Essays audiobooks

Are We There Yet?

By: Shefa Gold

Narrated by: Shefa Gold

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

It's the perpetual question: Are we there yet? We've probably asked and answered it countless times. But impatience can cloud the real question: Where are we right now? Are We There Yet? shows a way to turn travel into a spiritual practice.From the Gully to the Crossroads--walking, driving, flying--Rabbi Shefa Gold shares her experience and... Read more

Coragem é agir com o coração - Abridged

By: Fred Elboni

Narrated by: Fred Elboni

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

 Como abraçar a vulnerabilidade e ter relações mais honestas e verdadeiras (inclusive com você mesmo).   COR  (coração) +  AGEM  (do verbo agir) =  CORAGEM  (agir com o coração) Coragem não tem nada a ver com pular de paraquedas, falar em público ou enfrentar um adversário poderoso. Experimentamos a verdadeira coragem quando revelamos o que está... Read more

BULLSH!T

By: Jonathan Ancer

Narrated by: Rebecca Davis

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An outrageous miscellany of serious and light-hearted lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tells the tall tale of South Africa. The fibs come thick and fast, like a burst sewerage pipe: Why everything we’ve learnt about Shaka Zulu, ‘Africa’s Napoleon’, is a pack of lies. Back in the darkest of ages (the 1970s!), citizens were told... Read more

The Coming Insurrection

By: The Invisible Committee

Narrated by: Jason McCoy

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Coming Insurrection" is a provocative manifesto penned by the enigmatic collective known as The Invisible Committee, which surfaced in France in 2007. This radical leftist treatise diagnoses contemporary society as deeply afflicted by the malaises of capitalism, alienation, and pervasive surveillance, arguing that the fabric of modern life... Read more

The Archbishop Interviews: Series 1 and 2

By: Justin Welby

Narrated by: Justin Welby, Elif Shafak, Susan Blackmore, Ste...

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Archbishop Justin Welby explores the inner lives of public figures in revealing conversations

Listen now to fascinating and remarkable conversations between The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and leading men and women as they discuss big questions about humankind. This collection is a must-listen for anyone looking to explore life... Read more

Wayfarer

By: Phoebe Smith

Narrated by: Phoebe Smith

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024 'A powerfully delicate book of love, loss and discovery, along paths of emotional understanding and physical wonder.' Raynor Winn On an assignment to walk the most... Read more

The Erich Fromm Reader

By: Erich Fromm

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fromm crossed the boundaries of traditional disciplines to expound his view on the alienation of man in an increasingly technological world." —Newsweek



Erich Fromm's basic idea was to look at the individual as a social being, and to look at society as an ensemble of many individuals who have not only mutual ideas and convictions based on a... Read more

Transient and Strange

By: Nell Greenfieldboyce

Narrated by: Nell Greenfieldboyce

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; she's presented news on the color of dinosaur eggs, ice worms that live on mountaintop glaciers, and signs of life on Venus. In this, her debut book, she delivers a wholly... Read more

Nowhere, Exactly

By: M.G. Vassanji

Narrated by: Raoul Bhaneja

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of Canada's most celebrated writers, two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, comes a thoughtful meditation on what it means to belong in the world.

Home is never a single place, entirely and unequivocally. It is contingent. The abstract "nowhere," then, is the true home.

M.G. Vassanji has been exploring the immigrant experience for... Read more

Harlan Ellison's Watching

By: Harlan Ellison

Narrated by: Luis Moreno

Length: 20 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“An enjoyable, irascible collection” of smart and sometimes-scathing film criticism from a famously candid author (Library Journal).

Everyone’s a critic, especially in the digital age—but no one takes on the movies like multiple award-winning author Harlan Ellison. Renowned both for fiction (A Boy and His Dog) and pop-culture commentary (The... Read more

Una vida sin principios

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: ®bseal voice

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Una vida sin principios es un ensayo que nos traslada las reflexiones y críticas recurrentes de su autor Henry David Thoreau escritor, poeta y filósofo estadounidense. Nos traslada la idea principal de la relación de la economía con la vida, el precio que pagamos para crear riqueza. Dejamos en un segundo plano... Read more

AMLO. El costo de una locura

By: Pablo Hiriart

Narrated by: Jaime Collepardo

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Cuando se dice que el Obradorato es el peor sexenio del México reciente, no se habla desde la ideología, sino desde las cifras: en estos años, México ha perdido 2 billones 520 mil millones de pesos. «Eldestino de los pueblos que renuncian a la razón es siempre el mismo: la tragedia. Ese momento de insensatez colectiva se da cuando los argumentos... Read more

