Essays audiobooks

Call the Vet

By: Bruce Fogle

Narrated by: Bruce Fogle

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Arriving in 1970s’ London as a fresh-faced Canadian, Bruce Fogle assumed that because he knew the language, he would understand the English. As a graduate of the world’s best veterinary school, he also thought his profession would come naturally to him. He quickly learned not to make assumptions… Bruce began his career at... Read more

C'mere and I Tell Ya

By: Johnny McMahon & Johnny O'Brien

Narrated by: Johnny McMahon & Johnny O'Brien

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The 2 Johnnies' massive success has taken them as far afield as Sydney, Compton and Abu Dhabi. But for them nothing compares to living in Ireland. And in C'Mere and I Tell Ya they dig into the tastes, habits and rites of passage that have made them who they are.

Whether it's ...
- dressing for the debs ('I'd say my... Read more

The Gifts of Reading

By: Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd, Candice Carty-...

Narrated by: Damian Lynch, Frank Laverty, Gabrielle Glaister...

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John... Read more

Southern Horrors

By: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Narrated by: Janina Edwards & Royal Jaye

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“If American conscience were only half alive, if the American church and clergy were only half christianized, if American moral sensibility were not hardened by a persistent infliction of outrage and crime against colored people, a scream of horror, shame and indignation would rise to Heaven wherever your pamphlet shall be read.” —Frederick... Read more

Gods at Play

By: Tom Callahan

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

A beautifully observed narrative of American sport: character, grit, tragedy, unremarked heroism, and, always, the illuminating story behind the story.



As a columnist for Time magazine, among many other publications, Tom Callahan witnessed an extraordinary number of defining moments in American sport across four decades. He takes us from Roberto... Read more

I'll Be Seeing You

By: Elizabeth Berg

Narrated by: Elizabeth Berg

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The beloved New York Times bestselling author tells the moving love story of caring for her parents in their final years in this beautifully written memoir.

Elizabeth Berg’s father was an Army veteran who was a tough man in every way but one: He showed a great deal of love and tenderness to his wife. Berg describes her parents’ marriage as a... Read more

Where I Come From

By: Rick Bragg

Narrated by: Rick Bragg

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun

Celebrated author and newspaper columnist Rick Bragg brings us an ode to the stories and history of the Deep South, filled with “eclectic nuggets about... Read more

That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die

By: Michel de Montaigne & Charles Cotton

Narrated by: Douglas Harvey

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

We all die, sooner or later. We all know it, and we wonder when, where, and how it may happen. and yet we go to extraordinary lengths to put the thought of it out of our minds. We hesitate to bring it up in conversations. Montaigne, who … essay, addressed this issue head on in “To Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die.” It is perhaps his... Read more

How Not To Be Wrong

By: James O'Brien

Narrated by: James O'Brien

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

There's no point having a mind if you never change it

In his bestselling How To Be Right, James provided an invigorating guide to how to talk to people with bad opinions. And yet the question he always gets asked is 'If you're so sure about everything, haven't you ever changed your mind?'

In an age of us vs. them, tribal... Read more

L'amour, la haine et le cerveau

By: Michel Rochon

Narrated by: Michel Rochon

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Que se passe-t-il donc dans la tête d’un Homo sapiens lorsqu’une passion amoureuse l’entraîne dans la déraison et les extravagances? Ou bien lorsqu’une animosité en lui se transforme en sentiment de haine ? Les neurosciences nous éclairent maintenant très bien sur ces deux pulsions – amour, haine – qui sont, l’une et l’autre, des rouages... Read more

Father-ish

By: Clint Edwards

Narrated by: Clint Edwards

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In his third book, Clint Edwards shares honest, relatable and unbearably funny tales of botching birthdays and holidays as a father of three.

Clint Edwards, author of the hit book I'm Sorry...Love Your Husband, and the follow up Silence is a Scary Sound, is back with a third collection of essays chronicling honest tales of struggling to raise... Read more

Ex Libris

By: Michiko Kakutani

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares her enthusiasm for more than 100 books in a series of succinct, thought-provoking essays.

“An ebullient celebration of books and reading.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
 
“Books can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures, national boundaries, and historical... Read more

Our Moment of Choice

By: Robert Atkinson, Kurt Johnson & Deborah Moldow

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar, Danielle Cohen, Janina Edwards, La...

