High-Quality Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628179 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Combat Swimmer: Memoirs of a Navy SEAL Author: Robert A. Gormly Narrator: Adams Morgan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: November 2, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The US Navy SEALs created a legend that would grow throughout the Vietnam War, earning an enemy bounty to anyone who could capture or kill one. As leader of the SEALs, Captain Robert A. Gormly tells his amazing story, taking us into some of the most hair-raising missions ever assigned. After a career including two tours of duty in Vietnam as well as top-secret missions in the Persian Gulf, Gormly examines war from a strategic point of view as well as from his own personal experience. In his vivid, gut-wrenching descriptions, the Mekong comes alive, as hours of careful stalking explode into incredible fusillades of violence. Candid, balanced, and tough-minded, Combat Swimmer is a fascinating and thrilling look into the life of an extraordinary kind of fighting man.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Florence Nightingale: The Angel of the Crimea Author: Laura E. Richards Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 3, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The name of Florence Nightingale is a household word, but the exact nature and scope of her work, and the difficulties and discouragement under which it was accomplished, are unknown to many in the present generation. This story of that justly beloved woman’s life is told by one whose father was in part responsible for Miss Nightingale’s decision to devote her life to nursing. Written with a rare sympathy and beauty of style, this uplifting account of a noble life will inspire young and old alike.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George Washington: A Biography Author: John Richard Alden Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 7, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This extraordinary one-volume biography vividly portrays the unbreakable link between George Washington and the nation he helped create, defend, and govern. It begins in 1754, when Washington, beginning his military career with the Virginia Regiment, makes the decision to fire the opening shots of war between England and France. Carrying through the darkest winter of the American Revolution, he demands total victory and yields to nothing less. George Washington unified a new country torn by turmoil and would earn the love and respect of his soldiers, his countrymen, and his peers. Rich anecdotes and fascinating historical documents reveal Washington's critical role in the birth of our nation. Alden provides an interesting and well-balanced single volume biography that exemplifies Washington's greatness by highlighting the wisdom and devotion he demonstrated while helping to form this nation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628064 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hearsts: Father and Son Author: William Randolph Hearst Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 1, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The founder of the largest US media empire, William Randolph Hearst, Sr. changed the face of American journalism forever. Hearst, Jr., with coauthor Casserly, tells the family’s story, from the gold-diggings of California to the present Hearst media empire. In a detailed, straight-forward, and earnest manner, the authors examine Hearst Sr.’s notorious brand of journalism, his contentious politics, his devotion to art, his obsession with San Simeon, and his complex love life. They also profile reporters and columnists who became stars of the Hearst newspapers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant Author: J. F. C. Fuller Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 1, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. While there is no doubt that Caesar was an extraordinary man, General Fuller points out that he was more extraordinary for his reckless ambition, matchless daring, and ruthless tyranny than for his skill as a military commander. Caesar continually had to extricate himself from the consequences of his errors in judgment, and his unpremeditated Gallic conquest is just one of Fuller’s many examples. In telling Caesar’s story, Fuller also illuminates a century of Roman history, bringing to life Caesar’s wars, armies, equipment, and methods. Brilliant in design and impressive in scope, Julius Caesar clarifies how the military, political, and economic aspects of the Roman Republic worked together to produce a man whose name has come down to us as a synonym for absolute authority.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wilberforce Author: John Pollock Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 28, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Born in Hull in 1759, William Wilberforce was destined to become one of Britain’s most influential statesmen, having been influenced himself by men like Whitefield, Wesley, and, most of all, John Newton. Chiefly remembered as the reformer who campaigned for the abolition of the slave trade in England, he was at the heart of British politics for over forty years during the inflammatory times of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Wilberforce introduced his first antislave-trade motion in the House of Commons in 1788 with a speech that lasted three-and-a-half-hours, appealing to the dictates of conscience, the principals of justice, and the law of God. The motion was defeated but Wilberforce continued his campaign until the slave trade was abolished and went on to fight against slavery itself right up to his death. Just as he died on July 29, 1833, Wilberforce was informed that Parliament had finally agreed to the emancipation of slaves. Drawing on a vast array of previously unpublished manuscripts, John Pollock faithfully records Wilberforce’s fight as one of the most courageous and vital political battles in history and presents a full picture of the man: “exciting, lovable, delightful, with faults which must have maddened his friends.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hogan Author: Curt Sampson Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 22, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Golf hero Ben Hogan bore a mystique that still captivates golfers: a silent, almost eerie concentration that intimidated his opponents, a presence any politician or actor would envy, and an ability to hit a ball so squarely it sizzled as it left his club. Hogan won four US Opens in six years, three after a near-fatal automobile accident. His injuries limited him to six tournaments in 1953, but he won five. It was arguably the greatest year ever in the history of professional golf. But in the midst of the acclaim, myth distorted and obscured Ben Hogan. No one knew what drove him to practice until his hands bled, or what private demons built the high walls that surrounded him. Here at last is the Hogan no reader has ever encountered. Sampson draws on interviews with fellow golf legends Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead to present an in-depth portrait of a man with bullet-proof confidence and single-mindedness, a man who turned the negatives he encountered into a life of glory and achievement.From the poverty of his youth and the suicide of his father to the failure and conflict that stalked him into middle age, Hogan traces an unforgettable portrait of an amazing man.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth Author: Mohandas K. (mahatma) Gandhi Narrator: Bill Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 16, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A holy man to Hindus, a hero to Muslims, and a criminal to the British, Mohandas K. Gandhi was one of the most influential and inspiring figures of the twentieth century, a man whose quest to live in accord with God’s highest truth led him to initiate massive campaigns against racism, violence, and colonialism. From his youthful rebellion against vegetarianism, to his successful law practice in South Africa, his struggle with his own sexual excesses, and his leadership of the movement to free India from British rule, Gandhi describes the story of his life as a series of spiritual “experiments” and explains how he developed his concept of active nonviolent resistance, which propelled the Indian struggle for independence and inspired countless other nonviolent struggles. In 1999, this book was designated as one of the “100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century” by HarperCollins publishers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/627796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jefferson the Virginian: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 1 Series: #1 of The Jefferson and His Time Series Author: Dumas Malone Narrator: Anna Fields Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 15, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the first volume of distinguished historian Dumas Malone┬É’s Pulitzer Prize–winning six-volume work on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson. Based on vast resources, it covers Jefferson’s ancestry, youth, education, and legal career; his marriage and the building of Monticello; the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Notes on Virginia; his highly controversial governorship; and his early services to the development of the West. This is no mere introduction to the third president of the United States. This is a detailed, elegantly written account of a brilliant political mind and his life in Virginia.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey Author: David Horowitz Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 28, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: David Horowitz was one of the founders of the New Left and an editor of Ramparts, the magazine that set the intellectual and revolutionary tone for the movement. From his vantage point at the center of the action, he populates Radical Son with vivid portraits of people who made the radical decade, while unmaking America at the same time. We are introduced to an aged Bertrand Russell, the world-famous philosopher and godson of John Stuart Mill, who in his nineties became America's scourge. There is Tom Hayden, the radical Everyman who promoted guerrilla warfare in America's cities in the Sixties and became a Democratic state senator when his revolutions failed. We meet Huey Newton, a street hustler and murderer who founded the Black Panthers. A brutal murder committed by the Panthers prompts Horowitz's profound 'second thoughts' that eventually transformed him into an intellectual leader of conservatism and its most prominent activist in Hollywood. Horowitz moved from one set of political convictions to another over the course of thirty years, and here he challenges listeners to consider how they came by their own convictions.