History audiobooks
The Souls of Black Folk
by W. E. B. Du BoisThe Souls of Black Folk is one of the early books on sociology written by African American and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Most of the essays are from the author's own life experiences which makes the authenticity of the work much more credible. Du Bois criticizes the view of white race on black who falsely spreads the word on blacks s..
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
by Mary White RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is the first captivity narrative published by a women Mary White Rowlandson, who had to spend one year of her life as captive along with her three children. During King Philip's war a group of Native Indians attacked Lancaster town and captivated about 26 people including Rowlandso..
Democracy in America
by Alexis de TocquevilleWhen Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful observations American society and political system, found in the two volume book he published after his visit, still remain surprisingly relevant today...
The History of the Peloponnesian War
by ThucydidesServing himself as a Military General in the war fought in the Ancient Greece between Sparta and Athens, Thucydides was unbiased while documenting The History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides's unique and well chronologically written historical work enabled him to become The father of the school of political realism...
The History of Herodotus Vol. 1
by HerodotusThe Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. Herodotus traveled extensively around the ancient world, conducting interviews and collecting stories for..
The Wars of the Jews
by Flavius JosephusThe Wars of the Jews is historical work of Jewish history starting with capture of Jerusalem in 164 BC by Antiochus IV Epiphanes to the destruction of it in Jewish–Roman War. The book was written about 75, originally in Josephus's "paternal tongue", probably Aramaic, though this version has not survived. It was later translated into Greek, probably..
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
by Charles MackayScottish poet Charles Mackay's essays on social psychology Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds explores the mass crowd behavior and vulnerable minds to fortune-telling, prophecies, admiration of great thieves. and economic bubbles...
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844
by Friedrich EngelsFriedrich Engels statistically supported essay The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 breaks the popular belief of Industrial revolution of the Victorian England. Engels argues that the Industrial revolution is no way improved the life of labors and in fact worse than the pre-industrial era and other countries peers. The author's arg..