History audiobooks

A Hard Road to Glory, Volume 2 (1919-1945)

By: Arthur Ashe

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“The most comprehensive reference source on African-American athletes yet compiled.”—San Francisco ChronicleWith a Foreword by Jeanne Moutoussamy-AsheAvailable once again for a new generation of readers, the second volume in Arthur Ashe’s epic trilogy that chronicles the remarkable legacy of Black athletes in the United States—a major addition... Read more

Gender History

By: Antoinette Burton

Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume introduces the field of gender history—its origins, development, reception, recalibrations, and frictions. It offers a set of working definitions of gender as a descriptive category and as a category of historical analysis, tracing the emergence, usage, and applicability of these entwined subjects.



Inevitably political, gender history... Read more

The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes The Cynic

By: Jean-Manuel Roubineau

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The ancient philosopher Diogenes—nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates gone mad"—was widely praised and idealized as much as he was mocked and vilified. A favorite subject of sculptors and painters since the Renaissance, his notoriety is equally due to his eccentric behavior, scorn of conventions, and biting aphorisms, and to... Read more

Antar and Abla in the age of Whatsapp

By: Mohamed Adel

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A short fantasy story to imagine the relationship between Antara and Abla in the present time and the difficulties of engagement and marriage in the present time. A satirical comedy story. Read more

Stuff Matters

By: Mark Miodownik

Narrated by: Matthew Waterson

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Bestseller

An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science

Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark... Read more

Herod and Mary

By: Kathie Lee Gifford

Narrated by: Kathie Lee Gifford & Bryan M. Litfin

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the authors.Explore the interwoven lives of King Herod and Mary, Mother of Jesus as New York Times bestselling author Kathie Lee Gifford brings these biblical figures into a new light. Follow Herod from boyhood as he strives and fails throughout his life to become a beloved king. Walk in the steps of Mary of Nazareth as she navigates the... Read more

Venona

By: John Earl Haynes & Harvey Klehr

Narrated by: Rich Miller

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Only in 1995 did the United States government officially reveal the existence of the super-secret Venona Project. For nearly fifty years American intelligence agents had been decoding thousands of Soviet messages, uncovering an enormous range of espionage activities carried out against the United States during World War II by its own allies.... Read more

Extra Salty: Jennifer's Body

By: Fredrick Blichert

Narrated by: Imran Sheikh

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Megan Fox, a diabolic indie rock band, toxic friendship, fluid sexuality, feminist reckoning, and a literal man-eater in the body of a high school cheerleader: Jennifer’s Body has it all
Featuring an original interview with director Karyn Kusama
What would be an easy sell in 2021 ― women at the helm (screenwriter Diablo Cody, director Karyn... Read more

Kemetic Spirituality

By: Amun Neferu

Narrated by: Robyn Green

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you tired of watered-down New Age interpretations of ancient wisdom? Do you long for an authentic connection to the timeless power of Kemetic spirituality?Unlock the secrets of the neteru and harness the transformative magic of Heka with this comprehensive guide to Kemeticism for the modern practitioner.In this illuminating journey through... Read more

Les Lieux du Courage

By: Muguette Myers

Narrated by: Muguette Myers, Naomi Azrieli & Louise Philippe

Length: 4 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Muguette Szpajzer, fillette de 10 ans, a quitté Paris avec sa famille pour aller se réfugier non loin de la capitale, dans le village de Champlost. Les mémoires de Muguette, présentés en une série de petits tableaux, ont l’innocence et le charme de l’enfance. Ils offrent un aperçu unique de la vie rurale en France durant la tourmente de la... Read more

The Incorruptibles

By: Dan Slater

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime. 

