Essays audiobooks

Browsings

By: Michael Dirda

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

From Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary life—the perfect companion for any lover of books.Michael Dirda has been hailed as “the best-read person in America” by the Paris Review and “the best book critic in America” by the New York Observer. In addition to... Read more

Habe Häuschen. Da würden wir leben. - Die wunderbare Welt der Kontaktanzeigen

By: Roger Willemsen

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen & Anke Engelke

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Verpartnerungsprosa": über die wunderbare Welt der Kontaktanzeigen Es gibt eine Literatur neben der Literatur, eine, die auf eigene Weise von dem spricht, was ist, was fehlt, was sein soll, und die aus allen Menschen Autoren macht: die Kontaktanzeige. Hier zeigen sich Menschen unverblümt, hier sagen sie, wie sie selbst sich sehen oder gesehen... Read more

Slice Harvester

By: Colin Atrophy Hagendorf

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Since its arrival on US shores in 1905, pizza has risen from an obscure ethnic food to an iconic symbol of American culture. In August 2009, Colin Hagendorf set out to review every regular slice of pizza in Manhattan, and his blog, Slice Harvester, was born. Two years and nearly 400 slices later, he'd been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the... Read more

Intangiball

By: Lonnie Wheeler

Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Intangiball tracks the progress of the Cincinnati Reds through five years of culture change, beginning with the trades of decorated veterans Adam Dunn and Ken Griffey, Jr. It also draws liberally from such character-conscious clubs as the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, and Tampa Bay Rays. Author,... Read more

This Noble Land

By: James A. Michener

Narrated by: Arthur Addison

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In such modern classics as Chesapeake, Centennial, Hawaii, Alaska, and Texas, James A. Michener proved time and again that his understanding of and love for his country was unparalleled. This Noble Land is Michener’s most personal statement about America, an examination of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine the nation—racial... Read more

Vanity Fair: September 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

FREE EXTRA: Download the audio version of our cover story on Taylor Swift, featuring an exclusive interview with VF.com staff writer Josh Duboff. Download the story here: http://bit.ly/1HE60Av Which TV drama is Swift obsessing over?Who does she look to for guidance?What’s next for the star?In this issue: Editor’s Letter: Graydon Carter’s... Read more

I'm Special

By: Ryan O'Connell

Narrated by: Ryan O'Connell

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW a NETFLIX series entitled Special from Executive Producer JIM PARSONS starring RYAN O‘CONNELL as himself.

From the beloved blogger turned voice of an online generation, an unforgettable and hilarious memoir-meets-manifesto exploring what it means to be a millennial gay man living with cerebral palsy, which VICE calls “a younger, gay version... Read more

El ladrón de cerebros - Abridged

By: Pere Estupinyà

Narrated by: Pere Estupinyà

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escucha ahora esta excitante radiografía de los temas más candentes de la ciencia en la actualidad. La ciencia es la aventura más apasionante que puedas emprender. En El ladrón de cerebros, Pere Estupinyà se infiltra en los principales laboratorios y centros de investigación del mundo con el objetivo de robar el conocimiento de los verdaderos... Read more

Allein unter Juden

By: Tuvia Tenenbom

Narrated by: Stefan Krause

Length: 15 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Ende 2012 erschien Tuvia Tenenboms furioser Reisebericht Allein unter Deutschen, der heftig diskutiert wurde und monatelang auf der Bestsellerliste stand. Nach seiner Deutschland-Tour hat sich Tenenbom 2013 auf Entdeckungsreise durch Israel begeben. Dreißig Jahre nachdem er seine Heimat in Richtung USA verlassen hat, kehrte er, der Sohn eines... Read more

All Dogs Go to Kevin

By: Dr. Jessica Vogelsang

Narrated by: Dr. Jessica Vogelsang

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

All Dogs Go to Kevin is a humorous and touching memoir that will appeal to anyone who has ever loved an animal or lost hours in James Herriot's classic veterinary stories.

You can't always count on people, but you can always count on your dog. No one knows that better than veterinarian Jessica Vogelsang.

