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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence.
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In this stirring audiobook, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence.
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Full-cast tale of espionage, betrayal and romance set against the Civil War Battle of Antietam.
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The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America.
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Carson's full-scale treatment of American history combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages that lead the listener to a clearer understanding of the factors which shaped this nation.
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The original six BBC TV episodes starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson,Tim Mclnnerny, Brian Blessed, Peter Cook, Miriam Margolyes and Rik Mayall
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The serpentine Lord Blackadder lowers the whole tone of England's Golden Age.
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Richard Curtis’ and Ben Elton’s award-winning comedy in which Rowan Atkinson as the ubiquitous Blackadder, ably hampered by Tony Robinson as the loyal Baldrick, wreaks havoc throughout the centuries.
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An audio anthology of the most dramatic moments in American history.
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An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change.
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This marvelous reading of Mary Rownlandson's account of the Narragansett Indian siege, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, this is a very powerful audiobook.
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Modern chemistry emerged from the historical traditions of metalworking (beginning as early as the Bronze Age in 3500 BC); medicine (especially "iatrochemistry", which emerged in the Renaissance); ...
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A Union General's battle stories. In a truly remarkable personal diary, this singular Union General details his commission, the formation of the army he commanded, and the battles he fought.
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The work that George Washington said helped spark the Revolutionary War.
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Despite being the leading expert in his field, Fitz has never really fulfilled his potential, never written the great book on extinct species that everyone expected from him when he was setting out.
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published in 1859 a vastly important work: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin ...
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Perhaps the most well-known collection of reminiscences.
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In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma...
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An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual yet...
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Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this fascinating evocation of Elizabethan...
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The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark remain the single most important document in the history of American exploration.
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Transport back to fifteenth-century Rome to find the secrets of the Vatican.
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First it is the tale of four men who, in 1743, were marooned in the Arctic for six years with supplies for only one day, and secondly, it is a contemporary author's search to retrace their steps an...
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Germany is historically one of the most important of all nations. Since emerging from its days as a Roman province, Germany (including Prussia) has had a central role in European affairs. It has re...
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'The Natural History of Selborne' has become part of that curious concoction of ideas and artefacts, which are seen as somehow defining "the English way of life."
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John Jakes, "the godfather of the historical novel" (Los Angeles Times), leaves the South to travel North for an epic tale of scandalous doings in the world's most famous resort ...
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First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time—the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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As reported at the time. Accounts from 1871 of one of American history's most famous fire.
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This epic three-volume history explores life's grand themes through Britain's rich and colourful history.
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The second volume of Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles.
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Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed television epic.
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William Hickling Prescott's monumental History of the Conquest of Mexico is a classic work.
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The first work of fiction by a President of the United States - a sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence.
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The "isle of poets and scholars" has known almost constant warfare for centuries. In 1920, it was divided into North and South; yet this purely political solution left a religious and cultural schi...
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Here is a history of Britain by one of its finest statesmen, a man who had himself crucially shaped events during perhaps the greatest crisis of modern times.
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A highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen.
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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.
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At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a booming coal-and-steel town...
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Dust swirled round the world for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of lght. The effects were felt as far away as France.
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The epic, never-before-told story of Columbus’s final, and perhaps greatest journey.
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Listen as a full-cast tells us of Hiawatha's battle with Pearl Feather.
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Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man.
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Lincoln comes alive through the reading of his letters. Audio Best of the Year - Publishers Weekly, 10 BEST - Library Journal.
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Speeches, Essays and other writings including 'The Gettysburg Address' and 'The Second Inaugural Address'.
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The powerful story of a slave who became one of the most effective African-American leaders.
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The concept of the atom—the smallest physical building block of nature—has been around at least since ancient Greece. Leucippus and Democritus conceived of a mechanical or physical atom...
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Nothing Like It in the World is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad.
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The million-copy best seller...now a major motion picture, two sisters compete for the greatest prize: the love of a king.
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Fabulous historical novel set in the court of King Henry VIII.
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This is the first full account in nearly half a century of this voyage into history: a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance.
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Alfred and Uhtred make an unlikely allies, yet the two forge an uneasy alliance that will lead them to where the Saxon army will fight for the very existence of Britain...
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The pilgrims embark on a perilous voyage to the New World in search of religious freedom
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Michael Beschloss's dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous Presidents changed the history of the United States.
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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men.
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In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including women's dress, propriety, and beauty aids, with ad...
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The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
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Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
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The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
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The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
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Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
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Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
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This edition brings together the amalgamation of Scotland to the other British states, the succession of the first Hanoverian King and much more...
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Wonderful... This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years
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Volume 9 covers the years 1815 to 1837, describes a period of prosperity, wit and elegance as well as scandal, change and social ferment...
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Using a range of contemporary documents, this is an informative, engaging and fascinating insight into the rise - and eventual fall - of the British Empire.
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The new Sceptred Isle - the master storyteller is back! Vol 2 of the eagerly-awaited follow-up to Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed...
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The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages...
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On April 25th, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain. Less than seven months later, a victorious America claimed the former Spanish colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands. To the American diplomat John Hay, the Spanish-American War was “a splendid little war.” It...
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Learn about the Pilgrims, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812 in this educational full-cast presentation.
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The End of the First National Welfare System. In less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept away the monasteries...
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CARDINAL WOLSEY... The Last Great Medieval Minister...‘Built Hampton Court, didn`t he?’...
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Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, is the only professional soldier in English history to have served also as Prime Minister...
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The American War of Independence. A triumph or a disaster? A masterpiece or a mess? Ask an American, and you will get one answer; ask an Englishman, and you will get another.
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River.
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies.
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Liza Picard shows us the physical reality of daily life. She takes us to schools and prisons, churches and cemeteries and records the events of the reign of Victoria...
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A detailed history behind the origins of the City of Virginia highlighting the roots of the area and other influences throughout the years...
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A blueprint to preserve and restore our country to its original intent.
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An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature for many generations to come...
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