Historical Audiobooks

Jack Knight's Brave Flight

Biplanes have been flying the mail in short hops all over the country—during daylight hours, when pilots can see where they’re going. But crashes are still too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the U.S. Air Mail Service. Outraged officials and pilots concoct a daring plan to save the service—a nonstop, coast-to-coast race—to prove that keeping mail in the air is the fastest way to move it across America. But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm threaten the race, Jack Knight steps up. All he has to do is fly all night long. Through a blizzard. Over land he’s never covered. With a nearly empty fuel tank. What could go wrong?

Jill Esbaum (Author), L.J. Ganser (Narrator)

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Jackie & Me

Best-selling author Dan Gutman's Jackie and Me was named a Parent's Choice book. Joe Stoshack has to write a report for school about a famous African-American who contributed to society. Joe chooses to write about legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in the 1940s. Other baseball books by Dan Gutman and available from Recorded Books include: Babe and Me and Honus and Me.

Dan Gutman (Author), Johnny Heller (Narrator)

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Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure

Thirteen-year-old Jacob's life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. His days are brightened by playing in the orphanage mandolin orchestra. When an American benefactor arrives with the promise of a new life in Canada at a farm school, Jacob and his friends are thrilled. But can they trust this man to keep his promises? The children travel by train and by ship, facing illness and prejudice along the way. where a stowaway becomes dangerously sick. Jacob, who has become the orchestra's star player, must overcome his fears and doubts to help his friends and to fulfill his dream to one day play at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York City. Inspired by real events.

Anne Dublin (Author), Steven Vlahos (Narrator)

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Jaguar Stones, Book Two: The End of the World Club

While everyone else is panicking about the so-called end of the Maya calendar, fourteen-year-old Max Murphy has his own problems. He owes a favor to the ancient Maya Lords of Death and now they've called it in. Max has just seven days to bring the long-lost Yellow Jaguar to Xibalba, the cold and watery Maya underworld. Accompanied by his Maya friend Lola, and Lord 6-Dog and Lady Coco-currently inhabiting the bodies of two howler monkeys-Max travels to Spain, where he gets arrested for murder, battles an army of headless phantoms, wakes up in his own coffin, and gate-crashes the wedding of the century . . . which features human sacrifice instead of the usual disco. When his friends go missing in action, Max must run for his life with a pack of hellhounds on his heels. But can Max and Lola deliver the missing Jaguar Stone before the sun sets on their world one last time?

Jon Voelkel, Pamela Voelkel (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator)

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Jake & The Giant (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 2)

NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages! Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids. Big Trouble... Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at the amazing Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world. But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia. Danger strikes as famous Victorian scientists start mysteriously disappearing. When Archie vanishes, too, Jake races to the rescue. With the help of his trusty pet Gryphon, he tracks the kidnapper to his lair, only to come face-to-face with-an angry Norse giant! From the whimsical steampunk oddities of the Invention Convention to wondrous worlds of Norse mythology, join Jake and his friends on a giant-sized adventure full of hair-raising dangers and big laughs!

E.G. Foley (Author), Jamie Du Pont Mackenzie (Narrator)

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Jason's Gold

"We’ve got millions!" the prospectors roared to the throng at Seattles’ docks. "The Klondike is the richest goldfield in the world!" Within moments, the telegraph is humming the news. Within hours, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn is rushing west from New York City with a bad case of Klondike fever. For readers who love a survival story told with bone-chilling authenticity, Will Hobbs has spun a saga of courage, friendship, and endurance set under the northern lights and amidst the actual events of the Klondike gold rush.

