History audiobooks

Julius Cäsar - Abridged

By: Theodor Birt

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Julius Cäsar wurde 100 vor Christus in Rom geboren, als einziger Sohn einer Adelsfamilie. Ehrgeiz, Redetalent und Intelligenz zeichneten ihn aus. Er wurde zum größten Feldherr der Antike, war begnadeter Demagoge und skrupelloser Machtpolitiker, aber auch ein leidenschaftlicher Liebhaber, der den Reizen der jungen Kleopatra erlag. In diesem... Read more

The Pearl Harbor Collection - Abridged

By: Gordon W. Prange

Narrated by: Tony Roberts

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is no better, more authoritative chronicle of Pearl Harbor and its repercussions than the three Gordon W. Prange titles collected here. Read more

Friedrich Wilhelm I. - Abridged

By: Jakob Wassermann

Narrated by: Markus Krochmann

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Friedrich Wilhelm I. König von Preußen - auch be-kannt als "Soldatenkönig" - schrieb über sich selbst einmal: "Mein ganzes Leben hindurch fand ich mich genötigt, zwei Leidenschaften anzuhängen, die ich nicht [sic!] hatte: eine war ungereimter Geiz und die andere eine ausschweifende Neigung für große Soldaten. Nur wegen dieser so sehr in die... Read more

Immanuel Kant - Abridged

By: Rudolf Eucken & Immanuel Kant

Narrated by: Michael Kommant

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Es dauerte eine Weile, bis Kants Zeitumgebung erkannte, wie sehr seine Leistung ihrem eigenen Streben entgegen-kam. Aber als sie es erkannte, da fielen ihm weiteste Kreise mit heller Begeisterung zu und folgten den von ihm eröffneten Bahnen. Denn sein Werk schien das sie beseelende Verlangen nach Freiheit erst recht zu begründen und abschließend... Read more

Wenn die Gewalt erscheint - Abridged

By: Peter Sloterdijk & Gunnar Heinsohn

Narrated by: Peter Sloterdijk & Gunnar Heinsohn

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1 | Peter Sloterdijk: Wenn die Gewalt erscheint – Versuch über die Explosivität der Bilder Sendung: 26.12.1994 Urszenen der Gewalt finden sich bereits in der griechischen Mythologie. Der blutige Streit zwischen Thyestes und Atreus findet seinen Höhepunkt, als letzterer dem Bruder die eigenen Kinder zum Mahl vorsetzt. Als er erkennt, was ihm... Read more

The Bear’s Aggression - Abridged

By: M. R. Ocha

Narrated by: Rori yang

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sir, It's the Russian Commandant. Hello Mr President." So nice to hear your voice. I must say you were right to try, but too late.THIS IS YOUR FAULT!        Go ON, Take that Poll! Ask your people, and tell them it was the right thing to do. Read more

I'm in the Army Now - Abridged

By: Martin Dale Whitacre

Narrated by: William Savage

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

These letters were discovered in an Army Air Force footlocker after being locked away for almost 80 years. Follow the story of one World War 2 Army Air Force soldier, Glenn Max Whitacre, from Bowling Green Ohio through basic training, schooling, combat prep, and into battle. He wrote home almost every day to keep in touch with his family, his... Read more

FDR - Abridged

By: Jean Edward Smith

Narrated by: Richard McGonagle

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A model presidential biography... Now, at last, we have a biography that is right for the man" - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this superlative volume, Jean ... Read more

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary Wa - Abridged

By: Che Guevara

Narrated by: Bruno Gerardo

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The people of Cuba struggled against immense odds to emerge victorious from years of brutal dictatorship and poverty in 1959. This is Che Guevara's classic eyewitness account of the transformation of a country and also the transformation of Che himself - from a troop doctor to a revolutionary leader, who would become one of the greatest icons of... Read more

The Narnian - Abridged

By: Alan Jacobs

Narrated by: Alan Jacobs

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Yet who was the man who created this world? This audio book attempts to unearth the making of the first Narnian, C. S. Lewis... Read more

The Real All Americans - Abridged

By: Sally Jenkins

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It's Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a truly inspirational story about a Native American football team that is as much about football as Lance Armstrong's book was about a bike.


