Essays audiobooks

Funeral for Flaca

By: Emilly G. Prado

Narrated by: Emilly G. Prado

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Funeral for Flaca is an exploration of things lost and found—love, identity, family—and the traumas that transcend bodies, borders, cultures, and generations.Emilly Prado retraces her experience coming of age as a prep-turned-chola-turned-punk in this collection that is one-part memoir-in-essays, and one-part playlist, zigzagging across genres... Read more

당신의 특별한 우울 : 우울증에 걸린 정신과 의사의 치료 일기

By: 린다 개스크

Narrated by: 조예신

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

세상의 모든 우울을 하나로 설명할 수 있을까? 우울은 개인마다 각기 다른 양상으로 펼쳐지는 매우 사적인 것이며, 때론 사회 구성원 전체가 깊은 우울감에 휩싸일 때도 있다. 여기, 당신 자신의 우울과 그 내밀한 속내 이야기에 온 마음을 다해 귀 기울여주는 정신과 의사가 있다. 그는 우울은 함부로 진단하는 것이 아니며, 일반화할 수도 없고, 개개인에 따라 시작점과 진행 경로가 다른 특별한 이야기라고 말한다. 그가 이렇듯 내담자들의 시선과 입장을 우선시할 수 있는 건, 그 자신이 10대 시절부터 우울증과 불안을 주기적으로 경험하며, 이를 극복하기 위해 많은 시행착오를 겪어온 경험자이기 때문이다. 저자 린다 개스크는... Read more

The Grove

By: Ben Dark

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

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'Ben Dark is such a wonderful writer - The Grove drew me in from the first line.' Lia Leendertz

'The Grove is overflowing with delicious nuggets of cultural, social and garden history ­- and I adore Ben Dark's humour and humility in equal measure.' Advolly Richmond

'A heartfelt romp through the wisteria and wilderness of London's... Read more

Essays (Unabridged)

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 21 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Though perhaps most famous for Walden, Henry David Thoreau was also a prolific essayist. Many of his essays touch on subjects similar to his famous book: long walks through nature, things found in moonlight that are invisible and unheard during the day, his preference for wild apples... Read more

The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

By: Stuart Ross

Narrated by: Stuart Ross

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A poignant meditation on mortality from a beloved Canadian poet A writer friend once pointed out that whenever Stuart Ross got close to something heavy and “real” in a poem, a hamburger would inevitably appear for comic relief. In this hybrid essay/memoir/poetic meditation, Ross shoves aside the heaping plate of burgers to wrestle with... Read more

Arrival Stories

By: Amy Schumer & Christy Turlington Burns

Narrated by: Amy Schumer, Christy Turlington Burns, Adenrele...

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide range of women—actors, athletes, academics, CEOs, writers, small-business owners, birth workers, physicians, and activists—share their experiences of becoming mothers in this multifaceted, moving, and revealing collection.

Throughout her difficult pregnancy and following her frightening labor experience, Amy Schumer found camaraderie and... Read more

Recessional

By: David Mamet

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.”The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates.In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks,... Read more

Indoor Cat

By: Laura J. Moss & Lynn Bahr

Narrated by: Stephanie Richardson

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Can an indoor cat live a happy, stimulating, and active life? A veterinarian and a journalist answer this question with a resounding "yes," and offer real-life guidance for opening up your cat's world, even if they stay within the confines of your home. 

There are many myths our culture perpetuates about domestic cats: they live longer indoors,... Read more

Idiots

By: Laura Clery

Narrated by: Laura Clery

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A fresh, hilarious, and relatable collection of essays about everything from motherhood and marriage to sobriety and work-life balance (or imbalance) from the nationally bestselling author of the “honest, complicated” (SheKnows) Idiot.

TRIGGER WARNING: TORN EVERYTHING!

In her first book, Idiot, bestselling author Laura Clery gave us... Read more

In Praise of Good Bookstores

By: Jeff Deutsch

Narrated by: Ako Mitchell

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Ako Mitchell provides an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch—the director of Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookstores, one of the finest bookstores in the... Read more

Ilakkiya munnodigal

By: Thiruppur Krishnan

Narrated by: Thiruppur Krishnan

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

'இலக்கிய முன்னோடிகள்' என்ற இந்நூல் 31 இலக்கியவாதிகளைப் பற்றிய தனித்தனிக் கட்டுரைகளின் தொகுப்பு. கு.அழகிரிசாமி எழுதிய 'நான் கண்ட எழுத்தாளர்கள், அறிஞர் வ.ரா. எழுதிய 'தமிழ்ப் பெரியார்கள்', வையாபுரிப்பிள்ளை எழுதிய'தமிழ்ச் சுடர்மணிகள்'என்று இதே பாணியில் அமைந்த சில நூல்கள் முன்னரே தமிழில் உண்டு. அந்த நூல்களையெல்லாம் படித்து அனுபவித்து வியந்த நான்,... Read more

