The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Written and Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen
Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
I Am. GUTTED…
Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: Richard Davidson
Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
A tragic tale of hubris… engaging once you get past the stuff that makes you doze off…
Travelers in the Third Reich
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
How the Allies Won on D-Day
Written and Narrated By: Giles Milton
Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
D-Day: The Bad, the Ugly… the Oh Sooo Good!!!
Checkmate in Berlin
The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World
Written and Narrated by: Giles Milton
Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
Milton is the King of Edge of Your Seat History!
A Demon-Haunted Land
A Night to Remember
When Books Went to War
The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
By: Molly Guptill Manning / Narrated By: Bernadette Dunne
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
A trifle repetitious, but seriously! Huzzah!
Give Me Tomorrow
The Korean War’s Greatest Untold Story - The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company
By: Patrick K. O’Donnell / Narrated By: Lloyd James
Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
Intense, searing, sorrowful…
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder / Narrated By: Ralph Cosham
Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
Overwhelming… Familiar…
No Man’s Land
Fritz Pollard
Pioneer in Racial Advancement
By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!
The Longest Winter
The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon
By: Alex Kershaw / Narrated By: Grover Gardner
Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
Kiiiiinda misleading secondary title. That noted, however? 9+ hours fly by when you’re actually there with the men
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
Written and Narrated By: Giles Milton
Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
ZOUNDS!!!!!!
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Abridged)
By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Editor: Clayborne Carson / Narrated By: Levar Burton
Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
BeYONd inspiring; beYONd heartbreaking. Just truly excellent!
Nagasaki
Hiroshima Diary
The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
By: Michihiko Hachiya MD / Narrated By: Robertson Dean
Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
Boooooo, Robertson DEAN! …but at least he didn’t ruin this one…! Verrrry touching, soul-stirring
The League of Wives
Rites of Spring
The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age
By: Modris Eksteins / Narrated By: Michael Prichard
Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
So suuuuue me—Best intro to Springtime EVER!
The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson / Narrated By: John Lee / Epilogue By: Erik Larson
Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
WOW! Can chaos and carnage and political machinations be good ol’ rollicking fun? YES!!!