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A Survey of The Middle Ages
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
In this 12 hour mp3 audiobook, Pruskin takes us from the fall of the Roman Empire to the cusp of the Italian Renaissance.
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A Survey of Ancient History
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
In this eight hour audiobook, five thousand years of history have been condensed into a concise and easy to follow series of lectures.
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A History of Rome
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
Part 1 presents the personalities that dominated the struggle for power in ancient rome...
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 1
by Edward Gibbon
Available on: Audio Download ($33.58) | Audio CD ($33.58) | Audio Cassette
Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the greatest texts in the English language. In magisterial prose, Gibbon charts...
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They Saw It Happen
Available on: Audio Download ($23.18) | Audio CD ($28.98) | Audio Cassette
Here are more than 60 eyewitness accounts of notable historical events beginning with the Spartans at Thermopylae in 480 BC through to and including the Bombing of Hiroshima in 1945....
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2
by Edward Gibbon
Available on: Audio Download ($33.58) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces...
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Anglo-Saxon World
by Michael Drout
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Had the Angles and Saxons not purposefully migrated to the isles of the Britons and brought with them their already-well-developed use of language, Angelina Jolie may never have appeared in the movie Beowulf.
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The Wisdom Of Joseph Campbell
by Joseph Campbell
Available on: Audio Download ($15.57) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette
This is a collection of conversations between Michael Toms and the late Joseph Campbell, recorded over a span of 12 years.
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Anthology of Mythology
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
Mythology has provided an intellectual foundation for the modern world, and has provided inspiration for story tellers and scientists alike.
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Ancient Egypt
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
In the dimness of prehistory, more than 10, 000 years ago, man began to settle in the long valley ribboned by the Nile.
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Greek Gods
by William Smith
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)
Here we present 14 brief audio sketches of each of the major Greek Deities; providing the listener with information on lineage, characteristics, historical significance and artistic renditions.
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Native American Tales, Myths and Legends
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
The stories in this collection are drawn mainly from those tribes which lived in the northern and central areas of north america.
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Euripides
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
The greatest century of Greek culture was the fifth century B.C. It is the century of the Persian Wars and the amazing victory of the Greeks over a formidable empire.
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Christopher Marlowe
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
In the world of Shakespeare was friend and competitor Christopher Marlow. Eldest son of a Canterbury shoemaker, Marlowe became famous as a translator and playwright.
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Unlocking the Secrets of 2012
by John Major Jenkins
Available on: Audio Download ($17.47) | Audio CD ($19.96)
Did the ancient Mayans predict that the "end of time" would occur in 2012 . . . or is that a modern misunderstanding of their intended message?
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From Jesus to Christianity: A History of the Early Church
by Thomas F. Madden
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Entrusting the apostles to continue the work he had started by instructing them to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit...," Jesus kindled the fires of a new religion in a world largely dominated by polytheism, cult leader worship, and mysticism.
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The Trojan War
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
For many years it was thought that Troy was an insignificant place that never had a chance against the Greek warriors who laid siege and overwhelmed the city.
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The History of Ancient Israel
by Eric H. Cline
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Israel conjures up myriad associations for peoples of all cultures and religious backgrounds. Inextricably associated with the world's three most prominent religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), Israel is steeped in history and conflict, much of which is known through the tales of biblical figures such as Moses, David, Solomon, and, of course, Jesus Christ.
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Moliere
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
France under Louis XIV reached the peak of its power. Its culture bridged the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Moliére was the son of a successful upholsterer who became...
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Greek Lives
by Plutarch
Available on: Audio Download ($33.58) | Audio CD ($35.08)
Written at the beginning of the second century, Plutarch's collection of accounts of the lives of noble Grecians is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time.
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The Persian War from The Histories
by Herodotus
Available on: Audio Download ($18.38) | Audio CD ($22.98) | Audio Cassette
In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia...
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History of the Conquest of Mexico
by W.H. Prescott
Available on: Audio Download ($23.18) | Audio CD
In 1519, Hernando Cortes arrived in Mexico to investigate stories of a wealthy empire....
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Classical Mythology: The Romans
by Peter Meineck
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Rome grew from a tiny community of small hill villages near the River Tiber in central Italy to one of the most powerful empires the world has seen. The Romans themselves believed that their great city was founded in the middle of the eighth century BCE.
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The Decline and Fall of the Rome
by Thomas F. Madden
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
Even millennia after its fall, the grand expanse of Roman achievement continues to affect not only American society, but the entire world as well. What caused a civilization of such accomplishments to disintegrate?
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History of Ancient Greece
by Eric H. Cline
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)
In this intriguing series of lectures, prolific researcher, author, and George Washington University professor Eric H. Cline delves into the history of ancient Greece, frequently considered to be the founding nation of democracy in Western civilization.
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