Essays audiobooks

Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America

By: Billy Connolly

Narrated by: David Monteath

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic trip across America with much-loved national treasure and comedy legend, Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly has spent much of his life in the United States, where he now lives. It's a country he knows and loves a great deal, but even someone as well-travelled as Billy can always discover new things about such a vast nation. So he's off on the... Read more

Manifeste romantique. Préface à Cromwell

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Pierre-François Garel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Victor Hugo publie en 1827 sa pièce Cromwell qu'il présente comme le premier drame romantique. S'inspirant de l'art théâtral de Shakespaere, il propose une démarche nouvelle débarrassée des conventions passéistes de la tragédie, dont principalement celle de l'unité de temps, de lieu et d'action. Le drame raconte une histoire réelle, les héros... Read more

So Sad Today

By: Melissa Broder

Narrated by: Melissa Broder

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes the darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays that Roxane Gay called "sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous."

Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread... Read more

Ten Prayers That Changed the World

By: Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From time immemorial, prayer has provided comfort in our darkest hours, stirred us to action beyond what we thought possible, and shown us the way through seemingly insurmountable challenges. In this engaging tour of world history, author and historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts takes us on an inspiring tour of ten prayers that played a pivotal role in... Read more

The Breaks of the Game

By: David Halberstam

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

Length: 17 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions.
More than six years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered... Read more

Vanity Fair: April 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Becoming Meryl Streep: how personal tragedy and offscreen battles fueled the multiple Academy Award winner’s breakthrough performancePlus:On the road with the Rolling StonesAl Sharpton on the election and the controversies he can’t shakeSumner Redstone’s last chapterThe F. Scott Fitzgerald of CartooningPlus: Titus Burgess, Elizabeth Barlow... Read more

You're Better Than Me

By: Bonnie McFarlane

Narrated by: Bonnie McFarlane & Alexander Cendese

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of Mindy Kaling, Kelly Oxford, and Sarah Silverman, a compulsively readable and outrageously funny memoir of growing up as a fish out of water, finding your voice, and embracing your inner crazy-person, from popular actress, writer, and comedian Bonnie McFarlane. It took Bonnie McFarlane a lot of time, effort, and tequila to get to... Read more

Vanity Fair: March 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jennifer Garner on the rebound! The actress opens up about men, Ben, and why her kids—not their nanny—are her focus.Plus:The cheating allegations rocking the Bridge worldNew England’s newest prep-school sex scandalThe battle for PicassoLondon’s Great Hatton Garden heist of 2015Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Mapplethorpe, and more!Vanity Fair is a... Read more

Making It Up As I Go Along

By: Marian Keyes

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up as I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian Keyes™ - A bold and brilliant collection of Marian's hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between.

From a guide to breaking up with your hairdresser to entering the fifties-zone, the joys of her nail varnish... Read more

Peace Work

By: Spike Milligan

Narrated by: Spike Milligan

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Peace work, written and read by Spike Milligan.

'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away ...'

The seventh and last volume of Spike Milligan's memoirs sees our hero returning from war and Italy ... but to what?... Read more

Adolf Hitler

By: Spike Milligan

Narrated by: Spike Milligan

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook... Read more

'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?'

By: Spike Milligan

Narrated by: Spike Milligan

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin Presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Rommel? 'Gunner Who?' written and read by Spike Milligan.

'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.''That's how I got in, sir.''Didn't we all.'

The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our... Read more

America the Beautiful

By: Ben Carson, M.D.

Narrated by: Brandon Hirsch

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

What is America becoming? Or, more importantly, what can she be if we reclaim a vision for the things that made her great in the first place?In America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in order to chart a better course for our future. From his personal ascent from inner-city poverty to international medical and... Read more

Vanity Fair: 2016 Hollywood Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Introducing Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue, featuring Elizabeth Banks, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, and more!Plus:Behind the scenes of our star-studded coverFrancis Ford Coppola’s next actThe million-dollar Maltese Falcon mysteryHollywood’s next waveVanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and... Read more

The Road to Little Dribbling

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Nathan Osgood

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A loving and hilarious—if occasionally spiky—valentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter.

Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and... Read more

No Baggage

By: Clara Bensen

Narrated by: Clara Bensen

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

No Baggage is a memoir that will resonate with adventurers and homebodies alike—it’s at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright modern take on the age-old questions: How do you find the courage to explore beyond your comfort zone? Can you love someone without the need for commitment or any expectations for the future?When Clara Bensen... Read more

Open Letter

By: Charb

Narrated by: Dean Olsher

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

An impassioned defense of the freedom of speech, from Stéphane Charbonnier, a journalist murdered for his convictions.

On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: "Charb."

Known by his pen name, Stèphane... Read more

Navel Gazing

By: Michael Ian Black

Narrated by: Michael Ian Black

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Michael Ian Black (author of A Child’s First Book of Trump) delivers a “memorable and funny” (Kirkus Reviews) memoir about confronting his genetic legacy as he hits his forties.

Black pulls no punches in this hilariously honest memoir, a follow-up to the acclaimed You’re Not Doing It Right.... Read more

Vanity Fair: February 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

Don’t mess with Megyn Kelly! Meet Fox News’s brightest star, skillfully skewering G.O.P. windbags, including one Donald Trump. In this Issue:Is Martin Shkreli evil or just misunderstood?Secrets of Hillary’s right-hand womanMurder mystery at the world’s top dog showA dispatch from Brussels, Paris, and a refugee campPlus: Grease, Cecily Strong,... Read more

Vanity Fair: September–December 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 20 hours 44 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

When I Was a Child: A "When I Was a Child I Read Books" Essay

By: Marilynne Robinson

Narrated by: Marilynne Robinson

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

When I Was a Child: A "When I Was a Child I read Books" Essat by Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In When I Was a Child I Read Books she returns to and expands upon the themes... Read more

The Mother Tongue

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells... Read more

Ágilmente

By: Estanislao Bachrach

Narrated by: Estanislao Bachrach

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Estanislao Bachrach es Doctor en biología molecular y explica el funcionamiento del cerebro. A través de ello, da consejos y herramientas para ser más creativos y felices en el trabajo y en la vida.
La neurociencia es clara: el cerebro aprende hasta el último día de vida. La creatividad puede expandirse. Tu mente, mediante la aplicación ... Read more

Vanity Fair: January 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Happy Hunkidays! Get to know Chris Hemsworth, Hollywood’s state-of-the-art movie star, in Vanity Fair’s Holiday Issue cover story.In this issue:Michael Lewis revisits HollywoodJessica Alba on her “Honest” EmpireWilliam Langewiesche on modern slaveryBillionaires battling in the BahamasDispatches from Gabriel García Márquez’s Mexico City and Jan... Read more