Letters from Alice
By: Petrina Banfield
Narrated by: Christine Kavanagh
Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Two women. One secret. Will they be able to keep it under wraps? It was a stormy evening in 1920s London. When newly qualified almoner, Alice, stepped into the home of Charlotte, a terrified teenager who had just given birth out of wedlock, she did not expect to make a pact that would change her life forever. Thrown into... Read more
View audiobookAmerican Presidents
By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Duke Holm
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Explore the Lives and Relationship of the Two Founders of the Democratic Party!Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: Andrew Jackson: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Seventh President of the United States Martin Van Buren: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Eighth President of the United States When Jackson... Read more
View audiobookTerjemahan Surat Al-Fatihah & Juz Amma Edisi Bahasa Inggris Berwarna
By: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro
Narrated by: Jannah Firdaus Mediapro Studio
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Makna & Terjemahan Surat Al-Fatihah (Pembukaan) & Juz Amma Dari Kitab Suci Al-Quran Dalam Bahasa Inggris.The Holy Quran (also written as Koran) is the eternal and literal word of God. Prophet Muhammad ( an Arab and a descendant of Abraham) received these divine revelations (The Holy Quran) over a period of 23 years in the seventh century... Read more
View audiobookThe Ambulance Man and the Spanish Civil War
By: Paul Read
Narrated by: Paul Read
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The True Story of the Canadian Doctor and Ambulance driver that came to help a city in exodus.
Try to imagine that the city of Malaga is to be evacuated overnight. 150.000 people will have to walk 200km along the coastal road in search of a safe refuge whilst being pursued by Italian tanks, bombed by German aircraft and shelled by Rebel... Read more
The Kelloggs
By: Howard Markel
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 16 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a bestselling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production... Read more
View audiobook101 Amazing Facts about Japan
By: Jack Goldstein
Narrated by: Charles King
Length: 43 minutes
Abridged: No
How much do you know about Japan? Whether you’re planning a visit or are just fascinated by Japanese culture, you’ll enjoy learning all about the country famous for kitten cafes, Samurai and the Sky Tree. In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Charles King talks us through over one hundred amazing facts, from interesting information about the... Read more
View audiobookMastering Fear
By: Brandon Webb & John David Mann
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain & Brandon Webb
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
From New York Times bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb comes a simple yet powerful five-step guide to transforming your life by making your fears work for you instead of against you.
Brandon Webb has run life-threatening missions in the world's worst trouble spots, whether that meant jumping out of airplanes, taking down hostile... Read more
The Victorian and the Romantic
By: Nell Stevens
Narrated by: Nell Stevens
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
In this tale of two writers, Nell Stevens interweaves her own life as a twenty-something graduate student with that of the English author, Elizabeth Gaskell. Although they are separated by more than 150 years, Nell finds herself drawn to the Victorian novelist by their shared experiences of unrequited love—Gaskell for an American critic she met... Read more
View audiobookTruth, Lies, and O-Rings
By: Allan J. McDonald
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Length: 26 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
On a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an indelible image in the nation's collective memory.
In Truth, Lies, and O-Rings, McDonald, a skilled... Read more
King Con
By: Paul Willetts
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The spellbinding tale of hustler Edgar Laplante—the king of Jazz Age con artists—who becomes the victim of his own dangerous game.
Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling with medicine shows, he decided to undertake the most... Read more
Ancient Skies
By: David Weston Marshall
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
The stars and constellations are among the few remaining objects that appear to us just as they appeared to our distant ancestors. From anywhere on Earth, a person may view the celestial panorama simply by stepping outside at night and gazing upward.
This nonfiction narrative presents the tales of the forty-eight classical constellations,... Read more
Know How We Got Our Bible
By: Ryan Matthew Reeves & Charles E. Hill
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
The easy accessibility of the Bible in most of the world's major languages can obscure a dramatic and sometimes unexpected story. In Know How We Got Our Bible, scholars Ryan Reeves and Charles Hill trace the history of the Bible from its beginnings to the present day, highlighting key figures and demonstrating overall the reliability of... Read more
View audiobookThe Husband Hunters
By: Anne de Courcy
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Narrator Clare Corbett's] lively performance and clear diction help listeners understand the complicated social rules underlying the splendor of the world's richest as they vied for the perfect spouse." — AudioFile Magazine
The Husband Hunters is a deliciously told historical audiobook about the young, rich, American heiresses who married... Read more
A Time to Stand
By: Walter Lord
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garrison fought to the death rather than yield to an overwhelming army of Mexicans. Through the years the garrison's heroic stand has become so clothed in folklore and romance that the truth has nearly been lost. In A Time to Stand Walter Lord... Read more
View audiobookTrail of Hope
By: Norman Davies
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 15 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Following the conquest of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish families were torn from their homes and sent eastwards to the arctic wastes of Siberia. Prisoners of war, refugees, those regarded as "social criminals" by Stalin's regime, and those rounded up by sheer chance were all sent "to see the... Read more
View audiobookThe War on Terror
By: the Speech Resource Company
Narrated by: Robert Wikstrom
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
As a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, America led a global counterterrorism campaign of limitless scope. Its military dimension involved major wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, covert operations in Yemen and elsewhere, large-scale military assistance programs for cooperative regimes, and major increases in military spending.... Read more
View audiobookCrashed
By: Adam Tooze
Narrated by: Simon Vance & Adam Tooze
Length: 25 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
WINNER OF THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK
"An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One of the great strengths of Tooze's book is to demonstrate the deeply intertwined nature of the European... Read more
Into the Hands of the Soldiers
By: David D. Kirkpatrick
Narrated by: David D. Kirkpatrick
Length: 13 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
David D. Kirkpatrick, a correspondent for The New York Times, was banned from Egypt for writing this book: the definitive account of the turn back toward authoritarianism in Cairo and across the Middle East.
Egypt has long set the paradigm for Arab autocracy. It is the keeper of the peace with Israel and... Read more
Iran
By: Abbas Amanat
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 41 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran... Read more
View audiobookNo Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
By: Jim Proser
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The first in-depth look at the marine hero who has become one of the most beloved and admired men in America today: Secretary of Defense James Mattis.A devout student of history and erudite reader revered by rank and file soldiers, officers, academics, politicians, and ordinary citizens, General James Mattis is one of the most admired leaders... Read more
View audiobookBorrowed Time
By: James Freeman & Vern McKinley
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The alarming, untold story of Citigroup—one of the largest financial institutions in the world—from its founding in 1812 to its role in the 2008 financial crisis, and the many near-death experiences in between.During the 2008 financial crisis, we were told that Citi was a victim of events beyond its control—the larger financial panic, unforeseen... Read more
View audiobookThrough Two Doors at Once
By: Anil Ananthaswamy
Narrated by: René Ruiz
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
One of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018
One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics
One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018
The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and... Read more
Women of the Blue & Gray
By: Marianne Monson
Narrated by: Caroline Shaffer
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Hidden amongst the photographs, uniforms, revolvers, and war medals of the Civil War are the remarkable stories of some of the most unlikely heroes—women.North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant—the women in these micro-drama biographies are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands and... Read more
View audiobookTicker
By: Mimi Swartz
Narrated by: Lydia Mackay
Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. If America could send a man to the moon, shouldn’t the best surgeons in the world be able to build an artificial heart? In Ticker, Texas Monthly executive editor and two time National Magazine Award winner Mimi Swartz shows just how complex and difficult it can be to replicate one of nature’s greatest... Read more
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