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Brown Album
By: Porochista Khakpour
Narrated by: Porochista Khakpour
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
From the much-acclaimed novelist and essayist, a beautifully rendered, poignant collection of personal essays, chronicling immigrant and Iranian-American life in our contemporary moment.
Novelist Porochista Khakpour's family moved to Los Angeles after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, giving up their successes only to be greeted by an alienating... Read more
You're Doing Great!
By: Tom Papa
Narrated by: Tom Papa
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
“You’re Doing Great! is your no-nonsense go-to collection of essays to get you through the increasing noise and chatter of self-doubt and confusion in the new millennium. Tom Papa is a funny, empathetic guide and your new best friend." — Patton Oswalt
"Read it. Listen to it. Whatever, do what you want.... Read more
Moments of Doubt and Other Mountaineering Writings
By: David Roberts
Narrated by: David de Vries
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
This collection of 20 essays and articles on mountaineering and adventure by David Roberts, selected from the published works of two decades, showcases one of the most highly regarded writers in the field. The articles are composed of three types: Adventures (Roberts' own climbs and outings), Profiles (other adventurers), and Reflections... Read more
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Lou Gehrig
By: Alan D. Gaff
Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto & Kyle Tait
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The lost memoir from Lou Gehrig—“a compelling rumination by a baseball icon and a tragic hero” (Sports Illustrated) and “a fitting tribute to an inspiring baseball legend” (Publishers Weekly).
At the tender age of twenty-four, Lou Gehrig decided to tell the remarkable story of his life and career. He was one of the most famous athletes in the... Read more
The Museum of Whales You Will Never See
By: A. Kendra Greene
Narrated by: A. Kendra Greene
Length: 7 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Mythic creatures, natural wonders, and the mysterious human impulse to collect are on beguiling display in this poetic tribute to the museums of an otherworldly island nation.
Iceland is home to only 330,000 people (roughly the population of Lexington, Kentucky) but more than 265 museums and public collections--nearly one for every ten people.... Read more
Braver Than You Think
By: Maggie Downs
Narrated by: Rachel Fulginiti
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
At age 34, newly married and established in her career as an award-winning newspaper journalist, Maggie Downs quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother’s.As a child, Maggie Downs often doubted that she would ever possess the courage to visit the destinations her mother dreamed of one day seeing.... Read more
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Australientour
By: Lars Rekemeyer
Narrated by: Lars Rekemeyer & Irina Scholz
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Eigentlich möchte Lars mit seinem Drahtesel zunächst lediglich die australische Ostküste erradeln. Doch es sollte ihm wie Forrest Gump gehen, er konnte einfach nicht anhalten. Zu intensiv empfindet er das Freiheitsgefühl auf der Straße, zu sehr beeindruckt ihn die atemberaubende Natur, zu angenehm ist die Kumpelhaftigkeit der gastfreundlichen... Read more
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The Only Way Is West
By: Bradley Chermside
Narrated by: Bradley Chermside
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Can an email address scribbled on €20 change a life? Yes!From the Back CoverWhat would you do if you're given a €20 note in Greece with an email address scribbled on it:1. Spend it? 2. Slip the suspect counterfeit bill into an enemy’s birthday card?3. Send an email, hoping it will lead to you finding everlasting love? Brad, a hopeless romantic,... Read more
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In Praise of Paths
By: Torbjørn Ekelund
Narrated by: TJ Oberholzer
Length: 4 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
“What [Ekelund is] addressing is the intention to walk one’s way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest... A key strategy for finding ourselves, then, is to first get lost.”—The New York Times Book Review
An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped driving and... Read more
Gathered Around the Campfire
By: Melody A. Carlson
Narrated by: Susan Hanfield
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Whether your idea of camping is in a tiny tent, a luxury RV, or somewhere in between, nothing beats having fun with family and friends in the fresh air. Relive favorite memories of childhood vacations and get excited for future outdoor adventures with these humorous and heartwarming recollections from bestselling author and camping enthusiast... Read more
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Il Popolo Speciale...
By: Andrzej Stanislaw Budzinski
Narrated by: Alessandro Loi
Length: 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Perché un popolo particolare?
1. Secondo la Bibbia Israele è il primo popolo di religione monoteista dopo il peccato originale. 2. Conosciamo fin dall`inizio la sua storia. 3. È un popolo scelto da Dio per portare la fede monoteista nel mondo. 4. È un popolo prediletto. 5. Da questo popolo, secondo le promesse, doveva nascere il... Read more
I've Been Wrong Before
By: Evan James
Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning essayist and author of the “shrewd as hell and hysterically funny” (Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties) novel Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe comes a moving and unforgettable essay collection about his travels around the globe as he reflects on the power and complexity of human relationships.
