Reference in History & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Medium Raw

A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

by Anthony Bourdain ...

Narrated by Anthony Bourdain ...

Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world,
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Millennium

The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

by Tom Holland ...

Narrated by Tom Holland, Mark Meadows ...

Unabridged

17 hours 32 min

Bestselling historian and broadcaster Tom Holland gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000'An exhilarating sweep across European history either side of the year 1000; riveting' ALLAN MASSIE, SPECTATOR'I relished the blood and thunder narrative - the work of a great storyteller at his best' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, EVENING STANDARD'A splendid, highly ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Bestselling historian and broadcaster Tom Holland gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year 1000'An exhilarating sweep across European history either side of the year 1000; riveting' ALLAN MASSIE, SPECTATOR'I relished the blood and thunder narrative - the work of a great storyteller at his best' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, EVENING STANDARD'A splendid, highly
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Audiobook

Knowing What We Know

The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

by Simon Winchester ...

Narrated by Simon Winchester ...

Unabridged

14 hours 19 min

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of
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A Streetcar Named Desire

by Tennessee Williams ...

Narrated by Theater Lincoln Center ...

Abridged

2 hours 15 min

Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time!Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche, ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Caedmon is proud to release this archival full-cast recording of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire on cd for the first time!Blanche DuBois arrives at her sister Stella's New Orleans apartment seeking refuge from a troubled past—but her ethereal spirit irks Stella's husband, the loutish Stanley Kowalski. Crudely, relentlessly, he unmasks the lies and delusions that sustain Blanche,
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Audiobook

Falsificar la historia

by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui ...

Narrated by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui ...

Unabridged

8 hours 1 min

Nos gustan las mentiras**.** Tenemos la facultad de mentir**, la** capacidad de construir mentiras y la maravillosa inclinación de creer en ellas**.**... ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

Nos gustan las mentiras**.** Tenemos la facultad de mentir**, la** capacidad de construir mentiras y la maravillosa inclinación de creer en ellas**.**...
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Audiobook

Uncover Exciting History

Revealing America’s Christian Heritage in Short, Easy Nuggets

by Amy Puetz ...

Narrated by Jim Hodges ...

Unabridged

4 hours 20 min

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges’ historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings.What is history anyway? It is the story of real people who did real things. For history to be fun for everyone (even those who think they hate history), it must go beyond hard facts and meaningless dates to the real people who made the significant events happen. People like George ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges’ historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings.What is history anyway? It is the story of real people who did real things. For history to be fun for everyone (even those who think they hate history), it must go beyond hard facts and meaningless dates to the real people who made the significant events happen. People like George
... Read more
Audiobook

Why Learn History

(When It's Already on Your Phone)

by Sam Wineburg ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min

Let’s start with two truths about our era: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious.With the internet always at our fingertips, what's a teacher of history to do? Sam Wineburg has answers, beginning with this: ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Let’s start with two truths about our era: We are surrounded by more readily available information than ever before. And a huge percentage of it is inaccurate. Some of the bad info is well-meaning but ignorant. Some of it is deliberately deceptive. All of it is pernicious.With the internet always at our fingertips, what's a teacher of history to do? Sam Wineburg has answers, beginning with this:
... Read more
Audiobook

Tracing Florida Journeys

Explorers, Travelers, and Landscapes Then and Now

by Leslie Kemp Poole ...

Narrated by Ann Sprinkle ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

How has Florida's land changed across five centuries? What has stayed the same, and what remains only in memory? In Tracing Florida Journeys, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of well-known explorers and travelers who came to the peninsula and wrote about their experiences, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.In this book, John Muir and Harriet Beecher ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

How has Florida's land changed across five centuries? What has stayed the same, and what remains only in memory? In Tracing Florida Journeys, Leslie Poole delves into the stories of well-known explorers and travelers who came to the peninsula and wrote about their experiences, looking at their words and the paths they took from the perspective of today.In this book, John Muir and Harriet Beecher
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The Frontiers of Knowledge

What We Know About Science, History and The Mind

by A. C. Grayling ...

