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The Art of War
By: Sun Tzu
Narrated by: Brandon Poe
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A modern introduction, tracing the origins of The Art of War and its historical and cultural importance, firmly grounds the reader in the context with which the oldest book on military strategy has survived the ages, as well as contemporary examples of its continued use.The first section of this collectible edition contains The Art of War in... Read more
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Sparta: An Enthralling Overview of the Spartans and Their City-State in Ancient Greece along with the Greco-Persian Wars, Peloponnesian War, and Other Conflicts Involving the Spartan Army
By: Enthralling History
Narrated by: Jay Herbert
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Almost everyone has heard of the famous three hundred Spartan soldiers who stood against the Persians at Thermopylae. But did you know that Sparta was home to two kings? Or that their women had more freedom than the women of Athens? The beautiful history of classical Sparta has been in the spotlight for some time now. Sometimes, it feels as if... Read more
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Archaeology of the Anunnaki Sumerians
By: Faruq Zamani
Narrated by: Rupert Bush
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Abridged: No
Leonard Woolley, an archaeologist from Britain, returned to Iraq in 1922, almost 4,000 years after the nuclear ancient catastrophe, to uncover ancient Mesopotamia.An imposing ziggurat standing out in the desert plain drew him to the nearby site of Tell el-Muqayyar, where he began excavating. As old walls, artifacts, and inscriptions were... Read more
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The Babylonian Empire: An Enthralling Overview of Babylon and the Babylonians
By: Enthralling History
Narrated by: Jay Herbert
Length: 3 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Hanging gardens, stunning architecture, a prototype legal code, macabre myths, towering ziggurats, a four-thousand-year-old medical text, predictions of lunar and solar eclipses, quadratic equations, and trigonometry: the ancient Babylonians did it all!The Babylonians were indisputably a formidable force in the ancient world’s stage, but how did... Read more
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Conjectures and Refutations
By: Karl Popper
Narrated by: Martyn Swain
Length: 22 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insights into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not... Read more
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Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Life and Legacy of America’s Most Influential Naval Strategist
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Roger Wood
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Alfred Thayer Mahan is arguably the most influential military strategist in American history, and one of the world’s most important naval theorists. His work has been nearly as influential as the famous German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), and the lesser-known but nearly as influential Swiss military writer Antoine-Henri... Read more
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Five American Women Rebels: The Lives and Legacies of Some of the Women Who Decisively Changed American Society
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: KC Wayman
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes
Abridged: No
For much of American history, women were second-class citizens in the sense they could not vote or run for office and had few property rights. However, women were often able to overcome social restrictions and forcefully affect the world around them, sometimes nationally. This took a real force of character, determination, and sometimes... Read more
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Richard Sorge: The Life and Legacy of the German Journalist Who Became the Soviet Union’s Most Effective Spy during World War II
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Ryan Durham
Length: 2 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Spies are a feature of countless works of fiction in which they often discover secrets on which the fate of nations hang in the balance. Reality is generally rather more mundane, as spies often gather low-level intelligence that only makes sense when it is examined by analysts and compared to information from other sources. Espionage provides... Read more
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Ruthenia: The History of Ukraine and Belarus after the Dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes
Abridged: No
The history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich historical development of the region.... Read more
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The Affairs of Ashmore Castle
By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
Length: 15 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The second novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novels
Behind the doors of the magnificent Ashmore Castle, secrets are waiting to be uncovered . . .
England, 1903.
Giles, the new Earl of Stainton, is struggling to bring his family's estate back to order... Read more
Das alte Ägypten - Geschichte für Kinder: Das Leben der alten Ägypter, Ihre Götter, Pharaonen und Pyramiden kindgerecht und unterhaltsam entdecken
By: Peer Galenski
Narrated by: Nicole Baumann
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Wisst ihr eigentlich, wie Pyramiden aussehen und wo sie zu finden sind? Diese Frage kannst du sicherlich schon beantworten: Na klar, dass sind diese großen, dreieckigen Bauten in der Wüste von Ägypten! Vermutlich hast du auch schon davon gehört, dass sie tausende von Jahren alt sind, man dort mit etwas Glück noch immer eine Mumie finden kann und... Read more
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In Search of the Dark Ages
By: Michael Wood
Narrated by: Marston York
Length: 14 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the bestselling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians. Now, on the book's 40th anniversary, this fully revised and expanded edition illuminates further the fascinating and mysterious... Read more
Menon
By: Platon
Narrated by: Volker Braumann
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Platons Menon Die Kernfrage des "Menon" lautet: "Ist Tugend lehrbar?" Die Beantwortung dieser Frage war für Platon von entscheidender philosophischer und lebenspraktischer Bedeutung, und so kreist er um sie gleich in mehreren Dialogen, wie dem "Protagoras", dem "Laches" und dem Chamides". Doch erst im "Menon" kann Platon - endlich - eine... Read more
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Japan
By: Christopher Harding, Alex Bellos, Rana Mitter, ...
