History audiobooks

A história da ciência para quem tem pressa - Abridged

By: Nicola Chalton & Meredith MacArdle

Narrated by: Jorge Rebello

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2.500 anos de descobertas — os feitos dos grandes cientistas, desde os tempos antigos até a era moderna. Desde os tempos antigos, homens e mulheres de brilhante intelecto tentam entender o universo observando muito além da capacidade de ver ou mesmo tocar — de minúsculos átomos às mais distantes estrelas. A História da Ciência para Quem Tem... Read more

A história de Jesus para quem tem pressa - Abridged

By: Anthony Le Donne

Narrated by: Alex Ferreira

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nestas páginas, você conhecerá as muitas faces de Jesus. Conhecerá o franzino trabalhador (diarista) de cabelos curtos, sem barba e sem alguns dentes. Conhecerá o simbólico cordeiro sacrificial da imaginação de João. Conhecerá o homem-deus das controvérsias do cristianismo primitivo. Conhecerá o chefe guerreiro da poesia viking. Conhecerá a... Read more

The Bear’s Aggression - Abridged

By: M. R. Ocha

Narrated by: Rori yang

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sir, It's the Russian Commandant. Hello Mr President." So nice to hear your voice. I must say you were right to try, but too late.THIS IS YOUR FAULT!        Go ON, Take that Poll! Ask your people, and tell them it was the right thing to do. Read more

Built to Last - Abridged

By: Jim Collins

Narrated by: Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day -- as... Read more

A história da filosofia para quem tem pressa - Abridged

By: Lesley Levene

Narrated by: Luiz Nicolau

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Se uma árvore cair na floresta quando não houver ninguém por perto, fará algum ruído? E se eu fizer um transplante facial, continuarei sendo eu mesmo? Será que um robô pode ser humano? Estas e outras perguntas fazem parte da lista de especulações filosóficas que acompanham o homem ao longo de 2.500 anos e que estão presentes em A... Read more

Atatürk - Abridged

By: Fabio L. Grassi

Narrated by: Kerem Fırtına

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ü bu kez "dışarı"dan bir gözle, tarihçi Fabio L. Grassi anlatıyor. Cumhuriyet'in kurucu liderinin nasıl yetiştiğini, sürdürdüğü askeri ve siyasi mücadeleleri, barışçı bir devlet adamı ve gözü pek bir devrimci olarak yaşadığı hayatı ele alıyor... "Fabio L. Grassi'nin kitabı İtalyanlar kadar Türk okuru için de önem arz... Read more

Die Humboldts - Abridged

By: Dorothee Nolte

Narrated by: Dorothee Nolte & Paul Sonderegger

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Wir sind uns gut, aber selten eng", sagte Wilhelm von Humboldt über sein Verhältnis zu Alexander. Zwei Jahre trennen die Brüder Humboldt, sie wachsen behütet, aber nicht glücklich im Tegeler Familienschloss auf, werden auf eine Karriere im preußischen Staatsdienst vorbereitet. Alexander wird Forschungsreisender, Wilhelm Staatsbeamter und... Read more

A Million Thanks - Abridged

By: Shauna Fleming

Narrated by: Shauna Fleming

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

In March 2004, high school freshman Shauna Fleming invited 1,100 schoolmates to join her in “A Million Thanks,” a campaign to collect and distribute one million letters of appreciation to current and past military men and women at home and overseas. Within six months, she received the one millionth letter. Since then, she has raised her goal to... Read more

The Long Gray Line - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: Bruce Weitz

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A gripping look at the cadets of West Point whose dedication to duty was not honored by the country they served. Young men who dream of heroes look to West Point and to a career of serving their country. The class of 1966 was no exception, but these cadets faced greater challenges than any earlier generation could have imagined. Thirty of them... Read more

Free Lunch - Abridged

By: David Cay Johnston

Narrated by: David Cay Johnston

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new exposé. Read more

We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman, writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover's Mill, NJ, who lived... Read more

Agent Zigzag - Abridged

By: Ben Macintyre

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. In 1941,... Read more

A Great Improvisation - Abridged

By: Stacy Schiff

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France.” So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin’s French mission, the most exacting–and momentous–eight years of his life.

