History audiobooks

Sobre el anarquismo - Abridged

By: Noam Chomsky & Alejandro Gibert Abós (Translator)

Narrated by: Arturo Mercado Jr.

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Con el espectro de la anarquía invocado por la derecha para sembrar el miedo, nunca ha sido más urgente una explicación convincente de la filosofía política conocida como anarquismo. Sobre el anarquismo arroja una luz muy necesaria sobre los fundamentos del pensamiento de Chomsky, específicamente su constante cuestionamiento de la legitimidad... Read more

الدحيحة - كريستوفر نولان - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

لا وقت للانتظار. لما بنتفرج على أفلامه، غالبًا بنبقى متأكدين من إننا هنحس بقدر كبير من المتعة وهنشوف حاجة مختلفة مليانة بالخيال والألغاز والإثارة، ومع كل إعادة مشاهدة بنكتشف حاجات جديدة. ودايمًا أفلامه بتاخدنا لمواضيع مهمة زي الوجودية والمعرفة والتجربة الذاتية وتشويه الذاكرة والأخلاق الإنسانية والأحلام وطبيعة الزمن وبناء الهوية الشخصية. قدر يحط... 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

Desagüe - Abridged

By: Diego Rodríguez Landeros

Narrated by: Everardo Camacho

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"[Desagüe] ha dejado de mirar únicamente al relato para enriquecerse con el ensayo, la crónica, la estampa autobiográfica".—Milenio Esta novela narra cómo Indra se dispone a seguir el último recorrido de su novia suicida, a partir de cuya muerte se tejen numerosas historias que confluyen en una corriente turbia: la del Gran Canal de Desagüe del... Read more

An Inconvenient Book - Abridged

By: Glenn Beck

Narrated by: Glenn Beck

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, tackles some of our country’s biggest problems in this funny, outrageous, and entertaining book.

Glenn Beck believes that the reason why some of our biggest problems never seem to get fixed is simple: the solutions just aren’t very convenient. And as the host of a nationally... Read more

The Kissinger Transcripts - Abridged

By: William Burr & Richard Gilliland

Narrated by: Theodore Bikel

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Henry Kissinger is one of the most controversial Secretaries of State in U.S. history— serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, never-before-seen transcripts of Kissinger's conversations, including top-secret talks with Beijing and Moscow, provide an unvarnished record of his... Read more

Cazadores de microbios - Abridged

By: Paul de Kruif & Emilio Ayllón Rull (Translator)

Narrated by: Roger Vidal

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Más pertinente que nunca, esta historia de los microbios, las bacterias y cómo la enfermedad afecta nuestra vida cotidiana y la prosperidad de nuestras sociedades no ha dejado de fascinar a quien se adentra en ella desde que se publicó por primera vez, hace ya unos cuantos años. Los superhéroes aquí son los científicos, bacteriólogos, médicos y... Read more

Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour - Abridged

By: Joseph E. Persico

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand... Read more

Agripina - Abridged

By: Emma Southon

Narrated by: Karla Hernández

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Un libro muy recomendable y entretenido, donde la historiadora le gana siempre la partida a la feminista, y que hará las delicias de quienes busquen conocer más del mundo romano y los entresijos del Imperio." —Qué Leer Esta es la historia de una mujer excepcional, cuyo atrevimiento al pisar esferas de poder reservadas a los hombres acabó... Read more

Sobre la tiranía - Abridged

By: Timothy Snyder

Narrated by: Edgar David Aguilera

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Nos deslizamos rápidamente hacia el fascismo. Timothy Snyder no nos permite hacernos ilusiones sobre nosotros mismos." —Svetlana Aleksiévich, ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura "Timothy Snyder razona con una claridad incomparable (…) y ha escrito el tipo de libro, tan poco común, que se lee de una sentada pero al que se vuelve una y otra... Read more

Die Buddhas vom Dach der Welt - Abridged

By: Ole Nydahl

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Auf ihrer Hochzeitsreise 1968 nach Nepal begegneten Hannah und Ole Nydahl als einige der ersten Westler dem Diamantweg-Buddhismus. Schon 1969 wurden sie hier Schüler des ersten bewusst wiedergeborenen Lama Gyalwa Karmapa, dem "König der Yogis". Die Kraft der Kagyü oder "mündlich übertragenen" Meditationsschule des tibetischen Buddhismus sollte... Read more

Red, White & Liberal - Abridged

By: Alan Colmes

Narrated by: Alan Colmes

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In Red, White & Liberal, Alan Colmes addresses a fundamental question: In this time of uncertainty, how can we protect our freedom without diminishing our liberties, while burnishing our rightful place as the world's beacon of democracy? Colmes urges Americans to see past the tactics of the vocal right and to combat the problems that... Read more

