History audiobooks

The Forbidden Garden

By: Simon Parkin

Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives, the riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed bank who faced an impossible choice during the Siege of Leningrad: eat the collection to prevent starvation, or protect their life’s work to help end world hunger?

In the summer of 1941, German troops... Read more

The Birth of British Airpower

By: Peter Dye

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

The Birth of British Airpower describes how Hugh Trenchard, a man with few leadership skills, became a much-loved and inspirational commander who laid the foundation for British airpower on the Western Front in World War I and created the preconditions for the establishment of the world's first independent air service, the Royal Air Force.... Read more

Women Holding Things

By: Maira Kalman

Narrated by: Maira Kalman

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a wondrous collection of words that is a moving meditation on the beauty and complexity of women’s lives and roles, revealed in the things they hold.“What do women hold? The home and the family. And the... Read more

Tough Rugged Bastards

By: John A. Dailey

Narrated by: Tom Beyer

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command. The eighty-six-man "Detachment One" was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a "proof-of-concept" to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations... Read more

Big Tequila

By: Emanuele Mensah

Narrated by: Christopher Salazar

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Big Tequila is the ultimate guide to the rich cultural heritage, history, and makers of this legendary spirit.Immerse yourself in Mexican tradition and learn the essential role that mezcal and tequila have played in this country's history and identity. Offering a detailed account of the transformation of agave into tequila, this book delves into... Read more

Fearless Speech

By: Mary Anne Franks

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani & Mary Anne Franks

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful debunking of First Amendment orthodoxy that critiques "reckless speech," which endangers vulnerable groups, and elevates "fearless speech," which seeks to advance equality and democracy.

Freedom of speech has never been more important—or more controversial. From debates about what's permissible on social media, to the politics of... Read more

Killer Cocktails

By: Holly Frey & Maria Trimarchi

Narrated by: Holly Frey & Maria Trimarchi

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the hosts of the criminally popular podcast Criminalia, Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi, a dangerously delicious cocktail and mocktail book inspired by history’s most notorious (and notoriously overlooked) criminals
  Every month, over 200,000 listeners download Criminalia to hear stories of history’s wildest and most devious criminals they... Read more

Morningside

By: Aran Shetterly

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

An unflinching look at a shocking racial tragedy that divides a Southern city—comparable to the recent events in Charlottesville—and the activists who, in their tireless fight for justice, refuse to give up on America’s promised ideals, and pursue racial reconciliation with hope that their fractured city can heal.On November 3, 1979, as activist... Read more

Opening Weekend

By: Jim Fredrick

Narrated by: Jim Fredrick

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In a world where movie marketers are the stars of the story, Opening Weekend: An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops recounts Jim Fredrick's journey through the realm of movie marketing. Fredrick offers readers exclusive access to behind-the-scenes anecdotes and firsthand accounts of working with studio executives and... Read more

Palestine

By: brian bean & Sumaya Awad

Narrated by: Jeed Saddy

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, contextualizing it in an increasingly polarized world and offering a socialist perspective on how full liberation can be won.



Through an internationalist, anti-imperialist lens, this book explores the links between... Read more

The Myth of American Idealism

By: Noam Chomsky & Nathan J. Robinson

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky.” —The New Statesman

From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national... Read more

Common Sense

By: Thomas Paine

Narrated by: Emma

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a powerful and persuasive pamphlet that played a pivotal role in advocating for American independence from British rule. Written in 1776, Paine’s clear and compelling arguments challenged the authority of the British monarchy and promoted the idea of self-governance. His accessible language and logical reasoning... Read more

Globalismo

By: Agustin Laje

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 21 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Desvela los mecanismos ocultos de la dominación mundial con Globalismo: Ingeniería social y control total en el siglo XXI. El exitoso autor Agustín Laje desentraña magistralmente la malvada realidad de nuestro mundo moderno e ilumina las tinieblas de las fuerzas de poder que tratan de controlar a la humanidad. El globalismo no es globalización,... Read more

Hammer of the Gods

By: Stephen Davis

Narrated by: Chris Abell

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The gold-standard biography of the band Led Zeppelin—revised and updated with new material for fans of the band and this beloved rock classic.“One of the most notorious rock biographies ever written.” —Chicago Tribune The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters,... Read more

The Devil's Playground

By: Andrew Bragg

Narrated by: Kevin P. Mullan

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This book shares the story of the men of Two Charlie and their fight for survival in the Arghandab River Valley, the Devil’s Playground. “The Devil’s Playground” was anything south of the second canal to the men of Charlie Company’s 2nd Platoon—Two Charlie—during their 2009–2010 deployment to the Arghandab River Valley in Afghanistan. The valley... Read more

A Nation's Paper

By: John Ibbitson

Narrated by: Emily Nixon & Sterling Jarvis

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From Canada's newspaper of record for 180 years, here are thirty-one brilliant and provocative essays by a diverse selection of their writers on how The Globe and Mail covered and influenced major events and issues from the paper’s founding to the latest file.

Since 1844, the Globe and Mail and its predecessor, George Brown’s Globe, have... Read more

Jimmy Breslin

By: Richard Esposito

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"Do not. Confuse me. With. The facts. I tell the truth." —Jimmy Breslin



In a newspaper career spanning decades, Jimmy Breslin covered the stories that he knew mattered most: the human stories beyond the front page. From the JFK assassination, to the Son of Sam killings, mafia heists, the Crown Heights riots, and the Occupy movement, Breslin's... Read more

The Faithful Spy

By: John Hendrix

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities.
When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a... Read more

Five Suns

By: Stephen J. Pyne

Narrated by: Emmanuel Chumaceiro

Length: 14 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form or another: Mexico has ideal circumstances for fire, and those fires provide a unique perspective on its complex history.



Narrating Mexico's... Read more

The Price of Children

By: Maria Laurino

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“I was spellbound . . . one of the best books I’ve recently read” —Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kittredge.

A powerful church. An acquiescent government. In The Price of Children, investigative journalist Maria Laurino details the shocking story of mothers and children deceived and exploited as directed by the highest... Read more

The Eagle and the Hart

By: Helen Castor

Narrated by: Helen Castor

Length: 20 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England.

Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years... Read more

Bible Study Workbook: A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Unlocking the Essentials of All 66 Books

By: Ahoy Publications

Narrated by: Jay Herbert

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Unlock the Bible: Simplify Complex Scriptures and Apply Them to Your Life!Does the Bible seem intimidating when you look through the pages and see the dense paragraphs?Have you tried reading the Bible but struggled to piece together the scripture’s meanings?Do you understand a few popular Biblical stories but do not see how they link to one... Read more

The Ballycotton Job - Abridged

By: Tom Mahon

Narrated by: Tom Mahon

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Step into the tumultuous world of 1922 Ireland, a nation on the brink of civil war. In this thrilling tale of daring and cunning, a band of IRA pirates set their sights on what could be the greatest heist of all time. As the IRA splits into two opposing factions, an audacious plan takes place in Cork. The target? A Royal Navy ship laden with 120... Read more

Wake the Others

By: Willy Palomo

Narrated by: Willy Palomo

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Half-memoir, half-biography, Wake The Others wrestles with the legacy of the Salvadoran Civil War. Blending lyric and narrative, Palomo traces his mother’s childhood, war experiences, family separation, migration, and its aftermath. Political without sacrificing craft, confessional without navel-gazing, this debut collection of poetry guides... Read more