Essays audiobooks
Teoría del viaje
By: Michel Onfray
Narrated by: Eugenio Gómez
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Una brillante hoja de ruta para quienes quieran sentirse viajeros, y no turistas. «Todo viaje es iniciático; de modo parecido, una iniciación no deja de ser un viaje.» Michel Onfray convierte el viajar, uno de los sencillos placeres de la vida, en un estimulante tema de reflexión. Además de ser una invitación a soltar amarras, este libro tiene... Read more
View audiobookMás afuera
By: Jonathan Franzen
Narrated by: Rafael de la Rica Hernández
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Una incisiva colección de ensayos, donde Jonathan Franzen vuelve con renovado vigor a los temas, tanto humanos como literarios, que le han preocupado durante mucho tiempo. Bien sea narrando su violento encuentro con cazadores furtivos en Chipre, bien sea señalando de forma aguda y conmovedora cómo el abuso de las nuevas tecnologías está... Read more
View audiobookOn the Water
By: Guy de la Valdene
Narrated by: Jay Myers
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
On the Water is a gorgeously written collection of essays that all take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the flora and fauna associated with those ecosystems. There are essays about the finer points of tickling rainbow trout in the streams of Normandy, and of eagles and ospreys fishing for bass while barely breaking the surface of... Read more
View audiobookHome Is the Road
By: Diane Glancy
Narrated by: Kyla García
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning Native American literary writer Diane Glancy comes a book about travel, belonging, and home. Travel is not merely a means to bring us from one location to another. "My sense of place is in the moving," Glancy writes. For her the road is home—its own satisfying destination. But the road also makes demands on us: asking us... Read more
View audiobookEssays, First Series
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Narrated by: Kenny Davis
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
"Essays, First Series" is a collection of essays by American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essays explore a variety of topics, including self-reliance, spiritual laws, friendship, and love.In the essay "Self-Reliance," Emerson advocates for the importance of individualism and the rejection of... Read more
View audiobookАдвечным шляхам
By: Ігнат Абдзіраловіч
Narrated by: Людміла Сідарэвіч & Аляксандр Марчанка
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Ідэі аўтара, сфармуляваныя яшчэ ў 1921 г., здольныя патрапіць у самае сэрца чытача – настолькі глыбінныя праблемы беларускай экзыстэнцыі яны закранаюць. Абдзіраловіч разглядае Беларусь як граніцу паміж Усходам і Захадам, а грунтоўнай адзнакай беларускай гісторыі бачыць духоўнае ваганьне паміж Усходам і Захадам. “Нам вельмі падабалася і цягнула... Read more
View audiobook¡Necesito un filósofo!
By: Scott Hershovitz
Narrated by: Guillermo Custodio
Length: 13 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Una aventura divertida e inteligente para abordar las grandes preguntas del universo con ayuda de reputados filósofos... y dos niños pequeños. Los más pequeños son filósofos excepcionales, pues se cuestionan constantemente aquello que los rodea e intentan descifrar el funcionamiento del mundo. Con sus dos hijos Rex y Hank como guías, el profesor... Read more
View audiobookUndercooked
By: Dan Ahdoot
Narrated by: Dan Ahdoot
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
A collection of hilarious essays about how food became one man’s obsession and coping mechanism, and how it came to rule—and sometimes ruin—his relationships, from the Cobra Kai actor, stand-up comic, and host of Food Network’s Raid the Fridge
“When most people say they have an unhealthy relationship with food, they mean they eat too much of it... Read more
This Wide Terraqueous World
By: Laird Hunt
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
In this new collection of nonfiction from the celebrated author of Zorrie, Laird Hunt uses fiction as an inspiration, a tool, even an obsession, employing its methods to get to the heart of experience. The “sizzling” work of Jane Bowles colors his wanderings through Palermo while a London museum trip provokes a consideration of taxidermy’s... Read more
View audiobookRun Britain
By: Nick Butter
Narrated by: Nick Butter
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
In the spring of 2021, as the UK's latest pandemic lockdowns were lifted, Nick Butter set out from the Eden Project to become the fastest person to cover ever mile of Britain's mainland coastline on foot. Battling the most extreme winds Britain had seen in 100 years, days of torrential rain and the unrelenting hills of... Read more
El fuego de la libertad
By: Wolfram Eilenberger
Narrated by: Elsa Veiga
Length: 11 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, SIMONE WEIL, AYN RAND Y HANNAH ARENDT, CUATRO FILÓSOFAS LEGENDARIAS QUE LUCHARON POR NUESTRA LIBERTAD EN TIEMPOS OSCUROS. «Qué manera tan desenfadada, tan gozosa, de escribir sobre filosofía al más alto nivel.»
SWR2 Lesenswert La emocionante historia de cuatro iconos mundiales que diseñaron un mundo nuevo en una época... Read more
Cuestiones candentes
By: Margaret Atwood
Narrated by: Marta Moreno, Isa Puchol, Angi Sansón, Carme Ca...
