Essays audiobooks

We Are the Middle of Forever

By: Dahr Jamail & Stan Rushworth

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s futureAlthough for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth—countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval—was not apparent... Read more

Escape into Meaning

By: Evan Puschak

Narrated by: Evan Puschak

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Producer, editor, and writer behind the highly addictive, informative, and popular YouTube channel The Nerdwriter, Evan Puschak presents “a brilliant, wide-ranging essay collection that explores meaning and how we make it with the thoughtfulness and open-hearted generosity that have long been hallmarks of Puschak’s writing” (John Green, New York... Read more

Desert Oracle

By: Ken Layne

Narrated by: Ken Layne

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author, Ken Layne, host of the Desert Oracle radio show. It includes an exclusive first listen to a story from Desert Oracle: Volume 2.

The cult-y field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of... Read more

She's Nice Though

By: Mia Mercado

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY • A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK • A NYLON MUST-READ • A FORTUNE NEW BOOK TO READ IN AUGUST“And, at the center of it all, am I actually nice or am I just performing a role I think I’m expected to play?” Mia Mercado is a razor-sharp cultural critic and essayist known for her witty and hilarious dissections of the... Read more

Dispatches from the Gilded Age

By: Julia Reed

Narrated by: Carol Monda

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Dispatches from the Gilded Age is a collection of essays by Julia Reed, one of America’s greatest chroniclers.In the middle of the night on March eleventh, 1980, the phone rang in Julia Reed’s Georgetown dorm. It was her boss at Newsweek, where she was an intern. He told her to get in her car and drive to her alma mater, the Madeira School. Her... Read more

El poder y la república

By: Porfirio Muñoz Ledo

Narrated by: Carlos Álvarez

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“La transformación que experimenta el país desde 2018 ha consolidado la libertad de expresión. Su mayor ganancia es el debate público sobre los grandes temas nacionales; su saldo negativo es la proliferación ilimitada de la injuria, la descalificación y los frutos podridos de la discriminación y el odio.” -Porfirio Muñoz Ledo Desde Morena,... Read more

A Place in the World

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home.

“Personal, warm, and lovely . . . a charming read. The book feels like a warm conversation with your most thoughtful, curious friend.”—Garden &... Read more

The End of Solitude

By: William Deresiewicz

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the Internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? What is the purpose of art, and what can we learn from the past?



These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. In "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education," his viral piece from... Read more

My Family and Other Enemies - Life and travels in Croatia's hinterland (Unabridged)

By: Mary Novakovich

Narrated by: Mary Novakovich

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

My Family and Other Enemies is part travelogue, part memoir that dives into the hinterland of Croatia. Mary Novakovich explores her ongoing relationship with the region of Lika in central Croatia, where her parents were born. 'Lika is little known to most travellers - apart from Plitvice Lakes National Park and the birthplace of Nikola Tesla'... Read more

First Ladies of Running

By: Amby Burfoot

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, millions of women and girls around the world enjoy running and entering races. It wasn't always so:



● In 1961, when Julia Chase edged to the start of a Connecticut 5-miler, officials tried to push her off the road.



● At the 1966 Boston Marathon, Roberta Gibb hid behind a forsythia bush, worried that police might arrest her.



● The next year... Read more

Deshiyathayude Uthkanda - Enthanu Bharatheyatha

By: Shashi Tharoor

Narrated by: P K Vinod

Length: 17 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

ഇന്ത്യയിൽ നാമിന്നു കാണുന്ന പ്രധാന പോരാട്ടം മതത്തിലൂന്നിയ ദേശീയതയും സാംസ്‌കാരികതയിൽ ഊന്നിയ ദേശീയതയും തമ്മിലുള്ളതാണ്. ഇന്ത്യ എന്ന രാജ്യത്തിന്റെ നെടുംതൂണുകളായ ബഹുസ്വരതയും മതേതരത്വവും അട്ടിമറികളുടെ ഭീഷണിയിൽപ്പെട്ടുഴലുന്നു. ഭരണഘടനയെ ചവിട്ടടിയിലാക്കിയും ഐതിഹ്യങ്ങളെ ചരിത്രമാക്കിയും ന്യൂനപക്ഷങ്ങളെ ഭയാശങ്കരാക്കിയും മതാധിഷ്ഠിത ദേശീയത അതിന്റെ കരിനിഴൽ... Read more

