Essays audiobooks
The Kid
By: Ben Bradlee Jr.
Narrated by: Dave Mallow
Length: 35 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for.
Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average.... Read more
Tiger fressen keine Yogis - Abridged
By: Helge Timmerberg
Narrated by: Mathieu Carrière
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Ein Tiger raubte ihm die Hände, die Zunge biss er sich während eines Malariaanfalls selber ab, und sein linkes Auge verlor er bei dem Streit mit einem afghanischen Widerstandskämpfer, den er um zwei Kilo Haschisch bescheißen wollte." So hätte es kommen können. Aber eines kann man Helge Timmerberg nun wirklich nicht nachsagen: er hätte nicht... Read more
View audiobookYou Herd Me!
By: Colin Cowherd
Narrated by: Colin Cowherd
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
There are really two games, the one you see and the one you don't. The way I see it, the best way to use access to both worlds is to illuminate and reveal, not idolize and adore. It's better to be wrong than to be played for a fool. – Colin Cowherd
In this age of billion dollar athletic marketing campaigns, “feel good” philosophy with no... Read more
Philosophical Thoughts
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Length: 2 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more
View audiobookEducation and History
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more
View audiobookSome Everyday Thoughts
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more
View audiobookParis, Paris
By: David Downie
Narrated by: Max Winter
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-├ëlys├®es to the old Montmartre haunts of the... Read more
View audiobookThe Second Chance Dog
By: Jon Katz
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
I had no idea that Frieda would enter my life and alter it in the most profound way, but that' s one of the beautiful things about animals. They change you, and you almost never see it coming." In 2007, a few years after purchasing Bedlam Farm in upstate New York, Jon Katz met Maria Wulf, a quiet, sensitive artist hoping to rekindle her creative... Read more
View audiobookThis Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
By: Ann Patchett
Narrated by: Ann Patchett
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick“I had been so engaged by Ann Patchett’s multifaceted story, so lured in by her confiding voice, that I forgot I was on the job. […] As the best personal essays often do, Patchett’s is a two-way mirror, reflecting both the author and her readers.” — New York Times Book ReviewBlending literature and memoir, New... Read more
View audiobookRob Delaney
By: Rob Delaney
Narrated by: Rob Delaney
Length: 4 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
From a Deadpool 2 fan favorite comes a “hilarious, raw” (Rolling Stone) memoir about love, sex, parenthood, work, substance abuse, and everything else that makes life wonderful and/or horrible.
Rob Delaney is a comedy superstar. But if you’re ever watched him steal scenes as Peter in Deadpool 2, binged his streaming series Catastrophe,... Read more
Dr. J
By: Julius Erving & Karl Taro Greenfeld
Narrated by: Julius Erving
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
“A terrific memoir by a man worthy of one.” — Sports IllustratedAn honest, unflinching self-portrait of the basketball legend whose classy public image as a superstar and a gentleman masked his personal failings and painful losses, which he describes here—from his own point of view—for the very first time.For most of his life, Julius Erving has... Read more
View audiobookVanity Fair: December 2013 Issue - Abridged
By: Vanity Fair
Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators
Length: 5 hours 18 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 audiobookVida y cultura del Siglo XIX
By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Tantos movimientos culturales y sociales determinan un siglo XIX muy denso y desconcertante. La cultura se difunde en el pueblo y produce una serie de conmociones políticas y económicas que nadie habría podido prever con anterioridad. Por todas estas causas el silgo XIX es al mismo tiempo progresista y desconcertante, como podemos ver en esta... Read more
View audiobookPintura del Siglo XX-2º
By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos
Length: 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Ya hemos dicho que nos hemos visto obligados a distinguir dos colecciones de este periodo por la gran cantidad de obras producidas y el número de nuevos estilos puestos en marcha. Sólo hemos pretendido mencionar los más impactantes y mostrar los autores y las obras más conocidas y admiradas de nuestro siglo. Grabado en español ibérico (España). Read more
View audiobookPintura del Siglo XX-1º
By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos
Length: 45 minutes
Abridged: No
La variedad y complejidad de la pintura de este siglo aconseja dividir su presentación en dos series, como hemos hecho en esta colección. Los "fauves", el cubismo, el futurismo, el expresionismo, el dadaísmo, el surrealismo y gran multitud de estilos se enfrentan en este siglo en busca de una originalidad que es el elemento fundamental de su... Read more
View audiobookEscultura del Siglo XX
By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos
Length: 48 minutes
Abridged: No
La agitación socioeconómica provoca una reacción escultórica contra los estilos anteriores dando lugar a un nuevo naturalismo que busca de nuevo su inspiración en el clasicismo renacentista. Rodin es el autor más representativo de este nuevo estilo, pero hay muchos otros autores, como se puede ver en esta breve colección que ahora les... Read more
View audiobookVida y cultura del Siglo XX
By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos
Length: 47 minutes
Abridged: No
La tensión social y económica del siglo XIX desemboca en una dura convulsión política en la Europa del XX, que se manifiesta en dos guerras mundiales que superaron toda la violencia humana conocida hasta entonces. Al mismo tiempo que estas conmociones bélicas, se inician infinidad de movimientos culturales que nadie hubiera podido prever. La... Read more
View audiobookArte del Siglo XIX
By: Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz
Narrated by: Juan Manuel Rollán & Tomás Campos
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Una sensibilidad y una cultura tan explosiva y sorprendente como la de este siglo produce un arte semejante, que pretende fundir todos los hallazgos anteriores de un modo demasiado controvertido. Pese a todos sus descubrimientos particulares, el arte del XIX no consigue un sello de calidad como los siglos anteriores (Renacimiento y Barroco, por... Read more
View audiobookVanity Fair: November 2013 Issue - Abridged
By: Vanity Fair
Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators
Length: 4 hours 8 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 audiobookScotland’s Jesus
By: Frankie Boyle
Narrated by: Angus King
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Reading Scotland's Jesus should be like being called into the living room by your child shouting that they see a little red dot on the head of a TV newscaster, then riding the white hot bullet through the propaganda circuitry of his or her exploding brain. It's a funny book about the news, partly because it was decided that... Read more
View audiobookEnglish and Literature
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more
View audiobookThe Church
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection: C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more
View audiobookThe Art of Writing and the Gifts of Writers
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
Length: 4 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more
View audiobookHow Did All This Happen?
By: John Bishop
Narrated by: John Bishop
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
If you’re a man of a certain age you’ll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a really good idea. With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop was no different when he... Read more
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