History - Audiobooks

When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.In this frank and moving inside account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from...

An urgent warning about the growing threat to our democracy from a twenty-year police veteran and former diehard Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th.When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no...

A revolutionary, evidence-based guide for developing resilience and grit to confront our whitewashed history and build a better future--​in the vein of Think Again and Do Better.The racial fault lines of our country have been revealed in stark detail as our national news cycle...

This scintillating and glittery look at the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman Capote sweeps us to the upper echelons of Manhattan's high society--where even the richest cannot escape murder and infamy.When Ann Woodward shot her husband, banking...

One of the nation's top art critics shows how six great artists made old age a time of triumph by producing the greatest work of their long careers--and, in some cases, changing the course of art history.Ordinarily, we think of young artists as the...

These are the combat experiences of the first Marine to command a special operations task force, recounted against a backdrop of his journey from raw Second Lieutenant to seasoned Colonel and Task Force Commander; from leading Marines through the streets of Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah...

La historia de la revolución, como toda historia, debe, ante todo, relatar los hechos y su desarrollo. Mas esto no basta. Es menester que del relato se desprenda con claridad por qué las cosas sucedieron de ese modo y no de otro. Los sucesos...

This Is My God is Herman Wouk's famous introduction to Judaism completely updated and revised with a new chapter, "Israel at 40." A miracle of brevity, it guides listeners through the world's oldest practicing religion with all the power, clarity, and wit of Wouk's...

Author: Lauren SlaterISBN-10: 1665295244ISBN-13: 9781665295246Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d

Author: Annalee NewitzISBN-10: 1665115629ISBN-13: 9781665115629Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2021Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbs

Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. This is the story of her heroic personal resistance to Nazi Germany.Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall...

#1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and crazy story of the Republican Party's decades-long relationship with far-right extremism, bigotry and paranoia.A fast-paced, rollicking account of how the GOP since the 1950s has constantly encouraged and exploited...

This heartwarming and hilarious family memoir shares what life was like growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles.After the untimely death of his mother, five-year old Seamas and his ten...

Author: Wayne CurtisISBN-10: 166529146XISBN-13: 9781665291460Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2016Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs

Author: Kate BrownISBN-10: 1665238607ISBN-13: 9781665238601Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.05lbs

Author: James Stavridis, UsnISBN-10: 1665223235ISBN-13: 9781665223232Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2018Format: CDWeight: 0.35lbs

A biography of J. B. S. Haldane, the brilliant and eccentric British scientist whose innovative predictions inspired Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. J. B. S. Haldane's life was rich and strange, never short on genius or drama--from his boyhood apprenticeship to his scientist father,...

Whereas so many twentieth-century Spanish histories begin with Franco and the devastating Civil War, Paul Preston's magisterial work begins in the late nineteenth century with Spain's collapse as a global power, especially reflected in its humiliating defeat in 1898 at the hands of the...

Author: Matti FriedmanISBN-10: 1665126272ISBN-13: 9781665126274Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/2019Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.15lbs

What would the war do without me?We March at Midnight is award-winning author Ray McPadden's chronicle of his experience as a highly decorated Ranger Officer leading some of the most dangerous missions during the height of the Iraq and Afghan wars. In 2005, Ray...

Explore the evolution of astronomy from Dante to Einstein, as seen through the eyes of trailblazing Victorian astronomer Mary Acworth Evershed.In 1910, Mary Acworth Evershed (1867-1949) sat on a hill in southern India staring at the moon as she grappled with apparent mistakes in...

A haunting account of the 16 years when a young Jamie Gehring and her family lived closer than anyone to Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.As a child in Lincoln, Montana, Jamie Gehring and her family shared their land, their home, and their dinner table with...

Since 1935, roller derby has thrilled fans and skaters with its constant action, hard hits, and edgy attitude. However, though its participants' athleticism is undeniable, roller derby has never been accepted as a "real" sport. Michella M. Marino, herself a former skater, tackles the...

