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Gorgias
By: Platon
Narrated by: Volker Braumann
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Platons Gorgias Im Gorgias, einer der umfangreichsten Dialoge Platons, trifft Sokrates auf eben jenen damals weithin bekannten Rhetor Gorgias. In seiner ihm ganz eigenen Art zieht Sokrates Gorgias sogleich in ein Gespräch über die Frage, was die Redekunst eigentlich sei und ob man sie tatsächlich eine Kunst nennen dürfe. Mit der dialektischen... Read more
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Viking History
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour 19 minutes
Abridged: No
We all have a typical image of Vikings, from the horns on their helmets to the beards and the clothes they wear. Their ships have a certain charm, and their reputation is that they were brutal, raw, and believed in multiple gods.The Vikings traveled during the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, and The U.S.A. And Canada. That period... Read more
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A 1940s Childhood
By: James Marsh
Narrated by: Alan Turton
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Do you remember collecting shrapnel and listening to Children's Hour? Carrying gas masks or sharing your school with evacuees from the city? The 1940s was a decade of great challenge for everyone who lived through it. The hardships and fear created by a world war were immense. Britain's towns and cities were being bombed on an almost nightly... Read more
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Cara o cruz: Francisco I. Madero
By: Rosa Luisa Guerra Vargas & Edgar Rojano
Narrated by: Alejandro Ivarias & Gabriela Guraieb
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
La pregunta constante que uno podría hacerle a Francisco I. Madero es: ¿estábamos listos para la democracia o sólo soltó al tigre, como dijo Porfirio Díaz? ¿Cómo fue que Madero se deslindó de su futuro como empresario para entrar en el mundo de la política? ¿Qué implicó su visión espiritista? ¿Qué pasó realmente en Ciudad Juárez? ¿El respeto a... Read more
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Robert the Bruce
By: History Nerds
Narrated by: Theodore Zephyr
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Robert the Bruce is one of Scotland's most iconic figures, known for his role in securing Scottish independence from England. But who was the real Robert the Bruce? In this concise history book, you will discover the true story of this legendary hero. From his childhood and his early political struggles, to his military victories and his... Read more
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Cara o cruz: Lázaro Cárdenas
By: Veka G. Duncan & Francisco Robles
Narrated by: Alejandro Ivarias & Gabriela Guraieb
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Es innegable que Lázaro Cárdenas marcó un punto de quiebre para México, pero eso no lo exime de sus controversias como presidente. ¿Su gobierno fue más burgués que socialista? ¿En realidad fue de izquierdas o sólo se trató de un disfraz? </strong></p>... Read more
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Spin the Globe
By: Michael Scott
Narrated by: Michael Scott
Length: 3 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Michael Scott presents this bite-sized history series, exploring key years of change across the world
'Captivating... takes mundane conventional history and turns it on its head' Radio Times
Some dates are indelibly etched into our minds, forever associated with particular historical events. But what else was going on in the world during those... Read more
Money Men
By: Dan McCrum
Narrated by: Dan McCrum
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
When investigative journalist Dan McCrum first came across Wirecard, the hot new tech company that looked poised to challenge Silicon Valley, it all looked a little too good to be true: offices were sprouting up all over the world, they were reporting runaway growth and the CEO even wore a black turtleneck in tribute to... Read more
Cara o cruz: Miguel Hidalgo
By: Carlos Silva & Isabel Revuelta
Narrated by: Alejandro Ivarias & Gabriela Guraieb
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
¿Quién y cómo era Miguel Hidalgo? ¿Había pensado en la Independencia desde el inicio de su movimiento? ¿Cuáles fueron sus influencias? ¿Fue su ambición política y aventurera lo que lo movió a encabezar aquella gesta? ¿Qué determinó su derrota? ¿Por qué se le sigue considerando el padre de la patria, aun cuando encabezó un movimiento militar... Read more
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Cara o cruz: Benito Juárez
By: Alejandro Rosas & Angélica Vázquez del Mercado
Narrated by: Alejandro Ivarias & Gabriela Guraieb
Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Benito Juárez ha sido un personaje muy controversial en la historia de México. Es amado o es odiado. ¿Fue un autoritario o un patriota? ¿Fue un vendepatrias? ¿Se equivocó en la Ciudadela? </strong></p> ¿Sólo conocemos al Juárez de las monografías... Read more
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Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber
By: Sean O'Driscoll
Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by penguin.
The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA
She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate.
She was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace as a debutante in 1958.
She trained at Oxford as an academic economist and had a love affair with a female professor (who was on the... Read more
Strange History Life's Mysteries and Other Bloviation
By: J. Dallas Brooks
Narrated by: J. Dallas Brooks
Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Abridged: No
A slip and fall changed the course of 20th century history and broadcasting.