Frühstück mit Elefanten

By: Gesa Neitzel

Narrated by: Gesa Neitzel

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Gesa Neitzel wagt sich von Berlin in den Busch. Ihr Ziel: die Ausbildung zur Safari-Rangerin in Afrika. Das bedeutet fast ein Jahr in einfachen Zeltlagern. Ohne Internet, ohne Badezimmer, ohne Türen ? dafür aber mit Zebras, Erdferkeln und Skorpionen. Die Ausbildungsinhalte bestehen aus Fährtenlesen, Überlebenstraining, Schießübungen. Wie schlägt... Read more

Z, la ciudad perdida

By: David Grann

Narrated by: Javier Méndez

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

David Grann reconstruye en esta fascinante novela la misteriosa historia del explorador Percy Fawcett, desaparecido durante la última expedición en busca de El Dorado. Durante siglos, los europeos situaron la legendaria ciudad de El Dorado en la selva más grande y densa del mundo: la del Amazonas. La obsesión por encontrar ese paraíso dejó la... Read more

You Like a Pho? and Other Itchy Feet Travel Tales

By: Sam Letchworth

Narrated by: Sam Letchworth

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered where horse milk vodka comes from? Or how to fight off a mob of Malaysian monkeys? Is it bad luck to wash cow poop off of your shoe? Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient to find the funny but true answers.Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain—embracing... Read more

Chew Tentacle Thoroughly and Other Itchy Feet Travel Tales

By: Sam Letchworth

Narrated by: Sam Letchworth

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered where horse milk vodka comes from? Or how to fight off a mob of Malaysian monkeys? Is it bad luck to wash cow poop off of your shoe? Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient to find the funny but true answers.Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain—embracing... Read more

Life on the Mississippi

By: Rinker Buck

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Audacious…Life on the Mississippi sparkles.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A rich mix of history, reporting, and personal introspection.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch * “Both a travelogue and an engaging history lesson about America’s westward expansion.” —The Christian Science Monitor

The eagerly awaited return of master... Read more

This Is One Way to Dance

By: Sejal Shah

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful meditation on identity and belonging, Sejal Shah explores the tension of being both invisible and hyper-visible in a country that struggles with race. The daughter of immigrants from Indian and Kenya, Shah wrestles with her experiences growing up in—and returning to—western New York, an area of stark racial and socioeconomic... Read more

THE BRETHREN (UNABRIDGED)

By: H. Rider HAGGARD

Narrated by: BRAIN HAYNES

Length: 14 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtful man, and Wulf is the blue eyed warrior. They are both knights of England and they are both in love with their fair cousin. But the riddle of the story is which does Rosamund love?The adventure begins when... Read more

Koshersoul

By: Michael W. Twitty

Narrated by: Michael W. Twitty

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossroads of Jewish and African diaspora cuisine and issues of memory, identity, and food.In Koshersoul, Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the... Read more

Bambi Ate My Yen and Other Itchy Feet Travel Tales

By: Sam Letchworth

Narrated by: Sam Letchworth

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered where horse milk vodka comes from? Or how to fight off a mob of Malaysian monkeys? Is it bad luck to wash cow poop off of your shoe? Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient to find the funny but true answers.Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain—embracing... Read more

حواديت بوابة السعادة

By: محمد حمودة

Narrated by: جمال مرعي

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

كتاب أدب رحلات يبحر بنا في عدة دول، تركيا، لبنان، الصين وغيرهم. يكشف عن مواقف إنسانية بين الكاتب وجنسيات مختلفة، ويقدم نصائح للسفر ومحبيه. "حواديت بوابة السعادة" يعد ثالث أعمال الكاتب في أدب الرحلات بعد كتابيه سفر نامة وتذكرتين سفر. استمع الآن. Read more

No Standing on Toilet and Other Itchy Feet Travel Tales

By: Sam Letchworth

Narrated by: Sam Letchworth

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered where horse milk vodka comes from? Or how to fight off a mob of Malaysian monkeys? Is it bad luck to wash cow poop off of your shoe? Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient to find the funny but true answers.Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain — embracing... Read more

Universo

By: Gerardo Herrera Corral

Narrated by: Gonzalo Benítez

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

La ciencia es la nave y el astrolabio que nos permiten realizar este viaje al origen y descubrir la sutil sinfonía de azares que culmina en el contacto de una neurona con otra. La historia de todas las cosas y de todos nosotros es la historia más grande jamás contada. Este libro es la historia general de todas las cosas: las estrellas, la... Read more

Leer poesía

By: Gabriel Zaid

Narrated by: Noé Velázquez

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

En este volumen, integrado por ensayos breves, concentrados y aleccionadores, Gabriel Zaid enfoca su atención siempre viva, su inteligencia siempre despierta, en poetas individuales, movimientos poéticos y aspectos de la poesía y su peculiar estética. Leer por gusto es el método que propone este libro que habla de poesía como los amigos que... Read more