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History Audio Books
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The dramatic and moving untold story of the fight to survive inside the Twin Towers.
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This collection of letters reveals the Civil War for many who lived it, overwhelming and ultimately tragic, viewed through the eyes of a courageous youth and an unforgettable young woman.
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The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it...
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"Those who doubt the greatness of men can leave this book alone or read and recant. This follows the story of the seige of the Alamo. It is one of the mightiest tales that the history of this or an...
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Antietam is the third in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family, the Brannons. Mac, a Brannon son and a gifted horseman, joins Jeb Stuart's cava...
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Full-cast tale of espionage, betrayal and romance set against the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord dramatized in this accurate portrayal
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Yossef Bodansky gives us an in-depth look at the rise of Osama bin Laden, the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war. Here is a comprehensive account in meticulous detail of what dr...
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Richard Curtis’ and Ben Elton’s award-winning comedy in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the...
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A Jules Verne adaptation about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War
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Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu...
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With his simulated day-by-day reportage, prize-winning journalist-historian Jeffrey St. John makes you an eyewitness to the 1787-1788 political battle to ratify the U.S. Constitution. And what a ba...
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The Army of the Potomac attempts to take Richmond, resulting in the bloodbath at Fredericksburg. Joe Hooker makes yet another attempt, but Stonewall Jackson turns his flank at Chancellorsville. In ...
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From April 1861 to April 1865, America was caught in the convulsions of war - The Civil War. No historical even, short of the American Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United States. T...
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The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of Americas relentless expansion
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They wanted to be throwing baseballs, not hand grenades, shooting .22s at rabbits...
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Gibbon's work occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces.
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The year is 1942. Charles Osgood is a nine-year-old living in Baltimore. His idols are Franklin Roosevelt and Babe Ruth, a hometown hero. Charlie spends his days delivering newspapers on his daily...
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Set in 1632, this is the story of New England's first pirate, a fur trapper named Dixie Bull
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In Double Victory, a broad spectrum of American voices emerge to illustrate the various struggles and victories fought during wartime: a Japanese -American at an internment camp; a Native American ...
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Jorge Ramos recounts the events of the worst immigrant tragedy in United States history.
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With the clarity and grace for which she is admired, Edith Hamilton writes of Plato and Aristotle, of Demosthenes and Alexander the Great, of the much-loved playwright Menander, of the Stoics, and ...
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Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith...
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Presents the history of the Twentieth Century, based on contemporary accounts of events as they happened, using BBC Archives. Presented in 10 episodes as a unique oral history. One for each decade...
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Eyewitness provides a rare and fascinating opportunity to hear the events of a decade of the century described by those who saw them happen...
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Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world. From Christopher Columbus who set off into unknown seas in a small ship in the 15th...
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The second part of the stunning Gettysburg trilogy from Colonial Radio
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'The Natural History of Selborne' has become part of that curious concoction of ideas and artefacts, which are seen as defining...
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Those who survived still remember the Great Hurricane as the most terrifying moment of their lives. Using newspaper reports, survivor testimony, and archival sources, Burns reconstructs this harrow...
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Here are some of history's most significant figures with their most important speeches.
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From the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a riveting, definitive chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis
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Exciting biographies of three of America's greatest men: George Washington, Daniel Boone and Benjamin Franklin. Full cast production.
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Herodotus is the father of historical writing and a most compelling storyteller. His tales laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events. He infused his magnifi...
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Winner of a Bronze Award at the Spoken Word Awards 2003 Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed...
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An enthralling story - told with nearly 100 famous musical extracts.
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With the premise that all civilizations owe their origins to war making, Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, and methods underlying war in different societies over the course of some two thous...
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An account of one man's profound respect and affection for a president who changed his life.
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Presented by award-winning children's writer Michael Morpurgo, this genuinely ground-breaking history of British childhood from the year 1000 to the present...
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Through exclusive interviews, Keegan probes the war's causes, complications, costs, and consequences. The Iraq War is authoritative, timely, and vitally important to our understanding of a conflict...
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"Is Paris burning?" is the question Hitler asked over and over as the French and American troops battered their way into the city. Few moments in history are as stirring as the Allied liberation of...
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With It's My America Too, Ben Ferguson, the voice of America's youth and the host of The Ben Ferguson Show, one of the country's fastest growing syndicated radio shows, delivers his views on all...
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A highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen.
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At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town...
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After WWII, Korea was divided in half at the 38th parallel. To the north were the Communists; to the south were the United Nations peacekeeping forces. In June 1950, North Korean soldiers backed by...
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The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a by-word for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly...
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From bestselling author and Emmy® Award-winning journalist Jorge Ramos comes a pivotal new book that explores the current andfuture power of the Latino vote in American politics. The face of...
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Listen as a full-cast tells us of Hiawatha's battle with Pearl Feather.
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Devoting special attention to 9/11, the war on terror, and the continuing threat we face at home and abroad, Sean Hannity makes clear that the greatest challenge Americans have to overcome may not...
