History audiobooks

The Golden Gang

By: Ian W. Shaw

Narrated by: Steve Shanahan

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The first comprehensive biography of the godfather of Australian bushranging – Frank Gardiner – leader of the Lachlan gang and mastermind of the largest gold heist in Australian history.

Atop the hierarchy of Australian bushrangers sits Ned Kelly – the ultimate outlaw – and just below him, the tragic figure of Ben Hall, who joined a gang led by... Read more

The Hivemind Swarmed

By: David Wolinsky

Narrated by: Noah DeBiase

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive oral history that brings together the voices of major figures in gaming, tech, media, and politics to reflect on the long shadow of Gamergate

With The Hivemind Swarmed, oral historian and documentary researcher David Wolinsky invites readers to sit in on a series of urgent, intimate conversations between some of the most distinguished... Read more

Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali

By: P. James Oliver

Narrated by: Star Voice Agency

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Oliver's well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glory, and adventure. During his long reign as Mali's emperor, Mansa Musa led his empire into its Golden Age; presided over a spectacular, 60,000 person, 9,000 mile pilgrimage; founded a university in Timbuktu; and helped revolutionize architecture across the... Read more

Fort Sumter's Flame

By: Davis Truman

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fort Sumter's Flame: How Secession and Lincoln's Election Lit the Civil War" delves deep into the turbulent months leading up to the American Civil War, when the nation teetered on the edge of destruction. This meticulously researched book traces the chain of events that began with Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, which sent shockwaves... Read more

The Ripple Effect

By: Enze Han

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Many studies of China's relations with and influence on Southeast Asia tend to focus on how Beijing has used its power asymmetry to achieve regional influence. Yet, scholars and pundits often fail to appreciate the complexity of the contemporary Chinese state and society, and just how fragmented, decentralized, and internationalized China is... Read more

Secret Formula

By: Frederick Allen

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Length: 22 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A "highly entertaining history [of] global hustling, cola wars and the marketing savvy that carved a niche for Coke in the American social psyche" (Publishers Weekly).



Secret Formula follows the colorful characters who turned a relic from the patent medicine era into a company worth $80 billion. Award-winning reporter Frederick Allen's engaging... Read more

Anglosajones para niños: Una guía fascinante sobre los pueblos de la Inglaterra altomedieval y sus batallas contra los vikingos

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Embárquese en un emocionante viaje al pasado y conozca a los anglosajones.Los anglosajones eran pueblos del norte de Alemania que llegaron a Gran Bretaña en oleadas y establecieron sus reinos rápidamente entre la época de los romanos y la de los normandos. A primera vista, puede parecer que los anglosajones no aportaron gran cosa a la historia... Read more

Robert Oppenheimer Su Historia

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Oppenheimer: Su Historia es una exploración profunda y multifacética de una de las figuras más influyentes y controvertidas del siglo XX. Aclamado como el "padre de la bomba atómica", J. Robert Oppenheimer jugó un papel crucial en el desarrollo de la energía nuclear, un logro que cambió para siempre el curso de la historia mundial. Sin... Read more

Land of My Sojourn

By: Mike Cosper

Narrated by: Mike Cosper

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In the years since leaving local church ministry, I've devoted an enormous amount of time and resources to examining the church's often troubled witness, its ongoing crisis of leadership, and the epidemic of narcissism, abuse, and cover-up that has continued to emerge year after year. This book is about my journey both before and undergirding... Read more

We Will Not Cease

By: Archibald Baxter

Narrated by: Peter Hayden

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

We Will Not Cease is the unflinching account of New Zealander Archibald Baxter's brutal treatment as a conscientious objector during World War I.In 1915, when Baxter was 33, he was arrested, sent to prison, then shipped under guard to Europe where he was forced to the front line against his will. Punished to the limits of his physical and mental... Read more

África Medieval para Niños: Una guía fascinante sobre Mansa Musa, el Imperio de Malí y otras civilizaciones africanas de la Edad Media

