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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57
By: Chips Channon
Narrated by: Tom Ward
Length: 48 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the Second World War is turning in the Allies' favour. It ends with a prematurely aged Chips descending into poor health but still socially active and able to turn a pointed phrase about the political events that swirl around... Read more
The Fall of Boris Johnson
By: Sebastian Payne
Narrated by: Sebastian Payne
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. Written and read by Sebastian Payne, Director of Onward and former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.
Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book Awards
A New Statesman, The Times, Daily Mail and FT Book of the Year
'Revelatory' - The Daily... Read more
A Revolution Betrayed
By: Peter Hitchens
Narrated by: Peter Hitchens
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children.
In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended,... Read more
La independencia de Colombia: Así fue
By: Irene Vasco
Narrated by: Juliana Peláez
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes
Abridged: No
La independencia en Colombia en un audiolibro para toda la familia
La autora Irene Vasco cuenta a los niños en este audiolibro los hechos que sucedieron antes, durante y después de la Independencia en una época en que nuestro territorio estuvo bajo el dominio español, así como los hechos, las causas y las consecuencias de ella. Read more
Erik Heinrichs: Mannerheimin ja Paasikiven kenraali
By: Martti Turtola
Narrated by: Raiko Häyrinen
Length: 11 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Jalkaväenkenraali Erik Heinrichs (1890–1965) oli tärkeä työtoveri marsalkka Mannerheimille. Talvisodassa Mannerheim ylensi Heinrichsin Kannaksen armeijan komentajaksi. Jatkosodan aikaan Heinrichs hoiti yhteydenpidon Saksan suuntaan. Mutta kuka oli Erik Heinrichs? Miten hän päätyi sotilasuralle? Entä miten hän päätyi läheiseen työsuhteeseen... Read more
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Roman Mythology
By: Adam Andino
Narrated by: Tim Tidball
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes
Abridged: No
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
Why did the Roman Empire fall?The theories are numerous, including the rise of Islam, lead in the drinking water, inflation with other economic problems, and even allowing vandals and barbarians to have positions of power. By far the most popular and widely believed is the rise of Christianity. Beforehand, Rome’s main religion was... Read more
The Printing Press: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Invention that Revolutionized Europe
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: KC Wayman
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The history of printing was for ancient Asia an advancement in culture and communication, but for Europe in the 15th century, it was much more, plunging the continent into a new paradigm and aligning it for the modern world. Its importance is often overlooked, but the timeliness of the printing machine was equivalent to the invention of... Read more
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The Case of the Married Woman
By: Antonia Fraser
Narrated by: Penelope Milton
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity, her intelligence, her poetry, and in her role as an artist's muse. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed Prime Minister, Lord... Read more
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The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment
By: Randy E. Barnett & Evan D. Bernick
Narrated by: David de Vries
Length: 18 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, according to Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick, the Supreme Court has long misunderstood or ignored the original meaning of the... Read more
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Trajan
By: Nicholas Jackson
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 12 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general listener. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history.
Trajan rose from fairly obscure beginnings to become the emperor of Rome. He was born in Italica, an Italic settlement close to modern Seville in... Read more
Identity and Violence
By: Amartya Sen
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
"One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion." —Nadine Gordimer
In this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by... Read more
Jerusalem Falls
By: John D. Hosler
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
The first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from the seventh to the thirteenth century
The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire. Few cities have been attacked as often and as savagely. This was no less true in the Middle Ages. From the Persian sack in 614 through the bloody First Crusade and beyond,... Read more
Beyond Good and Evil
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
Narrated by: Cori Samuel
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A caustic criticism of nearly every philosophic predecessor and a challenge of traditionally held views on right and wrong, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil paved the way for modern philosophical thought. Through nearly three hundred transformative aphorisms, Nietzsche presents a worldview in which neither truth nor morality are... Read more
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His Masterly Pen
By: Fred Kaplan
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 24 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
As he did for Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams, award-winning biographer Fred Kaplan offers a fresh, illuminating look at the life of Thomas Jefferson and his contributions as a writer.In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas Jefferson’s genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a... Read more
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Euromissiles
By: Susan Colbourn
Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
Length: 15 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow had troops on the ground and missiles in the fields of their respective allies, the NATO nations and the states of the Warsaw Pact. Euromissiles—intermediate-range nuclear weapons to be used exclusively in... Read more
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The Long Shadow of Default
By: David James Gill
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
The Long Shadow of Default focuses on an important but neglected example of sovereign default between two of the wealthiest and most powerful democracies in modern history. The United Kingdom accrued considerable financial debts to the United States during and immediately after the First World War. In 1934, the British government unilaterally... Read more
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The Emotions of God
By: David T. Lamb
Narrated by: Adam Verner
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
The God of the Bible is emotional. Many Christians don't want to associate emotions with God. Emotions feel irrational, and the idea of God experiencing hate, anger, and jealousy can be confusing and problematic. And yet the Bible is full of stories where God expresses deep emotion. Christians are often left wondering how to reconcile the... Read more
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Botticelli's Secret
By: Joseph Luzzi
Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced itSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to... Read more
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Postcards from Absurdistan
By: Derek Sayer
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 27 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Postcards from Absurdistan is a cultural and political history of Prague from 1938, when the Nazis destroyed Czechoslovakia's artistically vibrant liberal democracy, to 1989, when the country's socialist regime collapsed after more than four decades of communist dictatorship. Derek Sayer shows that Prague's twentieth century, far from being a... Read more
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Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
By: Jefferson Cowie
Narrated by: André Chapoy
Length: 16 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY
An "important, deeply affecting—and regrettably relevant" (New York Times) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way.
American freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a... Read more
The Sacred Pipe
By: Joseph Epes Brown
Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice.
Black Elk was the only qualified priest of the older Oglala Sioux still living when The Sacred Pipe was written. This is his book: he gave it orally to Joseph Epes Brown during the latter's eight month's... Read more
Princess Margaret
By: Helen Cathcart
Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
A compelling biography of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
Loyal sister and friend to Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret grew up in the public gaze and was one of the most-discussed women in the world. But what was early life like for the younger sibling of the future monarch? And what role did she carve for herself within the Royal... Read more
Pride of a Nation
By: Gwendolyn Oxenham
Narrated by: Gwendolyn Oxenham & Julie Foudy
Length: 4 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
The first official history of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, celebrating nearly four decades of the team's athletic excellence and cultural impact
Telling the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's story in expert prose, Pride of a Nation is a lavish tribute to one of the most beloved teams in sports, revisiting their historic four World Cup... Read more
When the Shooting Stopped
By: Barrett Tillman
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
In the forty-four months between December 1941 and August 1945, the Pacific Theater absorbed the attention of the American nation and military longer than any other. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. especially was committed to confronting Tokyo as a matter of urgent priority.
But from Oahu to Tokyo was a long, sanguinary... Read more
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