Essays audiobooks
Sieben Quadratmeter Glück
By: Marion Hahnfeldt
Narrated by: Lena Drieschner
Length: 4 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Weil weniger so viel mehr bedeuten kann: Minimalistisch leben im Wohnmobil<br/><br/>Mein Haus, mein Auto, mein Boot – wer hat, der kann, und wer nichts hat, zieht in den Caravan? Das mag früher so gewesen sein, und noch immer ist das Leben in einem Wohnwagen eher ungewöhnlich und verhältnismäßig günstig.<br/>Doch die Idee von... Read more
View audiobookDon't Be a Soyboy!
By: Liam Schwartz
Narrated by: Jason Belvill
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
What's the Biggest Threat to American Society? It's an Infection like none other: Soyboys. A Generation of Limp Wristed Beta Males has corrupted our American Society, lowered the Birthrate for Western Civilizations and is causing mass migration. No Woman Wants a Boy, much Less a SoyBoy. In this Book, you'll understand why Soy is lowering male... Read more
View audiobookSu cuerpo dejarán. Una invitación a repensar los cuidados, los trabajos invisibilizados y las dinámicas familiares
By: Alejandra Eme Vázquez
Narrated by: Lina Franco
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Su cuerpo dejarán es un ensayo escrito desde la experiencia directa de cuidados remunerados en el ámbito familiar, que tiene como propósito establecer un diálogo horizontal con las lectoras y los lectores sobre la precarización del trabajo, la vejez [propia y ajena], el espacio doméstico, las políticas de lo familiar y todas las dinámicas que se... Read more
View audiobookGoodbye, Again
By: Jonny Sun
Narrated by: Jonny Sun
Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
The wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too gives us a collection of touching and hilarious personal essays, stories, poems—covering topics such as mental health, happiness, and what it means to belong.Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other writings in his unique, funny, and heartfelt style. The... Read more
View audiobookCook, Eat, Repeat
By: Nigella Lawson
Narrated by: Nigella Lawson
Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
“Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning, and beauty…More than just a mantra, ‘cook, eat, repeat’ is the story of my life.”
Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about... Read more
The Salt Path
By: Raynor Winn
Narrated by: Raynor Winn
Length: 9 hours
Abridged: No
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING GILLIAN ANDERSON AND JASON ISAACS
"Polished, poignant... an inspiring story of true love."—Entertainment Weekly
A BEST BOOK OF 2019, NPR's Book Concierge
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD
OVER 400,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey... Read more
Es muss schreien, es muss brennen (Ungekürzt)
By: Leslie Jamison
Narrated by: Bettina Hoppe
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Leslie Jamison erkundet die Tiefe von Verlangen, Intimität und Obsession und testet dabei auch die Grenzen ihrer eigenen Offenheit und ihres Mitgefühls für andere aus. Wie kann man empathisch über menschliche Erfahrung schreiben, ohne die kritische Distanz zu verlieren? Wie das Beteiligtsein verarbeiten, ohne der Selbstbezogenheit zu erliegen?... Read more
View audiobookDifferent Essays
By: Charles Pinwill
Narrated by: Mike Cooper
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
These are easily the most challenging essays on the planet. Pinwill is an original conceptual thinker with a dry sense of humor and turn of phrase. Whether its politics, national economics, history, theology or money his writing all comes from somewhere different. You’ll need to buy his essays to discover whether you love or hate them. He has... Read more
View audiobookFinding 42: Cut The Rope
By: Benny Mailman
Narrated by: Adam Trupp
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Finding 42, at its core, is an amazing adventure series that will thrust you into the adventurous and magical world of Benny Mailman as he breaks from a forced reality and creates his own. Humor is the air Benny breathes, and insight is his exhale At all times you will either be intrigued, laughing, or making notes in the margins. Your heart... Read more
View audiobookLos niños perdidos
By: Valeria Luiselli
Narrated by: Elvira Liceaga
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
«¿Por qué viniste a los Estados Unidos? Ésa es la primera pregunta del cuestionario de admisión para los niños indocumentados que cruzan solos la frontera». A partir de su trabajo como traductora para la defensa de niños migrantes en la corte migratoria de Nueva York, Valeria Luiselli pudo conocer de primera mano el enredado proceso legal del... Read more
View audiobookDie Selbstgerechten
By: Wagenknecht Sahra
Narrated by: Viola Müller
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Urban, divers, kosmopolitisch, individualistisch – links ist für viele heute vor allem eine Lifestylefrage. Politische Konzepte für sozialen Zusammenhalt bleiben auf der Strecke, genauso wie schlecht verdienende Frauen, arme Zuwandererkinder, ausgebeutete Leiharbeiter und große Teile der Mittelschicht. Ob in den USA oder Europa: Wer sich auf... Read more
View audiobookAnd We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again
By: Ilan Stavans
Narrated by: Raechel Wong
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
As our world is transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, writers offer a powerful antidote to the fearful confines of isolation: a window onto lives and corners of the world beyond our own. In Mauritius, a journalist contends with denialism and mourns the last days of summer, lost to the lockdown. In Paris, a writer struggles to protect his... Read more
View audiobookDid I Say That Out Loud?
