History audiobooks

Mornings On Horseback - Abridged

By: David McCullough

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.

Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore... Read more

O primeiro golpe do Brasil - Abridged

By: Ricardo Lessa

Narrated by: Alex Ferreira

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"O primeiro golpe do Brasil" narra um período específico e definitivo da mal contada história do país, com impactos até os dias de hoje: o golpe de 1823, liderado pelo jovem português recém-coroado D. Pedro I. Com o manto de imperador, Pedro fechou a Assembleia Constituinte, que propunha um caminho liberal para o Brasil, perseguiu aliados e... Read more

The Great Bridge - Abridged

By: David McCullough

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian David McCullough.

This monumental book is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events in our... Read more

The Jesus Dynasty - Abridged

By: James D. Tabor

Narrated by: James D. Tabor

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Based on a careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, The Jesus Dynasty offers a bold new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. The story is surprising, controversial and exciting as only a long-lost history can be when it is at last recovered.

In The Jesus... Read more

Dealers of Lightning - Abridged

By: Michael A. Hiltzik

Narrated by: Forrest Sawyer

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dealers of Lightning is the riveting story of the legendary Xerox PARC'a collection of eccentric young inventors brought together by Xerox Corporation at a facility in Palo Alto, California, during the mind-blowing intellectual ferment of the seventies and eighties. Here for the first time is revealed in piercing detail the true story of the... Read more

O voto feminino: Trechos selecionados de A mulher moderna - Abridged

By: Josefina Álvares de Azevedo

Narrated by: Marcela de Barros

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nestes trechos selecionados de seu livro "A mulher moderna", Josefina Álvares de Azevedo faz uma contundente defesa do integração da mulher ao processo eleitoral, na então recém-proclamada república brasileira. "Queremos o direito de intervir nas eleições, de eleger e ser eleitas, como os homens, em igualdade de condições", ela afirma, tecendo... Read more

في تلك السنة - Abridged

By: أنيس منصور

Narrated by: رضوان صوان

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

كتابٌ فريد من نوعه، يتناول ظاهرة غريبة، تتمثل في أن الكثير من الشخصيات العظيمة حول العالم ولدت في نفس العام ، وهو عام 1889، مثل:العقاد وهتلر وطه حسين ومارتن هيدجر وإليا أبو ماضي وغيرهم. فقد كان عامًا استثنائيًّا في التاريخ بشكل عام، ونجح أنيس منصور في رصد هذه الظاهرة بأسلوبه البسيط والمتميز. تعرّف إلى حياتهم وأفكارهم واستمع الآن. Read more

Breaking the Mold - Abridged

By: Rohit Lamba & Raghuram G. Rajan

Narrated by: Homer Todiwala

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This audiobook narrated by Homer Todiwala charts the new path for economic development that India must create The whole world has a stake in India's future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population—now the world's largest—while staying democratic. India's economy has overtaken the United... Read more

Nixon and Kissinger - Abridged

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than thirty years after working side by side in the White House, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger still stand as two of the most compelling, contradictory, and powerful leaders in America in the second half of the twentieth century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition, driven by their own inner demons, and often... Read more

Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys - Abridged

By: Neil Oliver

Narrated by: Gideon Emery

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Stories of heroism, exploration, and sacrifice -- including Apollo XIII and Scott of the Antarctic -- that inspire boys to be courageous, selfless, and open to adventureTales of brave and selfless deeds used to be part of every boy’s education. We grew up sharing stories with our fathers, uncles, and grandfathers of how other men had lived their... Read more

Out of Captivity - Abridged

By: Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell & Gar...

