Top History Audiobooks

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

When the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, they sent virtually the entire Jewish population to Auschwitz....

Written in the early 1500s, The Prince is one of the most discussed and scrutinized books on political philosophy. The book has been highly debated and criticized, but one must acknowledge the tremendous impact the book has had on political thought.

Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs....

Against all odds, they pulled off a daring mass escape from a German POW camp....

From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places comes an engrossing exploration of walking and thinking....

The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination...

Discover the rich and complex tapestry of Canada's past in “The History of Canada”. This comprehensive journey takes listeners from the time before European settlers arrived, through the struggles and triumphs that shaped the nation, to the vibrant, multicultural country we know today.

Sun Tzu states that the art of war is based on deception. That, on the road to victory, a competent leader is more effective than a solvent armament. In any case, the best victory is the one achieved without fighting.

A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree and one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century....

Richard Wagamese fans will be heartened by the news that the best-selling author left behind a manuscript he’d been working on until shortly before his death. One Drum welcomes listeners to unite in ceremony to heal themselves, and bring harmony to their lives and communities....

A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain’s royals, Royal Affairs will bring this arousing history alive....

Fatal Forecast chronicles a dramatic fight for survival aboard two small fishing boats that were ambushed by a horrific surprise storm just southeast of Cape Cod....

Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II....

Young Stalin tells the story of an exceptional, charismatic, darkly turbulent young man born into obscurity, fancying himself a poet and a priest....

A classic of Holocaust literature, Gerda Weissmann Klein's celebrated memoir tells the moving story...

From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America 20,000 years ago....

A fresh, fascinating, and often wildly entertaining look at one of mankind’s oldest and most fearsome foes....

The best-selling author of Free Radicals takes listeners on a whirlwind tour of the most controversial areas of modern science....

This gripping true crime classic tells the story of life on The Rock and of 14 ingenious escape attempts by the prisoners....