History audiobooks

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

All the Way to Berlin - Abridged

By: James Megellas

Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.

In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army... Read more

The Great Republic - Abridged

By: Winston S. Churchill

Narrated by: Winston S. Churchill

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Great Republic is Sir Winston Churchill's personal vision of American history, from the arrival of the first European settlers to the dawn of the Cold War, edited by his grandson, the historian and journalist Winston S. Churchill. The book is a magnificent retelling of the American story, including some of the best short histories of the  ... Read more

A Short History of the United States - Abridged

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions, including the arrival and migration of... Read more

Über alle Grenzen - Abridged

By: Ole Nydahl

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jahre über Jahre unterwegs - die Risiken und Freuden, den tibetischen Buddhismus in den Westen zu bringen: »Über alle Grenzen« setzt da an, wo das Buch »Buddhas vom Dach der Welt« aufhört. Humorvoll beschreibt Lama Ole Nydahl die inspirierenden und oft spaßvollen Begegnungen mit seinen Lehrern, diesmal vorwiegend im westlichen Teil unserer Welt.... Read more

انا والسينما - Abridged

By: ابراهيم عبدالمجيد

Narrated by: محمود حمودة

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

مقالاتٌ ممتعة بقلم الأديب الكبيير إبراهيم عبد المجيد سيرة الكاتب مع السينما في طفولته وحكاياته مع دور العرض بمختلف درجاتها. ذكريات مع أفلام بعينها فلم تكن السينما للروائي الكبير مجرد "مشوار" رائعًا مع الأصدقاء ولكن السينما تاريخ للوطن وتجسيد لروحه. استمع إلى كتاب أنا والسينما للكاتب إبراهيم عبد المجيد حصريًا على كتاب صوتي Read more

The Last Voyage of Columbus - Abridged

By: Martin Dugard

Narrated by: Simon Jones

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The Year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that he founded, nurtured, and ruled for eight years. Less than a decade after discovering the New World, he has fallen into disgrace, accused by the royal court of being... Read more

The Yankee Years - Abridged

By: Joe Torre & Tom Verducci

Narrated by: Tom Verducci

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee years

When Joe Torre took over as manager of the New York Yankees in 1996, the most storied franchise in sports had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. The famously tough and mercurial... Read more

نحو رؤية جديدة للتاريخ الاسلامي - Abridged

By: عبد العظيم الديب

Narrated by: عبد الرحمن زغلول

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

بحوث تاريخية موسعة في التاريخ الإسلامي ردود سديدة على بعض الشبهات والأحداث التاريخية المثيرة للجدل توضيحات مهمة لبعض ما تسرب في مناهج التعليم من وسائل تشويه التاريخ وتشويه وعي الأطفال والشباب. بعد أن تنتهي من الكتاب ستملك رؤية جديدة للتاريخ الإسلامي كتاب "نحو رؤية جديدة للتاريخ الإسلامي" للكاتب الكبير عبد العظيم الديب على تطبيق كتاب صوتي Read more

Fixing Hell - Abridged

By: Colonel Larry C. James

Narrated by: Eric Kramer

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This is the story of Abu Ghraib that you haven't heard, told by the soldier sent by the Army to restore order and ensure that the abuses that took place there never happen again.

In April 2004, the world was shocked by the brutal pictures of beatings, dog attacks, sex acts, and the torture of prisoners held at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. As the story... Read more

Primórdios da educação feminina: Textos selecionados de Opúsculo humanitário - Abridged

By: Nísia Floresta

Narrated by: Marcela de Barros

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nestes trechos selecionados do livro "Opúsculo humanitário", de Nísia Floresta, a autora traça um breve panorama da história da educação feminina. Ela mostra, com exemplos, que as civilizações que descuidaram da educação das mulheres acabaram por declinar. Por exceção, apresenta a Grécia antiga como o espaço onde essa cenário era diferente. Read more

