History audiobooks

LA FILOSOFIA RACCONTA LA SUA STORIA - Abridged

By: Miguel Bevaurd & Francesca Lambardi

Narrated by: Antoni De Romano

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Questo libro vi immerge nel cuore del più brillante pensiero filosofico, dall'antichità ai giorni nostri, offrendovi una panoramica accattivante e arricchente.Attraverso una narrazione fluida e accessibile, esplorerete le domande esistenziali poste da pensatori come Platone, Aristotele, Cartesio, Kant e Nietzsche. Comprenderete come le loro idee... Read more

Long Walk to Freedom - Abridged

By: Nelson Mandela

Narrated by: Danny Glover

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Read by Danny Glover, with an introduction by Kofi Annan.


Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from... Read more

Southern Storm - Abridged

By: Noah Andre Trudeau

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a gripping, definitive new account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march—a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well. With Lincoln's hard-fought reelection victory in hand, Ulysses S.... Read more

In the Beginning, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Kevin Herren

Narrated by: a full cast, Joe Estevez, Daniel Roebuck, Nancy...

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the Beginning ­is an audio drama series featuring stories from the Holy Bible. Performed in the style of the old time radio plays from yesteryear, each fully dramatized story is professionally performed by some of Hollywood’s best voice talent, including Joe Estevez, Daniel Roebuck, Nancy Stafford, Michael Sorich, Kyle Hebert, Kimberly Woods,... Read more

Seabiscuit - Abridged

By: Laura Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than ... Read more

Lukull - Abridged

By: Theodor Birt

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lukull von Theodor Birt Lucius Licinius Lucullus, besser bekannt als Lukull und Sinnstifter der deutschen Redewendung "lukullische Genüsse", lebte von 117 v.Chr. bis 56 v.Chr. Für das Römische Reich zog er als Feldherr gegen Mithridates und schlug diesen in mehreren Schlachten und eroberte das Königreich Pontos. Mit den Reichtümern, die er... Read more

Sixty Days in Combat - Abridged

By: Dean Joy

Narrated by: Don Hastings

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.”

He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history. His name is Dean Joy, and this was his war.

For two months in... Read more

Curveball - Abridged

By: Bob Drogin

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A crucial study in the political manipulation of intelligence, understanding how Curveball got us into Iraq will arm us for the next round of lies coming out of Washington.”—Robert Baer, author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

Curveball answers the crucial question of the Iraq war: How and why was... Read more

The Preventorium - Abridged

By: Susan Annah Currie

Narrated by: Vanessa Webb

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Opened on February 17, 1929, the Mississippi State Preventorium operated continuously until 1976. The Mississippi Preventorium, like similar hospitals throughout the country, was an institution for sickly, anemic, and underweight children. It was established on the grounds of the Mississippi State Tuberculosis Sanitorium in the early years of... Read more

Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers - Abridged

By: Emma Christopher Lirette

Narrated by: Linda Rigamer Lirette

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In recent years, shrimpers on the Louisiana coast have faced a historically dire shrimp season, with the price of shrimp barely high enough to justify trawling. Yet, many of them wouldn't consider leaving shrimping behind, despite having transferrable skills that could land them jobs in the oil and gas industry. Since 2001, shrimpers have faced... Read more

Reading Confederate Monuments - Abridged

By: Maria Seger

Narrated by: Mason Jackson

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Contributions by Danielle Christmas, Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Spencer R. Herrera, Cassandra Jackson, Stacie McCormick, Maria Seger, Randi Lynn Tanglen, Brook Thomas, Michael C. Weisenburg, and Lisa Woolfork Reading Confederate Monuments addresses the urgent and vital need for scholars, educators, and the general public... Read more

Die hellenistisch-römische Philosophie - Abridged

By: August Messer

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In diesem Überblick wird die hellenistisch-römische Philosophie im Zeitraum von ca. 300 vor bis ca. 300 nach Christus dargestellt. Diese Periode der Philosophie weist starke praktische Tendenzen auf. Das höchste Gut sucht man entweder mit den Stoikern in Selbstgenügsamkeit und strenger Pflichterfüllung, oder mit den Epikureern in edlem... 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

My Year in Iraq - Abridged

By: L. Paul Bremer

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Baghdad was Burning"

With these words, Ambassador L. Paul "Jerry" Bremer begins his gripping memoir of fourteen danger-filled months as America's proconsul in Iraq. My Year in Iraq is the only senior insider's perspective on the crucial period following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. In vivid, dramatic detail, Bremer reveals the... Read more

The American Story - Abridged

By: David M. Rubenstein

Narrated by: David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Walter I...

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In revealing conversations with our greatest historians, cofounder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes listeners on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story.

These lively dialogues present some of the biggest names in American history exploring the subjects they intimately know and... Read more

D-Day - Abridged

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Stephen E. Ambrose

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.

D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Distinguished historian Stephen E. Ambrose portrays the faces of... Read more

Die anthropologische Periode der griechischen Philosophie - Abridged

By: August Messer & Sokrates

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Als die anthropologische Periode der griechischen Philosophie wird der Zeitraum des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bezeichnet, in der das menschliche Leben, hier besonders das Gemeinschaftsleben in Staat und Gesellschaft, in steigendem Maße Gegenstand des Nachdenkens wurde. Wobei diese Reflexion zunächst weniger eine theoretische, lediglich auf... Read more

Sea of Glory - Abridged

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough

The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye.

A New York Times Notable Book

America's first frontier was not the... Read more

In the Heart of the Sea - Abridged

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard

Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in the film based on this National Book Award–winning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.

In 1820, the... Read more

Gibt es Gott? - Abridged

By: René Descartes

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Descartes war Zeit seines Lebens ein Zweifler - nur der Existenz Gottes war er sich sicher. Er stellte vieles in Frage, forderte mehr Wissenund suchte nach Antworten, die er nicht in den Lehrwerken fand. Mit seinen Denkweisen und Theorien gilt Descartes als Wegbereiter des Rationalismus. Mutig setzte er sich den bis dahin herrschenden... Read more

War Paint - Abridged

By: Bill Goshen

Narrated by: Jake Robards

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater relative aggregate of casualties that any other LRRP/LRP/ Ranger company. Their base was Lai Khe,... Read more

Cato und die Gracchen - Abridged

By: Theodor Birt & Cato

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der große Redner Cato und die Familie der Gracchen sind das Thema von Theodor Birts unterhaltsame Geschichtslektionen über das Römische Reich. Der große Redner Cato und die Familie der Gracchen sind das Thema von Theodor Birts unterhaltsame Geschichtslektionen über das Römische Reich. Read more

Was ist Zeit? Was ist Ewigkeit? - Abridged

By: Christian Kohfeldt

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Augustinus, einer der bedeutendsten christlichen Kirchenlehrer an der Epochenschwelle zwischen Antike und Mittelalter, fügt sich mit seinem Nachdenken über die Zeit in die Reihe der großen antiken Philosophen ein. Er hat seine Gedanken in seinem Werk "Confessiones" (Bekenntnisse) niedergeschrieben. In seinen Bekenntnissen zeigt er die... Read more

Plato und seine Lebensanschauung - Abridged

By: Rudolf Eucken

Narrated by: Michael Kommant

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Plato bildet die Höhe der gesamten griechischen Geistesarbeit, indem in ihm ihre beiden Hauptrichtungen, das Erkenntnisverlangen und der Gestaltungstrieb, das wissenschaftliche und das künstlerische Streben, sich miteinander verbinden und durcheinander steigern. Seine Lebensanschauung hat den eigentümlichen Typus des grie-chischen Idealismus zu... Read more