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The reign of Queen Elizabeth II has seen huge changes in the lifestyle and expectations of peoples and nations. She has proved to be the constitutional monarch par excellence - while primarily a...
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Frederic Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Regarded one of the most mesmeric performers of his day, he lives on in his music - his waltzes, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, three...
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W.B. Yeats remains one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, Down by the Salley Gardens, The Secret Rose - these...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, and his famous lines, are part of the national consciousness. There may be few solid facts about Shakespeare the man, and yet not only do we want to know all about...
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This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time. Copiously illustrated with examples of his music, it tells of Mozart's extraordinary...
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"America, America, God shed His grace on thee. . ." Did Columbus believe that God called him west to undiscovered lands? Does American democracy owe its inception to the handful of Pilgrims who set...
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Lincoln comes alive through the reading of his letters. Audio Best of the Year - Publishers Weekly, 10 BEST - Library Journal
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Speeches, Essays and other writings including 'The Gettysburg Address' and 'The Second Inaugural Address'.
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The Lives of the Great Artists was the first truly comprehensive history of art.
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Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and...
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Thomas Hargrove's Long March to Freedom is a record of Hargrove's eleven months as a hostage of Colombian guerrillas and was the basis for the recent movie hit Proof of Life that starred Meg Ryan, ...
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The Supreme Court endorses terrorists' rights, flag burning, and importing foreign law. Is that in the Constitution? You're right: it's not. But these days the Constitution is no restraint on our o...
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On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress declared war upon Mexico. Although the Mexican-American War lasted only 18 month, its consequences were profound. Mexico lost nearly one-half its territo...
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New World Coming is a vivid portrait of the 1920s, focusing on the men and women who shaped this extraordinary time, including, ironically, three of America's most conservative presidents, Harding,...
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The true story of a pilot who went missing on the opening eve of the Gulf War.
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When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and...
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Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad.
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Old Ironsides battles Tripolitan Pirates to free the crew of the captured USS Philadelphia
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"LaMore's odyssey from tail gunner to prisoner of war to escapee and interpreter for the advance guard of the Soviet army provides a unique tale of aerial combat, the horrors of the stalags, and lo...
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Winchester, hit by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the distant islands that are all that remains of what made Britain great...
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Walk with The Pembrokeshire Wizard, a self guided audio adventure for active families, consisting of a dramatised audio guide book, an accompanying Guide Booklet on pdf, and a Quiz Game download...
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In February 2003, a remarkable event took place in New York, a celebration of the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's great A People's History of the United States. Zinn drew on the words of...
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A chronicle of American history, from the bottom up.
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In the first U.S. covert mission to overthrow a foreign nation, President Jefferson dispatched an unlikely diplomat, forty-year-old William Eaton, to Tripoli to free three hundred American hostages...
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Plutarch's unique insight into the great men of the Ancient World through his biographies.
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Using the first-hand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used...
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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making...
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In the fall of 1787, the call went out: Each of the 13 states assembled special conventions to consider ratification of a proposed Constitution of the United States. Without ratification by nine co...
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As one of the most listened to nationally syndicated radio talk-show hosts...
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One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last. Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank close to American shores. Compelling evidence strongly sugges...
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Following the defeat of Confederate forces at Chattanooga, the battered Rebel army, including a bitter Cory Brannon, retreats slowly toward Atlanta. A large Union army is marching to Savannah, layi...
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The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
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The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
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This is volume 1 of the eagerly-awaited follow-up to Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed and award-winning "BBC Radio 4" series. The original ground-breaking series of This Sceptred Isle was a...
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The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in...
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Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his...
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An introductory military history of the American Civil War, this book places the 1861-1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing technology and its significant impact, ...
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This is the eighth book in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one Southern family. Three Brannon brothers return home in the lull in the fighting, bu...
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John Keegan chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, showing each of the title's six armies in a battle sequence testing them to the utmost..
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The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages...
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The Somme is an incredible documentary detailing the exact events and conditions endured by the Allied forces, an absolutely outstanding piece.
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Learn about the Pilgrims, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812 in this educational full-cast presentation.
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For five years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. She traveled extensively -- to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious...
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Here are more than 60 eyewitness accounts from history. Many are notable events: the Battle of Thermopylae, The Black Death in 1348, the Great Fire of London, the execution of Louis XVI, the death...
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"For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if...
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured...
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Tulia, in Blakeslee's rich and deeply satisfying telling resembles nothing so much as a modern-day To Kill a Mockingbird, or would, that is, if the novel were a true story..
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and...
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Liza Picard shows us the physical reality of daily life. She takes us to schools and prisons, churches and cemeteries and records the events of the reign of Victoria...
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Historial recordings of poetry, humor and drama. 1908 - 1947.
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Sir Winston Churchill’s greatest speeches digitally remastered, selected and introduced by his grandson Winston S. Churchill...
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