History audiobooks

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

The Morally Indefensible Actions of WWII

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Author Rick Atkinson talks with PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez about what went into writing his latest book, The Guns at Last Light. Read more

Revolutionary Summer

By: Joseph J. Ellis

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.

The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were... Read more

Doc

By: Dwight Gooden & Ellis Henican

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A bruisingly honest memoir of addiction and recovery from one of the greatest pitchers of all time.With fresh and sober eyes, Dwight Gooden shares the most intimate moments of his successes and failures, from endless self-destructive drug binges to three World Series rings. Known for his triumphs on the baseball field and his excesses off of it,... Read more

Icons and Idiots

By: Bob Lutz

Narrated by: Wes Talbot

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

“Most successful leaders are mentally and emotionally askew. There’s a good side, which gets the job done. There’s often also a downside that makes them hard to understand or difficult to work for. It’s precisely that they are impatient, stubborn, opinionated, unsatisfied, and domineering that makes them successful.”

When Bob Lutz retired from... Read more

I'm Your Man

By: Sylvie Simmons

Narrated by: Joshua Pollock

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times-bestselling, definitive biography of lengendary artist Leonard CohenSinger/songwriter Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty years—and one of the most elusive. In I’m Your Man, journalist Sylvie Simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock ’n’ roll and... Read more

The Untold History of the United States

By: Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 36 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“Indispensable… There is much here to reflect upon.” —President Mikhail Gorbachev“As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read. . . . Can’t recommend it highly enough.” —Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian“Finally, a book with the guts to challenge the accepted narrative of recent American history.” —Bill... Read more

American Gun

By: Chris Kyle & William Doyle

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FOLLOW-UP TO AMERICAN SNIPERJoin Chris Kyle on a fascinating journey to discover “how 10 firearms changed United States history” (New York Times Book Review)Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 bestselling author of American Sniper Chris Kyle dramatically... Read more

The Center Holds

By: Jonathan Alter

Narrated by: Jonathan Alter

Length: 18 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration.

In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter provides the first full account of America at the crossroads. With exclusive reporting... Read more

Duel with the Devil

By: Paul Collins

Narrated by: Mark Peckham

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic, its uncertain future contested by the two major political parties of the day: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out... Read more

Abraham Lincoln

By: Carl Sandburg

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 44 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

“A Lincoln whom no other man than Carl Sandburg could have given us.” —Mark Van Doren, New York Herald Tribune Book ReviewOriginally published in six volumes, which sold more than one million copies, Carl Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was praised as the most noteworthy historical biography of Sandburg’s generation. He later distilled this... Read more

The Majors - Abridged

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: John Feinstein

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

WHAT DOES IT TAKE to win a major championship and reach the absolute pinnacle of golf? Through a season of the four tournaments -- the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship -- known collectively as the majors, John Feinstein takes us where the television cameras never go, both off the links and "inside the ropes", as... Read more

Patton

By: Michael Keane

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer“There is no question of personal courage in this war,” Colonel Patton’s commanding officer told him on the eve of battle in 1918. “It is a business proposition where every man must be in his place and performing his part.”No one in the history of warfare was less likely to follow that advice than George S. Patton... Read more

Waterlogg Documentary Pack

By: Joe Bevilacqua & Barbara Bernstein

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua comes a rare and exciting collection of radio documentaries, features, and dramas.One Song at a TimeThis radio performance includes many stories about the Kerrville Folk Festival, the longest continuously running music festival in North America. Lady Bird JohnsonOne of the most licensed audiobooks... Read more

The French and Indian War

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 1 hour 44 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

Pilgrims and Puritans

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 1 hour 56 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 Life and Times of William Shakespeare

By: Peter Levi

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 18 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This authoritative and extremely readable biography is the first since the Victorian Age to pay full attention to Shakespeare’s life and times and their numerous subtle connections to his works. Peter Levi emphasizes the background of Shakespeare’s life: the local and national events that shaped his experiences, his family and friends, and the... Read more

George Whitefield

By: Arnold A. Dallimore

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

This fast-paced, inspirational, easy-to-read narrative reveals how God used one man of great courage, discipline, and humility to bring countless souls to Christ.God's accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. In an era when many ministers were timid and apologetic in their preaching, he preached the... Read more

Creating the Constitution

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Using a narrative format, Creating the Constitution details the events leading up to the writing of the US Constitution and what American leaders went through to create it. The authors describe the conflicts between the new states and the delegates each sent to the Constitutional Convention, as well as the work that was done to resolve the many... Read more

C. C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race

By: Geoff Williams

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Among the runners of C. C. Pyle's First Annual International
Transcontinental Foot Race were an assortment of underdogs, including
twenty-year-old Oklahoman and part Cherokee Andy Payne, who wanted to
win over the girl of his dreams and pay off the mortgage on his family's
farm; Paul "Hardrock" Simpson, who was in over his head but couldn't
let... Read more

Gettysburg Voices from the Front

By: Robert Child

Narrated by: Joe Pike

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring collection of first-hand accounts from Privates on up to the commanding Generals at the Battle of Gettysburg woven into a dramatic and compelling narrative. The reader is transported back to the chaos and uncertainty of the sweltering first three days of July 1863 when Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded the North threatening... Read more

Roosevelt's Centurions

By: Joseph E. Persico

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 24 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

“FDR’s centurions were my heroes and guides. Now Joe Persico has written the best account of those leaders I've ever read.”—Colin L. Powell

All American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few perform as such in practice. In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D.... Read more

Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy

By: Peter Carlson

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Albert Richardson and Junius Browne, two correspondents for the New York Tribune, were captured at the Battle of Vicksburg and spent twenty months in horrific Confederate prisons before escaping and making their way to Union territory. Their amazing, long-forgotten odyssey is one of the great escape stories in American history, packed with... Read more

50 Philosophy Classics

By: Tom Butler-Bowdon

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics provides a lively entry point to the field of philosophy. Analyses of key works by Descartes, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Heidegger, and Nietzsche also show how philosophy helped shape the thinking and events of the last 150 years. The list also includes 20th century greats including de... Read more