La crónica La danza de las balas ganó el Premio de Literaturas Indígenas de América (PLIA). La crónica reseña la violencia que vivió Metlatónoc el 25 de septiembre de 2000, sumergido entonces por la matanza de Aguas Blancas y con la presión no sólo...

Quest for the Presidency is an engaging and insightful popular history of American presidential elections from 1789 to the present, analyzing the threads that link campaigns across time and shedding light on today's politics.Author: Bob RielISBN-10: 1799797821ISBN-13: 9781799797821Publisher: Audible Studios on BrillianceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/07/2022Format:...

Ambedkar's India is a collection of three of B.R. Ambedkar's most prominent speeches on caste and the Indian Constitution.'In the fight for Swaraj, you fight with the whole nation on your side. In fighting caste system, you stand against the whole nation - and...

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize! Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public...

Author: Lynne MurphyISBN-10: 1665233605ISBN-13: 9781665233606Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2018Format: CDWeight: 0.75lbs

How did one elegant theory incite a scientific revolution?Physicists have been exploring, debating, and questioning the general theory of relativity ever since Albert Einstein first presented it in 1915. Their work has uncovered a number of the universe's more surprising secrets, and many believe...

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting...

This memorable collection of anecdotes about America's national pastime will take you into the dugout, clubhouse, and press box with some of the game's greatest players and storytellers. From Hall-of-Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays to the always-quotable Casey Stengel, to modern-day stars Ken...

This is the classic account of Francis Parkman's rugged trip over the eastern part of the Oregon Trail with his cousin Quincy Adams Shaw in the spring and summer of 1846. They left St. Louis by steamboat and traveled on horseback, in company with...

In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the POUM militia to fight against the Fascists. In this now justly famous account of his experience, he describes both the bleak and the comic aspects of trench...

This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up.We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age...

The Diary of Anne Frank is read and loved by children throughout the world, yet few of those readers know what life was really like for the young Jewish girl before and after she wrote her famous diary. Written in a lively yet sympathetic...

The expulsion of Native Americans from the eastern half of the continent to the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi River remains one of the most notorious events in US history, and the man most responsible and most widely blamed for their removal is Andrew...

The siege of Vienna in 1683 was one of the turning points in European history. So great was its impact that countries normally jealous and hostile sank their differences to throw back the armies of Islam and their savage Tartar allies. The consequences of...

Number one nationally best-selling author of Jesus Is Risen and Jesus on Trial returns with his coauthor and daughter for the final installment in his hugely popular Jesus series, challenging the modern church to reexamine the compelling testimony of early Christians. Limbaugh, a believing...

A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the definitive (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly.Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear...

Filip M?ler came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942 and began working in the gassing installations and crematoria in May. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He saw millions come and disappear;...

Author: Clark StrandISBN-10: 8200029999ISBN-13: 9798200029990Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2014Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.60d

Author: Tim Pat CooganISBN-10: 1665253770ISBN-13: 9781665253772Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.50lbs

A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and...

An intimate look at the afterlife of lynching through the personal stories of Black victims and survivors who lived through and beyond its traumaMari N. Crabtree traces the long afterlife of lynching in the South through the traumatic memories it left in its wake....

A new history of Asian peace since 1979 that considers America's paradoxical roleAfter more than a century of recurring conflict, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region have managed something remarkable: avoiding war among nations. Since 1979, Asia has endured threats, near-miss crises, and nuclear...

Now in its fifth edition, this book is the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people. This new edition includes two new chapters covering 2014 to the present war.Andrew Wilson focuses on the complex relations between Ukraine and...

Ronald Hutton is known for his colorful, provocative, and always exhaustively researched studies on original subjects. This work is no exception: the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world, that of modern pagan witchcraft, which has now...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how--and why--he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. "Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time."--Henry...

The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the...

A brilliant global history of the Normans, who--beyond the conquest of England--spread their empire to eventually dominate Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle EastFourteenth October 1066.As Harold II, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England, lay dying in Sussex, the Duke of Normandy was...