In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on earth, Eastern European Jews... Read more

Where Courage Lives

By: Muguette Myers

Narrated by: Muguette Myers, Naomi Azrieli & Louise Philippe

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bustling city of Paris to the quaint, countryside village of Champlost, France, Where Courage Lives follows ten-year-old Muguette Szpajzer and her family as they seek refuge from the war. Written in vignettes with child-like charm and innocence, Muguette’s memoir provides rich insight into rural life during wartime upheaval, honouring... Read more

Father Brown: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Father Brown, rundlicher Geistlicher, der es detektivisch faustdick hinter den Ohren hat: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Coxsackie

By: Joseph F. Spillane

Narrated by: Auto

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Should prisons attempt reform and uplift inmates or, by means of principled punishment, deter them from further wrongdoing? This debate has raged in Western Europe and in the United States at least since the late eighteenth century. Joseph F. Spillane examines the failure of progressive reform in New York State by focusing on Coxsackie, a... Read more

The Road to Moresco

By: Mark Jamilkowski

Narrated by: David Piper

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

At the turn of the 20th century, Maria-Luisa Moresco was not like most Italian women of her time. She was driven to achieve her professional aspirations when others looked for a happy and healthy family and a peaceful environment to call home. But when multiple tragedies struck – earthquakes and storms, unexpected deaths, World War II, broken... Read more

Women in the Valley of the Kings

By: Kathleen Sheppard

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narrative of powerful men striving to seize the day and the precious artifacts for their competing homelands. But that is only half of the story. During the Golden Age of Exploration, there were women working and exploring before Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tut. Before... Read more

Alexander at the End of the World

By: Rachel Kousser

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure.” —Ilyon WooA riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy.  By 330 B.C.E., Alexander the Great had reached the pinnacle of success. Or so it seemed. He had... Read more

To Kill a Nation

By: Michael Parenti

Narrated by: Rich Miller

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy. Read more

Inside SEK

By: Kuni

Narrated by: Rolf Berg

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Wenn es für die Polizei zu brenzlig wird, tritt das Spezialeinsatzkommando auf den Plan. Die anonymen Elitekräfte mit den Sturmmasken sind da, wenn die Gefährdung am größten ist: bei der Terrorismusbekämpfung, Geiselbefreiungen, Razzien und gefährlichen Zugriffen. Der ehemalige Polizist mit dem Decknamen »Kuni« war lange im SEK tätig. In 25... Read more

From Empire to Revolution

By: Greg Brooking

Narrated by: Brandon Pollock

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From Empire to Revolution is the first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716–1785). Greg Brooking uses Wright's life as a means to better understand the complex struggle for power in both colonial Georgia and the larger British Empire.



James Wright lived a transatlantic life,... Read more

Historia de los celtas: Un apasionante retrato de los celtas

By: Billy Wellman

Narrated by: Carlos Verne

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado por los antiguos celtas de Irlanda y qué los convertía en lo que eran? ¿Sabía que Halloween se originó gracias a ellos, que inventaron el arpa o que blandían espadas de hasta un metro de longitud?En este libro descubrirá hechos históricos celtas como estos y muchos más. Tanto si ya conoce a los celtas como si nunca... Read more

AUSCHWITZ CHILDREN AND MENGELE EXPERIMENTS

By: Jack Stew Barretta

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In the name of humanity, that was the explanation of Dr. Claus Karl Schilling for the execution of malaria experiments on 1,200 inmates of the Dachau concentration camp during the Second World War. The reputable Schilling had come to Dachau with the personal permission of the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in 1942 because he could use the... Read more

Alfred Krupp: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Alfred Krupp, deutscher Industriebaron: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Eine Geschichte Russlands

By: Orlando Figes

Narrated by: Alexander Bandilla

Length: 14 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

»Wer das heutige Russland verstehen will, muss dieses Buch lesen.« NZZ Geschichte Mitreißend, prägnant und menschlich berührend erzählt Orlando Figes die Geschichte Russlands. Dabei entfaltet er das große Panorama der russischen Seele: von unsterblichen Mythen über die großartigen kulturellen Leistungen bis zur Weltmachtpolitik des 20.... Read more