L'Utilitarisme - Abridged

By: John Stuart Mill

Narrated by: Joffrey Lorre

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Plongez dans l'œuvre emblématique de John Stuart Mill, "L'Utilitarisme", un classique incontournable de la philosophie morale. Publié pour la première fois en 1863, ce livre explore en profondeur le concept de l'utilitarisme, une théorie éthique qui propose que l'action la plus juste est celle qui maximise le bonheur et minimise la... 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

El arte de gobernar - Abridged

By: Rogelio Guedea

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El arte de gobernar. Manual del buen gobierno explica en términos llanos las ideas de grandes teóricos de la política. El resultado es un accesible y ameno manual que sirve no solo al lector curioso sino al político interesado en llevar a cabo un cambio verdadero en la forma de ejercer su oficio. ¿Cómo ennoblecer el quehacer político y a sus... Read more

La otra guerra - Abridged

By: Leila Guerriero

Narrated by: Nerina Alcober

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Guerriero narra esta historia inverosímil con una austeridad ejemplar, con la dignidad propia de los grandes reportajes. Pero no "grandes" porque sean épicos o megalómanos: más bien es al revés. Guerriero practica un periodismo como lo hubiera cultivado Eurípides: atento siempre a la nota humana, acercándose a la voz de quien desea... Read more

Iron Rose - Abridged

By: Cindy Adams & Susan Crimp

Narrated by: Cindy Adams

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iron Rose takes an intimate look at the incredible life of Rose Kennedy—head of the Kennedy dynasty and one of the 20th century's most influential women—and her nine famous children. A riveting account of the power behind America's political throne for several decades, Iron Rose reveals the secrets behind the triumphs and tragedies of the... Read more

All but My Life - Abridged

By: Gerda Weissman Klein

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

All but My Life tells the haunting story of Gerda Weissman Klein’s experience under the Nazi regime. Taken from her home in Bielitz, Poland, and sent to German labor camps, Gerda survived and was liberated by American troops. In her memoir, Klein takes audiences on an alarming journey from the comforts of life in Poland to the horrifying... Read more

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary Wa - Abridged

By: Che Guevara

Narrated by: Bruno Gerardo

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The people of Cuba struggled against immense odds to emerge victorious from years of brutal dictatorship and poverty in 1959. This is Che Guevara's classic eyewitness account of the transformation of a country and also the transformation of Che himself - from a troop doctor to a revolutionary leader, who would become one of the greatest icons of... Read more

Cobra II - Abridged

By: Michael R. Gordon & Bernard E. Trainor

Narrated by: Craig Wasson

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Informed by unparalleled access to still–secret documents, interviews with top field commanders, and a review of the military’s own internal after–action reports, Cobra II is the definitive chronicle of America’s invasion and occupation of Iraq—a conflict that could not be lost but one that the United States failed to win decisively. From the... Read more

الدحيحة - ألبرت أينشتاين - Abridged

By: طاهر المعتز بالله

Narrated by: أحمد الغندور

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

قول للزمان ارجع زمكان. في طفولته، كان فيه حدثين مهمين أثروا عليه: الأول لما والده جابله بوصلة وهو عنده خمس سنين، فاحتار من القوة غير المرئية اللي بتحرك إبرة البوصلة. والحدث التاني في سن اتناشر سنة لما اتعرّف على طالب الطب الشاب «ماكس تالمود» اللي أهداه كتاب في علم الهندسة، فاستوعبه بسرعة رهيبة واعتبره «كتاب الهندسة الصغير المقدس»، ولما ساعده... Read more

George Washington - Abridged

By: John Guccion

Narrated by: John Guccion

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Step into the remarkable life of George Washington, an unwavering leader whose dedication to reason and virtue paved the way for American independence against daunting odds. This audiobook offers an abridged version of "Life Stories for Young People: George Washington," a historical narrative by German author Ferdinand Schmidt, translated for... Read more

My Father, My President - Abridged

By: Doro Bush Koch

Narrated by: Doro Bush Koch

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Revised and updated with six new chapters and many new photographs following his death at age 94, this is the definitive account of George H.W. Bush's life and career written by his only daughter with his full cooperation.

Much happened to George H.W. Bush and the country since the initial publication of My Father, My President: His nemesis,... Read more

Day of Deceit - Abridged

By: Robert Stinnett

Narrated by: Rafael Ferrer

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America's greatest secret and our worst military disaster.

Drawing on twenty years of research and access to scores of previously classified documents, Stinnett proves that Pearl Harbor was not an accident, a mere failure of American intelligence, or a brilliant Japanese... Read more