Narrated by Richard Goulding ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the
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Audiobook

Joe Gould's Teeth

by Jill Lepore ...

Narrated by Jill Lepore ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called “The Oral History of Our Time.”Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant historian of the twentieth century. So did some of his friends, a group of modernist writers and artists that included E ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called “The Oral History of Our Time.”Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant historian of the twentieth century. So did some of his friends, a group of modernist writers and artists that included E
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Visuotines istorijos savadas

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 10 min

Leiskitės į žavią kelionę per žmonijos istorijos tūkstantmečius su Valero Pujol „Visuotinės istorijos sąvadu“. Su gyvu ir įtraukiančiu pasakojimo stiliumi autorius veda jus nuo pirmųjų civilizacijų ištakų iki didžiulių įvykių, kurie suformavo šiuolaikinį pasaulį. Susidursite su didingomis imperijomis, vizionieriškais lyderiais, revoliuciniais atradimais ir lemiamomis mūšiais, kurie pakeitė ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leiskitės į žavią kelionę per žmonijos istorijos tūkstantmečius su Valero Pujol „Visuotinės istorijos sąvadu“. Su gyvu ir įtraukiančiu pasakojimo stiliumi autorius veda jus nuo pirmųjų civilizacijų ištakų iki didžiulių įvykių, kurie suformavo šiuolaikinį pasaulį. Susidursite su didingomis imperijomis, vizionieriškais lyderiais, revoliuciniais atradimais ir lemiamomis mūšiais, kurie pakeitė
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Audiobook

Practicing History

Selected Essays

by Barbara W. Tuchman ...

Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 52 min

Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into American's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. History should not just be a series of facts, names, and dates—it should be a ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into American's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. History should not just be a series of facts, names, and dates—it should be a
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Audiobook

Kongerækken

by Rikke Agnete Olsen ...

Narrated by Tobias May Hertz ...

Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

I mere end tusind år har Danmark været et monarki. Dermed er kongerækken rygraden i vores fælles, nationale historie. I denne fascinerende rejse op gennem århundrederne fortæller Rikke Agnete Olsen på en let, oplysende og underholdende måde om de mere end 59 konger og to dronninger, der gennem tiden har styret et af verdens ældste monarkier.Rikke Agnete Olsen (f. 1939) er en dansk historiker og ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

I mere end tusind år har Danmark været et monarki. Dermed er kongerækken rygraden i vores fælles, nationale historie. I denne fascinerende rejse op gennem århundrederne fortæller Rikke Agnete Olsen på en let, oplysende og underholdende måde om de mere end 59 konger og to dronninger, der gennem tiden har styret et af verdens ældste monarkier.Rikke Agnete Olsen (f. 1939) er en dansk historiker og
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Audiobook

Judas-Asvero: Trechos selecionados de "À margem da história"

by Euclides da Cunha ...

Narrated by Guga Almeida ...

Series series MiniPops
Abridged

20 min

Extraída do livro "À margem da história", a narrativa "Judas-Asvero" traz para o leitor relatos da vida cotidiana do seringal, ao tempo em que seu autor, Euclides da Cunha, o conheceu. As gigantescas dificuldades do trabalhador brasileiro diante das condições singulares da região permitem um paralelo de suas vidas com um Sábado de Aleluia constante. ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Extraída do livro "À margem da história", a narrativa "Judas-Asvero" traz para o leitor relatos da vida cotidiana do seringal, ao tempo em que seu autor, Euclides da Cunha, o conheceu. As gigantescas dificuldades do trabalhador brasileiro diante das condições singulares da região permitem um paralelo de suas vidas com um Sábado de Aleluia constante.
... Read more
Audiobook

Historia Unibertsalaren Konpendioa

by Valero Pujol ...

Narrated by Jordi Savall ...

