History audiobooks

The Secret Lives Codebreakers

By: Sinclair McKay

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A remarkable look at day-to-day life of the codebreakers whose clandestine efforts helped win World War II

Bletchley Park looked like any other sprawling country estate. In reality, however, it was the top-secret headquarters of Britain’s Government Code and Cypher School—and the site where Germany’s legendary Enigma code was finally cracked.... Read more

Hispanic America, Texas, and the Mexican War

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Hispanic America, Texas, and the Mexican War examines the history of the southwestern area of the United States. Topics covered include the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the... Read more

FDR and the Jews

By: Richard Breitman & Allan J. Lichtman

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly seventy-five years after World War II, a contentious debate lingers over whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned his back on the Jews of Hitler's Europe. Defenders claim that FDR saved millions of potential victims by defeating Nazi Germany. Others revile him as morally indifferent and indict him for keeping America's gates closed to... Read more

The Civil War

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving... Read more

Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving... Read more

The Perfect 36

By: Carol Lynn Yellin & Dr. Janann Sherman

Narrated by: Dr. Janann Sherman

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Authors Carol Lynn Yellin and Dr. Janann Sherman bring to life the lengthy struggle of suffragists to win the right to vote for women which culminated with the final vote needed for ratification in the Tennessee legislature. The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage gives voice to those who were for and against the right of women to... Read more

Andrew Jackson’s America

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving... Read more

America's Obsessives

By: Joshua Kendall

Narrated by: Peter Ganim

Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This fascinating memoir of aviator Charles Lindberg take readers out of the cockpit and into the life of the man leading up to his time in the clouds.

When most of us think of Charles Lindbergh, we picture a dashing twenty-five-year-old aviator stepping out of the Spirit of St. Louis after completing his solo flight across the Atlantic. What we... Read more

Carnivore

By: Dillard Johnson & James Tarr

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Amid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant Dillard "C. J." Johnson and his crew are recognized by Pentagon reports to have accounted for astonishing enemy KIA totals while battling inside and out of the "Carnivore," the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Johnson commanded during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After miraculously... Read more

Brick by Brick

By: David Robertson & Bill Breen

Narrated by: Thomas Vincent Kelly

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent history--as a business model.

As LEGO failed to keep pace with the revolutionary changes in kids' lives... Read more

Letters from Lee's Army

By: Charles Minor Blackford & Susan Leigh Blackford

Narrated by: Matthew Steward & Susie Berneis

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Charles Minor Blackford, an aristocrat from Virginia, enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry at the start of the American Civil War. During his tour of duty, Captain Blackford kept constant correspondence with his wife, Susan Leigh Blackford. Captain Blackford wrote frequently about the horrible conditions in his camp, while Susan detailed her... Read more

That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick

By: Ellin Stein

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The untold story behind a revolution in American comedyLabor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called the National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists such as Michael O'Donoghue and P. J. O'Rourke, popularized a smart,... Read more

Steaming to Victory

By: Michael Williams

Narrated by: Nick McArdle

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.


In the seven decades since the darkest moments of the Second World War it seems every tenebrous corner of the conflict has been laid bare, prodded and examined from every perspective of military and social history.

But there is a story that has hitherto been largely overlooked. It is a tale of quiet heroism, a story of... Read more

Kalte Enteignung

By: Walter Krämer

Narrated by: Matthias Lühn

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Wen rettet der Rettungsschirm? Uns jedenfalls lässt er im Regen stehen und bringt uns um unser Erspartes und unsere Rente. Der streitbare Ökonom Walter Krämer enthüllt, wie die deutschen Sparer und Rentner in den nächsten zehn Jahren enteignet werden und wer davon profitiert: die Gläubiger der europäischen Banken, griechische Milliardäre und... Read more

Humboldt

By: Emily Brady

Narrated by: Dan Woren, Sonny Warner, Erin Bennett & Will Co...

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and Deborah Feldman's Unorthodox, journalist Emily Brady journeys into a secretive subculture--one that marijuana built.

Say the words "Humboldt County" to a stranger and you might receive a knowing grin. The name is infamous, and yet the place, and its inhabitants, have been nearly impenetrable.... Read more

None Braver

By: Michael Hirsh

Narrated by: Corey M. Snow

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning journalist and combat veteran Michael Hirsh comes the thrilling inside story of the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan. The first journalist to be embedded with an Air Force combat unit in the war on terrorism, Hirsh flew from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, with the 71st Rescue Squadron to their expeditionary... Read more

The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

By: Stanley Booth

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 17 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1969.He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account... Read more

The Great Degeneration

By: Niall Ferguson

Narrated by: Paul Slack

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and world-renowned historian Niall Ferguson has won widespread acclaim for thought-provoking works such as Civilization and High Financier. The Great Degeneration tackles nothing less than the decline of Western civilization. Ferguson posits that slowing growth, outrageous debt, and antisocial behavior are contributing to the... Read more

The Deserters

By: Charles Glass

Narrated by: Barry Press

Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An account that redefines the ordinary soldier in the Second World War, The Deserters is a breathtaking work of historical reportage, weaving together the lives of forgotten servicemen even as it overturns the assumptions and prejudices of an era. The Deserters reveals that ordinary soldiers viewed "desertion" as a natural part of conflict, as... Read more

The Astronaut Wives Club

By: Lily Koppel

Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the true story of the women who stood beside some of the greatest heroes of American space travel in this New York Times bestseller that delivers "a truly great snapshot of the times" (Publishers Weekly) that inspired a limited TV series on ABC!

As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television... Read more

The Astronaut Wives Club

By: Lily Koppel

Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion... Read more

Kennedy's Last Days

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Adapted for children from Bill O'Reilly's best-selling historical thriller Killing Kennedy, with an unforgettable cast of characters, page-turning action, and art on every spread, Kennedy's Last Days is history that reads like a thriller.

This exciting book will captivate adults and young readers alike.

On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas, at the end... Read more

Through the Perilous Fight

By: Steve Vogel

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 1814, the United States of America teetered on the brink of disaster. The war it had declared against Great Britain two years earlier appeared headed toward inglorious American defeat. The young nation's most implacable nemesis, the ruthless British admiral George Cockburn, launched an invasion of Washington in a daring attempt... Read more

I Invented the Modern Age

By: Richard Snow

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 12 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Every century or so, our republic has been remade by a new technology: 170 years ago the railroad changed Americans' conception of space and time; in our era, the microprocessor revolutionized how humans communicate. But in the early twentieth century the agent of creative destruction was the gasoline engine, as put to work by an unknown and... Read more