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Cómo influyó el África medieval en la orientación internacional de la Edad Media?Cuando la mayoría de la gente piensa en la Edad Media, piensa en Europa. Las imágenes de caballeros, justas e incluso el cristianismo parecen arraigadas en nuestra percepción de la época medieval. Sin embargo, la Edad Media se extendió mucho más allá de Europa, que... Read more

Marco Aurelio Su Historia

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Marco Aurelio Su Historia ofrece una exploración exhaustiva de la vida y el legado de uno de los emperadores más enigmáticos y venerados de la antigua Roma. Conocido por su papel como el "Emperador Filósofo", Marco Aurelio gobernó durante una de las épocas más turbulentas de la historia romana, y su vida ha sido objeto de admiración y estudio... Read more

Nicolás Maquiavelo Su Historia

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Nicolás Maquiavelo: Su Historia ofrece una exploración exhaustiva de la vida y el legado de uno de los pensadores más influyentes de la teoría política. En este libro, el lector se adentrará en el mundo de Nicolás Maquiavelo, desde su nacimiento en la vibrante Florencia del Renacimiento hasta el impacto duradero de sus obras en la política... Read more

Music of Exile

By: Michael Haas

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

What happens to a composer when persecution and exile means their true music no longer has an audience?



In the 1930s, composers and musicians began to flee Hitler's Germany to make new lives across the globe. The process of exile was complex: although some of their works were celebrated, these composers had lost their familiar cultures and were... Read more

The Wehrmacht's Last Stand

By: Robert M. Citino

Narrated by: Tom Beyer

Length: 25 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world's leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the... Read more

Buried Secrets

By: Anne Hanson

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

WHEN ANNE HANSON'S DAD FIRST ASKED her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did she know what she was getting into. For two decades, despite all her digging, she failed to unearth even the tiniest speck of evidence that the families of her grandparents, Frank and Ida Hanson, had ever existed. If her quest were a detective novel,... Read more

Shock Values

By: Carola Binder

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

How inflation and deflation fears shape American democracy.



Many foundational moments in American economic history—the establishment of paper money, wartime price controls, the rise of the modern Federal Reserve—occurred during financial panics as prices either inflated or deflated sharply. The government's decisions in these moments, intended to... Read more

A Mission Without Borders

By: Chad Robichaux

Narrated by: Chad Robichaux, Hunter Robichaux & James R. Che...

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

USA TODAY BESTSELLERRead by the author Chad Robichaux.Author, speaker, and former Force Recon Marine Chad Robichaux offers an honest, no-holds-barred account of what has really been happening in Ukraine and shares powerful stories that are soaked in resiliency and determination, faith and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming opposition.When... Read more

Walter Benjamin: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Walter Benjamin, literarisches Universalgenie und Gründer der Kulturtheorie: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Grand Prix

By: Will Buxton

Narrated by: Will Buxton

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Formula 1: Drive to Survive

“A valuable and welcome addition to the library of any lifelong F1 fan, as well as for any curious individual... Read more

Blood on the Moon

By: Alan K. Rode

Narrated by: Alan K. Rode

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Of the movies that writers and historians call "Noir Westerns," none is more celebrated than 1948's Blood on the Moon. The comingling of the Western genre and the noir style crystalized in this extraordinary film, in turn influencing Westerns in the 1950s to become darker and more psychological. Produced during the height of the post-World War... Read more

La historia del mundo en 50 libros

By: Daniel Smith

Narrated by: Alex Ortega

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Un fascinante viaje por las civilizaciones a través de los cincuenta libros más influyentes de la historia. Este libro es un emblema de la cultura y de todas las civilizaciones. Aquí conviven una multitud de historias para contarnos cómo ha caminado la humanidad en este planeta. Daniel Smith da cuenta de este camino a través de cincuenta de los... Read more

Hitler's People

By: Richard J Evans

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 21 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews

“A fascinating and instructive book . . . elegantly written and perceptive.” —Wall Street Journal

“Kaleidoscopic . . . A fascinating exploration of individual agency that never loses sight of the larger context . . . Just the kind of probing, nuanced and unsparing study to help us think things... Read more

Gray Matters

By: Theodore H. Schwartz

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and in Schwartz's talented hands, the most enigmatic 3 1/2 pounds of tissue in... Read more