History
- Voices from the Battlefield
- True Crime Through History
- Journeys Through History
- Voices of Social Change
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Voices of American History
- Musical Histories and Legends
- Voices of War: Memoirs from the Battlefield
Europe and the Faith
In Europe and the Faith, Hilaire Belloc offers a profound exploration of the intertwined histories of Europe and Christianity. He presents a…
Crime Classics
Crime Classics came to CBS on September 30, 1953, and was a captivating series of true crime stories. The show introduced itself succinctly:…
The Sea
Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by K…
The Medici
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…
Democracy in America
When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful …
The Story of Electricity
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service …
Royal Children of English History
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the thin…
1941 Radio News
Explore the news from 1941 in this fascinating audio collection. This compilation offers a glimpse into the events and stories that shaped t…
Historical Tales
Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises…
The Normans in European History
Wherever their ships took them, the Normans (Northman) were ruthless conquerors but gifted governors. These eight lectures, given in Boston …
Introduction to The Philosophy of History
The introduction to Hegel's lectures on the philosophy of world history is often used to introduce students to Hegel's philosophy, in part b…
Richard III
Jacob Abbott chronicles the unspeakably treacherous rise of Richard III to the throne of England in the midst of the war between the Yorks a…
The Journal of John Woolman
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
Buccaneers is non-fiction, a highly readable history of how piracy began and spread throughout the region in response to the plundering of S…
Canyons of the Colorado
John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…
Historic Adventures
This is a collection of early American stories, interesting read. (Summary by sidhu177)
A Short History of the World
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…
American History Stories
American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt invites young listeners on a captivating journey through the early chapters of American history. F…
The Sound of War
The Sound of War is a collection that captures the essence of World War II through actual sound recordings. With a total of 18 episodes, thi…