History Audiobooks

The previous volumes of the American Chronicles series placed Spain and England at the forefront of the discovery and development of the New World. This book focuses on France's role in the rise of the United States as a global power....

Citizens, Colonists, Pioneers! These three words trace America's history back to the earliest forms of "the New World was called America." But who paved the way for the pioneers of the Old World, and what kept them safe in the New? The book's title, Elizabeth Sea Dog, provides the only...

Discuss the adventures of Spanish explorers from Columbus to Pizarro. - Summary by Jim Locke...

It is impossible to attempt an exhaustive Canadian "water history" here. You need a series. But at least the first attempt to give a general idea of ​​the details of such a story: kayaks and canoes used by Eskimos and Indians before the arrival of white men and are used today; small boats...

Volume 13 in the Canadian Chronicle series. This book reveals the oft-misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the British Crown during and after the American Revolutionary War. While the vast majority of American writings detailing the Revolution portray the Royalists (sometimes called...

Jacques Cartier grew up as a sailor, was happily married, and became a research agent for King Francis I of France. In April 1534, he sailed to the New World. Before leaving, his men swore that they would "serve the most Christian king sincerely and faithfully". Jacques' name is...

The book describes Canada from its earliest days to its first European explorers and includes a brief history of the Aboriginal peoples. These booklets are designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable manner....

It tells the story of Western civilization from its origins to the early 20th century, focusing on the people and events that changed the course of history. In vivid prose, he describes human achievement in art and discovery and the political forces that led to the birth of the modern...

John Wesley Powell was a pioneering 19th-century American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist. In 1869, he began exploring Colorado and the Grand Canyon. On May 24, he gathered nine men, four ships, and ten months' supplies, and set out from Green River, Wyoming. Through treacherous rapids, the...

William Bradford served five terms as Governor of the Plymouth Colony, and his diaries are an indispensable record of events in early American history. His eyewitness testimony includes stories of the Pilgrims' sojourn in Holland, the voyage of the Mayflower, the hardships of the New World,...