Essays audiobooks

Essays One

By: Lydia Davis

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Length: 14 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of essays on writing and reading by the master short-fiction writer Lydia Davis



Lydia Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Jonathan Franzen has called her "a magician of self-consciousness," while Rick Moody hails her as "the best prose stylist in America." And for Claire Messud, "Davis's signal... Read more

The Cold Vanish

By: Jon Billman

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, this "authentic and encyclopedic" book examines real-life cases of those who vanish in the wilderness without a trace (Roman Dial)—and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them.
 These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace... Read more

This Is Major

By: Shayla Lawson

Narrated by: Shayla Lawson

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From a fierce and humorous new voice comes a relevant, insightful, and riveting collection of personal essays on the richness and resilience of black girl culture—for readers of Samantha Irby, Roxane Gay, Morgan Jerkins, and Lindy West. Shayla Lawson is major. You don’t know who she is. Yet. But that’s okay. She is on a mission to move black... Read more

Imperiofobia y leyenda negra

By: María Elvira Roca Barea

Narrated by: Nuria Santos

Length: 20 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

El ensayo más exitoso de los últimos tiempos, ganador del I PREMIO LOS LIBREROS RECOMIENDAN en la categoría de no ficción, en el que María Elvira Roca Barea acomete con rigor la cuestión de delimitar las ideas de imperio, leyenda negra e imperiofobia. En este volumen podemos entender qué tienen en común los imperios y las leyendas negras que... Read more

Japanese Dream: Singer, Songwriter and Author from Kyoto, Japan

By: Hidemi Woods

Narrated by: Hidemi Woods

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A dream I wish to have in the night most isn’t about dating a Hollywood star, or making a great hit with my song. It’s not about my parents saying to me with tears “We were wrong. We’re sorry.” either.It’s about numbers. I once saw a woman on TV who won 4 million dollars by the lottery with the numbers she had seen in her dream. Shortly after... Read more

Unvarnished

By: Eric Alperin & Deborah Stoll

Narrated by: Eric Alperin

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kitchen Confidential for the cocktail profession, Unvarnished is a fly-on-the-wall narrative peek at the joys, pains, and peculiarities of life “behind the stick.”

When it opened a decade ago, the acclaimed Los Angeles speakeasy The Varnish—owned, designed, and managed by award-winning cocktail aficionado Eric Alperin—quickly became the stylish... Read more

Letters to a Young Contrarian

By: Christopher Hitchens

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement

In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young (wo)men of tomorrow. Exploring the entire range... Read more

The 24-Hour Soup Kitchen

By: Stephen Henderson

Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

It was when traveling on assignment in India that journalist Stephen Henderson first learned of soup kitchens operated by Sikh houses of worship (or gurudwaras). After volunteering for a week at the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi—which feeds 20,000 men, women, and children every day—Henderson became curious to research global... Read more

Contagio

By: David Quammen

Narrated by: Sebastián Rosas

Length: 22 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

«Deslumbrante Quammen: desvela lo que nos hace vivir y lo que nos mata con pasión, humor y conocimiento.» Daniel Arjona, El confidencial EL LIBRO INTERNACIONAL DE REFERENCIA DURANTE LA CUARENTENA. Desde hace años, para los expertos y cualquier persona informada, el estallido de la siguiente pandemia era una cuestión de tiempo, y su origen,... Read more

El infinito en un junco

By: Irene Vallejo

Narrated by: Elena Silva

Length: 17 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

EL ENSAYO REVELACIÓN DE LA TEMPORADA PREMIO NACIONAL DE ENSAYO 2020 De humo, de piedra, de arcilla, de seda, de piel, de árboles, de plástico y de luz... Un recorrido por la vida del libro y de quienes lo han salvaguardado durante casi treinta siglos.Premio el Ojo Crítico de Narrativa 2019 Prólogo narrado por la autora Este es un libro sobre... Read more

The Quarry Fox

By: Leslie T. Sharpe

Narrated by: Leslie T. Sharpe

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Quarry Fox, Leslie T. Sharpe chronicles the seasons and the vibrant wildlife of a landscape she cherishes, offering her keen insights in an engaging narrative that celebrates the splendor of the natural world. From crafty foxes and hibernating bears to vulnerable monarch butterflies, The Quarry Fox explores the creatures of the Great... Read more

Nature beyond Solitude

By: John Seibert Farnsworth

Narrated by: John Patrick Walsh

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

John Seibert Farnsworth’s delightful notes are not only about nature, but from nature as well.In Nature Beyond Solitude, he lets us peer over his shoulder as he takes his notes. We follow him to a series of field stations where he teams up with scientists, citizen scientists, rangers, stewards, and grad students engaged in long-term ecological... Read more

