Essays audiobooks

Get Well Soon

By: Jennifer Wright

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A witty, irreverent tour of history’s worst plagues―from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio―and a celebration of the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn’t stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a... Read more

Pure Heart

By: Troylyn Ball & Bret Witter

Narrated by: Rosemary Benson

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Troylyn Bell and her husband, Charlie, an engineer and real estate investor, had spent their entire lives in Texas. But after a near fatal trip to the emergency room with their mute, wheelchair-bound son Marshall, they admitted the dust and the heat were too dangerous. To save their boys, the Balls cashed out, sold their beloved farm, and moved... Read more

Culinary Reactions

By: Simon Quellen Field

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. In your kitchen you denature proteins, crystallize compounds, react enzymes with substrates, and nurture desired microbial life while suppressing harmful microbes. And unlike in a... Read more

We Should All Be Feminists

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrated by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The highly acclaimed, provocative essay on feminism and sexual politics—from the award-winning author of Americanah

"A call to action, for all people in the world, to undo the gender hierarchy." —Medium

In this personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name—Chimamanda Ngozi... Read more

Insane Clown President

By: Matt Taibbi

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy’s uncertain future, by the country’s most perceptive and fearless political journalist.

In twenty-five pieces from Rolling Stone—plus two original essays—Matt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilization’s very own train wreck,... Read more

The Meaning of Michelle

By: Veronica Chambers

Narrated by: January LaVoy & Prentice Onayemi

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“Whenever I think about Michelle Obama, I think, ‘When I grow up, I want to be just like her. I want to be that intelligent, confident, and comfortable in my own skin’.” ―Roxane Gay

“Even after eight years of watching them daily in the press, the fact that the most powerful man in the world is a Black man is still breathtaking to me. The fact... Read more

Vanity Fair: January 2017 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

J. Law! If there’s one person who can redeem 2016, it’s Jennifer Lawrence.Plus:Graydon Carter on Trump’s implausible victoryInside the Kardashian Paris hotel heistAirBnB’s second actHow Peter Thiel took down GawkerPlus: Keith Richards, Isabella Rossellini, and much more!Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the... Read more

Wer wir waren (ungekürzt)

By: Roger Willemsen

Narrated by: Christian Brückner

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Im Sommer vor seinem Tod arbeitete Roger Willemsen an einem neuen Buch: "Wer wir waren" sollte es heißen. Er sah sich unsere Gegenwart an, als wäre er schon viele Jahre weiter in die Zukunft gereist: Was machen wir gerade mit dieser Welt und unserem Leben? Warum machen wir das? Und warum machen wir es nicht anders, obwohl wir wissen, dass wir so... Read more

The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told

By: Jeff Silverman

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain & Hillary Huber

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

At a 1931 barnstorming exhibition game in Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her name was Jackie Mitchell—"organized baseball's first girl pitcher." On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax made baseball history by pitching his fourth perfect game. In July 1970, a... Read more

The Selfishness of Others

By: Kristin Dombek

Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

They’re among us, but they are not like us. They manipulate, lie, cheat, and steal. They are irresistibly charming and accomplished, appearing to live in a radiance beyond what we are capable of. But narcissists are empty. No one knows exactly what everyone else is full of—some kind of a soul, or personhood—but whatever it is, experts agree that... Read more

The Art of War

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Dating back to the 5th century B.C.,The Art of War is an ancient Chinese text on military strategy whose teachings have become very influential and popular in the west. Though authorship is attributed to Sun Tzu (Master Sun), many scholars believe the bulk of the text was written by his descendant Sun Bin, who lived some hundred years later. Its... Read more

The Souls of Black Folk

By: W. E.B. DuBois

Narrated by: Rodney Gardiner

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A cornerstone of African-American literary history, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work by W. E. B. Du Bois. Originally published in 1903, it contains many essays on race and equality, but is also a piece of seminal history as laying the groundwork for the field of sociology. Some of the essays in the novel were even previously published... Read more

