History audiobooks

From Dixie To Canada: Romances and Realities of The Underground Railroad - Abridged

By: H. U. Johnson

Narrated by: Cole Bolchoz

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The years intervening since the abolition of American slavery leave a majority of our people ignorant of its workings, and of matters connected with it, except as they are gleaned from the pages of history, or from the lips of those now grown old.
It is not the purpose of this little volume to discuss the history of the “peculiar institution” in... Read more

Currahee! - Abridged

By: Donald R. Burgett

Narrated by: David Guion

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Seven days in hell

In June 1944, the Allies launched a massive amphibious invasion against Nazi-held France. But under the cover of darkness, a new breed of fighting man leapt from airplanes through a bullet-stitched, tracer-lit sky to go behind German lines. These were the Screaming Eagles of the newly formed 101st Airborne Division. Their job... Read more

The One Armed Whiskey Man of Jackass Canyon - Abridged

By: Thomas C Reinstein

Narrated by: Thomas C Reinstein

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The One Armed Whiskey Man of Jackass Canyon daylights a newly excavated vein in the Golden State of mind. It follows the unbelievably true life and times of accidental California pioneer Thomas D Carneal III. His prominent Northern Kentucky clan carved an ironic notch into the whiskey rebellion of 1790's and beyond. Out of the blue, tragedy... Read more

The Guns at Last Light - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: Rick Atkinson

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's New York Times bestselling Liberation Trilogy.

It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson... Read more

Out of Captivity - Abridged

By: Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell & Gar...

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“[A] remarkable story….An honest and harrowing memoir of a life-changing ordeal.” —Arizona RepublicThe spellbinding New York Times bestseller, Out of Captivity is the amazing true story of Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell, three American civilian contractors who were held hostage by the FARC rebel group in Colombia for five and a... Read more

Starmaker - Abridged

By: Milan Hain

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

David O. Selznick (1902–1965) was one of the most prominent film producers of the Hollywood studio era, responsible for such artistic and commercial triumphs as King Kong, David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, A Star Is Born, Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, Spellbound, and The Third Man. However, film production was not his only domain. Starting in the... 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

A batalha de Monte Caseros - Abridged

By: Moreira de Azevedo

Narrated by: Yuri Ribeiro

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Neste texto selecionado do livro "Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros", o historiador Moreira de Azevedo retrata a vitória brasileira na batalha de Monte Caseros, destacando a abertura da navegação no rio da Prata e os ajustes fronteiriços entre o Brasil e os Estados do Prata. Read more

A batalha de Tuiuti - Abridged

By: Moreira de Azevedo

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dentre as batalhas da Guerra do Paraguai, a de Tuiuti é tida como a mais sangrenta. Nesse texto selecionado do livro "Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros", do historiador Moreira de Azevedo, o leitor toma conhecimento desse acontecimento que movimentou mais 55 mil homens no sudoeste do Paraguai, na região de Tuiuti, notória pelo terreno... Read more

A batalha do Riachuelo - Abridged

By: Moreira de Azevedo

Narrated by: Guga Almeida

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A batalha naval do Riachuelo está no foco deste texto selecionado do livro "Rio da Prata e Paraguai: Quadros Guerreiros", do historiador Moreira de Azevedo. Ele narra aqui o famoso combate de junho de 1865 junto arroio Riachuelo, afluente do rio Paraná, na Argentina, que foi um verdadeiro marco da vitória brasileira na Guerra do Paraguai. Read more

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

The Majors - Abridged

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: John Feinstein

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WHAT DOES IT TAKE to win a major championship and reach the absolute pinnacle of golf? Through a season of the four tournaments -- the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship -- known collectively as the majors, John Feinstein takes us where the television cameras never go, both off the links and "inside the ropes", as... Read more

Endgame - Abridged

By: Scott Ritter

Narrated by: Scott Ritter

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IRAQ?
Scott Ritter spent seven years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the United Nations. His 1998 resignation as the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector there made front-page headlines around the world. In Endgame, Ritter draws on his experiences to take us inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and to explain where U.S. policy in... Read more

The Concise King - Abridged

By: Clayborne Carson

Narrated by: Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Dr....

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For the first time, an edition of Martin Luther King's most important speeches and selected sermons are assembled and available on CD as a value-priced edition. Hachette Audio believes that the timeless message of King, in his own words and voice, are essential listening for any American and for any world citizen interested in American history,... 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

Über alle Grenzen - Abridged

By: Ole Nydahl

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jahre über Jahre unterwegs - die Risiken und Freuden, den tibetischen Buddhismus in den Westen zu bringen: »Über alle Grenzen« setzt da an, wo das Buch »Buddhas vom Dach der Welt« aufhört. Humorvoll beschreibt Lama Ole Nydahl die inspirierenden und oft spaßvollen Begegnungen mit seinen Lehrern, diesmal vorwiegend im westlichen Teil unserer Welt.... 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

Parish Priest - Abridged

By: Douglas Brinkley & Julie M. Fenster

Narrated by: Julie M. Fenster

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Father Michael McGivney was a man to whom ""family values"" represented more than mere rhetoric, a man who has left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world.In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Called to action in 1882, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization that helped... Read more

Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years - Abridged

By: Michael Palin

Narrated by: Michael Palin

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Michael Palin's diaries begin in the late 1960s when he began writing for hugely popular programs. He recounts how Monty Python emerged and triumphed. From the success and cult status brought by Monty Python, Palin shares stories from their world tours, their stay at hotels recently trashed by Led Zeppelin, their battles over censorship, and how... Read more

The Day the Universe Changed - Abridged

By: James Burke

Narrated by: James Burke

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

James Burke's examination of the moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered man's understanding of himself and the world around him in The Day the Universe Changed.

When humans understood that the earth was flat and it was the center of the universe, all life revolved around that truth. Then, Galileo introduced his telescope.... Read more

Jane Boleyn - Abridged

By: Julia Fox

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henry’s ruthless and absolute power, including her own husband and sister-in-law, Queen Anne Boleyn, Jane’s allegiance to the volatile monarchy was sustained and... Read more

In Search of America - Abridged

By: Peter Jennings & Tod Brewster

Narrated by: Peter Jennings

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster conceived IN SEARCH OF AMERICA long before the events of September 11th. But watching America respond to one of the worst attacks in its history deepened the meaning of this project. Now, more than ever, Americans need to treasure their way of life, and to reacquaint themselves with the founding ideas that... Read more

The Kennedy Men - Abridged

By: Laurence Leamer

Narrated by: Laurence Leamer

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's... Read more

At the Center of the Storm - Abridged

By: George Tenet

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence... Read more