With the help of three dogs, Jessica is... Read more

Let's Be Less Stupid

By: Patricia Marx

Narrated by: Patricia Marx

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Former SNL writer and The New Yorker staffer Patty Marx employs the weapon she wields best--not that weapon; Patty believes in gun control. Instead, she uses her sharp-edged humor to tackle the most difficult facet of aging: the mind's decline. From forgetting her brother-in-law's name while he was wearing a nametag to hanging up the phone to... Read more

Red Sox Rhymes

By: Dick Flavin

Narrated by: Dick Flavin & Henry Strozier

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the voice of Fenway Park comes a collection of sixty-four humorous and nostalgic poems celebrating the Boston Red Sox.A commonwealth institution and popular local television personality who is also the announcer, ambassador, and poet laureate for Fenway Park, Dick Flavin has entertained audiences with his incredible poetic talent and... Read more

Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?

By: Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella

Narrated by: Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to, Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?

From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the beach, Lisa and Francesca tackle the quirks, absurdities, and wonders of... Read more

Vanity Fair: August 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to Vanity Fair on the goGet the latest issue as it hits newsstandsBuy a single issue or subscribeVanity 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... Read more

The Tent, the Bucket and Me

By: Emma Kennedy

Narrated by: Emma Kennedy

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

For the 70s child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves.

For Emma... Read more

I Left My Tent in San Francisco

By: Emma Kennedy

Narrated by: Emma Kennedy

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

It's 1989, and Emma and her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept and virtually unemployable, they discover that they can't even get a job in McDonald's.

Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets, they bounce from scrape to scrape, surviving on their wits and the kindness... Read more

The Goshawk

By: T. H. White

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The predecessor to Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, T. H. White’s nature-writing classic, The Goshawk, asks the age-old question: What is it that binds human beings to other animals? White, author of The Once and Future King and Mistress Masham’s Repose, was a young writer who found himself rifling through old handbooks of falconry. A particular... Read more

The Seven Good Years

By: Etgar Keret

Narrated by: Alex Karpovsky

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant, life-affirming, and hilarious memoir from a “genius” (TheNew York Times) and master storyteller. With illustrations by Jason Polan.

The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack. Etgar’s father... Read more

Happily Ali After

By: Ali Wentworth

Narrated by: Ali Wentworth

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“Wentworth spins hilarious tales of parenting, relationships and, yes, getting older.” — PeopleThe actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life—and this time, on a mission of self-improvement—in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Moved by... Read more

Context

By: Cory Doctorow

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the web's most celebrated high-tech culture mavens returns with this second collection of essays and polemics. Discussing complex topics in an accessible manner, Cory Doctorow's visions of a future where artists have full freedom of expression is tempered with his understanding that creators need to benefit from their own creations. From... Read more

Letters to My Grandchildren

By: David Suzuki

Narrated by: David Suzuki

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In this inspiring series of letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki offers grandfatherly advice mixed with stories from his own remarkable life and explores what makes life meaningful. He challenges his grandchildren — and us — to do everything at full tilt. He explains why sports, fishing, feminism, and failure are important; why it is... Read more

Intimacy Idiot

By: Isaac Oliver

Narrated by: Isaac Oliver

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From an award-winning playwright “who splits the difference between David Rakoff and Larry David” (New York magazine)—a “compulsively readable debut” (Time Out New York) of big-hearted, laugh-until-you-can’t-breathe essays, stories, and riffs on finding love and intimacy in New York City.

Since moving to New York a decade ago, award-winning... Read more

I, Justine

By: Justine Ezarik

Narrated by: Justine Ezarik

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A one-woman media phenomenon and a leading YouTube influencer takes readers behind the camera, and deep inside her world.

Justine Ezarik has been tech-obsessed since unboxing her family’s first Apple computer. By sixth grade she had built her first website. A decade later, she became one of the Internet’s first—and most... Read more

Vanity Fair: July 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to Vanity Fair on the goGet the latest issue as it hits newsstandsBuy a single issue or subscribeVanity 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... Read more