History audiobooks

The Scapegoat

By: Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Narrated by: Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Length: 25 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary history of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, advisor and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend... Read more

The CIA’s Most Controversial Operations: The History of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Notorious Activities in the 20th Century

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Though it might be hard to believe, the Americans did not have a covert operations organization when they joined World War II, and like the British, it took them some time to realize it could be a powerful tool. As a result, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was not established until June 13, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl... Read more

Bible Translations for Everyone

By: Tim Wildsmith

Narrated by: Tim Wildsmith & Andi Ackerman

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author and Andi Ackerman.Bible Translations for Everyone is a fun and engaging guide in which pastor, professor, and popular YouTuber Tim Wildsmith will help you navigate the complex world of Bible translations.Have you ever wondered why there are so many translations of the Bible? It can be overwhelming and challenging to make sense... Read more

The Most Famous Leaders of Native American Resistance: The History of the Indigenous Chiefs Who Fought the Expansion of White Settlers

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout history, there have been men of war and men of peace, but few have actually had a war named after them. One of them was Pontiac, also known as Obwandiyag, an Odawa chief who left his mark on history by continuing the battle against the British after their official triumph during the French and Indian War.  The new United States was... Read more

Viral Mayhem: The Untold Saga of a World Disrupted

By: Roarke Bennington

Narrated by: Alan Winnigton

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Viral Mayhem: The Untold Saga of a World Disrupted
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Are you eager to advance your career while deepening your understanding of rabies and its significant impact on culture and history?
In search of a complete guide that covers all the essential elements to comprehend rabies' varied influence on... Read more

What Is Stoicism?

By: Tanner Campbell & Kai Whiting

Narrated by: Tanner Campbell

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An easy, jargon-free introduction to stoicism that covers the full range of stoic thought in a single compact volume

Divided into short chapters that can be read in brief sittings, What Is Stoicism? compiles two millennia of Stoic thought into simple conversational prose. This whistle-stop tour of Stoicism covers a surprising number of core... Read more

A Chance Meeting

By: Rachel Cohen

Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Weaving a tapestry of creativity and circumstance, this chronicle of the many links and serendipitous meetings between giants of American culture—from Henry James to Gertrude Stein to Zora Neale Hurston to Marcel Duchamp—now includes a new afterword by the author.



Rachel Cohen's A Chance Meeting is a dazzling group portrait that offers a striking... Read more

The New Nature of Business

By: Peter Vanham & Andre Hoffmann

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman André Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham describe how companies should change their ways to have continued success, and why the current modus operandi is not working. They present a template for creating "sustainable prosperity", and case-studies of companies... Read more

HOOF BEATS

By: William T. Taylor

Narrated by: Tristan Morris

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history.



From the Rockies to the Himalayas, the bond between horses and humans has spanned across time and civilizations. In this archaeological journey, William T. Taylor explores how momentous events in the story of... Read more

Growing Wings

By: Ben Hunt

Narrated by: Nigel Barden

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Packed with intrigue, high-stakes schemes, and adrenalin-fueled action on-and-off the track, the brilliant and gripping inside story of Formula One’s most fascinating, swagger-rich, and win-at-all-costs team, Red Bull, now celebrating its twentieth anniversary.A propulsive, dramatic thrill ride, Growing Wings chronicles two incredible decades of... Read more

Great Horse Racing Mysteries

By: John McEvoy

Narrated by: John Guccion

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Great Horse Racing Mysteries digs beneath the surface of some of the sport's most intriguing cases, including the death by poisoning of the great Australian champion Phar Lap; the shooting of William Woodward by his wife Ann, owners of the great horse Nashua; the disqualification of 1960 Derby winner Dancer's Image (was he drugged?); the theft... Read more

The Hollow Crown

By: Eliot A. Cohen

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

What Shakespeare's plays can teach us about modern-day politics



William Shakespeare understood power: what it is, how it works, how it is gained, and how it is lost.