Relatos reales

By: Javier Cercas

Narrated by: Sergio Zamora & Javier Cercas

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Una recopilación de crónicas misceláneas que nos deja ver la cara más irónica y sagaz de Javier Cercas. Nota, prólogo y La novia perdida leídos por Javier Cercas. «Literatura, pues. Y literatura mestiza. Más: gozosamente mestiza, igual que la de la novela. Porque, si no me engaño, toda buena crónica aspira a participar de una triple condición:... Read more

And a Dog Called Fig

By: Helen Humphreys

Narrated by: Tosca Hopkins

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An artist's solitude is a sacred space, one to be guarded from the chaos of the world, where the sparks of inspiration can be kindled into fires of creation. But within this quiet also lie loneliness, self-doubt, the danger of collapsing too far inward. An artist needs a familiar, a companion with emotional intelligence, innate curiosity, an... Read more

Attention All Shipping

By: Charlie Connelly

Narrated by: Charlie Connelly

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales.
Sitting at home listening to the... Read more

Artículos

By: Mariano José de Larra

Narrated by: Luis Ignacio González

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Los mejores libros jamás escritos Edición de Juan Cano Ballesta, catedrático emérito de literatura española de la Universidad de Virginia En Mariano José de Larra, considerado el primer gran periodista español, conviven una imbatible actitud crítica, heredada de los viejos ilustrados de nuestro país, y el apasionamiento romántico. Pocos aspectos... Read more

Where My Feet Fall

By: Duncan Minshull

Narrated by: Duncan Minshull

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022 Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us across historic ground and inspire new thinking. In this beautiful... Read more

On the Future of Our Educational Institutions

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: John Van Stan

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1869, at the age of twenty-five, the precociously brilliant Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career. Then the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner transformed his sense of purpose. The genius of such... Read more

La ciencia de la pancita chelera

By: Leonora Milán Fe & Alejandra Ortiz Medrano

Narrated by: Diana Huicochea

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Todo lo que siempre quisiste saber sobre tu cuerpo, pero te daba ñáñaras preguntar. ¿Y si te dijéramos que los adorables bebés, tan inocentes en apariencia, son expertos manipuladores desde el vientre? ¿O que en tu cuerpo hay más bacterias y virus que células propias, y que estás mejor así? ¿Te gustaría asomarte al interior de una lágrima y... Read more

Caracas

By: Martín Caparrós

Narrated by: Matías Néspolo

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

"La idea de salir a recorrer -y a contar- las grandes ciudades sudacas se me ocurrió cuando pensé que quería tratar de entender qué es hoy América Latina. Hace mucho que no lo intentamos y, en general, solemos conservar esa imagen rural, ecololó de una región que es, ahora mismo, la más urbana del mundo. Cuatro de cada cinco latinoamericanos... Read more

México

By: Martín Caparrós

Narrated by: Matías Néspolo

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

"La idea de salir a recorrer -y a contar- las grandes ciudades sudacas se me ocurrió cuando pensé que quería tratar de entender qué es hoy América Latina. Hace mucho que no lo intentamos y, en general, solemos conservar esa imagen rural, ecololó de una región que es, ahora mismo, la más urbana del mundo. Cuatro de cada cinco latinoamericanos... Read more

Bogotá

By: Martín Caparrós

Narrated by: Matías Néspolo

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"La idea de salir a recorrer -y a contar- las grandes ciudades sudacas se me ocurrió cuando pensé que quería tratar de entender qué es hoy América Latina. Hace mucho que no lo intentamos y, en general, solemos conservar esa imagen rural, ecololó de una región que es, ahora mismo, la más urbana del mundo. Cuatro de cada cinco latinoamericanos... Read more

La Habana

By: Martín Caparrós

Narrated by: Matías Néspolo

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"La idea de salir a recorrer -y a contar- las grandes ciudades sudacas se me ocurrió cuando pensé que quería tratar de entender qué es hoy América Latina. Hace mucho que no lo intentamos y, en general, solemos conservar esa imagen rural, ecololó de una región que es, ahora mismo, la más urbana del mundo. Cuatro de cada cinco latinoamericanos... Read more

Buenos Aires

By: Martín Caparrós

Narrated by: Matías Néspolo

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"La idea de salir a recorrer -y a contar- las grandes ciudades sudacas se me ocurrió cuando pensé que quería tratar de entender qué es hoy América Latina. Hace mucho que no lo intentamos y, en general, solemos conservar esa imagen rural, ecololó de una región que es, ahora mismo, la más urbana del mundo. Cuatro de cada cinco latinoamericanos... Read more

Deer Hunting with Jesus

By: Joe Bageant

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

By turns tender, incendiary, and seriously funny, this book is a call to arms for fellow progressives with little real understanding of "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks."

Deer Hunting with Jesus is Joe Bageant's report on what he learned when he moved back to his hometown... Read more