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Night
by Elie Wiesel
Formats: Audio Cassette ($19.96)
Average Rating:   (4.5 Stars)
The year was 1944. The village of Sighet in Hungary had been grasped by the evil and unrelenting hand of Hitler, and its people...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
Average Rating: (4.4 Stars)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist.
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Regency Etiquette
by A Lady of Distinction
Formats: Digital Download ($12.95)
Average Rating:  (4.0 Stars)
In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries…
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An Introduction to English Literature
Formats: Digital Download ($7.99)
Average Rating: (3.5 Stars)
Literature is the history of ideas. It is a reflection of thoughts, feelings and culture of a time and a place. What better place to start when learning about the world we live in?
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A Survey of Ancient History
Formats: Digital Download ($7.99)
Average Rating: (2.0 Stars)
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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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century
Formats: Digital Download ($19.95)
Average Rating: (1.0 Stars)
This collection represents some of the most well-known speeches of the 20th century, spanning the years 1908-1991.
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1000 Years of English Royalty
by Richard Hampton
Formats: Audio Cassette ($16.16)
This look at the public and private lives of British royal families brings the monarchs to life through their diaries and speeches and through observations by their contemporaries.
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Anne Frank's Story
by Carol Ann Lee
Formats: Audio CD ($14.40)
Anne Frank's Story follows Anne Frank from her birth in Germany and her happy childhood in Amsterdam through the years she and her family spent in hiding from the Nazis…
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Anton Chekhov
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
Chekhov was the son of a liberated Russian serf who mirrored in his writing the world of the rising bourgeoisie in pre-revolutionary Russia. The times were tumultuous and the political issues were...
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Basilica
by R.A. Scotti
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
In this swift, colorful narrative, Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy, and staggering genius.
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Benito Mussolini
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
Mussolini began as a socialist. But the First World War transformed him. He became a leader of disgruntled veterans and a champion of military discipline.
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The Berlin Stories
by Christopher Isherwood
Formats: Digital Download ($11.17)
Christopher Isherwood's dramatized memoirs are prophetic images of a country preparing itself...
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The Death of Manolete
by Barnaby Conrad
Formats: Audio CD ($13.46)
On Thursday, August 28, 1947, in the bull ring at the Spanish town of Linares, a 30-year-old millionaire called Manolete (Manuel Laureano Rodriguez) and a Miura bull named Islero killed each other.
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Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
by Kathryn Lasky
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
Your 21st-century kid will enjoy Elizabeth's "treasonous thoughts" and glimpse the daily life of a young woman who ascended the throne at 25 and went on to rule her country for 45 years.
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England's Rose: A Tribute To Princess Diana
by Diana, Princess of Wales
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
"England`s Rose": She was the engaging and beautiful Princess Bride who captured the imagination of her country and the admiration of the world.
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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century, Volume 1
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
Before radio, the only way a candidate could get his message across to the voters was by criss-crossing the country and speaking directly to the people...
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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century, Volume 2
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
The 20th century has been probably the most well documented century we have ever known.
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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century, Volume 3
Formats: Digital Download ($9.95)
The human voice is an incredible tool: It persuades, it reports and it inspires.
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Greatest Speeches of All Time
by Harry S. Truman
Formats: Audio CD ($12.76) | Digital Download ($9.95)
This is a compilation of highlights of some of the most well-known speeches of modern times, spanning the years of 1940-1987.
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Helsinki Sightseeing Tram Audio Guide
Formats: Digital Download ($5.99)
The 3T tram tour runs in a figure of eight around some of the top tourist sights of Helsinki, Finland. This audio guide supplies an audio commentary for the journey.
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A History of Rome
Formats: Digital Download ($7.99)
Part 1 presents the personalities that dominated the struggle for power in ancient rome...
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The Reformation for Armchair Theologians
by Glen S. Sunshine
Formats: Audio CD ($19.18) | Digital Download ($16.98)
Written by experts but designed for the nonexpert, the Armchair series provides accurate, concise, and witty overviews of some of the most profound moments and theologians in Christian history.
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The Renaissance
by John Pruskin Ph.D.
Formats: Digital Download ($4.99)
Starting from a general view of the economic, cultural and political climate of western Europe, Pruskin then takes us south to where the ideal of the renaissance holds the most sway over our collective imaginations: Italy.
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Royal Courts of Europe
by Sherwin T. Wine
Formats: Digital Download ($4.95)
When Mozart was born, Europe was dominated by wealthy and powerful monarchies, with their kings and aristocrats. What we call 'Classical Music' emerged in the royal courts of these kingdoms.
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Secret Societies
by Sylvia Browne
Formats: Audio CD ($15.16) | Digital Download ($12.32)
Fresh from the success of her book Secrets & Mysteries of the World, Sylvia Browne now reveals the clandestine world of secret societies.
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