History audiobooks

Simulacra And Simulation

By: Jean Baudrillard

Narrated by: exquisite voiceover

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking philosophical work, Jean Baudrillard explores the nature of reality in a postmodern world. He argues that our society has replaced the real with simulations, models, and hyperreality, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Baudrillard examines the implications of this shift, from the proliferation of images and... Read more

Taylor Made

By: Dr. Will Harris

Narrated by: Dr. Will Harris

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Will Harris is a renowned singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. A native of Oxford, Mississippi, Harris began playing piano and singing in church at an early age and assumed his first Minister of Music role at the age of fourteen. In high school, Harris directed the school's very first ROTC Choir and several community choirs in... Read more

The Yeager Tapes

By: Chuck Yeager

Narrated by: Chuck Yeager

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Chuck Yeager, American Hero, the Original Right Stuff, tells his own story. Hear Glennis Yeager, Chuck Yeager's first wife tell stories, too. Here it is in General Yeager’s and Glennis Yeager’s own words.If WWII hadn’t come along when it did, Chuck Yeager probably would have been content to stay in the hills of West Virginia.But the war in... Read more

Carl Benz: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Carl Benz, Erfinder des Automobils: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

The Dark Side of Winston Churchill

By: Davis Truman

Narrated by: John Sullivan

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Winston Churchill, celebrated as one of history's greatest leaders, shaped the outcome of World War II. Yet, beneath his towering legacy lies a darker narrative seldom explored. This revealing book delves into the suppressed perspective of Churchill's actions from 1942 to 1945.Through meticulous examination, we uncover Churchill's rationality in... Read more

Burt Lancaster: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Burt Lancaster, Zirkusartist und Hollywood-Legende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

La Historia De Louis Vuitton La Marca De Lujo Más Valiosa Del Mundo

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

En un mundo donde el lujo se redefine constantemente, "La Historia de Louis Vuitton, la Marca de Lujo Más Valiosa del Mundo" ofrece una mirada profunda y reveladora al legado de una de las marcas más emblemáticas y prestigiosas del planeta. Este libro narra el extraordinario viaje de Louis Vuitton desde sus humildes comienzos hasta su estatus... Read more

La Historia De La Marca Audi

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"La Historia de la Marca Audi" es una obra exhaustiva que narra el fascinante viaje de una de las marcas de automóviles más icónicas del mundo. Desde los primeros días del visionario August Horch hasta la era moderna de innovación y tecnología de vanguardia, este libro explora los momentos clave, los desafíos superados y los logros que han... Read more

El Caso De Jaclyn Marie

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Jaclyn Marie era una joven llena de sueños y esperanzas, atrapada en una vida que no eligió. Su desaparición repentina sacudió su comunidad, dejando tras de sí un rastro de preguntas sin respuesta y un vacío que nadie podía llenar. Lo que comenzó como un caso más en los archivos de la policía pronto se convirtió en un misterio que desafió toda... Read more

Words of Muslim Wisdom

By: Gregory Heary

Narrated by: Omar Abu

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This book contains words of wisdom from the prophet Muhammad, the sahabah, the salaf and the scholars of the Muslim nation in english with sources cited.
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When Skins Were Money: A History of the Fur Trade

By: James A. Hanson

Narrated by: James A. Hanson

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

When Skins Were Money tells the story of North America’s oldest and most romantic business, of the exploration of a continent, of fortunes won and lost, and of political intrigue and war that accompanied the struggle for control of furs and the native people who supplied them. It is the first one-volume history of the fur trade—the first... Read more

Creando unicornios

By: Paola Villarreal Carvajal

Narrated by: Cristina Tenorio

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“La obra es una radiografía del ecosistema emprendedor y un testimonio apasionante de sus protagonistas. Su gran mérito está en conjuntar las luces y las sombras que componen la historia del emprendimiento en México.” —José Roberto Arteaga, editor en jefe de Forbes México En el mundo de los negocios, los unicornios son empresas emergentes... Read more

Three Pounds In My Pocket

By: Kavita Puri

Narrated by: Kavita Puri

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Kavita Puri presents this postwar social history of British South Asians in their own words‘Epic and captivating’ The GuardianIn the 1950s, tens of thousands of migrants travelled to Britain from the Indian subcontinent. Many of them arrived with only £3 in their pocket – the limit set by the Indian authorities. In these five... Read more

