Reference in History & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ...

Narrated by Robert Fass, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Vivienne Leheny, Jennifer Ikeda, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, various narrators, Justin D. Torres ...

Unabridged

31 hours 15 min

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking ... Read more

$56.88 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking
... Read more
Audiobook

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

$39.99 NZD

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
Audiobook

Daylight Robbery

How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future

by Dominic Frisby ...

Narrated by Dominic Frisby ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

'Fuel for the post-Christmas lunch argument' Financial TimesDeath and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society?In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

'Fuel for the post-Christmas lunch argument' Financial TimesDeath and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society?In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the
... Read more
Audiobook

New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud and Māori People

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand ... Read more

$37.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand
... Read more
Audiobook

Medieval Horizons

Why the Middle Ages Matter

by Ian Mortimer ...

Narrated by Ian Mortimer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and
... Read more
Audiobook

Conspiracies, Coincidences, Or Clues?

A Fun Guide To Finding The Truth

by Damon Gilbert ...

Narrated by Scotty Kwas ...

Unabridged

4 hours 20 min

Dive into a riveting exploration of conspiracy theories, hidden historical events, and little-known facts that challenge the narratives we’ve been taught. Written by a layman author with a knack for uncovering truth, this book delivers profound insights through clear, relatable prose—free from the trappings of intellectual superiority. From shadowy government cover-ups to forgotten moments that ... Read more

$22.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive into a riveting exploration of conspiracy theories, hidden historical events, and little-known facts that challenge the narratives we’ve been taught. Written by a layman author with a knack for uncovering truth, this book delivers profound insights through clear, relatable prose—free from the trappings of intellectual superiority. From shadowy government cover-ups to forgotten moments that
... Read more
Audiobook

An Unpromised Land

by Leon Gettler ...

Narrated by Leon Gettler ...

Unabridged

4 hours 25 min

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute ... Read more

$15.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the 1930s, in the wake of the Nazi ascendancy in Germany, a wave of vicious anti-Semitism swept Europe, as Jews became outcasts in their own lands. As they clamoured to escape persecution, the world turned a blind eye to their plight. One man, Isaac Steinberg, had a vision of leading his people from the holocaust to a new paradise on the other side of the world. His enthusiastic and resolute
... Read more
Audiobook

Сборник по всеобща история

by Валеро Пухол ...

Narrated by Хорди Савал ...

Unabridged

17 hours 4 min

Потопете се в завладяващо пътешествие през хилядолетията с „Сборник по всеобща история“ от Валеро Пухол. Със завидно умение и живо слово авторът ни отвежда от зората на човешката цивилизация до ключовите събития, оформили съвременния свят. Ще откриете герои, империи, открития и съдбоносни битки, представени по начин, който едновременно увлича и обогатява. Това не е сух академичен разказ, а ... Read more

$30.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Потопете се в завладяващо пътешествие през хилядолетията с „Сборник по всеобща история“ от Валеро Пухол. Със завидно умение и живо слово авторът ни отвежда от зората на човешката цивилизация до ключовите събития, оформили съвременния свят. Ще откриете герои, империи, открития и съдбоносни битки, представени по начин, който едновременно увлича и обогатява. Това не е сух академичен разказ, а
... Read more
Audiobook

The Bill of Rights: The First Ten Constitutional Amendments

by James Madison and Various Authors ...

Narrated by AI Voice ...

Unabridged

5 min

This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice. ... Read more

$9.99 NZD

This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice.
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Audiobook

Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand

Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

by Marcus Chown ...

Narrated by Marcus Chown ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the universe.There is much about our world that seems to make perfect sense, and important scientific breakthroughs have helped us understand ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe in ... Read more

$42.99 NZD

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the universe.There is much about our world that seems to make perfect sense, and important scientific breakthroughs have helped us understand ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe in
... Read more
Audiobook

The Theft of India : The European Conquests of India, 1498-1765

by Roy Moxham ...

Narrated by Elvis Mathias ...

Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

In the three centuries that followed Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route from Europe to India, European powers made a beeline for India's fabled riches, its spices, gold and gems. Though they ostensibly came for trade and commerce, and the thrill of discovering a new land, the lines between exploration and exploitation soon blurred. The Theft of India documents the intense rivalry for ... Read more

$13.99 NZD

In the three centuries that followed Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route from Europe to India, European powers made a beeline for India's fabled riches, its spices, gold and gems. Though they ostensibly came for trade and commerce, and the thrill of discovering a new land, the lines between exploration and exploitation soon blurred. The Theft of India documents the intense rivalry for
... Read more
Audiobook

Die Lebensgeschichte eines amerikanischen Sklaven

by Frederick Douglass ...

