Essays audiobooks
Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat
By: Jen Mann
Narrated by: Jen Mann
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Laurie Notaro and Jenny Lawson comes an uproarious and oddly endearing essay collection for anyone trying to survive the holidays in one piece.
When it comes to time-honored holiday traditions, Jen Mann pulls no punches
In this hilariously irreverent collection of essays, Jen Mann, nationally bestselling author of People I Want to... Read more
Land of the Midnight Sun
By: Alexander Armstrong
Narrated by: Alexander Armstrong
Length: 6 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
In an adventure of a lifetime, Alexander Armstrong heads north in to an ever more hostile Arctic winter to explore the farthest reaches of the globe. In an epic journey, he navigates some of the Earth’s toughest terrain, first travelling through the glittering landscape of Scandinavia, then on to the isolated islands of Iceland and Greenland, as... Read more
View audiobookA House of My Own
By: Sandra Cisneros
Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of The House on Mango Street, a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography—an intimate album of a beloved literary legend.
From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico in a... Read more
What to Think About Machines That Think
By: John Brockman
Narrated by: Brett Barry & Lisa Larsen
Length: 14 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today’s most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of “machines that think.”Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Others, conversely, have trumpeted a new age of “superintelligence” in... Read more
View audiobookGot to Give the People What They Want
By: Jalen Rose
Narrated by: Jalen Rose
Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
“I want to start conversations, and even better, arguments.” – From the Introduction
One of the most outspoken and original voices in sports sounds off while revealing his incredible life story.
Jalen Rose has never been quiet. Not as a kid growing up in Detroit in the 70’s and 80’s. Not as the brash, trash-talking leader of the legendary... Read more
The Top of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W. C. Heinz
By: W. C. Heinz
Narrated by: Bill Littlefield
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A pioneer of the long-form sports story, W. C. Heinz wrote with a freshness of perception, a gift for characterization, and a finely tuned ear for dialogue. Here is a first of its kind audio edition of some of his finest work, selected and read by Bill Littlefield (NPR's "Only a Game"), including “Brownsville Bum”—“the greatest magazine sports... Read more
View audiobookVanity Fair: November 2015 Issue - Abridged
By: Vanity Fair
Narrated by: various narrators
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
FREE EXTRA: Download the audio version of our November cover story on Rihanna.In this issue: Editor’s Letter: Graydon Carter’s introduction to the November issue Rihanna opens up about music, sex, and Chris Brown Inside Kelly Rutherford’s custody nightmare Michael Lewis on Tom Wolfe Why some chefs don’t want a Michelin star Plus: Patti Smith,... Read more
View audiobookRescue Road
By: Peter Zheutlin
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
For years, Greg Mahle struggled to keep the last of his family-run restaurants afloat in Ohio. When it finally closed, he was broke and unsure what to do next. Then a stranded van-load of puppies changed his life forever.
Join journalist Peter Zheutlin as he travels with Greg from Ohio to the Gulf Coast on his Rescue Road Trips to bring hard-luck... Read more
My Kitchen Year
By: Ruth Reichl
Narrated by: Ruth Reichl
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Los Angeles Times • NPR • Men’s Journal • BookPage • Booklist • Publishers Weekly
In the fall of 2009, the food world was rocked when Gourmet magazine was abruptly shuttered by its parent company. No one was more stunned by this unexpected turn of events than its beloved... Read more
Cold Harbor to the Crater
By: Gary W. Gallagher & Caroline E. Janney
Narrated by: Barry Press
Length: 12 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Between the end of May and the beginning of August 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee oversaw the transition between the Overland Campaign—a remarkable saga of maneuvering and brutal combat—and what became a grueling siege of Petersburg that many months later compelled Confederates to abandon Richmond. Although... Read more
View audiobookFuriously Happy
By: Jenny Lawson
Narrated by: Jenny Lawson
Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea.
But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.
As Jenny says:
"Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an... Read more
My Southern Journey
By: Rick Bragg
Narrated by: Rick Bragg
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Rick Bragg, comes a poignant and wryly funny collection of essays on life in the South. Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, Bragg explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions’ varied... Read more
View audiobookWhy Not Me?
By: Mindy Kaling
Narrated by: Mindy Kaling, Greg Daniels & B. J. Novak
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life.