By: Kristin van Ogtrop
Narrated by: Kristin van Ogtrop
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
From the former editor-in-chief of Real Simple, enjoy this hilarious and deeply insightful take on the indignities of middle age and how to weather them with grace: "A pure pleasure to read" (Cathi Hanauer, author of Gone).
Do you hate the term “middle age?” So does Kristin van Ogtrop, who is still trying to come up with a less annoying way to... Read more
El enigma de Colón y los descubrimientos de América
By: Juan Eslava Galán
Narrated by: Salvador Serrano
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Juan Eslava Galán nos ofrece en este audiolibro un nuevo acercamiento a uno de los personajes más legendarios y enigmáticos de la Historia, Cristóbal Colón. Reflexiones que nos aproximarán a sus orígenes, cómo fueron verdaderamente sus relaciones con otros grandes personajes contemporáneos, cómo fueron sus exploraciones y cómo termina su propia... Read more
View audiobookThe Discourses of Epictetus
By: Epictetus
Narrated by: Robin Homer
Length: 13 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Epictetus was born a slave but at an early age developed a passion for philosophy and with the permission of his master he studied under Musonius Rufus. He obtained his freedom sometime after the death of Nero in 68 AD and later began teaching in Rome until his banishment from the city around 93 AD, after which he travelled to Nicopolis in... Read more
View audiobookLa mochila que ríe
By: David Cerrone
Narrated by: Mario Rios
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
La mochila que ríe cuenta con humildad, sencillez y humor los 366 días de andanzas por el mundo de un profesor-actor francoitaliano que decidió abandonar su trabajo en Nueva York para cumplir un sueño. De Estocolmo a París, pasando por los cinco continentes y viviendo en 18 países, David investigó la esencia de la risa y del humor universal con... Read more
View audiobookMarcher sur un Lego et autres raisons d’aimer la vie
By: Stéphane Dompierre
Narrated by: Martin Vachon
Length: 3 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Pourquoi j’aime tant la vie alors que tout m’irrite? Je l’ignore. Mais je sais que tu es un peu comme moi, ami lecteur, amie lectrice. Ce livre douloureusement autobiographique est pour toi, je sais qu’il te fera du bien. Tu vois, déjà, tu te sens moins seul(e). Et la solitude, c’est irritant. Presque autant qu’être avec des gens. Read more
View audiobookNature ( Unabridged )
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Length: 1 hour 45 minutes
Abridged: No
First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking why his generation “should not also enjoy an original relation to the universe,” Emerson argues that “Man is a god in ruins” who might yet be redeemed by the renewal of harmony with nature. Encompassing... Read more
View audiobookThe Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
By: Carlo M. Cipolla
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
"A masterly book" —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan
"A classic" —Simon Kuper, Financial Times
An economist explores the five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world
Throughout history, a powerful force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or... Read more
Animal Soul Contracts
By: Tammy Billups
Narrated by: Tammy Billups
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A guide to discovering the spiritual agreements between our souls and those of our animal companions
• 2021 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award
• Explains how animals have physical or behavioral issues to evolve their souls as well as help our soul’s evolution and release past-life karma
• Describes what happens energetically and... Read more
The Men in My Life
By: Vivian Gornick
Narrated by: J. Michael McCullough
Length: 3 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Vivian Gornick, one of our finest critics, tackled the theme of love and marriage in her last collection of essays, The End of the Novel of Love, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. In this new collection, she turns her attention to another large theme in literature: the struggle for the semblance of inner freedom. Great literature,... Read more
View audiobookThe Book of Difficult Fruit
By: Kate Lebo
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Length: 7 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A is for Aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. D is for Durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odor—peaches, old garlic. M is for Medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. Q is for Quince, which, fresh, gives off the... Read more
View audiobookThe Wild Silence
By: Raynor Winn
Narrated by: Raynor Winn
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The incredible follow-up to one of the most talked about books of the decade - the phenomenon, Waterstones Book of the Month and Costa Award shortlisted The Salt Path.
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'Extraordinary: wise, unflinching, exquisite. Profound' Observer
'A thrill to read. The nature writing is beautiful . . . heartening and... Read more
حكايا سعودي في أوروبا
By: عبدالله بن صالح الجمعة
Narrated by: وليد عجال
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
أثناء سفره المتعدد إلى أوروبا، واجه الكاتب عبدالله الجمعة العديد من المواقف والمغامرات التي وثقها في كتابه هذا. فمن ضياع في غابة في إنجلترا، مروراً برحلة بحرية في بحر البلطيق ومقابلة السلطان عبدالحميد في اليونان، إلى البحث عن صاحبة رسالة منسية في كتاب قديم، وغيرها من الحكايا المتخمة بالمعلومات والطرفة والمشاعر التي تنقل القارئ إلى عوالم أخرى. Read more
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