Essays audiobooks

Civilisation (UNABRIDGED)

By: EDWARD CARPENTER

Narrated by: Taylor Wessel, Doris Mcknight, Robert Whitehead...

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicted. Alongside this influential publication (originally published in 1889), are compiled other essays: Modern Science: A Criticism; The Science of the Future: A Forecast; Defence of Criminals: A Criticism of... Read more

G.K. Chesterton in Vanity Fair Magazine (UNABRIDGED)

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Janet Labrie, Claire Hutchison, Amanda Greene &...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of 12 articles/essays that G.K. Chesterton wrote for Vanity Fair magazine in 1920-1921, under the general title “The Next/New Renascence: Thoughts on the Structure of the Future.” Read more

Logbuch der Leidenschaft

By: Marc Bielefeld

Narrated by: Daniel Wandelt

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Von Fernweh und Meersucht: Segelgeschichten zum Träumen und Staunen<br/><br/>Herbe Abenteurer, harte Regatta- und Einhandsegler, einfache Hobbyskipper mit dem ersten eigenen Boot – kaum ein Sport bringt so viele unterschiedliche Charaktere, Altersklassen und Biografien zusammen wie das Segeln. <br/><br/>In seinem neuen... Read more

One Man and His Bike

By: Mike Carter

Narrated by: Mike Carter

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

What would happen if you were cycling to the office and just kept on pedalling?

Needing a change, Mike Carter did just that. Following the Thames to the sea he embarked on an epic 5,000 mile ride around the entire British coastline - the equivalent of London to Calcutta.

He encountered drunken priests, drag queens and... Read more

Crónicas de viaje de Rubén Darío

By: Rubén Darío

Narrated by: Jose Maria de Tavira

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Los diarios de viaje del poeta nicaragüense a finales del siglo XIX. Darío narra la vida en Europa, las revueltas que se están gestando, los paisajes y personajes con quienes se encuentra y la añoranza que siente por su tierra natal. En estas crónicas acompañamos el recorrido de este viajero aventurero desde el barco a España, Italia y Francia. Read more

Abominations

By: Lionel Shriver

Narrated by: Lionel Shriver

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“A rare voice, someone who challenges orthodoxies in the way that many journalists and public intellectuals claim to do but don’t. It is bracing to spend time in the company of such a smart, plain-spoken and unpredictable person.”—Wall Street JournalA striking collection of essays from the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of... Read more

Starry Messenger

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"This engaging, conversational book begs to be read aloud, and who better than its author?... Tyson’s warmth and erudition make him a superb narrator of this excellent, thought-provoking book."- Library Journal

"Like a spaceship traveling the stars, Tyson's voice flows smoothly as he delivers complex topics and positive perspectives on the... Read more

Zuhause in der Eifel - Endlich Eifel, Band 6 (ungekürzt)

By: Stephan Falk & Jeannette Fentroß

Narrated by: Anne Fink

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Leben auf dem Land - jeder kann sich glücklich schätzen, wer sagen kann, "ich bin in der Eifel zuhause". Umgeben von viel Grün, Landschaft und Natur fühlt man sich so manches Mal wie im Urlaub. Die Suche nach Ruhe und Entschleunigung führt Menschen in die Eifel-Region mit ihrer ursprünglichen Umgebung und ihren faszinierenden Weiten. Die Eifel... Read more

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

By: Dom Joly

Narrated by: Dom Joly

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Dom Joly sets off round the world, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone - he's monster hunting.

Ever since he was given a copy of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World for his ninth birthday Dom has been obsessed with the world of cryptozoology - monster hunting - and in Scary Monsters and Super Creeps he heads to six... Read more

Black Voices on Britain

By: Hakim Adi

Narrated by: Damian Lynch, Debra Michaels & Hakim Adi

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people who lived, worked, campaigned and travelled in Britain from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library.

Professor Hakim Adi, shortlisted for the Wolfson history prize, draws on a variety of published... Read more

Into Iraq

By: Michael Palin

Narrated by: Michael Palin

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed. It was a journey of sharp, often brutal contrasts. At one... Read more

Too Far from Home

By: Paul Bowles

Narrated by: Tom Zahner, Raphael Corkhill, Mike Ortego, Cher...