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE 2020 GOLD NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD * 2021 SILVER COVR VISIONARY AWARD * 2021 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL AWARD * 2021 GOLD LIVING NOW AWARD

“This innovative and revolutionary message of hope and wisdom from many of the greatest visionaries” (Anita Moorjani, New York Times bestselling author) is a rousing call-to-action for all of us to help... Read more

Oscura globalización

By: Bruno Rivas Frías

Narrated by: Hernán Jaimes

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

¿El crimen también se globaliza? La pregunta que en tiempos actuales parece una afirmación es el punto de partida de esta publicación. Oscura globalización. Ensayos sobre el crimen como fenómeno mundial se compone de siete artículos con temas tan actuales como las representaciones de las organizaciones criminales en las industrias del... Read more

Fermentation as Metaphor

By: Sandor Ellix Katz

Narrated by: Sandor Ellix Katz

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author Sandor Katz--an "unlikely rock star of the American food scene" (New York Times) with over 500,000 books sold--gets personal about the deeper meaning of fermentation. In 2012, Sandor Ellix Katz published The Art of Fermentation, which quickly became the bible for foodies around the world, a runaway bestseller, and a James... Read more

One Hundred Dogs and Counting

By: Cara Sue Achterberg

Narrated by: Cara Sue Achterberg

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

After nearly a year struggling to find a home for a particular foster dog, Cara begins to wonder how the story ends—when will all the dogs be saved? Even after the one-hundredth foster dog passes through Cara’s home, the stream of homeless dogs appears endless. Seized by the need to act, Cara grabs her best friend, fills a van with donations,... Read more

Wake Up

By: Piers Morgan

Narrated by: Piers Morgan

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller It’s time we get back to common sense. It’s time to cancel the cancel culture. It’s time to Wake Up. ... Read more

Die Überraschung

By: Wolf Lotter

Narrated by: Wolf Lotter & Ralf Herms

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

+rosebud no.8 – Die Überraschung ist die finale Ausgabe von +rosebud magazine. Das bibliophil gestaltete und produzierte Buch markiert den Abschluss einer Serie, deren Leitmotiv seit mehr als 20 Jahren, abseits von Genregrenzen, die Möglichkeiten des Mediums Papier auslotet und experimentell weiterentwickelt. Zentraler Bestandteil des Buches ist... Read more

The Wind in the Willows - Abridged

By: Kenneth Grahame

Narrated by: Patrick Wymark

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Baggage

By: Jeremy Hance

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning journalist’s eco-adventures across the globe with his three traveling companions: his fiancée, his OCD, and his chronic anxiety—a hilarious, wild jaunt that will inspire travelers, environmentalists, and anyone with mental illness.
Most travel narratives are written by superb travelers: people who crave adventure, laugh in the... Read more

Letters of Note: Cats

By: author

Narrated by: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, ...

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

An irresistible new volume of affectionate missives about our feline companions from Charles Dickens, Anne Frank, Raymond Chandler, Elizabeth Taylor, and more, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections

Florence Nightingale sends care instructions to the woman who has just adopted her angora tomcat Mr. White. T. S. Eliot... Read more

The Fragile Earth

By: David Remnick & Henry Finder

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Gabra Zackman & Cat Gould

Length: 18 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book One of the Daily Beast’s 5 Essential Books to Read Before the ElectionA collection of the New Yorker’s groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change—including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and moreJust one year after climatologist James... Read more

American Cheese

By: Joe Berkowitz

Narrated by: Charlie Thurston

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Away with Words, a deeply hilarious and unexpectedly insightful deep-dive into a cultural and culinary phenomenon: cheese.
“Who knew it was possible to enjoy reading about cheese as much as eating it? Remarkably entertaining, deeply insightful, and downright hilarious, American Cheese goes far beyond the plastic yellow slices... Read more

Bland Fanatics

By: Pankaj Mishra

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In America and in England, faltering economies at home and failed wars abroad have generated a political and intellectual hysteria. It is a derangement manifested in a number of ways: nostalgia for imperialism, xenophobic paranoia, and denunciations of an allegedly intolerant left. These symptoms can be found even among the most informed of... Read more