History audiobooks
"American Dream": Industriemagnaten und Räuberbarone - Abridged
By: Carl Adolf Bratter
Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche
Length: 2 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Die amerikanischen Großindustriellen des späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts: Waren sie Räuberbarone oder Philanthropen? Clevere Geschäftsmänner auf jeden Fall! In kurzen Biografien werden hier die Lebensgeschichten einiger der reichsten Amerikaner ihrer Zeit erzählt. Mit dabei: Ölbaron John D. Rockefeller, Stahlgigant Andrew Carnegie,... Read more
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Im Jenseits der Menschlichkeit - Abridged
By: Miklós Nyiszli
Narrated by: Sebastian Dunkelberg
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Nur wenige Häftlinge haben die Arbeit in den Sonderkommandos in Auschwitz überlebt, noch weniger vermochten je darüber zu berichten. Der jüdische Gerichtsmediziner Miklós Nyiszli gehörte zu denjenigen, die das Grauen nicht nur überlebten, sondern auch Zeugnis von der »finstersten Zeit der Menschheitsgeschichte« ablegen konnten. 1946 erstmals... Read more
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The Children's Book of America - Abridged
By: William J. Bennett
Narrated by: Elayne Glover Bennett, Hinton Battle & William ...
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of the bestselling book The Educated Child comes a compelling and inspiring book that answers any question a young child may have about America.
Where did America come from? What does it mean to be an American? What makes America great? No volume will provide more compelling and inspiring answers to our children's questions than... Read more
A Journey - Abridged
By: Tony Blair
Narrated by: Tony Blair
Length: 16 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end 18 years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and his achievements and his legacy... Read more
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Bad Ideas? - Abridged
By: Lord Robert Winston
Narrated by: Lord Robert Winston
Length: 6 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: Yes
As one of the world's leading experts in human reproduction and a research pioneer since the 1970s, Professor Winston is accustomed to working in the world of controversial science. From the earliest days of IVF treatment to current controversy over stem cell research, strong feelings and hot debate have always been provoked over the merits of... Read more
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Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 114 An-Nas (Umat Manusia) The Mankind Edisi Bilingual - Abridged
By: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro
Narrated by: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Studio
Length: 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Audiobook Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 114 An-Nas (Umat Manusia) The Mankind Versi Bilingual Dalam Bahasa Indonesia Dan Bahasa Inggris
Surat An-Nas, yang juga dikenal sebagai Surat Umat Manusia, adalah salah satu dari 114 surat dalam Kitab Suci Al-Quran. Surat ini diturunkan di Mekkah dan merupakan salah satu surat terpendek dalam Kitab Suci... Read more
In the Heart of the Sea - Abridged
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard
Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in the film based on this National Book Award–winning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.
In 1820, the... Read more
A era da incerteza - Abridged
By: Tobias Hürter
Narrated by: Spencer Toth
Length: 12 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A história épica de como um grupo de físicos redefiniu nosso entendimento do universo.
Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger e Albert Einstein não só revolucionaram a física, mas redefiniram nosso mundo e a realidade em que vivemos. Em A era da incerteza, Tobias Hürter reconstrói a época de ouro desse campo do... Read more
Leading from the Front - Abridged
By: General Sir Richard Dannatt
Narrated by: General Sir Richard Dannatt
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
As Chief of the General Staff, Sir Richard Dannatt was in overall command of the British army for the three years from 2006. This period saw some of the fiercest fighting yet in Afghanistan, and new and increased pressures and expectation placed on the army. From his very first day in the job General Dannatt proved himself a courageous leader... Read more
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Der Zweite Weltkrieg - Abridged
By: Frederick Forrell
Narrated by: Frederick Forrell
Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Der 2. Weltkrieg war die größte militärische Auseinandersetzung der Geschichte und forderte Millionen Menschenleben. Mit Adolf Hitler an der Spitze wollte Deutschland wieder seine frühere Weltmachtstellung erlangen. Daher begann Deutschland 1939 mit dem Angriff auf Polen den Zweiten Weltkrieg. Im Laufe des Krieges gelang es Hitler, weite Teile... Read more
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Papa Bravo Romeo - Abridged
By: Wynn Goldsmith
Narrated by: Eric Conger
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Our mission was independent, no-holds-barred combat against a stubborn enemy in the enemy's backyard."