Voyage of the Beagle

By: Charles Darwin

Narrated by: Andrew Jackson

Length: 21 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Voyage of the Beagle" is a renowned travel memoir written by Charles Darwin, chronicling his five-year journey aboard the HMS Beagle, which sailed from 1831 to 1836. The book provides a vivid account of Darwin's experiences, observations, and discoveries during the voyage, particularly focusing on the natural history, geology, and anthropology... Read more

Resa med Charley

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Pascal Wibe

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Från Maine i norr, till Monterey i söder följer vi John Steinbeck på en resa genom USA tillsammans med hans pudel Charley. Året är 1960 och Steinbeck, medveten om att hans liv närmar sig sitt slut, vill återupptäcka sitt hemland en sista gång. Vi får ta del av Steinbecks reflektioner och hans skarpsynta iakttagelser om den amerikanska ensamheten... Read more

G.K. Chestertons Newspaper Columns (Unabridged)

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Jennifer Fong, Curtis Dumont, Stephen Gibbons &...

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive headfirst into the captivating world of G.K. Chesterton with his newspaper columns! This audiobook collection bursts with wit, wisdom, and insightful observations on everything from politics and culture to the quirks of everyday life. Chesterton, a master of paradox and defender of the ordinary, tackles complex issues with a disarming... Read more

On (Unabridged)

By: Hilaire BELLOC

Narrated by: Delphine Davis, James Day, Frederick Guiles & G...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Intrigued by the everyday? Bemused by history? Hilaire Belloc's "On" is a treasure trove of witty essays for the curious mind. Join the prolific writer on a whimsical journey through life's observations. From the profound musings on poetry to the peculiar ponderings on a penny, Belloc's sharp wit and insightful prose illuminate the extraordinary... Read more

Elia; and The Last Essays of Elia (Unabridged)

By: Charles LAMB

Narrated by: Shane Danielsen, Curtis Geraldo, Christopher Ba...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Elia and The Last Essays of Elia are two collections of essays written by Charles Lamb. The essays first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825. They were very popular and were printed in many subsequent editions throughout the nineteenth century. The personal and conversational tone of the essays has charmed many... Read more

The Asteroid Hunter

By: Dante Lauretta

Narrated by: Dante Lauretta & Sir Brian May

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA’s historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the remarkable life story of the mission’s leader, Dr. Dante Lauretta (Sara Seager).

On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space.... Read more

Airplane Mode

By: Shahnaz Habib

Narrated by: Deepa Samuel

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence



The conditions of travel have long been dictated by the color of passports and the color of skin.



The color of one's skin and passport have long dictated the conditions of travel. For Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Habib threads the history... Read more

The Problem of Increasing Human Energy

By: Nikola Tesla

Narrated by: Steve Blofeld

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy," Nikola Tesla embarks on an intellectual voyage that explores the avenues through which human society could augment its collective energy resources for the betterment of mankind. First published in Century Magazine in 1900, this work showcases Tesla's profound ingenuity and his visionary approach to... Read more

Selected Lead Articles from THE DAWN (Unabridged)

By: Louisa Lawson

Narrated by: Phillip Baney, Dennis Utley, Elsie Burton & Sus...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Step back in time and experience Australia's fight for equality through the fiery pen of Louisa Lawson. "Selected Lead Articles from THE DAWN" is an audiobook collection that brings you Lawson's most powerful editorials from her pioneering newspaper. Hear her passionate arguments for women's suffrage, education, and economic independence. ... Read more

G.K. Chestertons Newspaper Columns (Unabridged)

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Roger Hornak, Ward Hill, Adam Smith & Tiffany L...

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dive into the vibrant mind of G.K. Chesterton with his collected newspaper columns. Across these witty and insightful essays, Chesterton tackles everything from the mundane to the momentous, wielding his pen like a rapier to skewer hypocrisy and celebrate the wonders of the ordinary. Prepare to be surprised, delighted, and challenged by his... Read more

Notes from the Henhouse

By: Elspeth Barker

Narrated by: Raffaella Barker

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker—acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.

Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker’s sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse, a... Read more

G.K. Chesterton in America (Unabridged)

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Effie Elliott, Amanda Acton, Cassandra Porter &...

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive headfirst into the roaring twenties with G.K. Chesterton, the brilliant and unorthodox mind behind Father Brown. "G.K. Chesterton in America" is a unique collection of essays penned during the author's travels across the U.S. Prepare to be surprised by his witty observations on everything from skyscrapers to flappers, all delivered in his... Read more