Essays audiobooks

Every Day in Tuscany

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Frances Mayes

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
 
Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in... Read more

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

By: David Grann

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Acclaimed New Yorker writer and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Grann offers a collection of spellbinding narrative journalism.

Whether he’s reporting on the infiltration of the murderous Aryan Brotherhood into the U.S. prison system, tracking down a chameleon con artist in Europe, or riding in a cyclone- tossed... Read more

NPR Classic Driveway Moments

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Presented together for the first time, here are the very first, and very best, definitive listener favorites that came to be known as Driveway Moments: the classic, spellbinding stories that keep getting better with repeated listening, selected from the National Public Radio archives. These tales were first heard on Morning Edition, All Things... Read more

Love Is the Best Medicine

By: Dr. Nick Trout

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A book guaranteed to touch anyone who has ever had a beloved pet… 
 
   From instant New York Times bestseller, Dr. Nick Trout comes another touching and heartfelt story from the front lines of veterinary medicine—the story of two dogs who forever changed the way he thought about life, death, fate and love.

   Helen is an older cocker spaniel found... Read more

Augsburger Sagen und Legenden

By: Marco Kirchner

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Hätt' ich Venedigs Macht und Augsburger Pracht, Nürnberger Witz, Straßburger Geschütz und Ulmer Geld, wär' ich der Reichste in der Welt. Dieses Sprichwort aus dem 16. Jahrhundert schwärmt von der Stadt Augsburg. Zwischen Lech und Wertach gelegen, war Augsburg schon immer eine Stadt der Superlative. Im Jahr 15 v. Chr. unter Kaiser Augustus als... Read more

My Footprint

By: Jeff Garlin

Narrated by: Jeff Garlin

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeff Garlin shares his hysterical and eye-opening journey to reduce his waistline and his carbon footprint during the production of the seventh season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm

Jeff Garlin has dedicated the filming of an entire season of Curb Your Enthusiasm to completely making over his lifestyle in two major ways—by lightening his physical... Read more

Konstanzer Sagen und Legenden

By: Christine Giersberg

Narrated by: Mathias Bauer

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Konstanz am Bodensee ist eine reizvolle, weltoffene, historische Stadt. Die Landschaft und der Blick über den See bis zu den Voralpen begeistern jährlich tausende Besucher. Die Konstanzer sind zu recht stolz auf ihre Stadt und ihre abwechslungsreiche Geschichte. Im ersten Jahrhundert v. Chr. siedelten Kelten im Gebiet der heutigen Niederburg;... Read more

The Routes of Man

By: Ted Conover

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the hopes and fears of those who travel them. With his marvelous eye for detail and his contagious enthusiasm, Ted Conover explores... Read more

The Tree Where Man Was Born

By: Peter Matthiessen

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic volume, Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully and magically portrays the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years: the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator... Read more

Making Rounds with Oscar

By: David Dosa

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

An otherwise ordinary cat—he’d sooner give you his back or a sideways glance than curl up on your lap—Oscar has the uncanny ability to predict when people are about to die. Adopted by staff members at Steere House nursing home when he was a kitten, the three-year-old tabby has presided over the deaths of more than twenty-five nursing home... Read more

The Professor and Other Writings

By: Terry Castle

Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“[Terry Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today.” —Susan Sontag From one of America’s most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes The Professor and Other Writings: a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the... Read more

Out of the Frying Pan - Abridged

By: Keith Floyd

Narrated by: Keith Floyd

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Keith Floyd’s exuberant personality, as much as his cooking skills, has made him a favourite both as bestselling author and as television presenter. But here, for the first time, he tells his own story – and it is full of surprises. An idiosyncratic, splendid autobiography of a well known personality, and the discovery of a writing... Read more

Intellectuals and Society

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This title offers a withering and clear-eyed critique about—but not for—intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large.The thesis ofIntellectuals and Societystates that the influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by... Read more

Java

By: Sage Lewis

Narrated by: Sage Lewis

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

How do we find and keep our balance in a life that sometimes spins us off our center? Sage and Java weave a beautiful web of love in this story of trials, tribulations and triumphs. For anyone who's ever had a challenge themselves, or worked with a challenging animal (or human), this book is a gift.EPILOGUE: Sometimes I still get frustrated... Read more

The Last American Man - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrated by: Patricia Kalember

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unforgettable look at a truly pioneering, but thoroughly modern, American hero.Finalist for the National Book Award 2002In this rousing examination of contemporary American male identity, acclaimed author and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway. In 1977, at the age of seventeen, Conway left his... Read more

Saving Cinnamon

By: Christine Sullivan

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of the war in Afghanistan, Saving Cinnamon chronicles the love story of Navy Reservist Mark Feffer and a stray puppy he bonded with while stationed outside of Kandahar. When Mark is about to return stateside, he decides to adopt Cinnamon and sets up her transport back to the United States. But the unthinkable happens:... Read more

It's Just Like I Told You - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The compilation audiobook featuring Tom Bodett's most beloved stories. Read more

Stuttgarter Sagen und Legenden

By: Katharina Hammann & Kristina Hammann

Narrated by: Michael Nowack

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Gründungszeit der heutigen Großstadt geht zurück ins Jahr 945. Herzog Liudolf von Schwaben errichtete am Neckar ein Pferdegestüt, den Stutengarten, von dessen Name sichoffenbar auch das heutige Stuttgart ableitet. Im Laufe der Zeit erblühte der Stutengarten und gedieh seinem Besitzer, dem Herzog Luitolf von Schwaben, zu großem Vorteil.... Read more

Return of the Primitive

By: Ayn Rand & Peter Schwartz

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1960s and early ’70s, the most prominent, vocal cultural movement was the New Left: a movement that condemned America and everything it stood for: individualism, material wealth, science, technology, capitalism.While the New Left achieved limited political success, it brought about vast cultural changes that remain with us to this day.... Read more

Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog

By: Lisa Scottoline

Narrated by: Lisa Scottoline

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A hilarious collection of stories from the life of The New York Times bestselling author of Look Again

At last, together in one collection, are Lisa Scottoline's wildly popular Philadelphia Inquirer columns. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show the humorous side of life from a woman's perspective. The Sunday column... Read more

David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

If you were lucky enough to have caught a performance on David Sedaris's most recent sold-out, 34-city tour, you already know that David Sedaris Live For Your Listening Pleasure is a must-have album! If you didn't hear it live and in person, then you're in for a treat-hilarious brand-new recordings from performances in Denver, New York, Durham,... Read more

Practicing History

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Master historian Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a unique way and draws lessons from what she sees. This accessible introduction to the subject of history offers striking insights into American's past and present, trenchant observations on the international scene, and thoughtful pieces on the historian's role. History should not just be a... Read more

Rubber Legs and White-Tail Hairs

By: Patrick F. McManus

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

America’s most hilarious sportsman returns with this collection of insights about youth, the great outdoors, and the philosophy of fileting fish. When bestselling author Patrick McManus looks at a subject, you’re sure to come away with an outrageously new perspective.

In “Muldoon in Love” McManus examines how third-grade crushes can have a... Read more

Changing My Mind

By: Zadie Smith

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"[These essays] reflect a lively, unselfconscious, rigorous, erudite, and earnestly open mind that's busy refining its view of life, literature, and a great deal in between." —Los Angeles Times

Split into five sections--Reading, Being, Seeing, Feeling, and Remembering--Changing My Mind finds Zadie Smith casting an acute eye over material both... Read more