History

History Decoded

Brad Meltzer with Keith Ferrell; read by Scott Brick

Brad Meltzer, a born storyteller, counts down the world’s most intriguing unsolved mysteries. Learn More

A History of Music in Western Civilization

Discussion by 15 Prominent Music Authorities, with Musical Examples

Explores the roots of the most influential music genres of our time, from anonymous 10th century troubadours to world-renowned 20th century composers. Essential listening for students and lovers of great music. Learn More

The History of Rome in 12 Buildings

by Phillip Barlag; read by Stephen Graybill

The History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of The Eternal City is compelling, concise, and fun, and takes you behind the iconic buildings to reveal the hidden stories of the people that forged the Roman Empire. Learn More

Hitler

by Volker Ullrich, translated by Jefferson Chase; read by Sean Runnette

From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889–1939—a riveting account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself. Learn More

Hitler's Collaborators

by Philip Morgan; read by Julian Elfer

Hitler's Collaborators focuses the spotlight on one of the most controversial and uncomfortable aspects of the Nazi wartime occupation of Europe: the citizens of those countries who helped Hitler. Learn More

Hitler's Empire

by Mark Mazower; read by Michael Page

Drawing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler's Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion—and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war. Learn More

Hitler's Holy Relics

Sidney Kirkpatrick; read by Charles Stransky

A Library Journal Best Audiobooks of the Year Winner

A real life Raiders of the Lost Ark. An American art historian turned Army sleuth races to stay one step ahead of Nazi thugs who have absconded with the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire—sacred symbols of Hitler’s “Thousand Year Reich”—and their plot to create a Fourth Reich. Learn More

Hitler's Pawn

by Stephen Koch; read by James Anderson Foster

A remarkable story of a forgotten seventeen-year-old Jew who was blamed by the Nazis for the anti-Semitic violence and terror known as the Kristallnacht, the pogrom still seen as an initiating event of the Holocaust. Learn More

Homie

by Danez Smith; read by Danez Smith

Finalist For The 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award For Poetry
Finalist For The 2021 Naacp Image Award For Poetry

Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Learn More

HOOF BEATS

by William T. Taylor; read by Tristan Morris

Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever altered the course of human history. Learn More

A House Full of Females

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich; read by Susan Ericksen

From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, and The Age of Homespun—a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and determination. Learn More

The House of Erzulie

by Kirsten Imani Kasai; read by Adenrele Ojo, Ron Butler

The House of Erzulie tells the eerily intertwined stories of an ill-fated young couple in the 1850s and the troubled historian who discovers their writings in the present day. Learn More

Housewife Assassin

by Geri Spieler; read by Rosemary Benson

President Gerald Ford suffered two attempts on his life during his term in office: one by a young woman in Charles Manson's Family, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and the other by a far more unlikely candidate—an average middle-aged mother of five—Sara Jane Moore. After thirty years in contact with Moore in prison, journalist Geri Spieler deconstructs her life in Housewife Assassin. Learn More