Will Hobbs (Author), Boyd Gaines (Narrator)

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Jaxon's Magical Adventure with Black Inventors and Scientists (Just Imagine...What If There Were No

Jaxon's Magical Adventure with Black Inventors and Scientists is the first book in the series, Just Imagine...What If There Were No Black People in the World? This fun children's chapter book that tells the story of Jaxon, a 10-year-old Black boy who discovers and learns about several of the African American inventors and historical figures who have made a positive impact on our everyday lives. Kids experience black history in a magical story that brings history into the present. As educational as it is fun, this juvenile fiction fantasy is a great way for children to learn about the importance of Black scientists, mathematicians, inventors, entrepreneurs, politicians, and much more. Just Imagine... What if There Were No Black People in the World? is a book series written to inspire children to look beyond the norm and tap into their inner genius. It’s there, we just have to help them find it. In this delightful and heartwarming audiobook, inventors pop into the present with distinct voices, music and sound effects to make this already magical adventure into an extraordinary listening experience about black history for kids. Perfect audio book for Black History Month!

Tamara Shiloh (Author), Germaine Hatcher, Leon Nixon, Tre Mosley, Tyra Kennedy (Narrator)

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Jefferson Memorial

The Jefferson Memorial honors Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father and inventor who wrote the Declaration of Independence and helped define the promise of America.

Ellen Garin (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Jefferson's Sons

What does it mean when the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence is your father and also your slave master? Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson's children, but their mother is a slave, so they must keep their father's identity secret. They get special treatment-better work, better shoes, even violin lessons-but they are still slaves. Their father has promised to set them all free when each turns twenty-one. Some of them are light-skinned enough that they will be able to enter white society-and thereby turn their backs on home forever. Others won't have that option. So just what did their father mean when he wrote all men are created equal? Told in three parts from the points of view of three of Jefferson's slaves-Beverly, Madison, and a third boy close to the Hemings family-these engaging and poignant voices shed light on what life was like as one of Thomas Jefferson's invisible offspring.

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Author), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator)

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Jepp, Who Defied the Stars

Fate-is it written in the stars from the moment we are born, or is it a bendable thing that we can shape with our own hands? Jepp of Astraveld needs to know. He left his countryside home on the empty promise of a stranger, only to become a captive in the strange, luxurious prison that is Coudenberg Palace, the royal court of the Spanish infanta. Nobody warned Jepp that, as a court dwarf, daily injustices would become his seemingly unshakeable fate. If the humiliations were his alone, perhaps he could endure them, but it breaks Jepp's heart to see his friend Lia suffer. After Jepp and Lia perform a daring escape from the palace, Jepp is imprisoned again, alone in a cage. Now, spirited across Europe by a kidnapper in a horse-drawn carriage, Jepp is unsure where his unfortunate stars may lead him. Before Jepp can become the master of his own destiny, he will need to prove himself to a brilliant and eccentric new master-a man devoted to uncovering the secrets of the stars-earn the love of a girl brave and true, and unearth the long-buried secrets of his parentage. He will find that beneath the breathtaking cruelty of the world is something else: the persistence of human kindness. Masterfully written, grippingly paced, and inspired by real historical characters, Jepp, Who Defied the Stars is an awe-inspiring story of triumph in the face of unimaginable odds. "Delightful characters, unique setting, and lovely prose. This is historical fiction at its best!"-Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling author of Between Shades of Gray

Katherine Marsh (Author), Paul Michael Garcia, Richard Powers (Narrator)

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Jesse Owens

In this biography of track legend Jesse Owens, readers learn that he was born into a sharecropper's family. The family moves to Cleveland in search of better jobs, and Jesse begins running track while in junior high school there. He immediately begins setting records, and despite the prejudice he faced, he continued his successes through high school, in college, and at the Olympics. He went on to start fitness programs during WWII and won many prestigious awards. He is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time.

Christina Wilsdon (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Jib And The Old Boston Lighthouse:The Tricentennial Celebration

On his first sea adventure, a simple wooden boat named Jib, arrives in the Boston Harbor just in time to celebrate the tricenntenial of the Old Boston Harbor Lighthouse. As the harbor prepares for this historic celebration, Jib meets challenges that help him discover the value of being just a simple wooden boat.

Patrice Hersh (Author), Kevin Stillwell (Narrator)

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