridged

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Pat Gray & Adam Grupper

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, returns with his contemporary adaptation of The Federalist Papers with the inclusion of his own commentary and annotations to help readers interpret and understand the Constitution.

Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paine’s famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 New... Read more

The Secret Life of Houdini - Abridged

By: William Kalush & Larry Sloman

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar.

Since his death eighty-eight years ago, Harry Houdini’s life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and bestselling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions... Read more

El Che Guevara - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ernesto Guevara, más conocido como “Che” Guevara. Fue uno de los ideólogos y comandantes que lideraron la Revolución Cubana entre 1953 y 1959, que desembocó en un nuevo régimen político en ese país. Guevara participó desde entonces y hasta 1965 en la organización del Estado cubano desempeñando varios altos cargos de su administración y de su... 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

Juan Pablo II - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Karol Józef Wojtyła1 , más conocido como Juan Pablo II, fue el 264.º papa de la Iglesia católica entre 1978 y 2005.Juan Pablo II ha sido aclamado como uno de los líderes más influyentes del siglo XX, recordándoselo especialmente por ser uno de los principales símbolos del anticomunismo y por su lucha contra la expansión del marxismo por lugares... Read more

Fiasco - Abridged

By: Thomas E. Ricks

Narrated by: James Lurie

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the Washington Post's two-time Pulitzer-winning senior Pentagon reporter, the definitive military chronicle of the Iraq War-and a searing judgment of its gross strategic blindness-drawing on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time.

Unabridged CDs - 20 CDs, 24 hours Read more

Carl von Clausewitz: Vom Kriege - Abridged

By: Carl von Clausewitz

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Noch immer von allen Studenten des wirtschaftlichen Managements zu lesen: Clausewitzens Klassiker über die Kriegsführung. Insbesondere das erste Kapitel beinhaltet die zentralen Thesen, nach denen beispielsweise der Krieg lediglich die "Fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln" sei. Read more

Mahatma Gandhi - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fue un abogado, pensador y político indio. Recibió de Tagore el nombre honorífico de Mahatma. Desde 1918 estuvo abiertamente al frente del movimiento nacionalista indio. Instauró métodos de lucha social novedosos como la huelga de hambre, y en sus programas rechazaba la lucha armada y predicaba la Áhimsa como medio... Read more