History audiobooks

Our Sacred Honor - Abridged

By: William J. Bennett

Narrated by: Philip Bosco, William J. Bennett & Barry Bostwick

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort.
In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and... Read more

Taking Charge - Abridged

By: Michael R. Beschloss

Narrated by: Michael R. Beschloss

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Taking Charge brings you into the room with an American political legend, still hated and revered a quarter century after his death. We hear Lyndon Johnson as he schemes and blusters, rewards and punishes, and reveals a bedrock core of unshakable political beliefs.
The only President to record his private conversations from his first day in... Read more

All but My Life - Abridged

By: Gerda Weissman Klein

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

All but My Life tells the haunting story of Gerda Weissman Klein’s experience under the Nazi regime. Taken from her home in Bielitz, Poland, and sent to German labor camps, Gerda survived and was liberated by American troops. In her memoir, Klein takes audiences on an alarming journey from the comforts of life in Poland to the horrifying... Read more

The Big Show - Abridged

By: Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick

Narrated by: Keith Olbermann & Dan Patrick

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

From World Sports Headquarters in historic Bristol, Connecticut, comes the audiobook that's more colorful than Dennis Rodman's hair. For the first time, Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the tag-team partners of ESPN's award winning Sportscenter, bring what People magazine calls their "Letterman-like loopiness and Koppel-esque smarts" to... Read more

A Picture Book of Rosa Parks

By: David Adler

Narrated by: Charles Turner

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"Teachers will welcome [this treatment of]...a simple, clear biography of Rosa Parks...The male narrator reads clearly and unemotionally, presenting the facts as Adler reports them...A good addition to collections." - School Library Journal Read more

Lost Christianity - Abridged

By: Jacob Needleman

Narrated by: Jacob Needleman

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Embark on a worldwide journey with renowned scholar of comparative religion, Jacob Needleman, as he gathers together ancient texts and writings of the modern practitioners of essential Christianity. Needleman demonstrates that a more effective, contemplative tradition existed in the early church and continues today in the lives of extraordinary... Read more

False Prophets - Abridged

By: Dale Jakes & Connie Jakes

Narrated by: Dale Jakes

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dale and Connie Jakes, working for the FBI, provide a firsthand account of life under the deepest cover inside the violent, armed strongholds of the Montana Freemen organization. In 1995, the Jakes lived in the Montana mountains, discovering a major center of American terrorism. They exposed vital information about how widespread,... Read more

A History of Music in Western Civilization

By: Various

Narrated by: Various

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From anonymous 10th century troubadours to world-renowned 20th century composers, A History of Music of the Western World explores the roots of the most influential music genres of our time. Essential listening for students and lovers of great music, the collection includes stimulating discussions by 15 prominent music authorities, including... Read more

Hazardous Duty - Abridged

By: Colonel David H. Hackworth

Narrated by: Colonel David H. Hackworth

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Colonel David H. Hackworth— one of America's most decorated soldiers— served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After retiring from the military in 1971, he completed a second tour of battlefield duty as a war correspondent. Accompanying our nation's fighting men and women to the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Somalia, Korea,... Read more

Psychic Warrior - Abridged

By: David Morehouse

Narrated by: David Morehouse

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For nearly two decades, the United States military intelligence community delved into the dark world of psychic espionage, recruiting a team of individuals who used their paranormal gifts to transcend time and space and uncover the highly guarded military secrets of other nations. After David Morehouse— a highly decorated Army... Read more

Undaunted Courage

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 21 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time.

In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether... Read more

Undaunted Courage - Abridged

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

Narrated by: Cotter Smith

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time.

In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether... Read more

The Physics of Star Trek

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Larry McKeever

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore the science behind one of television’s greatest series. Star Trek shaped and defined the science-fiction genre for generations of television viewers and writers, and now readers can learn more about the science presented on the show. What’s it like traveling at warp speed? What are the different types of dark matter and black holes?... Read more

Blood Sport - Abridged

By: James B. Stewart

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart takes readers behind the scenes in the Clinton White House as it reels in the wake of the Whitewater scandal, Vincent Foster’s suicide, and Paula Jones’ allegations of sexual misconduct.

In July 1993, White House official Vincent Foster wrote an anguished lament: “in Washington...ruining people is considered... Read more

Caesar's Women - Abridged

By: Colleen McCullough

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the blockbuster tradition of The First Man in Rome -- Colleen Mccullough's monumental Masters of Rome series continues.

The man behind the legend...the women behind the man.

Villain or hero? Debated for centuries, the volcanic soul of Julius Caesar comes dramatically to life in the new masterpiece of historical fiction from the #1 bestselling... Read more

Megatrends Asia - Abridged

By: John Naisbitt

Narrated by: John Nesbitt & Jesse Boggs

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America's #1 trend forecaster reveals the global transformation that affects the future for us all!
The most momentous global development of the 1990s.
The #1 bestselling author of Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 now offers a glimpse of your future that begins on the other side of the globe -- where the once isolated nations of Asia are networking... Read more

The Oregon Trail - Abridged

By: Francis Parkman

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Francis Parkman's journal—written more than 150 years ago in 1846—provides an eye-witness account of one of the grandest adventures in American history. At age twenty-three, the Harvard-educated Bostonian traveled the Rocky Mountains, living among the Dakota Sioux. In his journal, he captured the color, spirit, and perspective of his era, as... Read more

A Good Life - Abridged

By: Ben Bradlee

Narrated by: Ben Bradlee

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic New York Times bestselling memoir by legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post Ben Bradlee—with a new foreword by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and an afterword by Sally Quinn.

The most important, glamorous, and famous newspaperman of modern times traces his path from Harvard to the battles of the South Pacific to the... Read more

Dark Sun - Abridged

By: Richard Rhodes

Narrated by: Richard Rhodes

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War.

Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet... Read more

Iron Rose - Abridged

By: Cindy Adams & Susan Crimp

Narrated by: Cindy Adams

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Iron Rose takes an intimate look at the incredible life of Rose Kennedy—head of the Kennedy dynasty and one of the 20th century's most influential women—and her nine famous children. A riveting account of the power behind America's political throne for several decades, Iron Rose reveals the secrets behind the triumphs and tragedies of the... Read more

No Ordinary Time - Abridged

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II.

With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story... Read more

A Picture Book of Anne Frank

By: David Adler

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"The narrator, reading with clarity and precision, tells the well-known story of the Jewish girl and her family who hid during the Holocaust...[This] high-quality read-along...[is] excellent for school and public libraries." - Booklist Read more

The Influence of Seapower Upon History

By: Alfred T. Mahan

Narrated by: Jonathan Reese

Length: 20 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

First published almost a century ago, this classic text on the history and tactics of naval warfare had a profound effect on the imperial policies of all the major powers. Kaiser Wilhelm is said to have "devoured" this book, and it was avidly read by presidents (including both Roosevelts), kings, prime ministers, admirals, and chancellors.

... Read more

The Voyage of the Beagle

By: Charles Darwin

Narrated by: David Case

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin... Read more