Det forna Egypten - Faraonernas mystiska rike

By: Allt om Historia

Narrated by: Thomas Engelbrektson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Mumier, pyramider och skimrande guldskatter. Det här är berättelsen om det forna Egypten. Få riken har en dragningskraft lika stark som det forna Egypten. Dess mysterier har fascinerat oss under årtusenden, och otaliga teorier har framlagts i ett försök att förklara allt från deras lysande ingenjörskonst till de ritualer som skulle blidka deras... Read more

El Arte de la Guerra

By: SUN TZU

Narrated by: Alfredo Giménez

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

El Arte de la Guerra es un libro sobre tácticas y estrategias militares escrito por Sun Tzu y publicado aproximadamente sobre el siglo V a. C.Escrito por el General y gran estratega militar Sun Tzu en la antigua China es uno de los libros más leídos de toda la historia, y aunque hayan pasado unos 2500 años desde su escritura, sus principios y... Read more

El Joven Y La Anciana una lección de vida

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

En un pequeño y pintoresco pueblo, surge una historia conmovedora que nos invita a reflexionar sobre la vida, la sabiduría y las conexiones humanas. "El Joven y la Anciana: Una Lección de Vida" narra el encuentro entre un joven lleno de sueños y una anciana llena de sabiduría. A través de sus conversaciones, ambos personajes descubren que el... Read more

Travellers in the Golden Realm

By: Lubaaba Al-Azami

Narrated by: Monica Sagar

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

'A spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter with India with a fascinating history of the Mughal Empire' JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West

'Compelling, highly readable' NANDINI DAS, author of Courting India

'Remarkable' THE TIMES

When the first English travellers in India encountered an... Read more

Dahab grave

By: Dr. Amr Mounir

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A short story about the events of the displacement of Nubia, the conditions of its people, and the water barges they ride on their journey from their original homeland to an unknown barren land.
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Max Stirner: Kurzbiografie kompakt

By: 5 Minuten, 5 Minuten Biografien & Jürgen Fritsche

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Max Stirner, Egoist und deutscher Philosoph: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten! Read more

Ladybird Audio Adventures: Castles

By: Ladybird

Narrated by: Ben Bailey Smith

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Ladybird.

Winner of The FutureBook of the Year Award 2019 and The Week Junior’s Children’s Audiobook of the Year 2023.

Meet our fearless adventurers Cassandra, Otto and Missy, the smartest raven in the universe, as they set out on their next action-packed Ladybird Audio Adventure!

On this adventure we’ll journey through time to... Read more

Bill Edrich

By: Leo McKinstry

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Bill Edrich by Leo McKinstry, read by John Sackville.

CRICKET LEGEND. WARTIME HERO. FOOTBALL STAR. WILD MAN.

'A triumph. Leo McKinstry superbly draws together the many strands of a fascinating but flawed figure' – LAWRENCE BOOTH, WISDEN

'Bill Edrich shines through these pages. A wonderful book that needed to be written' – HENRY... Read more

The History of England Volume 2

By: David Hume

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 22 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The second volume of David Hume's classic survey of English history covers nearly 300 years (1200-1485) from the long reign of Henry III to the dramatic end of Richard III on Bosworth Field – he was the last Plantagenet, and the last king of England to die in battle.
In these last centuries of the medieval period, which culminated in the 30 years... Read more

How Tyrants Fall

By: Marcel Dirsus

Narrated by: Richard Burnip

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024

'Thought-provoking' THE ECONOMIST

'Compelling' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Entertaining' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Gripping . . . essential and captivating' BRADLEY HOPE

'A sparkling read full of original observations and captivating insights' KATJA HOYER

'Utterly compelling . . . jaw-dropping' BRIAN KLAAS

Strongmen are rising. Democracies... Read more

The Atlantic Slave Trade: An Enthralling Overview of European Colonization and Slavery in the New World

By: Billy Wellman

Narrated by: Jason Saffir

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncover one of the darkest parts of history: The Transatlantic Slave Trade.The Atlantic Slave Trade is a crucial examination of one of history’s most horridly significant epochs, detailing its impact on the world, particularly in West Africa. You will be taken on an emotional and intellectual voyage, examining the horrifying ocean passages... Read more