Unabridged

16 hours 1 min

Historia unibertsalaren eszenatoki zabalean murgiltzeko gonbidapena da Valero Pujol-en Historia Unibertsalaren Konpendioa. Ahots bizidun baten bidez, entzulea denboran zehar bidaiatzera eramaten du, lehen zibilizazio handien jaiotzagatik hasi eta Erdi Aroaren atarira arte. Babilonia eta Egiptoko misterioak, Greziako distira intelektuala, Erromaren boterearen gorakada eta gainbehera, eta herri ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Historia unibertsalaren eszenatoki zabalean murgiltzeko gonbidapena da Valero Pujol-en Historia Unibertsalaren Konpendioa. Ahots bizidun baten bidez, entzulea denboran zehar bidaiatzera eramaten du, lehen zibilizazio handien jaiotzagatik hasi eta Erdi Aroaren atarira arte. Babilonia eta Egiptoko misterioak, Greziako distira intelektuala, Erromaren boterearen gorakada eta gainbehera, eta herri
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Audiobook

History

A Very Short Introduction

by John H. Arnold ...

Unabridged

4 hours 43 min

There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our
... Read more
Audiobook

The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends

by Simon Young ...

Narrated by Jonathan Johns ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as
... Read more
Audiobook

La Planche Ouija, Mythe, Science et Pratique

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Francine G ...

Series Audiobook 28 - Sciences, philosophie et réflexion
Unabridged

2 hours 24 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Depuis plus d’un siècle, la planche Ouija fascine, intrigue et effraie. Objet mystérieux à la croisée du jeu, du rituel occulte et de l’expérience psychologique, elle a traversé les époques en alimentant récits de hantises, légendes urbaines et débats scientifiques.Ce livre vous entraîne dans un voyage captivant au cœur de son histoire, de ses ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Depuis plus d’un siècle, la planche Ouija fascine, intrigue et effraie. Objet mystérieux à la croisée du jeu, du rituel occulte et de l’expérience psychologique, elle a traversé les époques en alimentant récits de hantises, légendes urbaines et débats scientifiques.Ce livre vous entraîne dans un voyage captivant au cœur de son histoire, de ses
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THE VALETS TRAGEDY AND OTHER STUDIES

Unraveling history’s enigmas — from forgotten scandals to mysterious legends, where truth is stranger than fiction.

by ANDREW LANG Author ...

Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

The Valet’s Tragedy and Other Studies by Andrew Lang is a mesmerizing collection of historical mysteries and literary inquiries brought to life with the author’s signature intellect, wit, and storytelling finesse. In this fascinating audiobook, Lang delves into the enigmas of history — the forgotten scandals, the whispered conspiracies, and the curious characters who shaped the past — weaving them ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

The Valet’s Tragedy and Other Studies by Andrew Lang is a mesmerizing collection of historical mysteries and literary inquiries brought to life with the author’s signature intellect, wit, and storytelling finesse. In this fascinating audiobook, Lang delves into the enigmas of history — the forgotten scandals, the whispered conspiracies, and the curious characters who shaped the past — weaving them
... Read more
Audiobook

Little Blue Dot

How GPS Shaped the Modern World

by Katherine Dunn ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel LefkowThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We’re lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel LefkowThe unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives.Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and squinted in exasperation before saying, “We’re lost.” Now, a network of satellites that circles the earth
... Read more
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Der Kreuzzug der Kinder

1: Schwestern

by Andreas Galk, Andreas Galk, Christoph Cremer5 ...

Narrated by Andreas Galk, Yvonne Radtke, Wiebke Bierwag, Udo Jolly, Sabine Herresbach, Nele Galk, Nele Dierken, Merle Krause, Martin Petersen-Krause0, Malte Janßen1, Malou Galk2, Lynda Palitzsch3, Lucia Gürster4, Lisa-Marie Lehr5, Klara Lange6, Johannes Jähnig7, Frank Hangen8, Eva Galk9, Emily Sichwart0, Britta Noras1, Andrea Jolly2, Albrecht Hoffmann3, Aennie Jung4 ...