If you’d guess that Yale or Harvard ruled the... Read more

PASIONARIA - Abridged

By: Alberto Bargos Cucó

Narrated by: Gontzal Mendibil

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dolores Ibarruri Gómez, "Pasionaria", Gallarta herrian jaio zen 1895ean. Bere familia meatzaria izan zen. Gaztetan irakasle-ikasketak egin nahi izan zituen baina etxean ez zeukaten behar beste diru. Meatzari eta sozialista amorratu batekin ezkondu zen. Pobrezia gorrian bizi ziren baina mundua alda zitekeela uste zuen. Xede hau lortzeko... Read more

Lukull - Abridged

By: Theodor Birt

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lukull von Theodor Birt Lucius Licinius Lucullus, besser bekannt als Lukull und Sinnstifter der deutschen Redewendung "lukullische Genüsse", lebte von 117 v.Chr. bis 56 v.Chr. Für das Römische Reich zog er als Feldherr gegen Mithridates und schlug diesen in mehreren Schlachten und eroberte das Königreich Pontos. Mit den Reichtümern, die er... Read more

Die hellenistisch-römische Philosophie - Abridged

By: August Messer

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In diesem Überblick wird die hellenistisch-römische Philosophie im Zeitraum von ca. 300 vor bis ca. 300 nach Christus dargestellt. Diese Periode der Philosophie weist starke praktische Tendenzen auf. Das höchste Gut sucht man entweder mit den Stoikern in Selbstgenügsamkeit und strenger Pflichterfüllung, oder mit den Epikureern in edlem... Read more

In The Company of Soldiers - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: Rick Atkinson

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in late February 2003. For Rick Atkinson, who would spend nearly two months covering the division for The Washington Post, the war in Iraq provided a unique opportunity to observe today's U.S. Army in combat.
Granted... Read more

Die anthropologische Periode der griechischen Philosophie - Abridged

By: August Messer & Sokrates

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Als die anthropologische Periode der griechischen Philosophie wird der Zeitraum des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bezeichnet, in der das menschliche Leben, hier besonders das Gemeinschaftsleben in Staat und Gesellschaft, in steigendem Maße Gegenstand des Nachdenkens wurde. Wobei diese Reflexion zunächst weniger eine theoretische, lediglich auf... Read more

The Google Story - Abridged

By: David A. Vise & Mark Malseed

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and... Read more

The Age of Anxiety - Abridged

By: Haynes Johnson

Narrated by: Kristoffer Tabori

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pulitzer-Prize winner Haynes Johnson boldly revisits the anti-communist hysteria of the McCarthy era to examine parallels today in this new age of terror and threat with a mix of narrative history, political commentary, and contemporary reporting. Read more

Gibt es Gott? - Abridged

By: René Descartes

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Descartes war Zeit seines Lebens ein Zweifler - nur der Existenz Gottes war er sich sicher. Er stellte vieles in Frage, forderte mehr Wissenund suchte nach Antworten, die er nicht in den Lehrwerken fand. Mit seinen Denkweisen und Theorien gilt Descartes als Wegbereiter des Rationalismus. Mutig setzte er sich den bis dahin herrschenden... Read more

They Marched Into Sunlight - Abridged

By: David Maraniss

Narrated by: David Maraniss

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

David Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967.

With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of... Read more

Cato und die Gracchen - Abridged

By: Theodor Birt & Cato

Narrated by: Jan Koester

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der große Redner Cato und die Familie der Gracchen sind das Thema von Theodor Birts unterhaltsame Geschichtslektionen über das Römische Reich. Der große Redner Cato und die Familie der Gracchen sind das Thema von Theodor Birts unterhaltsame Geschichtslektionen über das Römische Reich. Read more

The Guns at Last Light - Abridged

By: Rick Atkinson

Narrated by: Rick Atkinson

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The eagerly awaited final volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Atkinson's New York Times bestselling Liberation Trilogy.

It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished Hitler. In the first two volumes of his bestselling Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson... Read more

American Hostage - Abridged

By: Micah Garen & Marie-Helene Carleton

Narrated by: Micah Garen & Marie-Helene Carleton

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Micah Garen and Marie-Helene Carleton were journalists and filmmakers working in Iraq on a documentary with their Iraqi translator Amir Doshi. In the late summer of 2004, they began to wrap up their work, and Marie-Helene returned home while Micah remained for a final two weeks of filming. As Micah and Amir were filming in a Nasiriyah market,... Read more

No Room For Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units From Iran to Afghanistan - Abridged

By: Ben F. Schemmer & John T. Carney Jr.

Narrated by: Barrett Whitener

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite “special tactics” team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to.Since then Carney and the U.S. Air Force Special Tactics units have circled the world on clandestine missions. They have combated terrorists and overthrown dangerous... Read more