One man's dislike of cats contributed to the deaths of millions of people.
A World War II pilot survives 3 plane crashes before switching gears and changing the world of science fiction forever.
A bullet fired in the Civil War nearly wiped yours truly from existence.
Told... Read more
La libertad. Trece historias para la historia
By: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Narrated by: Horacio Castelo
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Aquí se reúnen un actor de cine, héroe de guerra destinado a substituir a Bogart, y que vivió bajo el odio a la pantalla y la culpa; un general soviético que cambió diez veces de nombre y estuvo en todas las revoluciones del siglo XX; un espía contra la Comuna de París que tenía 11 casas; Josef Stalin, rey del Photoshop; un general zarista que... Read more
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To Embody the Marvelous
By: Esther Fernández
Narrated by: Steven Ritz-Barr
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages with early modern notions of wonder in religious, artistic, and social contexts.
From jointed, wood-carved figures of Christ, saintly marionettes that performed hagiographical dramas, experimental... Read more
De onda åren
By: Björn Fontander
Narrated by: Mitcho Batalov
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Mellan 1940 och 1945 genomled världen några av de värsta åren mänskligheten någonsin har skådat. Medan kriget härjade runtom i Europa lyckades Sverige alltjämt hålla sig utanför det. I denna bok redogör Björn Fontander för hur nära det trots allt var att Sverige gång efter annan drogs in i världskriget. Det berättas bland annat om episoder då... Read more
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The Missing Girls of Alardyce House
By: Heather Atkinson
Narrated by: Sarah Barron
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
‘Heather Atkinson is my no.1 author. She keeps you glued to her books from beginning to end.’Edinburgh 1880. When Amy Osbourne’s parents are lost at sea, she is forced to leave her London home and is sent to live with her aunt and uncle at the opposite end of the country.Alardyce House is depressing and dreary, her aunt haughty and cruel. Amy... Read more
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Flykten över Kölen 1940-1945
By: Björn Fontander
Narrated by: Lukas Olde Monnikhof
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Den 9 april 1940 inleds Tysklands invasion och ockupation av Norge. Kort därefter börjar flyktingar passera över gränsen mot grannlandet Sverige. Från början är det norska militärförband och soldater som anländer. De har undermålig utrustning och är dessutom dåligt organiserade. Snart ska dock strömmen komma att inkludera politiker,... Read more
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Inquisition
By: Kelly Mass
Narrated by: Chris Newman
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Perhaps you have heard of the horrible stories of the Spanish, Portuguese, or French inquisition, the Catholic body of persecutors who would arrest the supposed “heathens” and accuse them of witchcraft, heresies, blasphemy, adultery, and a whole list of other sins or crimes. Torture, interrogations, executions, burnings, and other inhumane... Read more
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Dark Horse
By: General Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.)
Narrated by: Calvin Robinson
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Gen. Larry Spencer, USAF (Ret.) was born and raised on the Horseshoe—a tough inner-city street in southeast Washington D.C. The Horseshoe was a hard neighborhood where fights were common, and the school systems were second-rate. The expectations of living in an all-Black neighborhood were to be good at sports while shunning academic prowess.... Read more
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Bonhoeffer Abridged
By: Eric Metaxas
Narrated by: John Behrens
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times best-selling author, Eric Metaxas, an abridged version of the groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, a man who stood up to Hitler.A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. As Adolf Hitler and... Read more
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Generation Gap
By: Kevin Munger
Narrated by: Justin Price
Length: 6 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in American history—and they aren't going away any time soon. They dominate cultural and political institutions and make up the largest slice of the electorate. Generational conflict, with Millennials and Generation Z pitted against the aging Boomer cohort, has become a media staple.... Read more
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The Stolen Village
By: Des Ekin
Narrated by: Roger Clark
Length: 11 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
In June 1631 pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, led by the notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, stormed ashore at the little harbor village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. The prisoners were destined for a variety of... Read more
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O Say Can You Hear
By: Mark Clague
Narrated by: Reuben J. Tapp
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The fascinating story of America’s national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today.Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he... Read more
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Whiskey Master Class
By: Lew Bryson
Narrated by: Lew Bryson
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Over the past three decades, Lew Bryson has been one of the most influential voices in whiskey. In Whiskey Master Class, Lew shares everything he's learned on his journey through the worlds of bourbon, Scotch, rye, Japanese whiskey, and more (yes, there are tasty Canadian and Irish whiskeys!). In this book, you'll find:
● An overview of the... Read more
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