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

Thomas Jefferson An Autobiography - Abridged

By: Thomas Jefferson

Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr & The Cliff

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“I cannot live without books.”
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”― Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman,... Read more

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey—into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail—well, most of it. In In a Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer.... 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

Konrad Adenauer - Abridged

By: Johannes Haneke

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Konrad Adenauer Deutschlands Weg aus den Trümmern 1949 - 1967 Wer war der Mann, der Deutschland aus den Trümmern führte und von 1949 bis 1963 als erster Kanzler der jungen Republik den politischen Weg einer Nation maßgeblich mitbestimmte? Der einen strikt antikommunistischen Kurs verfolgte und Deutschland stark mit dem Westen verband?... Read more

Dönitz im Kreuzverhör - Abridged

By: Klaus Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

Dönitz im Kreuzverhör Ungeschnittene Original-Ton-Dokumente aus dem Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem internationalen Militärgerichtshof Nürnberg 1945 - 1946 Am 1. Mai 1945, einen Tag nachdem Adolf Hitler in Berlin Selbstmord begangen hatte, übernahm Großadmiral Karl Dönitz als dessen Nachfolger das Amt des... Read more

Erwin Geschonneck - Abridged

By: Johannes Haneke

Narrated by: Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Erwin Geschonneck: "Bei uns gab es keine Stars" Stationen eines ungewöhnlichen Lebens Erwin Geschonneck zählt zu den wenigen charismatischen Bühnen- und Filmstars der DDR. Seine schauspielerische Individualität ist legendär. Trotz seines Erfolges ist er sich selbst sein Leben lang treu geblieben und nutzte seine exponierte Stellung immer... Read more

Eva Braun - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eva Braun – Die Frau an Hitlers Seite Deutschland im Mai 1945. Der Krieg ist verloren: Trümmer und Ruinenfelder, so weit das Auge reicht. Während die Alliierten den Sieg feiern, suchen russische Spezialeinheiten in Berlin nach den Überresten von Feind Nummer 1: Adolf Hitler. Dieser hatte sich am 30. April gemeinsam mit seiner kurz zuvor... 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

Five Years to Freedom - Abridged

By: James N. Rowe

Narrated by: Reathel Bean

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive.

In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the loneliness and frustration of watching his friends die.... Read more

Десять дней, которые потрясли мир - Abridged

By: Джон Рид

Narrated by: Иван Литвинов

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Джон Рид был знаменитым американским журналистом, который своими глазами наблюдал взятие Зимнего дворца, стал одним из основателей Коммунистической рабочей партии США и с почестями похоронен у стен московского Кремля рядом с Инессой Арманд. Выпускник Гарварда, отчаянный военный корреспондент, антимилитарист и социалист, Рид приехал в Петроград в... Read more

The Great Transformation - Abridged

By: Karen Armstrong

Narrated by: Karen Armstrong

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From one of the world’s leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God, The Battle for God and The Spiral Staircase, comes a major new work: a chronicle of one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to our own time.

In one astonishing, short period – the... 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

Friedrich der Große - Abridged

By: Johannes Haneke

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier, Volker Risch & Eva Garg

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Friedrich der Große - Zeitlose Weisheiten des großen Preußenkönigs "Eine Regierung muss sparsam sein, weil das Geld, das sie erhält, aus dem Blut und Schweiß ihres Volkes stammt. Es ist gerecht, dass jeder einzelne dazu beiträgt, die Ausgaben des Staates tragen zu helfen. Aber es ist nicht gerecht, dass er die Hälfte seines jährlichen... Read more

Die Geschichte der Deutschen - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Geschichte der Deutschen Von der Hermannsschlacht bis zum Fall der Mauer Das Hörbuch "Die Geschichte der Deutschen" zeichnet ebenso pointiert wie kompetent die Entwicklung Deutschlands von seinen Ursprüngen bis in die Gegenwart nach. Kein trockener Geschichtsunterricht, keine langweilige Aneinanderreihung von Daten und Fakten, sondern... Read more

Die Geschichte der Hitlerjugend - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Geschichte der Hitlerjugend Obwohl die Hitlerjugend mit über acht Millionen Mitgliedern die größte Jugendorganisation in der deutschen Geschichte war, sind viele Fragen hinsichtlich ihrer Führungsstruktur und ihrer politischen Ausrichtung bis heute unbeantwortet. Diese Doppel-CD bietet ausführliche Einblicke in die Entwicklung der... Read more

Blood on the Risers - Abridged

By: John Leppelman

Narrated by: Scott Sowers

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

In three straight years he was a paratropper, and army seaman, and a LRRP—and he lived to tell about it. 

As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies died because of poor leadership and lousy weapons. Often... Read more

Elizabeth and Mary - Abridged

By: Jane Dunn

Narrated by: Isla Blair

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The first dual biography of two of the world’s most remarkable women—Elizabeth I of England and Mary Queen of Scots—by one of Britain’s “best biographers” (The Sunday Times).

In a rich and riveting narrative, Jane Dunn reveals the extraordinary rivalry between the regal cousins. It is the story of two queens ruling on one island, each with a... Read more

Ted Williams - Abridged

By: Leigh Montville

Narrated by: Philip Bosco

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

He was The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? What motivated him to interrupt his Hall of Fame career twice to serve his country as a... Read more

Dr. Josef Goebbels - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier & Eva Garg

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Goebbels – Der Propagandakrieger Am 29. Oktober 1897 bekommen Fritz Goebbels und seine Frau Katharina ihr drittes Kind. In Anlehnung an christliche Vorbilder taufen sie den Neugeborenen in der Kirche ihres Heimatortes Rheydt auf den Namen Paul Joseph. Im Alter von vier Jahren erkrankt der Sohn an Kinderlähmung. Sein rechtes Bein bleibt... Read more

Gorch Fock - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Frank Jacobsen

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gorch Fock: Seefahrt ist not! "Seefahrt ist not!", das ausdrucksstarke Epos über die See erschien 1913 und ist bis heute ein Meilenstein maritimer Literatur. Johann Kinau, 1880 als Sohn eines Fischers in Finkenwerder geboren, schrieb als "Gorch Fock" Erzählungen über die See und das Leben an Bord. Er selbst wurde zunächst Buchhalter. Im... 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

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - Abridged

By: James D. Hornfischer

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”

With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the... Read more

Göring im Kreuzverhör - Abridged

By: Karl Höffkes

Narrated by: Matthias Ponnier

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Göring im Kreuzverhör Im März 1946 stellte sich der ehemalige deutsche Reichsmarschall und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring, im Kreuzverhör den Fragen seines Verteidigers Dr. Stahmer. Der aus alliierter Sicht wichtigste Angeklagte des Prozesses gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshof in... Read more