“This is Kaling at the height of her power.”—USA Today
In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares... Read more
Yes, My Accent Is Real
By: Kunal Nayyar
Narrated by: Kunal Nayyar
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
In the spirit of Mindy Kaling’s bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? or Judd Apatow’s Sick in the Head, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS’s #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.
Of all the charming misfits on television, there’s no doubt Raj from The Big Bang Theory—the sincere... Read more
Holidays
By: William McInnes
Narrated by: William McInnes
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Written and read by bestselling Australian author and much loved actor, William McInnes, this is a story about our love affair with holidays.
It's about going away and staying at home. It's about the relaxing times you had as a kid, escapes you have with your children and the stories you hear from your friends.
It can be about a romantic sunset,... Read more
Allein unter Deutschen
By: Tuvia Tenenbom
Narrated by: Stefan Krause
Length: 11 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Tuvia Tenenbom, aufgewachsen als Sohn eines Rabbiners in Jerusalem, begibt sich auf Entdeckungsreise durch Deutschland: von Nord nach Süd, von Ost nach West, in die Stadt, aufs Land, in die Kirchen und in die Kneipen. Auf seiner Suche nach der deutschen Identität schreckt er vor keiner Begegnung zurück. Er interviewt Helmut Schmidt, Giovanni di... Read more
View audiobookIrland Sagen und Legenden
By: Patrick Wolfmar
Narrated by: Reinhard Kuhnert
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Die grüne Insel Irland blickt auf eine lange Geschichte zurück. Erste menschliche Spuren stammen aus der Zeit um 8000 v. Chr. Die ersten Kelten, die die irische Kultur bis zur Christianisierung prägen sollten, gelangten um 600 v. Chr. auf die Insel. Aus dem Schatz dieser jahrtausendelangen Geschichte speisen sich Irlands Sagen, Mythen und... Read more
View audiobookFour Seasons in Rome
By: Anthony Doerr
Narrated by: Anthony Doerr
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a "dazzling" (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) memoir about art and adventures in Rome.
Anthony Doerr has received many awards—from the New York Public Library, the National Endowment for the... Read more
All I Know Now
By: Carrie Hope Fletcher
Narrated by: Carrie Hope Fletcher
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The only thing bigger than Carrie Hope Fletcher’s hair is her heart. Eternally upbeat, this twenty-two-year-old dynamo has sung her way to fame, both as Éponine in the London cast of Les Mis, and on her wildly popular YouTube channel, It’s Way Past My Bedtime. But here’s her not-so-secret: This rising star was once a high school misfit.
Carrie’s... Read more
The Book of Roads
By: Phil Cousineau
Narrated by: Donald Corren
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Since graduating from college with a journalism degree, Phil Cousineau's wanderlust has driven him to visit nearly one hundred countries as a backpacker, documentary filmmaker, travel writer, photographer, and art and literary tour leader. For him, travel provides what his mentor Joseph Campbell called "the key to the realm of the muses." Author... Read more
View audiobookVanity Fair: May–August 2015 Issue - Abridged
By: Vanity Fair
Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators
Length: 19 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
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
View audiobookVanity Fair: October 2015 Issue - Abridged
By: Vanity Fair
Narrated by: various narrators
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
FREE EXTRA: Download the audio version of our cover story on Mark Zuckerberg, featuring an exclusive interview with writer Max Chafkin.What it’s like to wear the RiftHow the investment stacks upWhat to expect for the future of virtual realityIn this issue: Editor’s Letter: Graydon Carter’s introduction to the October issueMark Zuckerberg on how... Read more
View audiobookUp in the Old Hotel, and Other Stories
By: Joseph Mitchell
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 28 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Saloon keepers, street preachers, gypsies, steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady, and a ninety-three-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for the New Yorker and in four books—McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon, Old... Read more
View audiobookYou're Making Me Hate You
By: Corey Taylor
Narrated by: Corey Taylor
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of the late great George Carlin, Corey Taylor, the lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour, sounds off in hilarious fashion about the many vagaries of modern life that piss him off.
Whether it's people's rude behavior in restaurants and malls, the many indignities of air travel, eye-searingly terrible fashion choices, dangerously... Read more