History audiobooks

Rising Tide - Abridged

By: John M. Barry

Narrated by: George Grizzard

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of... Read more

DIE PHILOSOPHIE ERZÄHLT IHRE GESCHICHTE - Abridged

By: Miguel Bevaurd & Hannah von Schmider

Narrated by: Adams Van Müller

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dieses Buch führt Sie in das Herz der brillantesten philosophischen Gedankengänge von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart und bietet Ihnen einen fesselnden und bereichernden Überblick.In einer flüssigen, leicht verständlichen Erzählweise erkunden Sie die existenziellen Fragen, die Denker wie Platon, Aristoteles, Descartes, Kant und Nietzsche stellten.... Read more

The Art of War - Abridged

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: James Sie

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Whether you’re looking to conquer your enemies or fight business battles, The Art of War is a time-tested and influential classic for gaining competitive advantage.Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is one of the most well-known works of military tactical writing in the world. Written in the 5th century, this book presents military strategies and wisdom... Read more

Tour of Duty - Abridged

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: Douglas Brinkley

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of our most acclaimed historians explores the decorated military service of one of America’s most intriguing politicians—the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2004—and its profound effects on his career and lifeIn Tour of Duty, Brinkley explores Senator John Kerry’s career and deftly deals with such explosive issues as U.S.... 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

George Washington - Abridged

By: James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn

Narrated by: Richard Rohan

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leading scholars define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president
Washington's legacy is a successful experiment in collective leadership, great initiatives in establishing a strong executive branch and the formulation of innovative and lasting economic and foreign policies. Along with highlighting these accomplishments,... Read more

The Quants - Abridged

By: Scott Patterson

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with ­million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken Griffin, who was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel... Read more

Emancipação da mulher: Trechos selecionados de A Mulher Moderna - Abridged

By: Josefina Álvares de Azevedo

Narrated by: Marcela de Barros

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

O leitor encontra nestes trechos selecionados do livro "A mulher moderna", de Josefina Álvares de Azevedo, um texto reflexivo e muito bem embasado sobre a necessidade incontestável da educação feminina. Reiterando o fato de ser a mulher quem confere ao homem suas competências, ela defende sua emancipação: "A Educação da Mulher, na sua verdadeira... 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

Sapiens - Abridged

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Malcolm Perez

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Este es un resúmen de la obra original, por Stream Readers.Sapiens es una exploración de la historia humana y cómo los seres humanos hemos llegado a ser lo que somos hoy en día. Comienza con la aparición de los primeros humanos en la Tierra y sigue la evolución de la especie a lo largo de la historia. Además, el libro también aborda cómo las... Read more

The Dead Hand - Abridged

By: David Hoffman

Narrated by: Bob Walter

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve Coll

The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today.

The Cold War was an... Read more

Sixty Feet, Six Inches - Abridged

By: Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson & Lonnie Wheeler

Narrated by: Mirron Willis & Dominic Hoffman

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Reggie Jackson and Bob Gibson offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to understand America's pastime from their unique insider perspective.Legendary. Insightful. Uncompromising. Candid. Uncensored. Mr. October and Hoot Gibson unfortunately never faced each other on the field. But now, in Sixty Feet, Six Inches, these two legends open up in... Read more

America's Women - Abridged

By: Gail Collins

Narrated by: Jane Alexander

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Rich in detail, filled with fascinating characters, and panoramic in its sweep, this magnificent, comprehensive work tells for the first time the complete story of the American woman from the Pilgrims to the 21st-centuryIn this sweeping cultural history, Gail Collins explores the transformations, victories, and tragedies of women in America over... Read more

Tiger Force - Abridged

By: Mitch Weiss & Michael Sallah

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission... Read more

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Abridged

By: Edmund Morris

Narrated by: Harry Chase

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt ... Read more

Restoration London - Abridged

By: Liza Picard

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, memoirs, advice books, government papers, almanacs, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents an enthralling picture of how life in London was really lived in the 1600s: the houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing,... Read more

The Demon in the Freezer - Abridged

By: Richard Preston

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“The bard of biological weapons captures the drama of the front lines.”—Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navy

The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons.... Read more

Soldiers and Slaves - Abridged

By: Roger Cohen

Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In February 1945, 350 American POWs captured earlier at the Battle of the Bulge or elsewhere in Europe were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or were thought to resemble Jews. They were transported in cattle cars to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany, and put to work as slave laborers, mining tunnels for a planned... Read more

A escravidão e O trono: Trechos selecionados de A abolição - Abridged

By: Osório Duque-Estrada

Narrated by: Marcela de Barros

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O autor mostra aqui de forma contundente e muito bem emasada que a abolição da escravidão no Brasil aconteceu sem mérito nenhum da família real, mas figuras de Dom Pedro II e da Princesa Isabel. Nestes trechos selecionados do livro "A abolição", de Osório Duque-Estrada, o leitor fica sabendo que o povo, o exército e abolicionistas como Joaquim... Read more

Our Hidden Lives - Abridged

By: Simon Garfield

Narrated by: Amanda Carlton, Christopher Scott, Jeffrey Perr...

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would record, in diary form, the events of their everyday lives. An estimated one million pages eventually found their way to the archive - and it soon... Read more

Uhus Reise durch die Musikgeschichte. Das 18. Jahrhundert - Abridged

By: Silke Wolfrum, Sylvia Schreiber, Kristina Dumas...

Narrated by: Hans-Jürgen Stockerl, Selia Er, Katja Schild, P...

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Unser Uhu hat in seiner Heimat kalte Füße bekommen und möchte eine Weile in den sonnigen Süden entschwinden. Allerdings macht er bereits sehr bald schlapp und landet im Venedig des 18. Jahrhunderts. Er sitzt unter Vivaldis Restauranttisch und belauscht ihn später, während er seiner Arbeit als Geigenlehrer in einem Waisenhaus für Mädchen... Read more

Histoire de France : vie du Chevalier Bayard - Abridged

By: Marthe Le Prestre

Narrated by: Marthe Le Prestre

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bayard naquit vers 1475, au château de la Bussière dans la vallée de Grésivaudan. Envoyé très jeune à Grenoble, il se forma sous la direction de Mgr Alleman, évêque de cette ville. A l'âage de 13 ans, rappelé au château paternel, il ne rêve plus que de faits d'armes et de batailles. C'est alors que son oncle le présenta au Duc de Savoir Charles... Read more

Hospício de Pedro II - Abridged

By: Moreira de Azevedo

Narrated by: Tom Bueno

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Já passou o tempo em que ninguém se atrevia a entrar em um hospital de doidos, receoso de penetrar em enxovias, em gaiolas de ferro, onde eram encarcerados os míseros, como se fossem feras." Retrato humano sensível e detalhado, este texto de Moreira de Azevedo, sobre a fundação do primeiro centro especializado em doenças mentais do Brasil, que... Read more

10´Summary HOMO DEUS: A Brief History of Tomorrow - Abridged

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Alex Daros

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In "Homo Deus," Yuval Noah Harari explores the future of humanity and the evolution of societies in the 21st century. Unlike his previous book, "Sapiens," which analyzes humanity's past, "Homo Deus" focuses on what the future might hold, considering technological advancements, artificial intelligence, and new forms of social organization. Harari... Read more