Length: 24 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A striking collection of stories, poems, letters, travel essays, journal entries, excerpts from three novels, and more—including the complete text of The Sheltering Sky—from one of the most revered authors of the twentieth century Read more

Travels

By: Paul Bowles

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill, Mike Ortego & Tom Zahner

Length: 17 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bowles is at his best when writing about places. He can evoke a place with a few sure strokes.” —New York Times“His work is art. At his best, Bowles has no peer.” —TimeTravels is a thrilling anthology of the travel writings of Paul Bowles, author of the era-defining post-war novel The Sheltering Sky. The acclaimed essays in Travel—never before... Read more

Days

By: Paul Bowles

Narrated by: Richard Trinder

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Between 1987 and 1989, Paul Bowles, at the suggestion of a friend, kept a journal to record the daily events of his life. What emerges is not only just a record of the meals, conversations, and health concerns of the author of The Sheltering Sky but also a fascinating look at an artist at work in a new medium. Characterized by a refreshing... Read more

Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue

By: Paul Bowles

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill, Mike Ortego & Tom Zahner

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An engaging collection of travel essays by the author of The Sheltering SkyTheir Heads are Green, Their Hands are Blue deals largely with places in the world that few Westerners have ever heard of, much less seen—places as yet unencumbered by the trappings, luxuries, and corruptions of modern civilization. Bowles is a sympathetic and discerning... Read more

The Search for the Genuine

By: Jim Harrison

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters, The Search for the Genuine is a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison’s essays and journalism—some never before published.New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937–2016) was a writer with a poet’s economy of style and trencherman’s... Read more

Latitudes

By: Alberto Lati

Narrated by: Daniel Cubillo

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Tras recorrer más de 100 países cubriendo los eventos deportivos más importantes del planeta, Alberto Lati sin duda demostrará porqué el futbol es un fenómeno cultural más complejo de lo que imaginamos, al tiempo que contagiará a los lectores el gozo de viajar. A través de las crónicas que conforman este libro, Alberto Lati, uno de los... Read more

Survival of the Richest

By: Douglas Rushkoff

Narrated by: Douglas Rushkoff

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: They want to leave us all behind.Five mysterious billionaires summoned theorist Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive the “Event”: the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of... Read more

Black Folk Could Fly

By: Randall Kenan

Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction.



Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner, Randall Kenan was known for his groundbreaking... Read more

All the Women in My Brain

By: Betty Gilpin

Narrated by: Betty Gilpin

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

A lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, luminous essays from the brain (and voice!) of Emmy Award-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin.

Oh. Hi. *takes six long gulps of water during which you’re like, may I help you?*

My name is Betty. I have depression. I have passion. I have tits the size of... Read more

Blanca Varela: una retórica del horror y la vanidad

By: Martín Horna Romero

Narrated by: Antonio Monroy

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

El género pictórico vanitas o vanidades era un recurso simbólico usado durante el Barroco europeo para considerar como vano o contingente todo logro humano que no tuviese a la divinidad cristiana como fin último. De esta manera, se desestabilizaron rasgos venerados por la sociedad occidental como la belleza, la riqueza, el reconocimiento, el... Read more

Raising Wild

By: Michael P. Branch

Narrated by: David Marantz

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining natural history, humor, and personal narrative, Raising Wild is an intimate exploration of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, the wild and extreme land of high desert caliche and juniper, of pronghorn antelope and mountain lions, where wildfires and snowstorms threaten in equal measure.Michael Branch “earned his whiskers” in the Great Basin... Read more

COVIDOLOGY

By: Paul Iarrobino, Jamison Green, Brenda Culhane, ...

Narrated by: Jason Zenobia

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Iarrobino was compelled to create this new body of work based on his personal experiences navigating the pandemic. Witnessing and learning from others fueled the energy around creating a collection of stories and poems to give meaning to changed lives in a topsy-turvy world.Fifteen literary gems are inside for you to explore how COVID has... Read more

I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn't Like

By: David Carpenter

Narrated by: David Carpenter

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

David Carpenter’s collection of essays explores a city boy’s love of the wild, a passion that has enriched his life from boyhood. At 80, this irrepressible Saskatchewan raconteur examines his intense fascination with predators large and small, and his awe in the face of the variety of creatures that may be out to get us—or who are out to get one... Read more