History audiobooks

Triumph of the Yuppies

By: Tom McGrath

Narrated by: Stacy Carolan

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The “entertaining and insightful” first history of the Yuppie phenomenon, chronicling the roots, rise, triumph and (seeming) fall of the young urban professionals who radically altered American life between 1980 and 1987 (New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich). 

By the time their obituary was being written in the late 1980s, Yuppies—the... Read more

NATO

By: Sten Rynning

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day—published for the alliance's seventy-fifth anniversary



For seven decades, NATO's stated aim has been the achievement of world peace—but playing great power politics always involves conflict. Russia's war on Ukraine and on Europe's security order puts the alliance under... Read more

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys

By: Brian Fairbanks

Narrated by: Tyler Darby

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music Died through to the Highwaymen and on to the current creative and commercial explosion of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell,... Read more

On the Ends of Good and Evil

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Narrated by: Robin Homer

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Cicero sets out the three major Greek philosophies: Epicureanism, Stoicism and Aristotelianism (or Peripateticism), by recounting his conversations with Lucius Torquatus, Marcus Cato and Piso.
He then provides his commentary and criticisms of each.
The volume was written in the summer of the year 45 BC a few years before Cicero's assassination at... Read more

US Citizenship Test Study Guide

By: Daniel Winslow

Narrated by: Connor Sullivan & Eric Holt

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

FREE printable Flashcards with 100 Civic questions INCLUDED!
Do you feel daunted by the prospect of the US citizenship test, unsure of where to start or how to prepare effectively?
Are you concerned about mastering the English proficiency and Civics topics required for the exam?
Do you envision a smoother path to citizenship, equipped with the... Read more

Polymath

By: Eric Laursen

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 31 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Alex Comfort was a British poet, novelist, biologist, cultural critic, activist, and anarchist, and the author of the international bestseller, The Joy of Sex. He played a vital role in making gerontology (the study of aging) a viable branch of modern science, energizing the direct-action movement for nuclear disarmament, revitalizing anarchism... Read more

Why War?

By: Richard Overy

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Why has war been such a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains, drawing on rich examples and keen insight.



Richard Overy is not the first scholar to take up the title question. In 1931, at the request of the League of Nations, Albert Einstein asked Sigmund Freud to collaborate on a short work examining whether... Read more

Codename Nemo

By: Charles Lachman

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

On June 4, 1944, the course of World War II was forever changed. That day, a US Navy task force achieved the impossible—capturing a German U-Boat. Called Operation Nemo, it was the first seizure of an enemy ship in battle since the War of 1812, one of the greatest achievements of the US Navy and a victory that shortened the duration of the war.... Read more

Metamorphoses

By: Karolina Watroba

Narrated by: Deborah Balm

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2024, exactly one hundred years after his death at the age of forty, readers all over the world will reach for the works of Franz Kafka. Many of them will want to learn more about the enigmatic man behind the classic books filled with mysterious courts and monstrous insects. Who, exactly, was Franz Kafka? Karolina Watroba, the first Germanist... Read more

The Wrong Stuff

By: John Strausbaugh

Narrated by: LJ Ganser

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science.

In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But the underdog Soviets scored a series of... Read more

Jeanne D'Arc (Unabridged)

By: Margaret O. Oliphant

Narrated by: Jacob Brown, Deanna Stewart & Billy Ross

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tumultuous era of the Hundred Years' War, a young peasant girl named Jeanne d'Arc emerged as a beacon of hope for the beleaguered French. Guided by divine visions, she led the French army to a series of stunning victories, turning the tide of the conflict. Margaret O. Oliphant's "Jeanne D'Arc (Unabridged)" delves into the extraordinary... Read more

Rhythm of Resistance

By: Eroms Ehiagwina

Narrated by: Kevin Key

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Rhythm of Resistance: The Soulful Echoes of Black Musicians in the Era of Martin Luther King Jr. (1957-1968)" is an essential read that illuminates the crucial role of music during the Civil Rights Movement and a tribute to musicians who revolutionized the music scene during this period.
Offering an extensive review of the social, political, and... Read more

Sous le feu

By: Michel Goya

Narrated by: Fréderic Kneip

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

UN LIVRE HORS DU COMMUN. Combattre, c'est évoluer pendant quelques instants dans un monde régi par ses propres lois. En sortir vivant, c'est se réveiller épuisé, brisé ou exalté, mais toujours transformé. Pour comprendre cette vie près de la mort, Michel Goya nous confronte à l'expérience sous le feu : décider, risquer sa vie, tuer. Sous... Read more

Banking on Slavery

By: Sharon Ann Murphy

Narrated by: narrator

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an auto-narrated audiobook version of this book.

A sobering excavation of how deeply nineteenth-century American banks were entwined with the institution of slavery.

It’s now widely understood that the fullest expression of nineteenth-century American capitalism was found in the structures of chattel slavery. It’s also understood that... Read more

Nadja Comaneci: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Nadja Comaneci, rumänische Turnlegende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

A History of Ancient Egypt’s Most Famous Sites

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Africa may have given rise to the first humans, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria to the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Ancient Egyptians produced several wonders of the world,... Read more

Spain and the American Revolution: The History of the Spanish Empire’s Participation in the Revolutionary War

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the “shot heard ‘round the world” to the Declaration of Independence, but the events that led up to the fighting at Lexington & Concord were borne out of 10 years of division between the British and their American colonies over everything from... Read more

The Empires of Persia: The History and Legacy of the Dynasties that Ruled Persia from Antiquity to Today

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Victoria Woodson

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Lying in the middle of a plain in modern day Iran is a forgotten ancient city: Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its day as the richest city under the sun. Persepolis was the capital of Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest empire the world had ever seen, but after its destruction, it was largely forgotten... Read more

Von Benjamin Franklin bis Kaiser Wilhelm II.

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Benjamin Franklin, Kaiserin Maria Theresia, Thomas Jefferson, Kaiser Wilhelm I., Napoleon III., Kaiser Franz Joseph, Kaiser Friedrich III., Kaiserin Sisi, König Ludiwig II., Kaiser... Read more

General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: The Lives and Careers of America’s Commanders-in-Chief in the Pacific Theater during World War II

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Bill Caufield

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite fighting in North Africa and the Atlantic, the United States still had the resources and manpower to fight the Japanese in the Pacific. Though the Japanese had crippled the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, its distance from Japan made an invasion of Pearl Harbor impossible, and Japan had not severely damaged important infrastructure.... Read more

Hollywood’s 10 Greatest Actors

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1999, the American Film Institute released its list of the 50 greatest Hollywood stars of the 20th century, and selecting the 10 best actors out of the bunch was certainly a tall task. The competition was so stacked that men like Gary Cooper and John Wayne were not even among the Top 10. So who were the Top 10 men selected by the AFI?One man... Read more

Private Inquiries

By: Caitlin Davies

Narrated by: Annie Aldington

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years. But what about the real-life women behind these fictional tales? Dismissed as 'Mrs Sherlock Holmes' or amateurish Miss Marples, mocked as private dicks or honey trappers, they have been investigating crime since the mid-nineteenth century - everything from... Read more

Mark Spitz: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Mark Spitz, amerikanische Schwimmlegende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Egyptian Mythology

By: Adrian Danvers

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGYA Timeless Collection of Egyptian Myths and LegendsEmbark on an unforgettable journey through the sands of time with "Egyptian Mythology: A Timeless Collection of Egyptian Myths and Legends." This enchanting volume is your gateway to a world where gods walk among mortals, where magic breathes life into the very fabric of... Read more