History Audiobooks
Our History Audiobooks are a great resource for history buffs or anyone interested in learning about the history of the world, it's people and politics.
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin By Gordon S Wood Ten years in the making, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood reveals Benjamin Franklin's life and meaning. Why did Benjamin Franklin retire from business and become gentleman? Why did he admire the British Empire--and join the American Revolution? Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________ How the Irish Saved Civilization By Thomas Cahill Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization - copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost - they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________ A Long Way Gone By Ishmael Beah What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Genre: History Format: CD, Audible ________________________ One Soldiers Story a Memoir By Bob Dole At last, in his own words, Bob Dole tells the moving, inspirational story of his harrowing experiences in World War II--a personal odyssey of tremendous courage, sacrifice, and faith. Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________ Out of Mao's Shadow By Philip P. Pan An intimate, groundbreaking account of a society in turmoil, Out of Mao's Shadow is the most important book about the Chinese people and their fight for greater freedom. Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________ Parting the Waters: America in the King Years By Taylor Branch This audio adaptation focuses primarily on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the key moments that defined his rise to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Genre: History Format: CD, Audible ________________________ A People's History of the United States By Howard Zinn Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, Zinn's A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of — and in the words of — its women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________ Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England By Alison Weir Alison Weir, the best-selling author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Eleanor of Aquitaine, turns her expert eye to the dark reign of another notorious and charismatic medieval monarch, Queen Isabella of France. Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________ Stolen Lives By Malika Oukfir The adopted daughter of the king of Morocco, whose father was arrested and executed for a 1972 attempt to assassinate the king, tells the story of how she, her mother, and her five siblings endured years of imprisonment in a desert penal colony. Genre: History Format: CD, ________________________ They Must Be Stopped By Brigitte Gabriel They Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel’s warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon, and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about Islam, demonstrating why radical Islam is so deadly and how we can halt its progress. Genre: History Audiobooks Format: CD, Audible ________________________
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