Length: 19 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Una brillante colección de ensayos que abarca desde la deuda pública hasta la naturaleza de la ciencia ficción y la crisis climática. La galardonada y exitosa autora de El cuento de la criada y Los testamentos ofrece su divertida, erudita, curiosa y asombrosamente clarividente visión del mundo, desde la deuda y la tecnología hasta la crisis... Read more
View audiobookThe Other Family Doctor
By: Karen Fine
Narrated by: Karen Fine
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Calling all animal lovers! A heartwarming memoir about one woman's career as a vet and the unique role pets play in our lives • “Filled with compassion and wisdom, Karen Fine is a healer whose own wounds have deepened her gifts for bringing animals and their people comfort and peace.” —Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul... Read more
View audiobookLetters to a Writer of Color
By: Deepa Anappara & Taymour Soomro
Narrated by: Deepa Anappara, Taymour Soomro & Full Cast
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work
“Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call all at... Read more
33 politische Situationen - lit.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Navid Kermani
Narrated by: Navid Kermani & Sonia Mikich
Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Kaum ein Wort in Deutschland hat solches Gewicht: Der Träger des Friedenspreises des Deutschen Buchhandels Navid Kermani hat sich zu einer der führenden intellektuellen Stimmen seiner Generation entwickelt. Wachsam wie zweifelnd beobachtet er die Gegenwart, berichtet aus Regionen, die nicht im Fokus der Öffentlichkeit stehen, und gibt der... Read more
View audiobookLe Devoir conjugal
By: Fanny Anseaume
Narrated by: Marina VanDyck
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
La vague féministe déferle sur les réseaux sociaux, explose dans le monde du travail et pousse de plus en plus de femmes dans les rues (manifestations, collages...). Mais qu'en est-il de l'intime ? Est-ce que les notions féministes réussissent réellement à pénétrer la solide bulle du couple ? Est-ce que nous parvenons, après #metoo, à construire... Read more
View audiobookLa plata, la espada y la piedra
By: Marie Arana
Narrated by: Malena Rospigliosi Bonilla
Length: 19 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Una lectura necesaria para comprender el tumultuoso pasado de América Latina y la complejidad de su identidad.«Trazar el alma de un continente es una hazaña extraordinaria, y Marie Arana lo hace con precisión académica, rigor moral y elegancia de estilo. Para cualquiera que esté interesado en entender —entenderde verdad— qué es América Latina y... Read more
View audiobook"Wer Angst hat, soll zuhause bleiben!" - Poesie gegen Populismus (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung)
By: Sarah Bosetti
Narrated by: Sarah Bosetti
Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Sarah Bosetti hat einen Weg gefunden, die Demokratie zu retten: mit Poesie gegen Populismus! Wohin man schaut: Weltuntergang. Doch Klimawandel, Krieg und Krisen wären zu meistern, wenn die Menschen ihnen mit ehrlicher Vernunft begegnen würden. Im Kampf gegen Fake News, Diskriminierung und Diskursverschiebung nimmt Sarah Bosetti sich einige der... Read more
View audiobookThey Call Me Weener
By: Trina Machacek
Narrated by: Trina Machacek
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
LIFE IS FULL OF QUESTIONS How do you pour the perfect glass of milk? Why are there Eskimos on the roof of the hospital in Nevada? Why would anyone happily accept being called Weener? Step into the head of Trina Machacek and find the answers to these and a cornucopia of life’s more interesting quandaries. Explore how to exercise in an elevator,... Read more
View audiobookDupins Bretagne - Ein Reiseführer (Ungekürzte Lesung)
By: Jean-Luc Bannalec
Narrated by: Christian Berkel
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Seit über zehn Jahren ermittelt Kommissar Georges Dupin bereits in der Bretagne. Mit jedem neuen Fall verschlägt es ihn an einen anderen faszinierenden Ort dieser so vielfältigen Region. Mit dem Reiseführer Dupins Bretagne stellt Bestsellerautor Jean-Luc Bannalec die Schauplätze und Gegenden seiner Krimireihe vor und führt durch seine... Read more
View audiobookAstrología y Literatura
By: Claudia Aboaf
Narrated by: narrator
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
La amistad entre Jorge Luis Borges y Xul Solar y entre Alejandra Pizarnik y Silvina Ocampo es interpretada en este ensayo experimental a partir de las cartas natales de los escritores, analizadas en sinastría, es decir, estudiadas en relación unas con otras, para revelar la belleza del hacer-con el otro. La autora combina saberes como la... Read more
View audiobookMiracles and Vistas: A Walt Whitman Compendium
By: Walt Whitman
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
“My words itch at your ears till you understand them.”—“Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman There is a reason the words of Walt Whitman have persisted in American literature, in literature at large, for so long. He was not simply a man of his time, not just a writer for the moment. Whitman was a man of the people and a writer of the soul—the souls... Read more
View audiobookGlow in the F*cking Dark
By: Tara Schuster
Narrated by: Tara Schuster
Length: 11 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of the runaway hit Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies shares honest and practical lessons for healing your past and owning your future so you can radiate strength, bravery, and joy when life gets dark.
“A revealing and powerful book that lit me up from the inside out.”—GLENNON DOYLE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed
Tara... Read more
Un bárbaro en París: Textos sobre la cultura francesa
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
Narrated by: Mario Velásquez
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
EL LIBRO QUE CELEBRA LA ENTRADA DEL PREMIO NOBEL MARIO VARGAS LLOSA EN LA ACADEMIA FRANCESA «La literatura francesa fue la mejor y sigue siéndolo. La más osada, la más libre, [...] la que se insubordina a la actualidad, la que regula y administra los sueños de los seres vivos». Los mitos literarios y el dinamismo intelectual en Francia sedujeron... Read more
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