Essays audiobooks

Schlafen - Leben, Band 2 (ungekürzt)

By: Theresia Enzensberger

Narrated by: Theresia Enzensberger

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Theresia Enzensberger kann nicht schlafen. Also schreibt sie ein Buch über den Schlaf und folgt dabei den verschiedenen Stadien, die wir in der Nacht durchleben. So beginnt sie in der zähneknirschenden Leichtschlafphase mit einem Essay über die Moralisierung von Schlaf, Traum als politische Metapher und die Folgen allgemeinen Schlafmangels. Fast... Read more

Altern - Leben, Band 1 (ungekürzt)

By: Elke Heidenreich

Narrated by: Elke Heidenreich

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Alle wollen alt werden, niemand will alt sein. Der Widerspruch ist absurd, das Leiden daran real. Wie lernen wir, so gut wie möglich damit zurechtzukommen? Geht das, alt werden und ein erfülltes Leben führen? Mit ihren über 80 Jahren hat sich Elke Heidenreich mit dem Altwerden beschäftigt. Herausgekommen ist dabei ein Buch, wie nur sie es... Read more

Les Dictateurs - Partie I - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Les dictateurs - Partie III - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Les dictateurs - Partie II - Abridged

By: Jacques Bainville

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Qu'elles soient anciennes ou plus récentes, les dictatures, comme le note Jacques Bainville, sont le plus souvent imposées par les circonstances. L'académicien s'intéresse ainsi dans ce volume aux causes qui, à travers l'Histoire, ont permis l'essor des dictatures les plus remarquables, diverses dans leurs formes mais possédant toutes des points... Read more

Harry Would Be So Proud

By: Eric V. Litsky

Narrated by: Eric V. Litsky

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever looked back and pondered about how you became the person you are today? Scattered throughout our lives are snippets of memories, perhaps the warm glow of nostalgia, mixed with the twinge of loss… and if you’re lucky, some of those memories are as hysterically funny and equally heartwarming as this book’s trip down memory lane.In... Read more

I Could Live Here

By: Ellen Barone

Narrated by: Ellen Barone

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Ellen Barone and her husband, Hank, are living a comfortable, creative life when they learn their rented house has sold. With no immediate solution, they hatch a plan to live in Mexico for the length of a visitor visa. They then move to Nicaragua. Then Ecuador …What ensues over the next decade of long-stay travel, as they migrate from one... Read more

Cold Kitchen

By: Caroline Eden

Narrated by: Caroline Eden

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Cold Kitchen written and read by Caroline Eden.

A Financial Times and Observer "best summer read"

'With its union of practicality and magic, a kitchen is a portal offering extended range and providing unlikely paths out of the ordinary. Offering opportunities to cook, imagine and create ways back into other times, other lives... Read more

Cypria

By: Alex Christofi

Narrated by: Alex Christofi

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Cypria written and read by Alex Christofi.

"A brilliant exploration of Cyprus’s long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." — Guardian

"Poetic...Compelling" — New Statesman

One of National Geographic's Summer Reads 2024

Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, at the... Read more

If You Live to 100, You Might As Well Be Happy

By: Rhee Kun Hoo

Narrated by: Tim Lounibos

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This endearing, giftable guidebook by Korean bestseller Dr. Rhee reflects on the wisdom he’s learned during his life: how to forgive, persevere, and stop the rat race, plus the joys of living simply and the power of ordinary happiness. He explores his relationships with his wife, children, and grandchildren, and how to stay whole as your body... Read more

A Black Girl in the Middle

By: Shenequa Golding

Narrated by: Aure Nash

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to simply exist

“At thirty-seven years old I can say Shenequa is a big name and I’m a big, bold woman.”

Shenequa Golding doesn’t aim to speak for all Black women. We’re too vast, too vibrant, and too... Read more

How Would You Like Your Mammoth?