The Big Empty

By: Norman Mailer & John Buffalo Mailer

Narrated by: John Buffalo Mailer & Stephen Mailer

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“Questions are posed,” writes Norman Mailer, “in the hope they will open into richer insights, which in turn will bring forth sharper questions.” In this series of conversations, John Buffalo Mailer, 27, poses a series of questions to his father, challenging the reflections and insights of the man who has dominated and defined much of American... Read more

Mind of an Outlaw

By: Norman Mailer

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 22 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Norman Mailer was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century American letters and an acknowledged master of the essay. Mind of an Outlaw, the first posthumous publication from this outsize literary icon, collects Mailer’s most important and representative work in the form that many rank as his most electrifying.As America’s foremost public... Read more

How to Drink like a Billionaire

By: Mark Oldman

Narrated by: Mark Oldman

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to know the mysteries of how the one percent drink? Mark Oldman, one of America’s most popular wine experts, demystifies the secrets of the wine world, so you can drink, enjoy, and savor wine better—and cheaper.Mark Oldman imparts his vast knowledge of wines into this easy-to-read, humorous guide, complete with in-depth how-tos on... Read more

Alanatomy

By: Alan Carr

Narrated by: Alan Carr

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Alanatomy. Written and read by Alan Carr.

It must seem strange to you that I've called a book Alanatomy.

For anyone who has taken the time to see my stand-up performances or watched my chat show, 'Chattyman', knows that my body has hardly been kind to me - in fact there've been... Read more

Frantumaglia

By: Elena Ferrante

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The writer known as Elena Ferrante has taken pains to hide her identity in the hope that readers would focus on her body of work. But in this volume, she invites us into her workshop and offers a glimpse into the drawers of her writing desk—those drawers from which emerged her three early standalone novels and the four installments of the... Read more

Thanks for the Money

By: Joel McHale

Narrated by: Joel McHale

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From actor and comedian Joel McHale comes the most important celebrity-penned book of this, or any, generation – Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be.
 
Part shocking tell-all memoir, part aspirational how-to guide, and mostly all book, this one-of-a-kind tome is required reading for anyone who... Read more

A Lowcountry Heart

By: Pat Conroy

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Final words and heartfelt remembrances from bestselling author Pat Conroy take center stage in this winning nonfiction collection, supplemented by touching pieces from Conroy’s many friends.

This new volume of Pat Conroy’s nonfiction brings together some of the most charming interviews, magazine articles, speeches, and letters from his long... Read more

Canada

By: Mike Myers

Narrated by: Mike Myers

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time. But as he says: "no description of me is truly complete without saying I'm a Canadian." He... Read more

The Distracted Mind

By: Larry D. Rosen & Adam Gazzaley

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Distracted Mind leading psychologist Larry Rosen, and pioneering neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley, explain why our minds have become addicted to email, text messages, virtual worlds and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Through compelling true stories and scientific research, they show how digital distractions affect every aspect of... Read more

Hungry Heart

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Jennifer Weiner

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"Generous and entertaining." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay * Nominated for “Best Memoir & Autobiography” by Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 * Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post

"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to read it again." —TheSkimm

“I'm... Read more

You Gotta Want It

By: Jake Paul

Narrated by: Jake Paul

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this extremely positive, motivational, and often laugh-out-loud memoir, Jake Paul pauses long enough from his supercharged day-to-day as a nineteen year old social media heartthrob and costar on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark to share his takes on life, love, fame, and shooting for the moon.

Growing up as a regular kid in Ohio, Jake... Read more

You Can't Touch My Hair

By: Phoebe Robinson

Narrated by: Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams & John Hodgman

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • "A must-read…Phoebe Robinson discusses race and feminism in such a funny, real, and specific way, it penetrates your brain and stays with you." –Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad City

A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from upcoming comedy superstar and 2 Dope... Read more