In Vietnam, river warfare was often conducted in the dark. It was always dangerous, sometimes fatal--especially in the eastern end of the Cong-plagued Mekong Delta. In 1967, U.S. Navy Lt. Wynn Goldsmith was the "river rat" who... Read more
Endurance - Abridged
By: Alfred Lansing
Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: Yes
In August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew set sail from England for Antarctica, where Shackleton hoped to be the first man to cross the uncharted continent on foot. Five months later, the Endurance—just a day's sail short of its destination—became locked in an island of ice, and its destiny and men became locked in history. For ten... Read more
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PASIONARIA - Abridged
By: Alberto Bargos Cucó
Narrated by: Gontzal Mendibil
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Dolores Ibarruri Gómez, "Pasionaria", Gallarta herrian jaio zen 1895ean. Bere familia meatzaria izan zen. Gaztetan irakasle-ikasketak egin nahi izan zituen baina etxean ez zeukaten behar beste diru. Meatzari eta sozialista amorratu batekin ezkondu zen. Pobrezia gorrian bizi ziren baina mundua alda zitekeela uste zuen. Xede hau lortzeko... Read more
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The Oregon Trail - Abridged
By: Francis Parkman
Narrated by: Frank Muller
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Francis Parkman's journal—written more than 150 years ago in 1846—provides an eye-witness account of one of the grandest adventures in American history. At age twenty-three, the Harvard-educated Bostonian traveled the Rocky Mountains, living among the Dakota Sioux. In his journal, he captured the color, spirit, and perspective of his era, as... Read more
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The Echoing Green - Abridged
By: Joshua Prager
Narrated by: Joshua Prager
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Untold Story Behind The Shot Heard Round The World
The 1951 regular baseball season was as good as over. The Brooklyn Dodgers led the New York Giants by three runs with just three outs to go in their third and final playoff game. Not once in the 278 preceding playoff and World Series games had a team overcome a three-run deficit in the... Read more
North Face of Soho - Abridged
By: Clive James
Narrated by: Clive James
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Read by the author, Clive James.
From Fleet Street to the television, North Face of Soho is the fascinating and hilarious fourth volume of memoir from much-loved author, poet and broadcaster Clive James.
'[James] delivers his gags with honed elegance' – Sunday Times
It is 1968. Newly married, dressed in the style of the times ('a frenzy of bad... Read more
Grass Crown - Abridged
By: Colleen McCullough
Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
From the author of the captivating bestseller
THE FIRST MAN IN ROME...
the timeless saga of power, passion
and conflict of Ancient Rome continues...
The magnificent glory of Republican Rome is threatened when a struggle for power erupts among the men who shaped its hard-won peace. At its center are two extraordinary leaders: Gaius Marius,... Read more
Churchill - Abridged
By: Roy Jenkins
Narrated by: John Sessions
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character.
In depth analysis and brilliant historical... Read more
The Blaze of Obscurity - Abridged
By: Clive James
Narrated by: Clive James
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Read by the author, Clive James.
In the 1980s, Clive James found his way into full-time television. In The Blaze of Obscurity, his fifth book of memoir, he delivers the inside story. A hilarious, thoughtful, warts and all account of a life in the public eye.
'Clive James is an intellectual as well as a joker, a wise man as well as a wit' –... Read more
Warren Beatty - Abridged
By: Suzanne Finstad
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“Whatever you have read or heard about me through articles or gossip, forget it. I am nothing like that Warren Beatty. I am nothing like what you have read.” —Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty guarded his privacy even before he became a movie star, when he burst onto the screen in 1961 as the earnestly handsome all-American boy in Splendor in the... Read more
Our Sacred Honor - Abridged
By: William J. Bennett
Narrated by: Philip Bosco, William J. Bennett & Barry Bostwick
Length: 4 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort.
In Our Sacred Honor, Bennett has collected the best that has been thought and said by and... Read more
Stalin - Abridged
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Narrated by: John Nettles
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize
This thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet dictator, Marxist leader and Russian tsar.
Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag... Read more
Seize the Fire - Abridged
By: Adam Nicolson
Narrated by: Adam Nicolson
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
“Strikingly original. . . . Nicolson brings to life superbly the horror, devastation, and gore of Trafalgar.” —The EconomistAdam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire... Read more
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Parish Priest - Abridged
By: Douglas Brinkley & Julie M. Fenster
Narrated by: Julie M. Fenster
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Father Michael McGivney was a man to whom ""family values"" represented more than mere rhetoric, a man who has left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world.In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Called to action in 1882, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization that helped... Read more
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