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“[A] remarkable story….An honest and harrowing memoir of a life-changing ordeal.” —Arizona RepublicThe spellbinding New York Times bestseller, Out of Captivity is the amazing true story of Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell, three American civilian contractors who were held hostage by the FARC rebel group in Colombia for five and a... Read more

The Age of Sacred Terror - Abridged

By: Daniel Benjamin & Steven Simons

Narrated by: Philip Bosco

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon began working on this book shortly after leaving the National Security Council, where, as director and senior director for counterterrorism, they watched the rise of al-Qaeda and helped coordinate America’s fight against Usama bin Laden and his organization. They warned in articles and interviews about the... Read more

Love and Louis XIV - Abridged

By: Antonia Fraser

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The superb historian and biographer Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette, casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV in this dramatic, illuminating look at the women in his life.

The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now,... Read more

Last Train to Paradise - Abridged

By: Les Standiford

Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.

In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D.... Read more

Emergency - Abridged

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. ""I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes."" So begins Neil Strauss's harrowing new book: his first... Read more

Castro Alves - Crianças Famosas - Abridged

By: Myriam Fraga

Narrated by: Kely Rodrigues

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves, o Poeta dos Escravos, nasceu em 1847, no interior da Bahia. Graças à amizade que tivera com o filho de uma escrava, ele empenhou-se na luta pelos direitos dos negros no Brasil. Este livro narra a infância de Castro Alves, poeta brasileiro do período do Romantismo, que ficou famoso por suas palavras de exaltação... Read more

Ladies of Liberty - Abridged

By: Cokie Roberts

Narrated by: Cokie Roberts

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

“This collection succeeds in emphasizing that many unsung women left their mark well before the suffrage movement.” —Publishers WeeklyFans of #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts, also a celebrated journalist for ABC and NPR, will love this stunning nonfiction picture book, as will parents and educators looking for a more in-depth... Read more

The Isles - Abridged

By: Norman Davies

Narrated by: Andrew Sachs

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

If ever a history book were a tract for the times, it is The Isles: A History ... a masterwork..' Roy Porter, The Times

'Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality, sparkle, economy and humour. The pages fly by, not only because the pace is well judged but also because the surprises keep coming.'... Read more

A la luz de las lucernas - Abridged

By: Juan Luis del Valle Pliego

Narrated by: Martín Quirós (voz sintética)

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Un hombre desembarca en el puerto de Ostia. Se trata de un esclavo. Forma parte de un lote prohibitivo que acaba de adquirir su señor, uno de los hombres más poderosos de su tiempo. Por su empeño de preceptor y consejero estará en contacto con el poder y sus oscuras intrigas. A través de sus ojos y de sus escritos conoceremos la ciudad eterna,... 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

The Sangamon Story - Abridged

By: Francis Grierson

Narrated by: Kirk Laughead

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Francis Grierson's, The Valley of Shadows, is truly a lost American classic. Written at the dawn of the twentieth century, the author has remarkably captured his adventures and observations as a child growing up on the prairies of Illinois in the years leading up the Civil War, in a region that was neither North nor South; neither for slavery... Read more

The British Are Coming - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: George Newbern & Rick Atkinson

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

**One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019**

"The winning combination of George Newbern's engaging narration and Rick Atkinson's vivid new work of history--the first in a planned trilogy about the American Revolution--brings to life what could have been a dry account of Revolutionary battles." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program... Read more

A Good Life - Abridged

By: Ben Bradlee

Narrated by: Ben Bradlee

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic New York Times bestselling memoir by legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee—with a new foreword by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and an afterword by Sally Quinn.

The most important, glamorous, and famous newspaperman of modern times traces his path from Harvard to the battles of the South Pacific to the... Read more

Instrução feminina pública e particular: Trechos selecionados de Opúsculo Humanitário - Abridged

By: Nísia Floresta

Narrated by: Rennata Airoldi

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Era quase geral a opinião, como dissemos, que a instrução intelectual era inútil quando não prejudicial às meninas": eis o resumo do cenário que Nísia Floresta ainda encontra em seu tempo. Nestes trechos selecionados do seu livro "Opúsculo humanitário", a autora introduz ao leitor o histórico das escolas para meninas no Brasil, tecendo críticas... Read more