History audiobooks

Bible Trivia: 850 Interesting Questions and Answers!

By: Ahoy Publications

Narrated by: Jay Herbert

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Magic of the Bible Like Never Before! Embark on an epic journey with "Bible Trivia: 850 Interesting Questions and Answers"! This audiobook is your golden ticket to exploring the most captivating aspects of the Bible.Imagine uncovering the secrets of ancient times: From the creation of the world in just a handful of days, To Adam and... Read more

The Chindits: The History of the Indian and British Special Operations Forces in Burma during World War II

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Steve Knupp

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

While the fighting on the Asian mainland is often overlooked in favor of other theaters, at the beginning of 1942, Japanese soldiers in the 15th Army invaded Burma and drove out the British forces in a state of disorder. In fact, it was a headlong retreat, and with the fall of Burma, the Japanese posed a threat to India itself. As Britain... Read more

The Most Famous Silent Film Actors: The History of the Actors Who Helped Shape Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Only a select few actors become international stars in their time, but none had as unique a career as Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin was the first true film star, and he managed to do so even when films were still silent. He has been honored with too many awards to count, and the fact that his name remains instantly recognizable nearly a century after... Read more

European Imperialism in China: The History and Legacy of the European Powers’ Attempts to Establish Chinese Trade Routes

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Bill Caufield

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

During the 15th century, China had become economically and technologically advanced compared to civilizations in Europe at the time, and its fleet, which had reached a total of 3,500 ships, was unmatched by any other world power. Nevertheless, after conducting several trade expeditions with the massive fleet, the Chinese ships were either burned... Read more

The 10 Biggest Battles of the Civil War: The History of the Largest Battles in America's Deadliest Conflict

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Jim Walsh

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The names of history’s most famous battles still ring in our ears today, their influence immediately understood by all. Marathon lent its name to the world’s most famous race, but it also preserved Western civilization during the First Persian War. Saratoga, won by one of the colonists’ most renowned war heroes before he became his nation’s most... Read more

Philosophy in Ancient Greece: The History and Legacy of the Greeks’ Philosophical Schools of Thought

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Victoria Woodson

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In virtually all fields of human endeavor, ancient Greece was so much at the forefront of dynamism and innovation that the products of its most brilliant minds remain not only influential but entirely relevant to this day. In the field of medicine, the great physician Hippocrates not only advanced the practical knowledge of human anatomy and... Read more

The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself

By: David Mura

Narrated by: David Lee Huynh

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The police murders of two Black men, Philando Castile and George Floyd, frame this searing exploration of the historical and fictional narratives that white America tells itself to justify and maintain white supremacy. From the country's founding through the summer of Black Lives Matter in 2020, David Mura unmasks how white stories about race... Read more

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

By: H. Keith Melton & Robert Wallace

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A top-secret manual for training CIA field agents in deception and sleight-of-hand was thought to be a rumor…until a single surviving copy was discovered in the agency’s archives.In 1953, a top-secret manual teaching agents sleight-of-hand and other deception techniques was written for the CIA by America’s then most famous magician. All copies... Read more

The KLF

By: John Higgs

Narrated by: John Higgs

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In the early ’90s, the KLF was the biggest-selling singles band in the world—until they destroyed their records, erased themselves from music history, and literally set fire to one million pounds.In this fascinating and in-depth biography, popular British writer and cultural historian John Higgs digs into the story behind the end of one of the... Read more

Off the Mark

By: Jack Schneider & Ethan L. Hutt

Narrated by: Rudy Sanda

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone who has ever crammed for a test, capitulated to a grade-grubbing student, or fretted over a child's report card knows that the way we assess student learning in American schools is freighted with unintended consequences. As experts agree, our primary assessment technologies—grading, rating, and ranking—don't actually provide an accurate... Read more

Violence Over the Land

By: Ned Blackhawk

Narrated by: Curtis Michael Holland

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region known as the Great Basin), Ned Blackhawk places Native peoples squarely at the center of a dynamic and complex story as he chronicles two centuries... Read more

The Secret Lives of Numbers

By: Kate Kitagawa & Timothy Revell

Narrated by: Daphne Kouma

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of untold stories.""A book to make you love math."" —Financial TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told... Read more

Future Noir

By: Paul M. Sammon

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 25 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Ridley Scott's 1992 "Director's Cut" confirmed the international film cognoscenti's judgment: Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's science fiction masterpiece Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is the most visually dense, thematically challenging, and influential science fiction film ever made.



In this intensive, intimate, and... Read more

Georg W. F. Hegel: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, deutscher Philosoph und Idealist: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

The Story of Philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche

By: Will Durant

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Story of Philosophy: Friedrich Nietzsche" by Will Durant provides an insightful exploration into the life, ideas, and enduring influence of Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most provocative and impactful philosophers of the 19th century. Durant presents Nietzsche as a complex thinker whose revolutionary concepts challenged conventional... Read more

Käthe Kollwitz: A short biography

By: 5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies & Lea Pfeiffer

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Käthe Kollwitz, German paintress and world-famous sculptress : Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best! Read more

Unapologetic Expression

By: André Marmot

Narrated by: André Marmot, Saffron Coomber & Theo Solomon

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations to birth of the genre itself. 'Not solely a book about jazz, or even a nascent cultural shift; it's a record of a pivotal moment in UK history.' BIG ISSUE By the end of the last century, jazz music was considered by many to... Read more

Käthe Kollwitz: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Lea Pfeiffer

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Käthe Kollwitz, deutsche Malerin und Bildhauerin von Weltruhm: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Peggy Guggenheim: A short biography

By: 5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies & Lea Pfeiffer

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Peggy Guggenheim, American collector and art icon: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best! Read more

Niki de Saint Phalle: A short biography

By: 5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies & Lea Pfeiffer

Narrated by: Lea Pfeiffer

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptress and art genius: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best! Read more

101 Weird Moments in Human History

By: Ahoy Publications

Narrated by: Jay Herbert

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the weirdest moments in human history!Are you ready to embark on a journey through the quirkiest, most bizarre, and utterly astonishing moments in human history?Have you ever wondered what strange events and curious oddities have shaped our world? Are you curious to delve into the depths of the past, where the extraordinary meets the... Read more

The History of India

By: History Nerds

Narrated by: Benjamin Powell

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From the ancient civilizations along the banks of the Indus to the vibrant, modern democracy that thrives today, India’s history is a rich saga told through diverse cultures, monumental achievements, and profound spiritual insights.
Explore the dawn of Indian civilization, witness the rise and fall of mighty empires, from the Maurya and Gupta... Read more

Historia de Europa para niños Vol. 1: Una guía fascinante de la historia de Europa desde la prehistoria, la Europa Antigua y la Edad Media, hasta el Renacimiento y la Era de los Descubrimientos

By: Captivating History

Narrated by: Luis Trumper

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Viaje cientos de miles de años atrás, a cuando los hombres de las cavernas vagaban por la Tierra.Descubra cómo era la vida de los primeros europeos de la Edad de Piedra. A continuación, avance rápidamente hasta las Edades de Bronce y de Hierro, cuando surgieron en Europa las primeras civilizaciones avanzadas. Descubrirá también cosas sobre las... Read more

Arsène Lupin: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Arsène Lupin, französischer Gentleman-Gangster, der zum Detektiv wird: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more