History audiobooks

Megatrends Asia - Abridged

By: John Naisbitt

Narrated by: John Nesbitt & Jesse Boggs

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's #1 trend forecaster reveals the global transformation that affects the future for us all!
The most momentous global development of the 1990s.
The #1 bestselling author of Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 now offers a glimpse of your future that begins on the other side of the globe -- where the once isolated nations of Asia are networking... Read more

Before the Wind - Abridged

By: Charles Tyng

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In seafaring literature, no fictional sailor's story can match this true, real-life adventure. Before the Wind is the memoir of early nineteenth-century sea captain Charles Tyng— from his childhood and love affair with the sea to his rise through the ranks to captain and ship owner in the tea and sugar trade. Before the Wind takes... Read more

Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots - Abridged

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: Julie Christie

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Regal and dazzlingly beautiful, Mary Stuart succumbed to the irresistible impulses of passion, gambling away her throne for love. In a deadly game of power against her envious cousin, Elizabeth I, she stopped at nothing: Unbelievable acts of abduction, rape, and even murder were performed at her behest. Often misunderstood yet also revered, she... Read more

False Prophets - Abridged

By: Dale Jakes & Connie Jakes

Narrated by: Dale Jakes

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dale and Connie Jakes, working for the FBI, provide a firsthand account of life under the deepest cover inside the violent, armed strongholds of the Montana Freemen organization. In 1995, the Jakes lived in the Montana mountains, discovering a major center of American terrorism. They exposed vital information about how widespread,... Read more

Lebenslauf eines Optimisten - Abridged

By: Ludwig Ganghofer

Narrated by: Bernd Ungerer

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Im 'Buch der Jugend' beschreibt Ludwig Ganghofer seine Ausbildungs- und Studienzeit. Am Ende des Buches beschreibt er auch seine Vorstellung eines idealen Staatswesens in allen Einzelheiten. Einzelne Ideen könnt man auch heute noch herausgreifen und weiter verfolgen, doch im großen und ganzen spiegeln seine Vorstellungen den Zeitgeist jener Zeit... 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

The Jesus Dynasty - Abridged

By: James D. Tabor

Narrated by: James D. Tabor

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Based on a careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, The Jesus Dynasty offers a bold new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. The story is surprising, controversial and exciting as only a long-lost history can be when it is at last recovered.

In The Jesus... Read more

Stalingrad - Abridged

By: Antony Beevor

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare

Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.

In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that... Read more

Walking The Bible - Abridged

By: Bruce Feiler

Narrated by: Bruce Feiler

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The first person ever to complete the perilous 10,000 mile journey across the inscrutable desert landscape of the Middle East, Bruce Feiler, a fifth generation Southern Jew, embarks upon a quest to reconnect with the stories of the Bible, and uncover fresh answers to profound questions. This inspiring personal odyssey through the most famous... Read more

Empire of the Romans - Abridged

By: John Matthews

Narrated by: David Stifel

Length: 22 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A wide-ranging survey of the history of the Roman Empire—from its establishment to decline and beyond



Empire of the Romans, from Julius Caesar to Justinian provides a sweeping historical survey of the Roman empire. Uncommonly expansive in its chronological scope, this unique two-volume text explores the time period encompassing Julius Caesar's... Read more

Jazz - Abridged

By: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns

Narrated by: LeVar Burton

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.

Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and... Read more

Moyers on Democracy - Abridged

By: Bill Moyers

Narrated by: Bill Moyers

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bill Moyers on America today:

“Here in the first decade of the twenty-first century the story that becomes America’s dominant narrative will shape our collective imagination and our politics for a long time to come. In the searching of our souls demanded by this challenge . . . kindred spirits across the nation must confront the most fundamental... Read more

Emergency - Abridged

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. ""I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes."" So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first... Read more

Pequeño elogio de la fuga del mundo - Abridged

By: Rémy Oudghiri & Ana Nuño (Translator)

Narrated by: Germán Gijón

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

¿Quién no ha sentido, al menos una vez en la vida, el deseo de alejarse del mundo? ¿Quién no ha soñado con dejarlo todo y desaparecer? La tentación de la huida, el motivo de la fuga mundi, es recurrente en nuestra cultura porque permanece vivo a lo largo de la historia, y siempre provoca una mezcla de fascinación, nostalgia y callado... Read more

Máximas y reflexiones de un renacentista sagaz - Abridged

By: Francesco Guicciardini & Manuel Manzano (Transl...

Narrated by: Eduardo Robles

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rescatamos los pensamientos que Francesco Guicciardini, el gran padre de la historiografía moderna, escribió bajo el título de Ricordi. Estas notas aforísticas, que fue reuniendo en distintos momentos de su vida y en diversos períodos de su actividad como diplomático, permanecieron inéditas hasta 1857. Vecino de Maquiavelo, catorce años mayor... Read more

Warrior King - Abridged

By: Nathan Sassaman & Joe Layden

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The startling and controversial memoir of combat and betrayal, written by one of the most prominent members of the U.S. fighting forces in Iraq.

A West Point graduate, a former star quarterback who carried Army to its first bowl victory, and a courageous warrior who had proven himself on the battlefield time and again, Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman... Read more

Die Versprengten - Abridged

By: F. John-Ferrer

Narrated by: Klaus G. Förg

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Januar 1945: Zwei Obergefreite verlieren auf dem Rückzug der deutschen Truppen vor der herannahenden Roten Armee den Anschluss an ihre Einheit. Auf sich allein gestellt, inmitten einer feindlichen Welt und geplagt vom sibirisch kalten Winter haben die beiden nur ein Ziel: Sie müssen hinter die Frontlinie gelangen, sonst sind sie verloren. Auf... Read more

The Savage City - Abridged

By: T. J. English

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns.”
—Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great DelugeIn The Savage City, T.J. English, author of the New York Times bestselling blockbuster Havana Nocturne, takes... Read more

The Great Deluge - Abridged

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: Kyf Brewer

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours represented only the first stage of the relentless triple tragedy that Katrina brought to the entire Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama. First was the... Read more

The Pearl Harbor Collection - Abridged

By: Gordon W. Prange

Narrated by: Tony Roberts

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is no better, more authoritative chronicle of Pearl Harbor and its repercussions than the three Gordon W. Prange titles collected here. Read more

Un planeta de virus - Abridged

By: Carl Zimmer

Narrated by: Luis García Márquez

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Casi todo lo que usted siempre había querido saber, y un montón de cosas de las que seguramente preferiría no haberse enterado, sobre esos virus que tanto sufrimiento han causado a la humanidad." —Forbes "Carl Zimmer consigue, en apenas cien páginas, lo que a otros autores les cuesta hacer en quinientas: dar una nueva forma a nuestra... Read more

Drenajes - Abridged

By: Diego Rodríguez Landeros

Narrated by: Carlos Canales

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Todo parte en un remolino, un espiral de agua que traga lagos, ríos, gente, el flujo completo de un país que desacomoda y que termina desapareciendo por el resumidero. Con una escritura líquida e inclasificable, mitad crónica, mitad ensayo, Diego Rodríguez Landeros convoca la memoria del agua resucitando las ausencias, enfocando la marca de los... Read more

The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe - Abridged

By: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

Narrated by: Jonathan Cox

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops, goes on to discuss how printing... 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