History audiobooks

Don't Know Much About the Civil War - Abridged

By: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrated by: Kenneth C. Davis

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Distinct, clear, and balanced. . . . Davis has a gift for deftly rendering the essentials.”—New York Times Book Review

“Lively and relevant.” —USA Today

 
Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Now New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue,... Read more

How the Irish Saved Civilization - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Liam Neeson

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent... Read more

The Greatest Generation - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The instant classic that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans, from the beloved journalist whose own iconic career has lasted more than fifty years.

In this magnificent testament to a nation and her people, Tom Brokaw brings to life the extraordinary stories of a generation that gave new meaning to courage,... Read more

The End of the Road - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Culled from Bodett's syndicated radio show, these interconnected stories captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, the sort of place where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. Read more

The Book of Honor - Abridged

By: Ted Gup

Narrated by: Frank Muller

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country.

In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has... Read more

The Great Republic - Abridged

By: Winston S. Churchill

Narrated by: Winston S. Churchill

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Great Republic is Sir Winston Churchill's personal vision of American history, from the arrival of the first European settlers to the dawn of the Cold War, edited by his grandson, the historian and journalist Winston S. Churchill. The book is a magnificent retelling of the American story, including some of the best short histories of the  ... Read more

Flags of Our Fathers - Abridged

By: James Bradley & Ron Powers

Narrated by: Barry Bostwick

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now abridged for young people, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U. S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.

In February 1945, American... Read more

The Greatest Generation Speaks - Abridged

By: Tom Brokaw

Narrated by: Tom Brokaw

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.
 
“When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have... Read more

Seabiscuit - Abridged

By: Laura Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than ... Read more

Confederates in the Attic - Abridged

By: Tony Horwitz

Narrated by: Michael Beck

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he's put war zones behind him. But awakened one morning by the crackle of musket fire, Horwitz starts filing front-line dispatches again this time from a war close to home, and to... Read more

Howard Hughes

By: Peter Harry Brown & Pat H. Broeske

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

Length: 18 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend—and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.

Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, at age five, embarked on a harrowing sea... Read more

Rosa Parks

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, had no idea she was changing history when, fed up and tired, she refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama. Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther King Jr. into the... Read more

Herman Melville

By: Elizabeth Hardwick

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father of American literature. Now, a century after his death, a new popular surge of interest in Herman Melville calls for Elizabeth Hardwick's rich analysis of "the whole of Melville's works, uneven as it is, and the challenging shape of his life . . . a story of the creative... Read more

Microsoft First Generation

By: Cheryl Tsang

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a story with all the ingredients of a modern legend, representing nothing less than the proverbial American Dream—writ extra-large. It is a story of hard work, brilliance, and extraordinary commitment, featuring the story’s original cast members, who could not possibly have foreseen the unprecedented success that awaited them: the... Read more

What If...? Vol 3 - Abridged

By: Robert Cowley

Narrated by: Murphy Guyer

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising,... Read more

Harry Hoxsey, Healer Before His Time

By: Kenny Ausubel

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Kenny Ausubel presents cutting edge data about an unsung hero: Harry Hoxsey, who was an ex-coal miner who claimed a cure for cancer back in 1924, using herbal remedies inherited from his great grandfather. Read more

Anton Chekhov

By: Donald Rayfield

Narrated by: Fred Williams

Length: 28 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Chekhov’s life was short, intense, and dominated by battles, both with his dependents and with the tuberculosis that killed him at age forty-four. The traditional image of Chekhov is that of the restrained artist torn between medicine and literature, but Donald Rayfield’s biography reveals the life long hidden behind the noble facade. Here... Read more

Woodrow Wilson

By: Louis Auchincloss

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Woodrow Wilson sheds new light on Wilson’s upbringing and career and shows the grim determination that carried him to the presidency just before World War I. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, to the rising academic and president of Princeton who made the... Read more

Joan of Arc

By: Mary Gordon

Narrated by: Mari Devon

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only... Read more

Papa Bravo Romeo - Abridged

By: Wynn Goldsmith

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Our mission was independent, no-holds-barred combat against a stubborn enemy in the enemy's backyard."                

In Vietnam, river warfare was often conducted in the dark. It was always dangerous, sometimes fatal--especially in the eastern end of the Cong-plagued Mekong Delta. In 1967, U.S. Navy Lt. Wynn Goldsmith was the "river rat" who... Read more

The Sword and the Shield - Abridged

By: Christopher Andrew & Vasili Mitrokhin

Narrated by: Charles Stransky

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Sword and the Shield is a compelling—and historically significant—narrative destined to cast new light on the Soviet era. Read more

Les plus belles Histoires de Haim - Vol 1

By: Yossef Brami & Haim Nisenbaum

Narrated by: Yossef Brami

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Vivez comme si vous y étiez de merveilleuses histoires juives jouées pour vous par des comédiens professionnels.Onkelos - Le miroir aux richesses - Les héritiers - Le Cadi de Mogador - Le petit grand-père Read more

Mao Zedong

By: Jonathan Spence

Narrated by: Alexander Adams

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in rural China in 1893, Mao Zedong led his country through "a long-drawn-out adventure in upheaval." In the process, he became one of the monumental figures of the twentieth century. He died in 1976, just as China was entering a détente with the United States. This excellent biography illuminates Mao's family life, his early years as a... Read more

Dwight D. Eisenhower speeches

By: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Narrated by: Dwight D. Eishenhower

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A collection of speeches given by Dwight D. Eisenhower.Speeches included are:• 101st Airborne Division Citation Ceremony ca 1945• Address before Special Session of United Nations - Aug. 13, 1958• Address on Need for Effective Labor Bill - Aug. 6, 1959• Address on the Far East Situation -Sept. 11, 1958• Address on the Middle East Situation, July... Read more