In The Hollow Crown, Eliot A. Cohen reveals how the battling princes of Henry IV and scheming senators of Julius Caesar can teach us to better understand power and politics today. The... Read more

Bóg objawia się ludzkości jako Bóg widzialny

By: Zahid Ali Khan

Narrated by: Edyta Gąsiorek

Length: 23 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Czy Bóg istnieje?Kiedy Bóg zabrał mnie do niezliczonych niebios, rzekł do mnie: „Wejdź we Mnie. Polećmy prosto w górę. Pozwolę ci doświadczyć w szczegółach, jak zaczęło się Moje istnienie i wszystko inne.” W tym punkcie ciemnej wieczności, Bóg objawił mi i obiecał: „Tam, gdzie teraz stoisz, nigdy wcześniej nie było żadnej istoty ani żadnej... Read more

Moscow Rules

By: Keir Giles

Narrated by: Keir Giles

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the Russian challenge.



Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as... Read more

A Continuous State of War

By: Maria Angela Diaz

Narrated by: Angela Juarez

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1845 to 1865 the Gulf of Mexico was at the center of American expansion and southern imperialism. A Continuous State of War tells the story of several communities as well as countries such as Mexico and Cuba, to uncover the way that wars within the upper rim of the Gulf of Mexico facilitated American and southern attempts to conquer Latin... Read more

Tiberio y Calígula

By: Santiago Machain

Narrated by: Santiago Machain

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

En este segundo volumen, nos adentramos en las vidas de dos figuras tan complejas como intrigantes de la dinastía Julio-Claudia: Tiberio, el solitario sucesor de Augusto, y Calígula, el joven emperador cuyo nombre evoca extravagancia y escándalo. A través de un relato fascinante y lleno de contrastes, exploramos cómo el pragmatismo y la paranoia... Read more

How to Think Like Socrates

By: Donald J. Robertson

Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

How can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life?

Socrates is the quintessential Athenian philosopher, the source of the entire Western philosophical tradition, and Godfather to the Stoics. He spent his life teaching practical philosophy to ordinary people in the streets of Athens, yet few people today are... Read more

Ancient Goddess Magic

By: Vanessa Lavallée

Narrated by: Aura Paige

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

• Explores beliefs and myths from Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, and around the Mediterranean, revealing how ancient goddesses were powerful queens of the heavens and Guardians of the Underworld, not passive fertility symbols

• Looks at creator goddesses, sun goddesses, lunar goddesses, warrior maiden goddesses, and night goddesses, including... Read more

Indochina Hand

By: Barry Michael Broman

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Barry Broman joined the CIA in 1971 straight out of the Marine Corps, choosing a career in intelligence largely because he wanted to spend his working life in Southeast Asia. Over the next thirty years, he had the privilege of working with brave men and women who were prepared to put their lives on the line in support of the free world during... Read more

Alabama

By: Robert David Ward, Leah Rawls Atkins, William W...

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 30 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state's bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama's evolution.



Once the home of... 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

Landser im Weltkrieg 7: Im Bomberstrom – Mutige Piloten der Luftwaffe verteidigen den deutschen Luftraum (Landser im Weltkrieg – Erlebnisberichte in Romanheft-Länge)

By: Hermann Weinhauer

Narrated by: Freerk Reeder

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Fesselnde Landser-Geschichten in Romanheft-Länge Der vorliegende Band "Im Bomberstrom" erzählt vom Kampf einer deutschen Jagdstaffel gegen alliierte Bomber während der Schlussphase des Krieges. Erleben Sie die dramatischen Stunden aus der Perspektive verschiedener Flugzeugführer, als sich eine Staffel Me 109 todesmutig auf die gigantischen... Read more

American History, Volume 2

By: Thomas S. Kidd

Narrated by: Craig Hinkle

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

American History, Volume 2 gives a wide overview of America’s history from the end of the Civil War era, to the political and cultural struggles of contemporary times. Thomas S. Kidd employs lessons learned from his own scholarly expertise and history classes to weave together a compelling narrative of the defeats and triumphs that have defined... Read more

American History, Volume 1

By: Thomas S. Kidd

Narrated by: Craig Hinkle

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

American History, Volume 1 surveys the broad sweep of American history from the first Native American societies to the end of the Reconstruction period, following the Civil War. Drawing on a deep range of research and years of classroom teaching experience, Thomas S. Kidd offers students an engaging overview of the first half of American... Read more