By: Uta Seeburg

Narrated by: Adi Cabral

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Did you know that Egyptians mummified beef ribs for their dearly departed to enjoy in the afterlife? That Roman gladiators were relegated to a vegan diet of grains and beans? That the fast-food hamburger was a result of a postwar, high-efficiency work ethic? This is not a cookbook; instead, How Would You Like Your Mammoth? is a chronological... Read more

На золотих богів

By: Григорій Косинка

Narrated by: Артем Окороков

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Григорія Косинку можна назвати одним із найсамобутніших митців лірико-імпресіоністичної прози початку ХХ ст. У його творчості органічно переплелися імпресіоністичні, реалістичні, експресіоністичні стильові тенденції. Талант Григорія Косинки найяскравіше розвинувся в жанрі новели. У новелі «На золотих богів» відтворюється боротьба за селянську... Read more

Die Erfindung des Essens

By: Tom Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Tom Hillenbrand

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Wovon hängt ab, was wir heute essen? Wer bestimmt, was morgen auf den Tisch kommt? Und woher stammen unsere Leibspeisen eigentlich? Tom Hillenbrand lädt zu einer rasanten Reise durch die kulinarische Geschichte der Welt ein – von den Lagerfeuern vor vielen Tausend Jahren über die Erfindung des Maises bis zum Hamburger der Zukunft. In diesem... Read more

Des Königs NSA

By: Tom Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Tom Hillenbrand

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Kontrolle der Kommunikation, Profiling verdächtiger Personen, Doxxen von Gegnern - lange vor der Existenz des Internets entwickelten Europas Monarchen bereits ausgefeilte Systeme zur Bespitzelung ihrer Untertanen. Vor allem Briefe wurden systematisch erbrochen und gelesen. Ein faszinierender Ausflug in das Ziffernkabinett der Habsburger, das... Read more

The King's NSA

By: Tom Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Tom Hillenbrand

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Monitoring communication, profiling suspicious persons, doxxing one's opponents long before the arrival of the internet, Europe's kings were already devising sophisticated systems for spying on their subjects. Letters, in particular, were systematically opened and read. A fascinating excursion into the Secret Cipher Chancellery of the Habsburgs,... Read more

Bits & Bites - The Invention of Food

By: Tom Hillenbrand

Narrated by: Tom Hillenbrand

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

What determines what we eat today? Who decides what ends up on our dinner tables tomorrow? And what are the real origins of our favorite foods? Tom Hillenbrand takes readers on a fast-paced journey through the culinary history of the world—from the campfires of many thousands of years ago to the invention of corn to the hamburgers of the future.... Read more

Mean Boys

By: Geoffrey Mak

Narrated by: Geoffrey Mak

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Mean Boys written and read by Geoffrey Mak.

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY DEBUTIFUL, LIT HUB, PASTE MAGAZINE, BOOK RIOT, INSIDE HOOK, AND NYLON

"This book is a rare comfort, a companion . . . Makes you say: yes, that is exactly how it is.”—Torrey Peters

A ferocious inquiry into art and desire, style and politics, madness and... Read more

Bite by Bite

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Narrated by: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from natureIn Bite by Bite, poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances—a subtext or... Read more

Puppy Brain

By: Kerry Nichols

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

How do you raise a happy, healthy, and emotionally resilient dog? Full of actionable guidance, Puppy Brain will show you how to create a harmonious, fulfilling relationship with your pet, from Kerry Nichols, founder of Nicholberry Goldens.

Do you want to learn how to help your dog feel safe? Do you dream of owning a dog who enjoys meeting new... Read more

Off the Tracks

By: Pamela Mulloy

Narrated by: Jennifer Wigmore

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad run again in all their glory. Pamela Mulloy has always loved train travel. Whether returning to the... Read more

We Refuse to Be Silent

By: Angela P. Dodson

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The women have something to say. Are you listening?

In this powerful and needed collection, editor Angela P. Dodson brings together the voices of more than thirty-five accomplished women writers on the topic of violence and injustice against Black men. These writers are journalists, authors, scholars, ministers, psychologists, counselors, and... Read more

Sobrevalorado

By: Juan David Arbeláez

Narrated by: Juan David Arbeláez

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Bienvenido a SOBREVALORADO, una obra magistral de Juan David Arbeláez que fusiona el estoicismo, el cinismo, el sarcasmo y el humor negro en un cóctel explosivo de ingenio y reflexión. Inspirándose en la sabiduría atemporal de Marco Aurelio, el emperador filósofo, Arbeláez se embarca en un audaz viaje para despojar a las pretensiones modernas de... Read more

Walden

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Kevin Theis

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of nature and the profound insights of Henry David Thoreau's timeless classic, "Walden," now available as an audiobook.In this captivating work, Thoreau reflects on his two-year experiment of living simply and self-sufficiently in a small cabin near Walden Pond. As you listen, you'll be transported to the... Read more