History audiobooks
Going Rogue - Abridged
By: Sarah Palin
Narrated by: Sarah Palin
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most beloved and controversial political figures. Now with new material, Going Rogue offers plain talk from a true American original about her life, her career, and the future of the country she loves. Read more
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Ponzi's Scheme - Abridged
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
Narrated by: David Birney
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance.
It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous... Read more
ملخص كتاب العاقل تاريخ مختصر للإنسانية - Abridged
By: يوفال نوح هراري
Narrated by: Sahla Books
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
في كتاب Sapiens: تاريخٌ مختصر للإنسانية، يشرح المؤرخYuval Noah Harari كل ما توصل إليه علماء التاريخ والأنثروبولوجيا للإجابة عن تلك التساؤلات. كما يتتبع رحلة البشرية عبر أهم ثلاث ثورات في التاريخ: ثورة الوعي، والثورة الزراعية، والثورة العلمية. القصة تبدأ منذ حوالي سبعين ألف عام، بتغيير طفيف في الحياة على الأرض، كان مقدرًا له أن يغير كل شيء ظهور... Read more
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The Raid - Abridged
By: Benjamin F. Schemmer
Narrated by: Dick Rodstein
Length: 2 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Minutes after 2 A.M. on November 21, 1970, more than one hundred U.S. war planes shattered the dark calm of the skies over Hanoi. Their mission: rescue sixty-one American POWs from Son Tay prison. Less than thirty minutes later, the raid was over, but no Americans had been rescued. The prisoners had been moved from Son Tay four and a half months... Read more
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ملخص كتاب كليوباترا - Abridged
By: ستايسي شيف
Narrated by: Sahla Books
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
تأتي أهمية هذا الكتاب من اختياره لمرحلة من التاريخ الروسي الحديث، منذ عام ألفين، وهو العام الذي تولى فيه فلاديمير Vladimir Putin بوتين رئاسة روسيا، وحتى عام ألفين وخمسة عشر. مرحلة" غاب فيها تنوع الوجوه، وأصبح الممثل الوحيد لروسيا هو رئيسها، وأصبح رجال السياسة من حوله مجرد أشباح لا صوت لهم، ولا أهميّة. Read more
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ملخص كتاب كل جيش الكرملين - Abridged
By: ميخائيل زيغار
Narrated by: Sahla Books
Length: 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
يعتقد كثيرون أن العبقرية هي السبب الأساسي وراء الأعمال الإبداعية العظيمة، إلا أنّ تلك ما هي إلا حقيقةٌ منقوصةٌ. العبقرية في حدّ ذاتها لا تضمن تحقيق النجاح. وكم من أشخاصٍ يتمتعون بمعدلات ذكاءٍ مرتفعة أو فوق متوسطة فشلوا في الوصول لإنجازات وصل إليها من هم دونهم في معدلات الذكاء. الحقيقة أنّ تحقيق النجاح الحقيقي في المجالات الإبداعية كما في أي... Read more
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Road to Baghdad - Abridged
By: Martin Stanton
Narrated by: Alan Sklar
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In 1990, U.S. Army Major Martin Stanton was a military advisor stationed in Saudi Arabia. Encouraged by the Army to broaden his cultural horizons, and assured by the U.S. embassy that Kuwait was perfectly safe, Stanton took off for a long weekend there. Roused by gunshots his first night in Kuwait City, Stanton looked out the window and... Read more
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Lightning Out of Lebanon - Abridged
By: Tom Diaz & Barbara Newman
Narrated by: Tony Call
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Before September 11, 2001, one terrorist group had killed more Americans than any other: Hezbollah, the “Party of God.” Today it remains potentially more dangerous than even al Qaeda. Yet little has been known about its inner workings, past successes, and future plans–until now.
Written by an accomplished journalist and a law-enforcement expert,... Read more
Conspiracy of Fools - Abridged
By: Kurt Eichenwald
Narrated by: Stephen Lang
Length: 9 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling true story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever.
