History audiobooks

Mad in America

By: Robert Whitaker

Narrated by: Chris Kayser & Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

An updated edition of the classic history of schizophrenia in America, which gives voice to generations of patients who suffered through "cures" that only deepened their suffering and impaired their hope of recovery

Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical... Read more

Watford Forever

By: Elton John & John Preston

Narrated by: Alex Jennings

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The unforgettable story of Watford Football Club’s seemingly impossible rise from the Fourth to the First Division, led by the unlikely duo of Hornet’s manager Graham Taylor and rock star–turned-owner, Elton John.Long before English soccer became an American passion, Watford Football Club—a team located in a working-class industrial town that... Read more

Destroyer Captain

By: James D. Hornfischer & David J. Hornfischer

Narrated by: Lou Del Bianco & David J. Hornfischer

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar.

For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II... Read more

Wuhan

By: Dali L. Yang

Narrated by: David Shih

Length: 14 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The Covid-19 pandemic, which began as an outbreak in Wuhan in late 2019, has claimed millions of lives and caused unprecedented disruptions. Despite its generation-defining significance, there has been a surprising lack of independent research examining the decisions and measures implemented in the weeks leading up to the Wuhan lockdown, as well... Read more

Those About To Die

By: Daniel P. Mannix

Narrated by: Brian P. Craig

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Putting the games in the context of Rome's rise and dramatic fall, Mannix captures all the history, planning, and savage pageantry that went into creating the first spectator sports.



The games began in 238 BC as nearly county fair–like entertainment, with trick riding, acrobats, trained animals, chariot racing, and athletic events. The contests... Read more

The First Hellcat Ace

By: Hamilton McWhorter

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Greatest Generation. A Georgia native whose family roots date from that region's settlement during the 1700s, McWhorter was a naval aviation cadet undergoing training when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. After earning his Wings of... Read more

The Berlin Airlift

By: John Tusa & Ann Tusa

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 18 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"A detailed dramatic narrative . . . Vivid." —Times (London) Literary Supplement. How the Allies kept the population of West Berlin alive in the face of a Russian blockade.



In the summer of1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western... Read more

The Game of Hearts

By: Felicity Day

Narrated by: Heather Tracy

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to London's marriage season. Six high society women are preparing for the biggest moment of their lives: finding a suitable husband. But their stories aren't what you may have read in historic romances by Julia Quinn or Georgette Heyer. In The Game of Hearts, go behind the drawing-room door with history author Felicity Day and delve into... Read more

Disarming Leviathan

By: Caleb E. Campbell

Narrated by: Caleb E. Campbell

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Pastor Caleb Campbell has watched as Christian nationalism has taken over large swaths of the United States. And he's suffered the relational fallout of standing against it, both in his community and his church. While it's possible to be both a Christian and hold Christian nationalist ideas, Christian nationalism itself is an un-Christian... Read more

Invisible No More

By: Raymond Foxworth & Steve Dubb

Narrated by: Jason Grasl

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

For too long, Native American people in the United States have been stereotyped as vestiges of the past, invisible citizens in their own land obliged to remind others, "We are still here!" Yet today, Native leaders are at the center of social change, challenging philanthropic organizations that have historically excluded Native people, and... Read more

Where Tyranny Begins

By: David Rohde

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Department and FBI officials. He sowed public doubt in both agencies so successfully that when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, he paid little political cost and, despite an unprecedented array of criminal indictments, easily... Read more

No Right to an Honest Living

By: Jacqueline Jones

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 17 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY A “sensitive, immersive, and exhaustive” portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston, from “a gifted practitioner of labor history and urban history,” (Tiya Miles, National Book Award-winning author of All That She Carried). Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made antebellum... Read more

Catherine de' Medici

By: Mary Hollingsworth

Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

During an age of heightened religious conflict, Catherine de' Medici lived her life at the center of sixteenth-century European and French politics. Daughter of Lorenzo II, the Medici ruler of Florence—and then wedded to a French prince by papal decree at the age of fourteen—Catherine first became queen consort of France and then mother to three... Read more

