Top History Audiobooks

In this gripping investigation of the events that led to the plane's disappearance and why they could happen again, CNN aviation analyst David Soucie exposes the flaws in the aviation industry....

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The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA....

Completely off-the-wall, It's a Plot is a fascinating geographical and historical journey around Britain....

An entertaining look at the Civil War stories that don’t get told, and the misadventures you haven’t read about in history books....

Josephine's life story was as turbulent as the age, an era of revolution and social upheaval....

Gangsterismo is an extraordinary accomplishment, the most comprehensive history yet of the clash of epic forces over several decades in Cuba....

June 6, 1944, was a pivotal moment in the history of World War II. On that day the climactic and decisive phase of the war in Europe began....

Dive into the world of Norse legends and uncover the extraordinary life of Lagertha, the legendary shieldmaiden whose tale defies the conventions of her time.

In the waning years of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, the infamous heretic pharaoh Akhenaten wields control of a strange emerging religion unlike anything Egypt has seen. His power can't be denied, but whoever can maintain her grip on the unpredictable pharaoh will hold all of Egypt in her hands....

Tom Standage returns with a provocative account of an overlooked form of technology - personal transportation - and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia....

The Canal Bridge tells the story of how the young men take Ballyrannel to war with them, and how the war comes back home when hostilities end in Europe....

"Probably in the life of everyone there comes a time when he is inclined to go over again the events, great and small, which have made up the incidents of his work and pleasure....

We’ve been celebrating Earth Day for 50 years now, but even the most ardent activists of today would have a hard time picturing the intensity and excitement that the first Earth Day in 1970 brought....

In only 90 seconds, a fire in The Station nightclub in Rhode Island left 100 people dead or dying and injured hundreds more. It would take years to find out why - and who was really at fault....

The case against Lyndon B. Johnson and his role in Kennedy's assassination has never been sounder....

David Hunt tramples the tall poppies of the past in charting Australia’s transformation from aspiration to nation - an epic tale of charlatans and costermongers, of bush bards and bushier beards, of workers and women who weren’t going to take it anymore....

When Lisa Najeeb Halaby was 26, her father introduced her to King Hussein of Jordan. Within a year, she became his fourth wife....

The Lost Gospel unravels a newly translated document filled with startling revelations and fascinating detail about the life and times of Jesus....

Every year has its share of notable events, but some years seem to capture the essence of a decade in a handful of months. The year 1954 is one such year....