History audiobooks
Scurvy
By: Stephen Bown
Narrated by: Dan Cashman
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
From the 15th to the mid-19th centuries, scurvy caused more deaths at sea than storms, shipwrecks, combat, and all other diseases combined. The cure for scurvy ranks among the greatest of military successes, yet its impact on history has mostly been ignored. In this intriguing book, Stephen R. Brown delivers a lively recounting of how three... Read more
View audiobookDemocracy Matters
By: Cornel West
Narrated by: Cornel West
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
โUncompromising and unconventional . . . Cornel West is an eloquent prophet with attitude.โ โ Newsweekโ
"A timely analysis about the current state of democratic systems in America." โ The Boston Globe
In Democracy Matters, Cornel Westย argues that if America is to become a better steward of democratization around the world, we must first wake up to... Read more
Name of the Enemy
By: Quintan Wiktorowicz
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Over the past several decades, Islamic terrorists have transformed themselves into a sophisticated global network of self-proclaimed holy warriors. These fighters no longer confine themselves to local battles against incumbent Muslim regimes in a bid to establish theocratic states. The Jihadi Salafis (a name they would use to describe... Read more
View audiobookA Thousand Shall Fall
By: Susi Hasel Mundy
Narrated by: Lauren Mazzio & Nicholas Mazzio
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The Electrifying True Testimony of Franz Haselย Dramatically narrated with original cinematic score.Pacifist Franz Hasel was drafted into one of Hitlerโs elite troops to build bridges at the front lines. Just before he was sent deep into Russia โ where all but seven of his 1,200 man unit would die โ he secretly discarded his gun, fearing that, as... Read more
View audiobookThe 9/11 Commission Report
By: Multiple Authors
Narrated by: Multiple Narrators
Length: 22 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Over the course of 20 months, the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, five Democrats and five Republicans held 12 public hearings and received testimony from 160 witnesses. Dozens of government agencies and other entities provided the Commission with more than 2.5 million pages of documents and other material. The report and its recommendations can save... Read more
View audiobookMornings On Horseback - Abridged
By: David McCullough
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The National Book Awardโwinning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.
Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore... Read more
All Brave Sailors - Abridged
By: J. Revell Carr
Narrated by: George K. Wilson
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the darkness before moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast on August 21, 1940, the night erupted in a fusillade of bullets and shells. The victim was a stalwart English tramp steamer, Anglo Saxon, part of the lifeline that was keeping besieged England in supplies. The attacker appeared to be a merchant ship from a neutral... Read more
View audiobookAn End to Evil
By: David Frum & R. Perle
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
An End to Evil charts the agenda for whatโs next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington.
This world is an unsafe place for... Read more
An End to Evil - Abridged
By: David Frum & Richard Perle
Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
An End to Evil charts the agenda for whatโs next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington.
This world is an unsafe place for... Read more
The Darkest Jungle - Abridged
By: Todd Balf
Narrated by: Ray Childs
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
โCommit yourself to the Virgin Mary, for in her hands is the way into the Dariรฉnโand in Godโs is the way out.โ
The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of Americaโs first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Dariรฉn, a place that loomed large in the minds of the worldโs most courageous adventurers... Read more
Julius Caesar - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Sir Ralph Richardson & (Null) Cast
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: Yes
""Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...""ย - AntonyA Shakespeare Society Production.ย The complete play in five acts.Features a unique cover illustration by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), specially commissioned for the Shakespeare on Compact Disc series -- now on digital audiobook. Read more
View audiobookCrossroads of Freedom
By: James M. McPherson
Narrated by: Nelson Runger
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a... Read more
View audiobookPigs at the Trough - Abridged
By: Arianna Huffington
Narrated by: Alison Fraser
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Arianna Huffington turns the spotlight on the tough reforms we must demand from Washington that go beyond the Corporate Responsibility Act. Read more
View audiobookThe Jesus I Never Knew
By: Philip Yancey
Narrated by: Bill Richards
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the Jesus we think we know so well? Join bestselling author Philip Yancey as he conducts an enlightening biblical and historical investigation into the real Jesus.From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, Philip Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as... Read more
View audiobookA Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 - Abridged
By: W. Phillip Keller
Narrated by: W. Phillip Keller
Length: 1 hour 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
Travel the Shepherd's path to the green pastures and cool, refreshing waters of Psalm 23. As a shepherd himself, W. Phillip Keller shares his insights into the life and character of sheep--and of the Good Shepherd who loves and cares for them.ย A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23ย will give new meaning to the ageless Shepherd Psalm, enriching your trust... Read more
View audiobookThe Jesus I Never Knew - Abridged
By: Philip Yancey
Narrated by: Philip D. Yancey
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: Yes
How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the Jesus we think we know so well? Join bestselling author Philip Yancey as he conducts an enlightening biblical and historical investigation into the real Jesus.From the manger in Bethlehem to the cross in Jerusalem, Philip Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as... Read more
View audiobookThe Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
By: James D. Hornfischer
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
Length: 16 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
โThis will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.โ
With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the... Read more
Lone Star Nation
By: H. W. Brands
Narrated by: Don Leslie
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
From bestselling historian and long-time Texan H. W. Brands, a richly textured history of one of the most fascinating and colorful eras in U.S. history--the Texas Revolution and the forging of a new America.
"For better or for worse, Texas was very much like America. The people ruled, and little could stop them. If they ignored national... Read more
Abraham
By: Bruce Feiler
Narrated by: Bruce Feiler
Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In this timely, provocative, and uplifting journey, the bestselling author of Walking the Bible searches for the man at the heart of the world's three monotheistic religions -- and today's deadliest conflicts. At a moment when the world is asking, โCan the religions get along?โ one figure stands out as the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians,... Read more
View audiobookLike No Other Time - Abridged
By: Tom Daschle
Narrated by: Tom Daschle
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Tom Daschle, the Majority Leader of the historic 107th Senate, presents a candid insiderโs account of the workings of the U.S. government during two of the most tumultuous years in the nationโs history.
The 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the... Read more
An Imperfect God - Abridged
By: Henry Wiencek
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A major new biography of Washington, and the first to explore his engagement with American slavery
When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he had said that holding slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." In this groundbreaking work, Henry Wiencek explores the founding... Read more
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea - Abridged
By: Thomas Cahill
Narrated by: Olympia Dukakis
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece.
The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated;... Read more
Intelligence in War - Abridged
By: John Keegan
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a powerful argument about military intelligence.
In... Read more
Preachers of Hate - Abridged
By: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Narrated by: Kenneth R. Timmerman
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The โnewโ anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single most important issue we face when trying to make... Read more
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