Narrated by: Various
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country
Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture. But it also has a rich, ancient heritage and a deep reverence for custom,... Read more
The Museums That Make Us
By: Neil MacGregor
Narrated by: Neil MacGregor & Various
Length: 4 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
World-renowned art historian Neil MacGregor takes us across Britain to discover local museums and their hidden gems
Neil MacGregor, former director of the National Gallery and the British Museum, knows the importance of public museums. In The Museums That Make Us, he takes us around the country to visit twenty local museums and to talk to their... Read more
Клеопатра. Жизнь. Больше чем биография
By: Стейси Шифф
Narrated by: Никита Моисеев
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Автор биографий и лауреат Пулитцеровской премии Стейси Шифф создала яркий портрет самой неоднозначной женщины в мировой истории — Клеопатры, последней правительницы Египта. Ее дворец сверкал драгоценными камнями и золотом и славился политическими играми. Клеопатру связывали тесные отношения с Юлием Цезарем и Марком Антонием, однако ее личность... Read more
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El lado b de la cultura
By: Julia Santibáñez
Narrated by: Estephanie Herrera & Julia Santibáñez
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Pasa, lectora, lector, estás en tu fiesta. Más que un libro, este objeto es un carnaval de cincuenta estaciones que desfila tras las bambalinas de la cultura mexicana. En él participan Tin Tan y Pita Amor, María Félix y Monsiváis, Piporro y Tongolele, Nahui Olin y Jorge Ibargüengoitia, los beats y Marilyn Monroe, Vitola y José Revueltas. Entre... Read more
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The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife
By: Edward Carpenter
Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
Length: 5 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
"The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife" by Edward Carpenter explores the effects that war has on a nation and its citizens. Written during the course of World War I, the book is heavily inspired by Carpenter's personal experiences and those he witnessed. It also describes the social forces that led to the start of the... Read more
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Máximas y reflexiones de un renacentista sagaz - Abridged
By: Francesco Guicciardini & Manuel Manzano (Transl...
Narrated by: Eduardo Robles
Length: 4 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Rescatamos los pensamientos que Francesco Guicciardini, el gran padre de la historiografía moderna, escribió bajo el título de Ricordi. Estas notas aforísticas, que fue reuniendo en distintos momentos de su vida y en diversos períodos de su actividad como diplomático, permanecieron inéditas hasta 1857. Vecino de Maquiavelo, catorce años mayor... Read more
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Life on the Mississippi
By: Rinker Buck
Narrated by: Jason Culp
Length: 15 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Audacious…Life on the Mississippi sparkles.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A rich mix of history, reporting, and personal introspection.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch * “Both a travelogue and an engaging history lesson about America’s westward expansion.” —The Christian Science Monitor
The eagerly awaited return of master... Read more
Bad Sex
By: Nona Willis Aronowitz
Narrated by: Nona Willis Aronowitz
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Most Anticipated Book by Bustle, Esquire, Nylon, and The Millions
“Intimate, thoughtful, and accessible to anyone struggling with the persistent, maddening inequities of contemporary sex.” –Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad
From Teen Vogue sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir,... Read more
The Mosaic of Christian Belief
By: Roger E. Olson
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
Length: 17 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
In The Mosaic of Christian Belief Roger E. Olson thematically traces the contours of Christian belief down through the ages, revealing a pattern of both unity and diversity. He finds a consensus of teaching that is both unitive and able to incorporate a faithful diversity when not forced into the molds of false either-or alternatives. The mosaic... Read more
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All-American Dogs
By: Andrew Hager
Narrated by: Joe Knezevich
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
From historian-in-residence at the Presidential Pet Museum, Andrew Hager, comes a fond, fascinating, and often surprising look at the dogs who were the best friends of the presidents, featuring unforgettable photographs.
President Biden’s German shepherds, Major and the late Champ, are the latest in a long line of presidential dogs. Dating all... Read more
The Destructionists
By: Dana Milbank
Narrated by: Dana Milbank
Length: 11 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnist
"A thorough and scathing account of how the Republican Party fell prey to Trumpism."—The New York Times Book Review
In 1994, more than 300... Read more