When Franklin embarked, the colonies were without money, munitions, gunpowder or common cause; like all adolescents, they were to discover that... Read more

Women Writing Musicals - Abridged

By: Jennifer Ashley Tepper

Narrated by: Jenn Lee

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the women who pounded the pavement selling their songs in Tin Pan Alley at the turn of the twentieth century; to the women who broke new ground writing shows during the Great Depression; to the women who penned protest musicals fighting for social justice during the 1970s; to those who are revitalizing the landscape of American musicals... 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

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

Tales from Q School - Abridged

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: John Feinstein

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of Raise a Fist, Take a Knee and A Good Walk Spoiled, this "must-read" national bestseller takes you inside the dramatic world of the highest-pressure golf tournament in the world (Tampa Tribune).  

It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the careers of future legends and can be the... Read more

Das Buch vom geglückten Leben - Abridged

By: Epiktet

Narrated by: Stephan Benson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Du willst Philosoph sein. Mach dich darauf gefasst, dass man dich auslacht." In seinem Handbüchlein weist Epiktet einen zeitlos modernen Weg, sich von jenen zweifelhaften Werten und Überzeugungen freizumachen, die den Menschen versklaven. Wer sich unter Epiktets Anleitung wahre innere Freiheit erwirbt, den wird nichts und niemand mehr... Read more

Philosophie des Glücks - Abridged

By: Epikur

Narrated by: Peter Jordan & Stephan Schad

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Niemand ist zu jung oder zu alt, um etwas für die Gesundheit seiner Seele zu tun." Der griechische Philosoph Epikur stellte das Glück des einzelnen ins Zentrum seiner Lehre. Er wies seinen Schülerinnen und Schülern den Weg zur höchsten Lust und zur Vermeidung des Schmerzes. Dem modernen Menschen erscheint Epikurs Philosophie nicht zuletzt... 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

Edith Wharton - Abridged

By: Hermione Lee

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The definitive biography of one of America’s greatest writers, from the author of the acclaimed masterpiece Virginia Woolf.
Born in 1862, Edith Wharton escaped the suffocating fate of the well-born female, traveled adventurously in Europe and eventually settled in France. After tentative beginnings, she developed a forceful literary... Read more

Lektionen der Stille - Abridged

By: Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer

Narrated by: Maja Maranow

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Wenn du jenseits von Liebe und Hass bist, ist alles so klar wie das helle Tageslicht." Der Zen-Weg, in China zwischen 500 und 1000 n. Chr. entwickelt, ist nicht nur einfach Meditation und Versenkung, sondern vor allem Praxis. Zen umfasst die ganze Existenz. Diese Auswahl aus der reichhaltigen Literatur bietet klassische Texte von bekannten... Read more

Wege zu sich selbst - Abridged

By: Marc Aurel

Narrated by: Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger & Stephan Schad

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

"Die Kunst des Lebens besteht mehr im Ringen als im Tanzen." Auf der Suche nach der Idee der Freiheit und im Bewusstsein der Vergänglichkeit alles Irdischen befragt Marc Aurel, der Philosoph auf dem römischen Kaiserthron, sein eigenes Ich. Seine Selbstgespräche sind eine zeitlos eindrucksvolle Auseinandersetzung mit den Grundfragen richtiger... Read more

O reino que não era deste mundo - Abridged

By: Marcos Costa

Narrated by: Cristiano Gualda

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Uma conspiração maquiavélica que beira as raias do absurdo. Mais do que duas forças políticas, duas elites disputando um ardiloso jogo de xadrez. Um tsunami prestes a engolir os donos do poder. E você, de que lado estaria? Para entender o Brasil de hoje é preciso entender os bastidores de uma disputa pelo poder que começa em 1831 e envolve... Read more