It was the corporate collapse that appeared to come out of nowhere. In late 2001, the Enron... Read more
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War - 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
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الجريمة العثمانية - Abridged
By: وليد فكري
Narrated by: محمد العربي
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
في هذا الكتاب، يتناول الكاتب والباحث «وليد فكري» الوقائع الصادمة والجرائم التي ارتكبتها الدولة العثمانية خلال أربعة قرون أثناء استيلائهم على مصر. من خلال أربعة وثلاثين مقال منفصلة يعدد مساوئ تلك الفترة، لكنه يبدأ حديثه عن حُمى تمجيد العثمانيين وتحصينهم الديني للتاريخ، ويتكلم عن دور الدراما التركية في التأثير على الفكر الجمعي للجماهير... Read more
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Leading Ladies - Abridged
By: Kay Bailey Hutchison
Narrated by: Kay Bailey Hutchison
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In a series of skillfully drawn biographical portraits, United States Senator and bestselling author Kay Bailey Hutchison examines the lives of sixty-three pioneers in military service, journalism, public health, social reform, science, and politics—all American women. Mixing historical portraits with modern success stories, Senator Hutchison... Read more
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Meeting of Minds - Abridged
By: Steve Allen
Narrated by: Steve Allen, Roscoe Lee Browne, Beulah Quo, Rob...
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
By " assembling" some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were conducted like any other talk... Read more
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الجبتانا: أسفار التكوين المصرية - Abridged
By: علي علي الألفي" & "مانيتون السمنودي
Narrated by: محمد الخميس
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
لايزال التاريخ المصرى القديم زاخرًا بالنصوص والأسرار التي تتجلى تباعًا لتؤكد فرادة المصريين، بعض هذه النصوص تم كشفها والبعض الآخر لايزال مصيره مجهولًا، وربما تعرض للمحو أو التعتيم عليه، لدحض حقيقة تاريخية أو عقائدية تؤكد سبق الحضارة المصرية. هذا ما يتناوله كتاب «الجبتانا.. أسفار التكوين المصرية» للمؤرخ المصري الشهير «مانيتون السمنودي»، الذي ولد... Read more
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Fiasco - Abridged
By: Thomas E. Ricks
Narrated by: James Lurie
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the Washington Post's two-time Pulitzer-winning senior Pentagon reporter, the definitive military chronicle of the Iraq War-and a searing judgment of its gross strategic blindness-drawing on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time.
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Champions Again: The Story of Liverpool’s 30-Year Wait for the Title - Abridged
By: Ian Carroll
Narrated by: Gill Mills
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In 2020, Liverpool Football Club reclaimed its position as the number one football team in England. But it was a journey that had taken the world-famous club 30 years; a journey that was filled with drama, intrigue, and numerous false dawns.Written by a lifelong Liverpool fan, this is a dramatic story of highs and lows, and how the club overcame... Read more
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Schnick, Schnack, Schnuck (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged
By: Christoph Schulte-Richtering
Narrated by: Oliver Rohrbeck
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Herrlich schlau und wunderbar komisch." Ralf Schmitz Charmant, witzig und kenntnisreich erzählt Christoph Schulte-Richtering die wichtigsten Kapitel der Weltgeschichte nach - von Nero bis Fidel Castro, von den Kreuzzügen bis zum Mauerfall, von Karl V. bis zu dessen Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Ur-Urgroßschwipponkel. Read more
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea - Abridged
By: Thomas Cahill
Narrated by: Olympia Dukakis
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece.
The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated;... Read more
Hallowed Ground - Abridged
By: James M. McPherson
Narrated by: James M. McPherson
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg.
The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective... Read more
America Back on Track - Abridged
By: Edward M. Kennedy
Narrated by: Edward M. Kennedy
Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: Yes
With America Back on Track, his first major policy book in more than forty years, Senator Edward Kennedy reveals a critical plan to revive the lapsed values of our nation.
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Julio Verne - Abridged
By: Bonalletra Alcompás
Narrated by: Fernando Masía, Fernando Alvarez & Immaculada V...
Length: 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
DEJA QUE EL MISMÍSIMO JULIO VERNE TE EXPLIQUE SU VIDA EN PRIMERA PERSONA Y COMO SI FUERA UN DIVERTIDO CUENTO ILUSTRADO. Seguro que tienes un juego preferido. Yo también tuve uno. ¿Quieres que te lo explique? Me gustaba pensar en lugares lejanos y desconocidos, espacios a los que ninguna persona hubiera podido viajar. Cuando ya lo tenía... Read more
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The Blair Years - Abridged
By: Alastair Campbell
Narrated by: Alastair Campbell
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.
Here are the defining... Read more
The World in Six Songs - Abridged
By: Daniel J. Levitin
Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The author of The New York Times bestseller This is Your Brain on Music reveals music’s role in the evolution of human culture and “will leave you awestruck.” (The New York Times)
Daniel J. Levitin’s astounding debut bestseller, This is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted readers as it transformed our understanding of how music gets... Read more
Can't Is Not an Option - Abridged
By: Nikki Haley
Narrated by: Nikki Haley
Length: 4 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated, well-off Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. But... Read more
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