Top History Audiobooks

The work of 2 obscure Scottish chemists destroyed the presidential prospects of William Jennings Bryan....

Amid the many and varied tragedies of the Middle East, the loss of a simple pleasure such as the ability to roam the countryside at will may seem a minor matter. But in Palestinian Walks, Raja Shehadeh’s elegy for his lost footpaths becomes a heartbreaking metaphor....

Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime....

Expert historian Professor Jacobs introduces you to a dozen more extraordinary treasures of archaeology, architecture, art, engineering, and the natural world.

With the pacing of a thriller, a veteran journalist's account of the terrorist behind the Mumbai attacks and a planned attack in Europe....

A true story about discovering positive selfhood, from a woman who moved beyond stereotypes to explore the world of corsetry firsthand....

Not your typical history course, Medicine, Recreation, and the Long History of Cannabis chronicles the history of our world from the colonial period to the present day through cannabis reception, activism, and policy.

The Tangled Web tells the dramatic story of detective Richard Cain's criminal career as revealed by his half-brother, Michael.....

Within two years of his arrival in the States, Walter Wolff was ready to take the fight back to the Nazis as a soldier in the U.S. Army....

Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories of the Second World War. But cracking the Nazis' codes was only the start of the process....

Throughout the Second World War, Lisbon was at the very center of the world’s attention and was the only European city in which both the Allies and the Axis powers openly operated....

This selection of essays by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) demonstrate the varied power of his genius....

Raised in small-town Idaho, to a family that could trace its military roots back to the Revolutionary War, John Nutting knows he’s going to fight the war as a Marine....

In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound and included "Come Together", "Something", and "Here Comes the Sun", which all emerged as classics....

A gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter at the Nuremberg trials....

From Halloween costumes to patriotic parades to belly-busting meals, every holiday tradition tells a unique story—one encoded in symbols and layered meanings that stretch back over the centuries....

The extraordinary story of a young girl whose musical genius saves her from the Holocaust....

The right man in the right place at the right time can mean the difference between victory and defeat....

Born into the factious world of war-torn Arabia, Muhammad's life is a gripping and inspiring story of one man's tireless fight for unity and peace....

For the U.S. Navy's elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough....