History audiobooks

History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume II, From the Death of Alexander I until the Death of Alexander III (Unabridged)

By: Simon Dubnow

Narrated by: Jaime Andrews

Length: 15 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In the second volume of his monumental work, renowned historian Simon Dubnow delves into the tumultuous era of Russian and Polish Jewish history from the death of Alexander I to the death of Alexander III. Dubnow's meticulous research and vivid prose illuminate the struggles, triumphs, and persecutions faced by Jewish communities during this... Read more

The Most Inspiring Short Stories for Seniors

By: Wildemind Publications

Narrated by: Eric Carpenter

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Did you know that listening to a story engages the mind twice as much as watching the the TV?Stories are known to improve mental cognition, improve memory, and keep the mind stimulated.Perhaps you (or your parents) are looking for some inspiring stories from the last century?Our audiobook is exactly that! A handful of 22 short-stories (each... Read more

The Heavy Water War

By: John Sadler

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

During the course of the Second World War, the Allies mounted a series of attempts to prevent Germany from manufacturing heavy water utilising hydroelectric plants in occupied Norway. These efforts comprised a mix of bomber and Commando raids. The overall aim was to stop Nazi Germany building a nuclear bomb. In fact, Hitler was never as close as... Read more

Gerd Müller: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Gerd Müller, Bomber der Nation und deutsche Fußballlegende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Jewish Palestine/Arab Palestine: A History of Conflict

By: Debra Cohen

Narrated by: Debra Cohen

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This nonfiction book is a basic outline of the events that led up to the statehood of Israel at the time of the British Mandates, and explains why the Arab Palestinians did not achieve statehood. Based on secret documents that were recently discovered in the UK Archives, this book explains a very complex issue in the Middle East in... Read more

Stille Rebellen

By: Marion Schreiber

Narrated by: Lisa Rauen

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Mut kennt kein Kalkül: Der Überfall auf den 20. Deportationszug nach Auschwitz. Am 19. April 1943 stoppen drei junge Männer einen Zug, der 1.618 Juden vom belgischen Sammellager Mechelen nach Auschwitz transportiert. Ausgerüstet mit drei Zangen, einer mit rotem Papier beklebten Sturmleuchte sowie einer Pistole, führen Youra Livchitz, Jean... Read more

Von Platon bis Diogenes

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

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: Platon, Marcus Aurelius, Sokrates, Aristoteles, Epikur, Epiktet, Pythagoras, Diogenes, Zenon, Chrysippos. Read more

The British Empire: An Enthralling Guide to the Rise and Fall of the World’s Largest Superpower in History

By: Billy Wellman

Narrated by: Jason Zenobia

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the epic saga of global dominance in The British Empire. In this riveting journey, you’ll explore how a tiny island nation ascended to rule nearly a quarter of the globe. From the Age of Discovery to the poignant end of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, this audiobook is a masterful tapestry of history, power, and ambition.Discover Its... Read more

Once Upon a Country Road

By: Ruth B Smith

Narrated by: Ruth Rosen

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In this biography, Ruth Busbee Smith depicts a vivid picture of her upbringing on a family-owned farm in South Carolina in the 1940s and 50s- a lifestyle that is both peaceful and hardworking. From the unique personality traits of her family members, helping on the farm, and more to becoming a "bookworm" at a young age to learning and following... Read more

La llamada

By: Leila Guerreiro

Narrated by: Natalia Pupato

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta es una historia real, llena de aristas y sombras, sobre la condición humana. A fines de los sesenta, con trece años, la argentina Silvia Labayru era una adolescente tímida, lectora, amante de los animales, entusiasta de John F. Kennedy, hija de una familia de militares que incluía a su padre, miembro de la Fuerza Aérea y piloto civil. A esa... Read more

Summer 2009

By: Andrew Coville

Narrated by: Andrew Coville

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Afghanistan war endured for two decades, involving an all-volunteer military force deployed repeatedly between 2001-2021. Over the course of these 20 years, thousands of young Americans lived through their own unique versions of the war, each marked by personal war stories and life-altering events. The war concluded on August 30th, 2021,... Read more

The Chronicles of America Volume 13 - The Fathers of the Constitution (Unabridged)

By: Max Farrand

Narrated by: Kirsten Baker

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tumultuous aftermath of the American Revolution, a group of brilliant minds gathered to forge a new nation. "The Fathers of the Constitution" chronicles the extraordinary journey of these men as they grappled with profound questions of governance, liberty, and the future of their fledgling republic. From the heated debates at the... Read more

Signs of Survival

By: Renee Hartman & Joshua M. Greene

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn everyone when the soldiers were coming because my sister and both my parents were deaf.



