Essays audiobooks

Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!

By: Patrick F. McManus

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling outdoor humorist McManus (The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw) bags another in this collection of yarns featuring irascible woodsman Rancid Crabtree, "Phantom of the Woods" Retch Sweeney, boyhood pal Crazy Eddie, and others of McManus's acquaintance. Also meet hunting dog Strange, dog delinquent, whose prey of choice is year-old... Read more

The Atheist’s Guide to Christmas

By: author

Narrated by: Simon Le Bon, Derren Brown & narrator

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Simon Le Bon, Derren Brown, Charlie Brooker, Richard Dawkins, Ben Goldacre, Mitch Benn and more!In this download there are 38 atheist celebrities, comedians, scientists and writers give their funny and serious tips for enjoying the Christmas season. When the Atheist Bus Campaign was first launched, over £150,000, was... Read more

How to Cope with Mitchell and Webb - Abridged

By: David Mitchell & Robert Webb

Narrated by: David Mitchell & Robert Webb

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Read by David Mitchell and Robert Webb the comedy duo tackle various subject matters in a 'How to Cope with…' guide addressing various scenarios, and everyday situations. David Mitchell and Robert Webb tackle various subject matters in a 'How to Cope with…' guide talking you through every day scenarios and situations. The... Read more

The Bear in the Attic

By: Patrick F. McManus

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

With over two million copies of his works in print, Patrick McManus is an accomplished humor author. In The Bear in the Attic, he once again invites listeners to peek into his unique perspectives on life and his favorite topic, the great outdoors. Here listeners are treated to amazingly absurd tales of young male hijinks, camping mishaps and... Read more

I Shudder

By: Paul Rudnick

Narrated by: Paul Rudnick

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

I Shudder is a side-splittingly funny collection of essays from Paul Rudnick, one of America’s preeminent humorists. Rudnick, who writes for The New Yorker and has written the screenplays for the films In and Out, Sister Act, and Addams Family Values, shares his hilarious observations on life in New York City and New Jersey, the perils of show... Read more

The Possibility of Everything

By: Hope Edelman

Narrated by: Hope Edelman

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Motherless Daughters, here is the real-life story of one woman’s search for a cure to her family’s escalating troubles and the leap of faith that took her on a journey to an exotic place and a new state of mind.In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her... Read more

The Guinea Pig Diaries

By: A. J. Jacobs

Narrated by: A. J. Jacobs

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of A.J. Jacobs’s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including “My Outsourced Life,” “The Truth About Nakedness,” and a never-before-published essay.

One man. Ten extraordinary quests.

Bestselling author and human guinea pig A.J. Jacobs puts his life to the test and reports on the surprising and entertaining results. He goes... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Huatulco

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Tobago

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern on Seafood

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Samoa

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Iceland

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Nicaragua

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits China and Andrew Zimmern, Nature's Candy (Foreign Fruits)

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

The Bizarre Truth

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Taiwan

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

I Drink for a Reason

By: David Cross

Narrated by: David Cross

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The star and creative force behind Mr. Show and Arrested Development pens his "first and final book, chronicling his meteoric rise and abysmal fall in the literary world."
After a decade spent in isolation in the Ugandan jungles thinking about stuff, David Cross has written his first book. Known for roles on the small screen such as... Read more

Andrew Zimmern's Pleasant Surprises

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern, Rituals Around the World

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Cuba

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Madrid

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

Official Book Club Selection - Abridged

By: Kathy Griffin

Narrated by: Kathy Griffin

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Official Book Club Selection is Kathy Griffin unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show. (It’s also her big chance to score that coveted book club endorsement she’s always wanted. Are you there, Oprah? It’s me, Kathy.)

Kathy Griffin has won Emmys... Read more

Sporting Gaffes Volume 2

By: Various

Narrated by: John Inverdale & Full Cast

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

John Inverdale presents another hilarious selection of sporting clangers from the BBC archives. Here are some more wonderful giggles, goofs and gaffes that can turn an innocent sports report into a commentator’s nightmare – and a listener’s dream. Live on air, commentators and sports personalities can say the silliest things.Among those caught... Read more