Narrated by Gerrit Stratmann ...

Unabridged

4 hours 9 min

"Sie haben gesehen, wie ein Mann zum Sklaven gemacht wurde; Sie sollen sehen, wie ein Sklave zum Mann wurde." Mit diesen berühmten Worten beschreibt Frederick Douglass den Wendepunkt eines Lebens, das wie kaum ein anderes für den Kampf gegen die Sklaverei in den Vereinigten Staaten steht. Seine 1845 erschienene Autobiografie "Die Lebensgeschichte des Frederick Douglass, eines amerikanischen ... Read more

$13.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Sie haben gesehen, wie ein Mann zum Sklaven gemacht wurde; Sie sollen sehen, wie ein Sklave zum Mann wurde." Mit diesen berühmten Worten beschreibt Frederick Douglass den Wendepunkt eines Lebens, das wie kaum ein anderes für den Kampf gegen die Sklaverei in den Vereinigten Staaten steht. Seine 1845 erschienene Autobiografie "Die Lebensgeschichte des Frederick Douglass, eines amerikanischen
... Read more
Audiobook

Abtreibungsproblematik 2026

Schwangerschaftsabbruch, der Paragraph 218 StGB und die Gesellschaft. Eine Einführung.

by Richard Hörner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

Diese Übersicht bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die rechtlichen, gesellschaftlichen und ethischen Facetten des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs in Deutschland mit Stand 2026. Der Autor analysiert die historische Entwicklung des Paragraphen 218 StGB, die maßgeblichen Urteile des Bundesverfassungsgerichts sowie die aktuelle Rechtslage zwischen Beratungsregelung und medizinischer Indikation. Dabei ... Read more

$18.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Diese Übersicht bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die rechtlichen, gesellschaftlichen und ethischen Facetten des Schwangerschaftsabbruchs in Deutschland mit Stand 2026. Der Autor analysiert die historische Entwicklung des Paragraphen 218 StGB, die maßgeblichen Urteile des Bundesverfassungsgerichts sowie die aktuelle Rechtslage zwischen Beratungsregelung und medizinischer Indikation. Dabei
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Audiobook

License to Travel

A Cultural History of the Passport

by Patrick Bixby ...

Narrated by Tim Fannon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Discover the surprising global history of how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience to define the modern world.License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.Patrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants ... Read more

$37.96 NZD

Discover the surprising global history of how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience to define the modern world.License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.Patrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants
... Read more
Audiobook

Another Sojourner Looking for Truth

My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond

by Millicent E. Brown ...

Narrated by Millicent E. Brown ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justiceMillicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle for racial justice, and those experiences set her on a life course dedicated to the civil rights struggle. Best known as the named plaintiff ... Read more

$37.96 NZD

Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justiceMillicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle for racial justice, and those experiences set her on a life course dedicated to the civil rights struggle. Best known as the named plaintiff
... Read more
Audiobook

Puget's Sound

A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound

by Murray Morgan ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

14 hours 34 min

With the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic Skid Road, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, "the City of Destiny," and southern Puget Sound, where many major events of Washington's history took place. Drawing upon original journals and reports, Morgan builds Puget's Sound around individuals, interweaving portraits of well-known ... Read more

$56.95 NZD

With the same ability to make personalities and events come alive that characterizes his classic Skid Road, Murray Morgan here tells the colorful story of Tacoma, "the City of Destiny," and southern Puget Sound, where many major events of Washington's history took place. Drawing upon original journals and reports, Morgan builds Puget's Sound around individuals, interweaving portraits of well-known
... Read more
Audiobook

Stephen King's Maine

A History & Guide

by Sharon Kitchens ...

Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

Much of Western Maine reads like a Stephen King novel.The dense dark woods and backcountry ponds. The century-old houses with gravel driveways and immense flower gardens, acres of farmland miles from a highway. Serpentine country roads dotted with farmstands, and picturesque main streets lined with battered pickups. Places where—especially during the dark and rainy days of October and November ... Read more

$30.37 NZD

Much of Western Maine reads like a Stephen King novel.The dense dark woods and backcountry ponds. The century-old houses with gravel driveways and immense flower gardens, acres of farmland miles from a highway. Serpentine country roads dotted with farmstands, and picturesque main streets lined with battered pickups. Places where—especially during the dark and rainy days of October and November
... Read more
Audiobook

When Money Talks

A History of Coins and Numismatics

by Frank L. Holt ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

Coinage—it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else we still use in everyday life has a history quite like it. Look around at all the things that would bewilder a Greek, Roman, or Renaissance ancestor; then, dig into your purse or pocket for that one artifact that they would immediately recognize. Historian Frank L. Holt takes us on a journey through ... Read more

$37.96 NZD

Coinage—it is one of the most successful and consistent technologies ever invented. Nothing else we still use in everyday life has a history quite like it. Look around at all the things that would bewilder a Greek, Roman, or Renaissance ancestor; then, dig into your purse or pocket for that one artifact that they would immediately recognize. Historian Frank L. Holt takes us on a journey through
... Read more
Audiobook

City of Hope, City of Rage

Miami, 1968–1994

by Seth A. Weitz ...

