History audiobooks

Liberty's Exiles

By: Maya Jasanoff

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 16 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Maya Jasanoff won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her groundbreaking work Liberty's Exiles. After the American Revolution, 60,000 British loyalists fled the U.S. for Canada, the Caribbean, India, and other points abroad. Jasanoff traces their harrowing journeys across the globe, shedding light on their ambitions, the... Read more

The Mother's Story

By: Julia O'Donnell

Narrated by: Caroline Lennon

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

'I was six when my father died so my mother has been everything to me. Wherever I go I tell the world about my wonderful mother. I'm a singer today because of her encouragement. She has been the biggest influence in my life' - Daniel O'Donnell

Irish singing star Daniel O'Donnell's mother, Julia, grew up on a remote island off the
northwest coast... Read more

Hello Again

By: Simon Elmes

Narrated by: Simon Elmes

Length: 15 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

14 November 2012 marks the ninetieth anniversary of the BBC's first ever broadcast and the beginning of the British love affair with radio. This fascinating book takes as its starting point those early, tentative programmes broadcast from Marconi House on the Strand, and follows the story of those magical radio voices through the years of... Read more

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

By: Jon Meacham

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann & Jon Meacham

Length: 18 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, “a big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before” (Entertainment Weekly)

“Probably the best single-volume biography of Jefferson ever written.”—Gordon S. Wood

A BEST BOOK OF... Read more

Drone Warfare

By: Medea Benjamin

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Weeks after the 2002 American invasion of Afghanistan, Medea Benjamin visited that country. There, on the ground, talking with victims of the strikes, she learned the reality behind the "precision bombs" on which US forces were becoming increasingly reliant. Now, with the use of drones escalating at a meteoric pace, Benjamin has written this... Read more

My Life in Politics

By: Jacques Chirac

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Two-time president of France, mayor of Paris, and international politician, Jacques Chirac stands with Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Margaret Thatcher as one of the most iconic statesmen of the twentieth century.In this revealing and informative memoir, Chirac looks back at his 50 years in politics, giving us both an intimate window onto... Read more

Lost in Kandahar

By: Alex Berenson

Narrated by: Alex Berenson

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

When novelist and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson traveled to Afghanistan for an embed with the 101st Airborne Division, he found great soldiers – and a seemingly hopeless mission. This is the gripping non-fiction tale of how the United States is spending $100 billion a year on a war that even the men on the front lines can't explain. Read more

Five Lieutenants

By: James Carl Nelson

Narrated by: Geoffrey Blaisdell

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The dramatic true story offive brilliant young soldiers from Harvard, this is a thrilling tale of combat and heroism.Five Lieutenantstells the story of five young Harvard men who took up the call to arms in the spring of 1917 and met differing fates in the maelstrom of battle on the western front in 1918. Delving deep into the motivations,... Read more

Stalin's Secret Agents

By: M. Stanton Evans & Herbert Romerstein

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Most Americans have grown accustomed to accept the version of history
that the Soviets were our noble allies and took the brunt of the
casualties during World War II. But after decades of research by veteran
journalist M. Stanton Evans and intelligence expert Herbert Romerstein,
the truth has come to light and is now exposed in Stalin's Secret... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1862

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard... Read more

Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1861-1862

By: Michael Burlingame

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard... Read more

What's a Dog For?

By: John Homans

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

John Homans adopted his dog, Stella, from a shelter for all the usual reasons: fond memories of dogs from his past, a companion for his son, an excuse for long walks around the neighborhood. Soon enough, she is happily ensconced in the daily workings of his family. And not only that: Stella is treated like a family member—in ways that dogs of... Read more

The Outpost

By: Jake Tapper

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 22 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The basis of the film starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, The Outpost is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic.
At 5:58 AM on October 3rd, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating, located in frighteningly vulnerable terrain in Afghanistan... Read more

The Patriarch

By: David Nasaw

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 30 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents and interviews with Kennedy family members and friends, Nasaw tells the story of a man who... Read more

D-Days in the Pacific

By: Donald L. Miller

Narrated by: Gary Dikeos

Length: 17 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Although most people associate the term D-day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World War II there were more than one hundred D-days. The largest—and last—was the invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945, which brought together the biggest... Read more

Two Brothers

By: Ben Elton

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 18 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Bestselling author Ben Elton's most personal novel to date, Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

Berlin 1920

Two babies are born.

Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood.

As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship... Read more

Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

Narrated by: Dick Estell

Length: 30 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.

Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by... Read more

Dog Company

By: Patrick K. O’Donnell

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in EuropeIt is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the US Army's Second Ranger Battalion, D Company—Dog Company—who made... Read more

Ike's Bluff

By: Evan Thomas

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a doddering lightweight, behind the bland smile and simple... Read more

Custer

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: Henry Strozier

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry crafts works synonymous with the grandeur and beauty of the American West. Here McMurtry turns his attention to George A. Custer, a complex man who has captivated historians for over a century. From graduating last in his class at West Point to leading the ill-fated 7th Cavalry in the attack at Little... Read more

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. 3

By: William Manchester & Paul Reid

Narrated by: Clive Chafer

Length: 53 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester’s The Last Lion, picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister—when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill portrayed by Manchester and Reid is a man of indomitable courage,... Read more

Marmee and Louisa

By: Eve LaPlante

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Since its release nearly one hundred and fifty years ago, Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women has been a mainstay in American literature, while passionate Jo March and her calm, beloved "Marmee" have shaped generations of young women. Biographers have consistently credited her father, Bronson Alcott, for Louisa's professional success,... Read more

Eyewitnesses from History

By: Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin & William Hamilton

Narrated by: Cathy Dobson

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A unique collection of eyewitness accounts from some of the greatest diarists and journal writers of the last two centuries. Experience first hand the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy, the discovery of the Victoria Falls, life in nineteenth century Rome, London and Manchester, colonial life in Jamaica and the search for the source of the... Read more

Bitter Brew

By: William Knoedelseder

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The engrossing, often scandalous saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce—a cautionary tale about prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the blessings and dark consequences of success.From countless bar signs, stadium scoreboards, magazine ads, TV commercials, and... Read more