Unabridged

39 min

Köln im Jahr 1212 n.Chr. - ein Jugendlicher namens Nikolaus schart eine große Menge Kinder um sich, um mit ihnen in das Heilige Land aufzubrechen und Jerusalem von den Moslems zu befreien - ohne Waffen, ohne Heer. Die Hörspielreihe erzählt mit Hilfe einer fiktionalen Rahmenhandlung die realen historischen Ereignisse in Rückblenden und aus Sicht der Kinder, die sich auf dem Weg befinden. Eine große ... Read more

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Köln im Jahr 1212 n.Chr. - ein Jugendlicher namens Nikolaus schart eine große Menge Kinder um sich, um mit ihnen in das Heilige Land aufzubrechen und Jerusalem von den Moslems zu befreien - ohne Waffen, ohne Heer. Die Hörspielreihe erzählt mit Hilfe einer fiktionalen Rahmenhandlung die realen historischen Ereignisse in Rückblenden und aus Sicht der Kinder, die sich auf dem Weg befinden. Eine große
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Audiobook

Risque Business

Breastaurants in American Culture

by Ty Matejowsky ...

Narrated by Brandon J. Peterson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Risqué Business serves up the breastaurant industry, where food service, sex appeal, identity, and gender politics mix.Risqué Business explores the rise and ongoing cultural reckoning of "breastaurants": sports bar–style restaurants like Hooters and Twin Peaks, which have long relied on the sexualized presentation of female servers to attract a mostly straight, male clientele. Ty Matejowsky, ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

Risqué Business serves up the breastaurant industry, where food service, sex appeal, identity, and gender politics mix.Risqué Business explores the rise and ongoing cultural reckoning of "breastaurants": sports bar–style restaurants like Hooters and Twin Peaks, which have long relied on the sexualized presentation of female servers to attract a mostly straight, male clientele. Ty Matejowsky,
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Der stärkste Stoff - Psychedelische Drogen: Waffe, Rauschmittel, Medikament (Ungekürzte Lesung)

by Norman Ohler ...

Narrated by Norman Ohler ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

LSD: Wie alles begann und was in der Gegenwart daraus wurde Wie Norman Ohler in seinem internationalen Bestseller Der totale Rausch am Beispiel der NS-Zeit gezeigt hat, spielen Drogen und Drogenpolitik eine dramatische, immer noch unterschätzte Rolle in der Geschichte der Menschheit. In seinem neuen Buch nimmt der Autor diesen Faden wieder auf und untersucht, wie Entwicklung, Produktion und ... Read more

$26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

LSD: Wie alles begann und was in der Gegenwart daraus wurde Wie Norman Ohler in seinem internationalen Bestseller Der totale Rausch am Beispiel der NS-Zeit gezeigt hat, spielen Drogen und Drogenpolitik eine dramatische, immer noch unterschätzte Rolle in der Geschichte der Menschheit. In seinem neuen Buch nimmt der Autor diesen Faden wieder auf und untersucht, wie Entwicklung, Produktion und
... Read more
Audiobook

Florida Spectacular

Extraordinary Places and Exceptional Lives

by Cathy Salustri ...

Narrated by April Doty ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

If when you think "Florida" you don't think "spectacular," Cathy Salustri is determined to change your mind. Explaining why the state is more than the "Florida Man" stories and the politics that so often make national news, and looking beyond the crowded beaches and theme parks, Salustri celebrates what makes the state worth a deeper understanding in this lively trip through its natural beauty and ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

If when you think "Florida" you don't think "spectacular," Cathy Salustri is determined to change your mind. Explaining why the state is more than the "Florida Man" stories and the politics that so often make national news, and looking beyond the crowded beaches and theme parks, Salustri celebrates what makes the state worth a deeper understanding in this lively trip through its natural beauty and
... Read more

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