Narrated by Graham Rowat ...

Unabridged

13 hours 41 min

City of Hope, City of Rage gives a fascinating account of three turbulent and transformative decades in the history of Miami. Marked by mass immigration, racially motivated uprisings, economic inequity, rising crime, and social change, Miami's history from 1968 to 1994 saw the city evolve rapidly from a predominantly white city and vacation spot into a global, Hispanic-majority metropolis with an ... Read more

$47.46 NZD

City of Hope, City of Rage gives a fascinating account of three turbulent and transformative decades in the history of Miami. Marked by mass immigration, racially motivated uprisings, economic inequity, rising crime, and social change, Miami's history from 1968 to 1994 saw the city evolve rapidly from a predominantly white city and vacation spot into a global, Hispanic-majority metropolis with an
... Read more
Audiobook

The Light Between Apple Trees

Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit

by Priyanka Kumar ...

Narrated by Priyanka Kumar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light ... Read more

$37.96 NZD

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light
... Read more
Audiobook

Stories of Struggle

The Clash over Civil Rights in South Carolina

by Claudia Smith Brinson ...

Narrated by Linda Jones ...

Unabridged

13 hours 33 min

In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burnings, death threats, arson, and venomous hatred that black South Carolinians endured—as well as those who risked their lives for equality.Through extensive research and interviews with more than 150 civil rights ... Read more

$47.46 NZD

In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burnings, death threats, arson, and venomous hatred that black South Carolinians endured—as well as those who risked their lives for equality.Through extensive research and interviews with more than 150 civil rights
... Read more
Audiobook

Argentinien und die Fußball WM 2026

Die Geschichte der argentinischen Nationalmannschaft

by Michele Martin ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Fussball WM 2026 Die Geschichte der Champions
Unabridged

4 hours 14 min

Argentinien und die Fußball WM 2026 – Die Geschichte der argentinischen Nationalmannschaft Kaum ein Land lebt den Fußball mit einer vergleichbaren Leidenschaft wie Argentinien. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die bewegende Geschichte der Albiceleste – von den ersten britischen Einflüssen im neunzehnten Jahrhundert über den einzigartigen Spielstil des Potrero bis hin zur modernen Nationalmannschaft auf dem ... Read more

$47.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Argentinien und die Fußball WM 2026 – Die Geschichte der argentinischen Nationalmannschaft Kaum ein Land lebt den Fußball mit einer vergleichbaren Leidenschaft wie Argentinien. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die bewegende Geschichte der Albiceleste – von den ersten britischen Einflüssen im neunzehnten Jahrhundert über den einzigartigen Spielstil des Potrero bis hin zur modernen Nationalmannschaft auf dem
... Read more
Audiobook

The Road

A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past

by Christopher Hadley ...

Narrated by Guy Slocombe ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The TimesHave you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folkta... ... Read more

$48.99 NZD

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The TimesHave you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folkta...
... Read more
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Trauma der U-Boot Fahrer im Atlantik

Das Leben im U-Boot in der Atlantikschlacht.

by Leo Sommerfeld ...

Narrated by Alexander (AI) ...

Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

Erlebe die ungeschönte Wahrheit unter der Meeresoberfläche. Mit dem Hörbuch Trauma der U-Boot Fahrer im Atlantik erhältst du einen tiefgreifenden und emotionalen Einblick in den deutschen U-Boot Krieg Zweiter Weltkrieg. Fernab von starren Heldenmythen nimmt dich dieses packende Atlantikschlacht Doku Hörbuch mit in die enge Stahlröhre und lässt dich das Leben im U-Boot hautnah spüren.Du fragst dich ... Read more

$27.99 NZD

Erlebe die ungeschönte Wahrheit unter der Meeresoberfläche. Mit dem Hörbuch Trauma der U-Boot Fahrer im Atlantik erhältst du einen tiefgreifenden und emotionalen Einblick in den deutschen U-Boot Krieg Zweiter Weltkrieg. Fernab von starren Heldenmythen nimmt dich dieses packende Atlantikschlacht Doku Hörbuch mit in die enge Stahlröhre und lässt dich das Leben im U-Boot hautnah spüren.Du fragst dich
... Read more

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