I was my family's ears.



Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable—together. This is their true story.



As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee,... Read more

The Russian FSB

By: Kevin P. Riehle

Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era KGB. Under Vladimir Putin, who served as FSB director just before becoming president, the agency has grown to be one of the most powerful and favored organizations in Russia. The FSB not only... Read more

Boss

By: Mike Royko

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the turbulent world of Chicago politics, Boss dives deep into the captivating life and legacy of Richard J. Daley, the influential politician and mastermind behind the city's Democratic Party machine.



Mike Royko's scathing and meticulously researched account follows Richard J. Daley's rise to power, from his inauspicious youth on Chicago's... Read more

Light-Horse Harry

By: Noel B. Gerson

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Henry Lee learnt to ride before he was five, joined Washington's Army at nineteen, and was appointed Captain of the Fifth Troop of Virginia Dragoons at twenty. At twenty-two, Colonel Lee took command of a mixed cavalry and infantry unit known as "Lee's Legion"—the finest offensive team in the Continental Army. Nicknamed "Light-Horse Harry" for... Read more

MacArthur Reconsidered

By: James Ellman

Narrated by: Kent Klineman

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

One of America's most controversial generals, Douglas MacArthur's rise through the US Army's ranks was meteoric. However, he did not lead large formations of men in combat until he assumed command of forces in the Philippines in 1941. When war commenced with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, MacArthur's performance on the battlefield was a failure:... Read more

Looking for Andy Griffith

By: Evan Dalton Smith

Narrated by: Evan Dalton Smith

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Andy Griffith (1926-2012) is one of North Carolina's most beloved exports, capturing America's heart as Sheriff Andy Taylor. Evan Dalton Smith was born in the North Carolina Piedmont over four decades after Andy, just an hour south of Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy. Both were small-town boys who grew up in similar places, where the counties... Read more

Out of One, Many

By: Jennifer T. Roberts

Narrated by: Petrea Burchard

Length: 13 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, Many is an accessible and lively introduction to the Greeks and their ways of living and thinking. In this fresh and witty exploration of the thought, culture, society, and history of the Greeks,... Read more

Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria

By: Ernesto Che Guevara

Narrated by: Ignacio Rodríguez De Anca, Irene Machado, Ramsé...

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

En abril de 1965, el Che Guevara se marcha de La Habana al Congo para dirigir a 200 veteranos cubanos que asisten al movimiento de liberación africana contra los colonialistas belgas, cuatro años después del asesinato del presidente socialista democráticamente electo, Patrice Lumumba.
Porque el diario trata el admitido "fracaso" del Che, examina... Read more

Lessons in Liberty

By: Jeremy S. Adams

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs.” — Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American MindAmerica is full of inspiring heroes.Greatness is not a chance—it is a choice. George Washington didn’t simply wake up as one of the greatest men in human history. His greatness was the... Read more

Franz Beckenbauer: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Franz Beckenbauer, Kaiser Franz und deutsche Fußballlegende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

The Knockout

By: Andy Clarke

Narrated by: Andy Clarke

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Swift, brutal, and utterly final: with knockouts, there are no grey areas; a KO is a KO. But what actually is a knockout, and why are we so fascinated by it?

The Knockout is the most dramatic and devastating moment in sport. There is nothing to rival it: Not the last second goal, not the basket on the buzzer, not the putt that drops on the... Read more

Frontline Bodies

By: Nicolas Martin-Breteau

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In Frontline Bodies, Nicolas Martin-Breteau argues that sports are not—and have never been—purely about entertainment for Black Americans. Instead, beginning in the 1890s during Reconstruction, Black Americans proactively used athletics as a tactic to fight racial oppression.



Martin-Breteau considers the work of Edwin B. Henderson, a prominent... Read more