Eric Krasno Plus One, Vol. 4

By: Eric Krasno

Narrated by: Eric Krasno

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Eric Krasno Plus One is an interview-style series that brings listeners backstage and deep into the lives of incredible musicians.After twenty years on the road, Eric Krasno has spent time sharing stories with countless artists—and these conversations have become some of his most cherished memories. In Eric Krasno Plus One, the audience is... Read more

Eric Krasno Plus One, Vol. 5

By: Eric Krasno

Narrated by: Eric Krasno

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Eric Krasno Plus One is an interview-style series that brings listeners backstage and deep into the lives of incredible musicians.After twenty years on the road, Eric Krasno has spent time sharing stories with countless artists — and these conversations have become some of his most cherished memories. In Eric Krasno Plus One, the audience is... Read more

Eric Krasno Plus One, Vol. 6

By: Eric Krasno

Narrated by: Eric Krasno

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Eric Krasno Plus One is an interview-style series that brings listeners backstage and deep into the lives of incredible musicians.After twenty years on the road, Eric Krasno has spent time sharing stories with countless artists—and these conversations have become some of his most cherished memories. In Eric Krasno Plus One, the audience is... Read more

Blacksound

By: Matthew D. Morrison

Narrated by: Matthew D. Morrison

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A new concept for understanding the history of the American popular music industry.



Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound"... Read more

La Conquista para gente con prisa

By: Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc

Narrated by: Alex Ortega

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mitos, curiosidades y noches tristes Premoniciones, acciones valientes, errores tácticos y osadas decisiones. Descubre la serie de hechos increíbles que en 1521 desencadenó uno de los sucesos más épicos y determinantes en la historia: la caída de Tenochtitlan, la «Venecia del Nuevo Mundo» y el gran imperio mexica a manos de Hernán Cortés. Tras... Read more

The Spiritual Price of Political Silence

By: Christy Chavers Stutzman

Narrated by: Christy Chavers Stutzman

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In the midst of political chaos and corruption, The Spiritual Price of Political Silence is a clarion call to action while providing hope and practical advice for people of faith in America.



Recognizing that Americans of deep faith have been misled about the role of faith in America's founding, as well as their rights and responsibilities as... Read more

Double Exposure

By: Robert Sullivan

Narrated by: Colm O'Leary

Length: 17 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Timothy O'Sullivan is America's most famous war photographer. You know his work even if you don't know his name: A Harvest of Death, taken at Gettysburg, is an icon of the Civil War. He was also among the first photographers to elevate what was then a trade to the status of fine art. The images of the American West he made after the war, while... Read more

Frogman Stories

By: Rick Kaiser

Narrated by: Rick Kaiser

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling look at US Navy SEALs through a true-to-life lens focused on the triumphs and challenges of the elite warriors of the Special Forces community. Master Chief (SEAL) Rick Kaiser (Ret.) captures over forty-five years of events in and around the SEAL Teams. It is not a blood-and-guts portrayal of battlefield victories and losses, but an... Read more

At War with Ourselves

By: H. R. McMaster

Narrated by: H. R. McMaster

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.At War with Ourselves is the story of helping a disruptive President drive necessary shifts in U.S. foreign policy at a critical moment in history. McMaster entered an administration beset by conflict and the... Read more

Eric Krasno Plus One, Vol. 1

By: Eric Krasno

Narrated by: Eric Krasno

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Eric Krasno Plus One is an interview-style series that brings listeners backstage and deep into the lives of incredible musicians.After twenty years on the road, Eric Krasno has spent time sharing stories with countless artists—and these conversations have become some of his most cherished memories. In Eric Krasno Plus One, the audience is... Read more

I've Been to the Mountaintop \ He estado en la cima de la montana (Sp ed) Unabrd

By: Martin Luther King

Narrated by: Emil Matos

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

El último discurso del Dr. Martin Luther King «He estado en la cima de la montaña», parte de los archivos del Dr. King publicados exclusivamente por HarperCollins, por primera vez en español.El 3 de abril de 1968, en Memphis Tennessee, el Dr. King habló en defensa de la huelga de los empleados del saneamiento en que sería su último discurso. En... Read more