Paul Johnson Audio Books

Johnson’s history is a reinterpretation of American history.

Paul Johnson's book is a refreshing return to a concept whose time has come once again: the Great Man theory of biography....

Charles Darwin is arguably the most influential scientist of all time. His Origin of Species forever changed our concept of the world's creation...

A perfect gift for your favorite history buff, or for your own collection, this audio set from the acclaimed "Eminent Lives" series is a must for anyone interested in the story of America.

Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime.

Updated with a new final chapter, Modern Times is an incisive account of the seven decades that followed World War I.

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.

From Wellington at Waterloo and Jackson at New Orleans to the new forces of reform emerging by 1830, the U.S. transformed from an ex-colony into a formidable nation and Britain became the first industrial world power.

In the tradition of Paul Johnsons s,, and comes a new book of biographical portraits of the greatest humorists and wits in modern history.

In Socrates: A Man for Our Times, Johnson draws from little-known resources to construct a fascinating account of one of history's greatest thinkers....