Essays audiobooks

Vanity Fair: November 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hello, Benedict! How England’s accidental sex symbol became America’s newest superhero.Plus:Obama’s exit interviewGraydon Carter on Donald Trump, the Ugly American.The rise and fall of Johnny ManzielScenes from Harlem’s most beloved restaurantInside the Fox News bunkerWarren Beatty, Adwoa Aboah,and much more!Vanity Fair is a cultural filter,... Read more

Allein unter Amerikanern

By: Tuvia Tenenbom

Narrated by: Stefan Krause

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Seit über drei Jahrzehnten lebt Tuvia Tenenbom in New York. Als er sich 2015 für seine neue Großreportage erstmals auf eine Reise quer durch die USA begab, ahnte er nicht, was ihn erwarten würde: Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass die Vereinigten Staaten so völlig anders sind, als ich immer angenommen hatte. Lange Jahre war ich überzeugt, dass ich sie... Read more

The Birth of a Nation

By: Nate Parker

Narrated by: Nate Parker

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film, The Birth of a Nation, surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring Turner’s relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.

Based on astounding events in American history, The Birth of a Nation... Read more

Self and Self-Management

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Catherine Abbott

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett, as always, stands the test of time, though in the case of some of the essays in this eclectic collection, it is well to remember that they were written at the time of the First World War and the... Read more

Soul at the White Heat

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 15 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection of critical and personal essays on the writing life, from National Book Award—winning and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates.“Why do we write?”With this question, Joyce Carol Oates, in this new collection of seminal essays and criticism, begins an imaginative exploration of the writing life and all its attendant... Read more

Based on a True Story

By: Norm Macdonald

Narrated by: Norm Macdonald & Tim O'Halloran

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Driving, wild and hilarious” (The Washington Post), here is the incredible “memoir” of the legendary actor, gambler, raconteur, and Saturday Night Live veteran.

When Norm Macdonald, one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, was approached to write a celebrity memoir, he flatly refused, calling the genre “one... Read more

Ten Restaurants That Changed America

By: Paul Freedman

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

From Delmonico’s to Sylvia’s to Chez Panisse, a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurantsCombining a historian’s rigor with a foodie’s palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects nothing less than the history of America itself.Whether... Read more

Every Day is a Holiday

By: George Mahood

Narrated by: James Elliott

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

”...had me laughing from beginning to end...”“...a strangely mesmerising book..."“...loved the book - funny and engaging...”
George Mahood had a nice, comfortable life: a job, a house, a wife, and three kids. But stuck in the monotony of routine, he felt something was missing. Then he discovered Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. And National Pillow... Read more

Reading the Silver Screen

By: Thomas C. Foster

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film.No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect... Read more

Ethics in the Real World

By: Peter Singer

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation and Practical Ethics, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World,... Read more

I'm Judging You

By: Luvvie Ajayi

Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

*Updated edition includes bonus chapter*

Winner of the 2017 Audie Award for Humor

"A truth-riot of a book!"—Shonda Rhimes

New York Times Bestseller
#1 Washington Post Bestseller
Redbook “20 Books By Women You Must Read this Fall”
GoodHousekeeping.com “17 New Best New Books to Read This Fall”
BookRiot “100 Must-Read Hilarious Books”
Goodreads Choice... Read more

Best. State. Ever.

By: Dave Barry

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, "What the... Read more

Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave

By: Jill Kargman

Narrated by: Jill Kargman

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The star of Bravo’s breakout scripted comedy Odd Mom Out shares her razor-sharp wit and backhanded wisdom in a deeply observed and outrageously funny collection of musings, lists, essays, and outrages.
 
From her unique lingo (things don’t simply frighten her, they “M. Night Shyamalan her out”) to her gimlet-eyed view of narrow-mindedness, to... Read more

Vanity Fair: August–September 2016 Issue

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for the world’s most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the... Read more

Vanity Fair: October 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Exclusive! Bruce Springsteen bares his soul and art in an astonishing new memoir.Plus…William Langewiesche on the Internet’s darkest cornersThe outrageous fortune of Sir Phillip GreenInside a Silicon Valley implosionThe secret architects of celebrity social mediaJordan Barrett, Taraji P. Henson, and more!Vanity Fair is a cultural filter,... Read more

Pets on the Couch

By: Nicholas Dodman

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The pioneering veterinarian and author of the New York Times bestseller The Dog Who Loved Too Much recounts his uniquely entertaining—and poignant—stories of treating animals for all-too-human problems as he reveals his amazing breakthroughs with the new science of One Medicine. The Oliver Sacks of animal brains, Dr. Nicholas Dodman is an... Read more

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

By: Amy Schumer

Narrated by: Amy Schumer

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author

#1 New York Times Bestseller

"Amy Schumer's book will make you love her even more. For a comedian of unbridled (and generally hilarious) causticity, Schumer has written a probing, confessional, unguarded, and, yes, majorly humanizing non-memoir, a book that trades... Read more

Seine Größten Sketche - Abridged

By: Herbert Hisel

Narrated by: Herbert Hisel

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Herbert Hisel war in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren der bekannteste fränkische Humorist. Der Nürnberger startete seine Karriere als Büttenredner und führte viele Jahre durch die Karnevalssitzungen. 1963 veröffentlichte Hisel seine erste Single "Jahrgang 22 / Der Camper" die sofort ein großer Erfolg wurde. Weitere LPs folgten in den 60er Jahren,... Read more

Sully

By: Chesley B. Sullenberger & Jeffrey Zaslow

Narrated by: Chesley B. Sullenberger & Michael McConnohie

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger—the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew.On January 15,... Read more

A Brief History of Vice

By: Robert Evans

Narrated by: Tristan Morris

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, A Brief History of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide. History has never been more fun—or more intoxicating.

Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern... Read more

Hands of Stone

By: Christian Giudice

Narrated by: Ozzie Rodriguez

Length: 14 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of the major motion picture Hands of Stone starring Ana de Armas, Ellen Barkin, Robert De Niro, and Edgar Ramirez. 

Roberto Duran is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest boxer of all time, he held world titles at four different weights and is the only boxer in history to have fought in five different decades. His bouts with... Read more

Vanity Fair: September 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alicia Vikander is our September Issue cover girl: winning an Oscar, falling in love with a co-star, and that's just for starters! Plus: Ingrid Sischy on the shop that defined 80s style The making of Boyz N the Hood Happy hour with French comedian Gad Elmaleh Robert Gottlieb on editing Hollywood's grandest dames The half-century long literary... Read more

The Book of Joe

By: Vincent Price

Narrated by: Victoria Price

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Actor Vincent Price won acclaim for his performances as a menacing villain in dozens of macabre horror films, such as House of Wax. Less well known, though, is Price's lifelong love of animals, especially his fourteen-year-old mutt, Joe. From his wife's passion for poodles to film set encounters with all types of creatures, including goats,... Read more

Housebroken

By: Laurie Notaro

Narrated by: Laurie Notaro

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess-unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team (her husband's not on it). Notaro chronicles her chronic misfortune... Read more