Faith of My Fathers - Abridged

By: John McCain & Mark Salter

Narrated by: John McCain

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies."... Read more

The Forever War - Abridged

By: Dexter Filkins

Narrated by: Dexter Filkins

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgetable audiobook that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prize-winning New York Times correspondent, we witness the remarkable chain of events that began with the rise of the Taliban in the... Read more

The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 - Abridged

By: Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Narrated by: Ignat Solzhenitsyn

Length: 21 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” —David Remnick, The New YorkerThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one... Read more

Tagebuch Jagdflieger Johann Twietmeyer - Abridged

By: Johann Twietmeyer

Narrated by: Sascha Ulderup

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die ist die Geschichte eines Jagdfliegers, der den Luftkrieg in und um Deutschland hautnah miterlebte. Vom ersten Feindflug bis zu den Massenangriffen im Rahmen der Staffeln und Geschwadern schaffte er es immer wieder zurück auf den Boden zu kommen. Er kämpfte an verschiedenen Fronten und verlor viele Kameraden in den unbarmherzigen Gefechten... Read more

Yo, comandante de Auschwitz - Abridged

By: Rudolf Höss

Narrated by: Martín Quirós (voz sintética)

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este libro constituye uno de los documentos más sorprendentes de la historia: el testimonio en primera persona de un asesino en masa cuyas víctimas se cuentan por millones. El autor narra su vida, centrándose sobre todo en su etapa al frente del mayor campo de exterminio que haya existido: Auschwitz-Birkenau. Estamos ante un libro clásico,... Read more

Master of the Senate - Abridged

By: Robert A. Caro

Narrated by: Stephen Lang

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Book Three of Robert A. Caro’s monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson—the most admired and riveting political biography of our era—which began with the best-selling and prizewinning The Path to Power and Means of Ascent.

Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from... Read more

The Jesus I Never Knew - Abridged

By: Philip Yancey

Narrated by: Philip D. Yancey

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the Jesus we think we know so well? Join bestselling author Philip Yancey as he conducts an enlightening biblical and historical investigation into the real Jesus.From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, Philip Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as... Read more

ملخص كتاب الفتوحات العربية في روايات المغلوبين - Abridged

By: حسام عيتاني

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

يحاول كتاب «الفتوحات العربية في روايات المغلوبين» للباحث والصحفي اللبنانيّ حسام عيتاني أن يطبق هذا المنهج على التاريخ الإسلامي، خصوصًا في الأجزاء المتعلقة بالفتوحات والغزوات. فعلى الرغم من أن هذه الفتوحات تشغل قسمًا كبيرًا من التاريخ الإسلامي والسيرة النبوية، بل وتدخل كذلك في علوم القرآن مثل التفسير وأسباب النزول، فإنّ كلّ ما نعرفه عنها جاء عبر... Read more

We Blacks - Abridged

By: Bantu Stephen Biko

Narrated by: Hangwi Liphadzi & Asi Liphadzi

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Frank Talk with Biko: We Blacks. A collection of publicly available writings, speeches and interviews by Steve Bantu Biko in the seminal time of the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s. These are collated into audio to give Biko a voice in these modern times that so desperately needs to listen to him. Biko's words are not only prophetic... Read more

ملخص كتاب العاقل تاريخ مختصر للإنسانية - Abridged

By: يوفال نوح هراري

Narrated by: Sahla Books

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

في كتاب Sapiens: تاريخٌ مختصر للإنسانية، يشرح المؤرخYuval Noah Harari كل ما توصل إليه علماء التاريخ والأنثروبولوجيا للإجابة عن تلك التساؤلات. كما يتتبع رحلة البشرية عبر أهم ثلاث ثورات في التاريخ: ثورة الوعي، والثورة الزراعية، والثورة العلمية. القصة تبدأ منذ حوالي سبعين ألف عام، بتغيير طفيف في الحياة على الأرض، كان مقدرًا له أن يغير كل شيء ظهور... Read more