History audiobooks

50 Battles That Changed the World - Abridged

By: William Weir

Narrated by: Rick Turner

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Changed The World looks at the clashes the author believes have had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of their relevance to the modern world, they range from the ancient past to the present day and span the globe many times over. This book is not so much about military... 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

Iron Rose - Abridged

By: Cindy Adams & Susan Crimp

Narrated by: Cindy Adams

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iron Rose takes an intimate look at the incredible life of Rose Kennedy—head of the Kennedy dynasty and one of the 20th century's most influential women—and her nine famous children. A riveting account of the power behind America's political throne for several decades, Iron Rose reveals the secrets behind the triumphs and tragedies of the... Read more

The Great Upheaval - Abridged

By: Jay Winik

Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into monumental revolution. But none of these remarkable events occurred in isolation. In The Great Upheaval, acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully illuminates how their... Read more

Resumen 10' “HOMO DEUS” Breve historia del mañana. - Abridged

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Máximo Volpo

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este presenta una exploración sobre el futuro de la humanidad y la evolución de las sociedades en el siglo XXI. En contraste con su libro anterior, Sapiens, que analiza el pasado de la humanidad, Homo Deus se enfoca en lo que podría depararnos el futuro, considerando los avances tecnológicos, la inteligencia artificial y las nuevas formas de... 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

MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING - Abridged

By: Viktor Frankl

Narrated by: Alex Daros

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Man’s Search for Meaning is a book published in 1946 by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. It is an autobiographical and psychological work in which the author recounts his experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II and the development of his theory of logotherapy.Through his experience, Frankl argues that the primary driving... Read more

First Man - Abridged

By: James R. Hansen

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now a major motion picture, this is the first—and only—definitive authorized account of Neil Armstrong, the man whose “one small step” changed history.

When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over fifty... Read more

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds - Abridged

By: Gary M. Pomerantz

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In August 1995, twenty-six passengers and a crew of three board a commuter plane in Atlanta headed for Gulfport, Mississippi. Shortly after takeoff they hear an explosion and some see a mangled engine lodged against the wing. From that moment, nine minutes and twenty seconds elapse until the crippled plane crashes in a west Georgia hayfield.... 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

The Right People - Abridged

By: Stephen Birmingham

Narrated by: Jason Leikam

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd" It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's... Read more

Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne - Abridged

By: Larry Chambers

Narrated by: Brian Hallas

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For firefights in the swamps, ambushes in the jungle, or just facing the enemy dead-on, Recondo trained LRRPs to win.

They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed—the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered... Read more

Terrible Terry Allen - Abridged

By: Gerald Astor

Narrated by: Reathel Bean

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Terry de la Mesa Allen’s mother was the daughter of a Spanish officer, and his father was a career U.S. Army officer. Despite this impressive martial heritage, success in the military seemed unlikely for Allen as he failed out of West Point—twice—ultimately gaining his commission through Catholic University’s R.O.T.C. program. In World War I,... Read more

Von Tod und Wiedergeburt - 2. überarbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe - Abridged

By: Ole Nydahl

Narrated by: Mike Maas

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Neueste Forschungen zu den sogenannten Nahtoderfahrungen machen ein Weiterleben des Bewusstseins nach dem Tod immer wahrscheinlicher. Auch für den Buddhismus ist der Tod ein Tor in eine neue Daseinsform. Lama Ole Nydahl beschreibt die vielen subtilen Erfahrungen im Verlauf des Sterbens und erläutert den Zustand zwischen Tod und Wiedergeburt.... Read more

Against All Enemies - Abridged

By: Seymour Hersh

Narrated by: James Sutorius

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While the Gulf War lasted barely six months— from August 1990 until February 1991— many of the veterans who engaged in the conflict suffered long-lasting physical and psychological effects. And yet, those in power who had the ability to address such issues, neglected to do so— at least not in any effective or... Read more

Ghost of the Thames - Abridged

By: May McGoldrick & Jan Coffey

Narrated by: Anya Virtual-Voice

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

GHOST OF THE THAMES Spine-tingling suspense and heart-throbbing romance in a poignant and unpredictable tale of Victorian London! Captain Edward Seymour—the last of a long line of distinguished Royal Navy officers—has returned from sea to find that his niece has disappeared. Combing every inn and hellhole of the city's darkest corners, he... Read more

الرجل النبيل - Abridged

By: علي بن جابر الفيفي

Narrated by: وائل جروان

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

سميت هذه الأوراق "الرجل النبيل" لأنه عليه السلام أنبل رجل عرفته البشرية، ولأن النبل ظاهر في تفاصيل حياته، في رضاه وغضبه، في حزنه وفرحه، قبل نبوته وبعدها، فهو بحق الرجل النبيل استمع الآن إلى كتاب "الرجل النبيل" للكاتب على بن جابر الفيفي على تطبيق كتاب صوتي Read more

El Arte de la Guerra - Abridged

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

La obra del general Sun Tzu no es únicamente un audiolibro de práctica militar, sino un tratado que enseña la estrategia suprema de aplicar con sabiduría el conocimiento de la naturaleza humana en los momentos de confrontación. No es por tanto, un audiolibro sobre la guerra: es una obra para comprender las raíces de un conflicto y buscar una... Read more

La Madre Teresa - Abridged

By: Curva Ediciones Creativas

Narrated by: Staff Audiolibros Colección

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nacida bajo el nombre de Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , cambia su nombre a Teresa cuando decide dedicarse a Dios.Biografía dramatizada de una de las mujeres que por más de 45 años atendió a pobres, enfermos, huérfanos y moribundos, al mismo tiempo que guiaba la expansión de su congregación, primeramente en la India y luego en otros países del mundo. Read more

Blood Done Sign My Name - Abridged

By: Timothy B. Tyson

Narrated by: Timothy B. Tyson

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The “riveting”* true story of the fiery summer of 1970, which would forever transform the town of Oxford, North Carolina—a classic portrait of the fight for civil rights in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird
 
*Chicago Tribune

On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert... Read more

3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It - Abridged

By: Sean Flynn

Narrated by: Christopher Walker

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On December 3, 1999, the call crackled in to the men of the Worchester, Massachusetts Fire Department: a three-alarm warehouse blaze in a six-story windowless colossus of brick and mortar.Firefighters love the excitement of a "triple." But this was a different beast. Rollovers, flashovers, backdrafts, this one had it all. Once inside, they found... Read more

The Conquerors - Abridged

By: Michael R. Beschloss

Narrated by: Michael R. Beschloss

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany.

With monumental fairness and balance, The Conquerors shows how Roosevelt privately refused... Read more

The Path Between the Seas - Abridged

By: David McCullough

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough.

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the... Read more

American Heritage's Great Minds of American History - Abridged

By: American Heritage

Narrated by: David McCullough & Stephen E. Ambrose

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a series of fascinating interviews, today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history.

American Heritage's Great Minds of American History takes you to critical moments in American history, imbuing the past with an immediacy that goes well beyond the scope of formal histories. Roger Mudd's highly... Read more