From the... Read more
Virga & Bone
By: Craig Childs
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons—a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the... Read more
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Copper, Iron, and Clay
By: Sara Dahmen
Narrated by: Laurie Catherine Winkel
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A gorgeous love letter to our most revered cookware—copper pots, cast-iron skillets, and classic stoneware—and the artistry and workmanship behind them, written by an expert craftsperson, perhaps the only woman coppersmith in America.Today, most people are concerned about eating seasonal, organic, and local food. But we don’t think about how the... Read more
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Captain Kirk, die Neumen und das Teilchen Higgs
By: Patrick Beck
Narrated by: Patrick Beck
Length: 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Captain Kirk, die Neumen und das Teilchen Higgs ist ein Essay unter anderem über das Verstehen. Was ist das, das Verstehen? Wann sagen wir, dass wir etwas verstanden haben? Ist Verstehen mit Schönheit verbunden?
Zeichen sind wir, genauso wie die Neumen im Codex Sangallensis 359 und die mathematischen Berechnungen, welche die Existenz des... Read more
Der Weg nach Manoppello
By: Ronald Lutter
Narrated by: Ronald Lutter
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Kommt und seht! fordert Jesus zwei seiner späteren Jünger auf. Wer bis zu Jakobus in Santiago de Compostela gewandert ist, möchte doch weitergehen auf Christus zu. Doch auf welchem Weg? Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die Geschichte eines Pilger, der weitergeht und findet: Das Antlitz Christi, das sich von denjenigen schauen lässt, die demütigen Herzens... Read more
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Across America by Motor-Cycle
By: C.K. Shepherd & Mark L Hunnibell
Narrated by: Will de Renzy-Martin
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
A veteran of World War I, British RAF Captain C.K. Shepherd arrived in New York in June 1919, bought a top-of-the-line Henderson four-cylinder motorcycle, and headed west on a solo cross-country adventure to see America. He set off on his adventures, arriving in San Francisco two months later. Having completed his voyage, he sold his beloved... Read more
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Smoke & Mirrors
By: Gemma Milne
Narrated by: Gemma Milne
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
'Stop following the news until you've read Gemma Milne's persuasive analysis of the hype and bullshit that distort our understanding of emerging science. As she shows, the starting point to grasping the genuine opportunities of AI, life sciences and climate tech is a healthy dose of critical thinking'
David Rowan, founding editor of WIRED UK and... Read more
A Sand County Almanac
By: Aldo Leopold
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. As the forerunner to such important books as Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at... Read more
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Infused
By: Henrietta Lovell
Narrated by: Henrietta Lovell
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
Henrietta Lovell is on a mission to revolutionize the way we drink tea by replacing industrially produced teabags with the highest quality tea leaves. Her quest has seen her travel to the Shire Highlands of Malawi, across the foothills of the Himalayas, and to hidden gardens in the Wuyi-Shan to source the world's most extraordinary teas.... Read more
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Moranthology
By: Caitlin Moran
Narrated by: Helen Monks
Length: 8 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The follow-up to Caitlin Moran's breakout hit, How to Be a Woman—A hilarious collection of award-winning columns, available to American listeners for the first time ever.
Possibly the only drawback to the bestselling How to Be a Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman. Moranthology is... Read more
Madame Clairevoyant's Guide to the Stars
By: Claire Comstock-Gay
Narrated by: Lori Prince
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
“Not just a shimmering guide to our personal cosmologies written in precise and lucid prose, this book is also a devastating collection of cultural-criticism essays cum meditations on the very nature of being alive.”—Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of The Third Rainbow GirlA soulful exploration of the twelve astrological signs embodied by our... Read more
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The sacred history of solitude and solitariness
By: Khaled Hafdhi
Narrated by: Frank Meaden
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Solitude offers us that other space of thinking, another modality where we can meet different ingredients of perfection. The author is letting his pen engrave what the fuel of the holy history of solitude may inspire, echoing as much lonesome voices from the past with a never ending thirst to offer the best in us.Solitude was there for us all... Read more
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The Motorcycle & The Molecule
By: Dougie Lux
Narrated by: Dougie Lux
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The Motorcycle & The Molecule is a comical insight into intentional communities, international travel and alternative styles of living. Mayan rulers, janky motorcycles and mischievous beavers all make appearances in a tale inspired by a solo research expedition through Central America. From a troubled community deep in the wilderness of... Read more
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