History audiobooks

Wir Deutschen 1 - Abridged

By: Achim Höppner

Narrated by: Achim Höppner

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine spannende Reise in die deutsche Vergangenheit, in diesem Band in die Zeit von 300 v. Chr. bis 1550. Von den Germanen bis zur Französischen Revolution. Die Hör-Dokumentation WIR DEUTSCHEN ist eine lebendige, unterhaltsame Reise durch über 2.000 Jahre deutscher Geschichte. Sie beginnt bei Römern und Germanen, durchquert das... Read more

New York Burning - Abridged

By: Jill Lepore

Narrated by: Beth McDonald

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The untold story of the little-known Manhattan slave rebellion of 1741 and the white hysteria that resulted. Read more

My Detachment

By: Tracy Kidder

Narrated by: Tracy Kidder

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

My Detachment is a war story like none you have ever read before, an unromanticized portrait of a young man coming of age in the controversial war that defined a generation. In an astonishingly honest, comic, and moving account of his tour of duty in Vietnam, master storyteller Tracy Kidder writes for the first time about himself. This... Read more

Die DDR - Probleme einer Gesellschaftsgeschichte - Abridged

By: Gerd Dietrich

Narrated by: Gerd Dietrich

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gerd Dietrich reflektiert die Geschichte der DDR im Kontext von wirtschafts-, sozial- und kulturgeschichtlichen sowie politischen Fragestellungen. Dadurch werden die komplexen Zusammenhänge des 40 Jahre währenden real existierenden Sozialismus aufgezeigt und ein umfassender Überblick von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Deutschen Demokratischen... Read more

The Kennedy Men - Abridged

By: Laurence Leamer

Narrated by: Laurence Leamer

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this triumphant new work already hailed as a powerful American epic, Laurence Leamer chronicles the Kennedy men and their struggle to become the most powerful family in the United States. The Kennedy Men brings to life five bold, ambitious men. The Kennedy patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was one of the richest, strongest men in America's... Read more

Bound for Canaan - Abridged

By: Fergus Bordewich

Narrated by: Fergus Bordewich

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change.The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a clash of values that evolved into a fierce... Read more

Paris 1919

By: Margaret MacMillan

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 25 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, renowned historian Margaret MacMillan's best-selling Paris 1919 is the story of six remarkable months that changed the world. At the close of WWI, between January and July of 1919, delegates from around the world converged on Paris under the auspices of peace. New countries were created, old empires were... Read more

A Difference in Magnitude

By: Pocket University

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In the post-9/11 era, nuclear proliferation has given new meaning to the world's first nuclear attacks. Defense analysts say that America could be next. The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki give us a clear picture of the consequences and underscores the imperative of vigilance and preparedness. With this in mind, Pocket University presents... Read more

Flyboys

By: James Bradley

Narrated by: James Bradley

Length: 14 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. Flyboys, a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor, tells the story of those men.

Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots... Read more

An Unfinished Life - Abridged

By: Robert Dallek

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small -- about JFK's health, his love affairs, RFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK would have taken in the Vietnam entanglement had... Read more

Long Walk to Freedom - Abridged

By: Nelson Mandela

Narrated by: Danny Glover

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Read by Danny Glover, with an introduction by Kofi Annan.


Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from... Read more

A Different Drummer - Abridged

By: Michael K. Deaver

Narrated by: Michael K. Deaver

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The New York Times bestselling memoir of Ronald Reagan by his longtime aide and friend""These are memories of a friend and they span over the 35 years that I have known and loved Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Primarily anecdotal, there will be no footnotes, simply my best efforts to reconstruct these years and what they have meant to me.""--Michael... Read more

Islam

By: Karen Armstrong

Narrated by: Richard Davidson

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author and renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong presents a concise and articulate history of Islam, the world's fastest-growing faith. Beginning with the Prophet Muhammad's flight from Medina and concluding with an examination of modern Islamic practices and concerns, Armstrong delivers an unbiased overview. She contends that... Read more

The Secret Man

By: Bob Woodward

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In Washington, D.C., where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat -- the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in 1972 -- remained hidden for 33 years. Now, Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with W. Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the... Read more

History of Supreme Court Vacancies

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In a prelude to the expected battle over the next Supreme Court justice nomination, an historian explains the selection and confirmation process and the past battles between Congress and the president. Read more

Reformation for Armchair Theologians

By: Glen Sunshine

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by experts but designed for the nonexpert, the Armchair series provides accurate, concise, and witty overviews of some of the most profound moments and theologians in Christian history. An essential supplement for first-time encounters with primary texts, a lucid refresher for scholars and clergy, and an enjoyable read for the... Read more

Calvin for Armchair Theologians

By: Christopher Elwood

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In this concise introduction to Calvin's life and thought, Elwood offers an insightful and accessible overview of Calvin's key teachings within his historical context. The trials and travails Calvin encountered as he ministered and taught in Geneva are given with special attention to theological controversies associated with the Trinity and... Read more

Aquinas for Armchair Theologians

By: Timothy M. Renick

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Aquinas was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Christianity and in western civilization. Yet his theological views are complex and presume acquaintance with technical philosophical language. Now Timothy Renick has produced an attractive and accessible account of Aquinas's thought and life that will make his views clear... Read more

The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell

By: John Crawford

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The only book about the war in Iraq by a soldier on the ground-destined to become a classic of war literature.

John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition-it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating,... Read more

Chaucer

By: Peter Ackroyd

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In the first in a new series of brief biographies, bestselling author Peter Ackroyd brilliantly evokes the medieval world of England and provides an incomparable introduction to the great poet's works.



Geoffrey Chaucer, who died in 1400, lived a surprisingly eventful life. He served with the Duke of Clarence and with Edward III, and in 1359 was... Read more

Augustine for Armchair Theologians

By: Stephen A. Cooper

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book, Stephen Cooper provides an overview of the greatest theologian of the early church: Augustine of Hippo. Augustine has had a towering influence in the history of Christianity and his Confessions has long been regarded as one of Christianity's classic texts. Cooper introduces the life and thought of Augustine through discussing the... Read more

Lost Triumph

By: Tom Carhart

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating narrative-and a bold new thesis in the study of the Civil War-that suggests Robert E. Lee had a heretofore undiscovered strategy at Gettysburg that, if successful, could have crushed the Union forces and changed the outcome of the war.



The Battle of Gettysburg is the pivotal moment when the Union forces repelled perhaps America's... Read more

Luther for Armchair Theologians

By: Stephen Paulson

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Luther started a reformation movement that revolutionized Europe in the sixteenth century. His far-reaching reforms of theological understanding and church practices radically modified both church and society in Europe and beyond. Paulson's introduction to Luther's thought, coupled with the illustrations, provides an engaging introduction... Read more

Population: 485 - Abridged

By: Michael Perry

Narrated by: Michael Perry

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: Yes

Mike Perry’s extraordinary and thoughtful account of meeting the people of his small hometown by joining the fire and rescue team was a breakout hit that “swells with unadorned heroism” (USA Today)Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior... Read more