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Anthology of Mythology
Formats: Audio Download ($7.99)
Average Rating:  (5.0 Stars)
Mythology has provided an intellectual foundation for the modern world, and has provided inspiration for story tellers and scientists alike.
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Stiff
by Mary Roach
Formats: MP3 CD ($17.99)
Average Rating:  (4.0 Stars)
An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
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Coal
by Barbara Freese
Formats: MP3 CD ($18.89)
Average Rating: (4.0 Stars)
The fascinating, often surprising story of how a simple black rock altered the course of history...
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The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
by Will Durant
Formats: Audio CD ($19.96) | Audio Cassette ($18.95)
Average Rating: (3.0 Stars)
Best-selling historian and philosopher Will Durant devoted his entire life to studying the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history....
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The Incredible Century
Formats: Audio Download ($19.95)
Average Rating: (3.0 Stars)
Collects great historical speeches from 1900 to 1999.
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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century
Formats: Audio 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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Ancient Egypt
Formats: 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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The Day the Universe Changed
by James Burke
Formats: Audio CD ($15.96) | Audio Cassette ($14.36)
Like a detective solving a mystery, the author traces clues to eight illuminating moments in history when a change in knowledge radically altered humankind's understanding of itself and its world.
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Don't Know Much about Anything
by Kenneth C. Davis
Formats: Audio CD ($19.16)
A compendium of information from more than 250 of the authors "USA Weekend" columns, compiled into a unique question-and-answer audio program.
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
by Thomas L. Friedman
Formats: Audio CD ($18.36)
From a highly acclaimed New York Times correspondent, this first-hand account of the Arab-Israeli conflict illuminates a world fueled by ancient passions. National Book Award winner.
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The Gospel of the Second Coming
by Timothy Freke
Formats: Audio Download ($15.57)
In 2005, a disgruntled archivist at the Vatican Library made contact with revisionist historians Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, claiming that the Vatican was secretly housing a number of unpublished “heretical” Gnostic Christian texts.
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Great Explorers
by David Angus
Formats: Audio CD ($12.78) | Audio Download ($14.38)
From Marco Polo to the astronauts on the Apollo moon missions, here are the stories of nine great adventures and the lives of the men who took part in them.
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Great Inventors and Their Inventions
by David Angus
Formats: Audio CD ($14.38)
From Archimedes to Edison, this fascinating account explores the lives and inventions of nine remarkable men.
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Great Speeches in History
Formats: Audio Download ($9.95)
This audio program offers speeches from a wide variety of thinkers and leaders. You will here important statements made by Philosophers, Religious Leaders, Royalty, Statesman civil rights advocates and more.
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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century, Volume 1
Formats: Audio 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: Audio 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: Audio Download ($9.95)
The human voice is an incredible tool: It persuades, it reports and it inspires.
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Great Speeches Of The 20th Century, Volume 4
Formats: Audio Download ($9.95)
Controversy always dogs an upheaval of the status quo, and the 20th century has brought many upheavals in American society...
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The Greatest Speeches of All-Time Vol. II
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Formats: Audio Download ($9.95)
This is another collection of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times. These are the dramatic words from world leaders that changed the course of history and inspired millions worldwide.
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Henry Kissinger Addresses the UN
by Henry Kissinger
Formats: Audio Download ($2.95)
In his first official appearance as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
by Paul Johnson
Formats: Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($19.95)
In this enlightening and entertaining work, Paul Johnson continues his engaging history series. As he has done in previous books, he approaches the subject of heroism by example.
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The Incredible Century, Vol. I
Formats: Audio Download ($9.95)
Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1900 to 1953.
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The Incredible Century, Vol. II
Formats: Audio Download ($9.95)
Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1953 to 1969.
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The Incredible Century, Vol. III
Formats: Audio Download ($9.95)
Collects Speeches and recorded News accounts from the years 1970 to 1999.
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Inside the Kingdom
by Carmen bin Ladin
Formats: Audio CD ($11.98)
On September 11, 2001, Carmen bin Ladin heard the news that the Twin Towers had been struck....
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