Война Алой и Белой розы. Краткая история

By: Дэвит Граммитт

Narrated by: Михаил Росляков

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Книга посвящена одной из самых драматичных страниц в истории Англии — Войне Алой и Белой розы, серии династических вооруженных конфликтов 1455–1485 годов, развернувшихся в ходе борьбы за власть между двумя ветвями династии Плантагенетов — Ланкастеров и Йорков — и завершившихся победой Генриха Тюдора из боковой ветви Ланкастеров, основателя... Read more

Rebel Chef

By: Dominique Crenn & Emma Brockes

Narrated by: Hope Newhouse

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring and deeply personal memoir from highly acclaimed chef Dominique Crenn

By the time Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, at the age of twenty-one, she knew it was a near impossible dream in France where almost all restaurant kitchens were run by men. So, she left her home and everything she knew to move to San Francisco, where... Read more

The Gift and the Curse "the Jeff Jackson Story"

By: Jeff Jackson

Narrated by: Jeff Jackson

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

(Author) Jeff Jackson former high school "GATORADE" Player Of The Year and Philadelphia Phillies former #1 Draft Pick takes you on a journey deep into his life... He reveals his truth about his professional baseball career as well as his experience with the Philadelphia Phillies and shares what really happened... For the first time, he divulges... Read more

Dans la tête des animaux

By: François Y. Doré

Narrated by: Claude Despins

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

À quoi pense un chat en guettant les oiseaux ? Un éléphant marchant dans la savane ? Un chimpanzé devant un miroir ? Si les animaux ne peuvent nous parler, les récentes recherches démontrent qu’ils ont tout de même une activité mentale intense. En fait, l’animal a des habiletés cognitives qui lui permettent de s’adapter et de s’ajuster à... Read more

Pawverbs

By: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A charming and wise collection of lessons from Proverbs . . . taught by teachers with paws.
Many of us believe a house isn’t a home unless there is fur on the floor. Pawverbs, a collection of 100 short stories featuring real-life animals, presents the godly wisdom of Proverbs in a whimsical way―inviting us to explore deep spiritual truths... Read more

Surviving Autocracy

By: Masha Gessen

Narrated by: Masha Gessen

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

“When Gessen speaks about autocracy, you listen.” —The New York Times

“A reckoning with what has been lost in the past few years and a map forward with our beliefs intact.” —Interview

As seen on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and heard on NPR’sAll Things Considered: the bestselling, National Book Award–winning journalist offers an essential guide to... Read more

All Things Reconsidered

By: Knox McCoy

Narrated by: Knox McCoy & Jamie Golden

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you able to give your first impressions a second look? In this lighthearted and humorous take on life, Knox McCoy explores questioning and examining long-held ideas that no longer represent how we think.What would it mean to really examine what you think you know about yourself and your beliefs? To not just rely on the cliches you’ve always... Read more

The Groom Will Keep His Name

By: Matt Ortile

Narrated by: Matt Ortile

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A riotous collection of "witty and captivating" essays by a gay Filipino immigrant in America who is learning that everything is about sex (Bitch Magazine) -- and sex is about power.
When Matt Ortile moved from Manila to Las Vegas, the locals couldn't pronounce his name. Harassed as a kid for his brown skin, accent, and femininity, he believed he... Read more

Gender Rebels

By: Anneka Harry

Narrated by: Gemma Cairney, Maya Jama & Suranne Jones

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes audio exclusive bonus material: Suranne Jones, Maya Jama, Gemma Cairney and Anneka Harry discuss their favourite Gender Rebels, feminism, their female role models and how women are missing (or misrepresented) in the history books.
Meet the unsung sheroes of history: the diverse, defiant and daring (wo)men who changed the rules, and their... Read more

La Mémoire qu'on vous a volée : de 1760 à nos jours

By: Louis-Philippe Messier & Gilles Proulx

Narrated by: Gilles Proulx

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Après le succès de Nouvelle-France. Ce qu'on aurait dû vous enseigner, Gilles Proulx revient à la charge pour revaloriser la mémoire collective du Québec. Pourquoi connaissons-nous si mal notre histoire? Dans cet ouvrage rédigé en collaboration avec Louis-Philippe Messier, Gilles Proulx raconte les grands événements et célèbre les personnages... Read more

Decisiones difíciles

By: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

Narrated by: Felipe Calderón Hinojosa & Luis Leonardo Suárez

Length: 21 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

«Con el liderazgo de México hemos podido ver progresos en una amplia gama de retos que son vitales para prosperar: la seguridad alimentaria, el crecimiento económico verde, el combate al cambio climático, la educación financiera... Todo esto se dio en gran parte por el liderazgo del Presidente Calderón.» Barack Obama. Reunión del G20 en Los... Read more

La piel

By: Sergio del Molino

Narrated by: Sergio del Molino

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Sergio del Molino nos lleva a un territorio que nos pertenece a todos: la piel. El autor de La España vacía vuelve para hacer que nos miremos como nunca lo habíamos hecho. ENTRE LOS DIEZ MEJORES LIBROS DE 2020 SEGÚN EL CORREO «Sergio del Molino es el más joven de todos, pero tiene tanto a sus espaldas que parece el mayor. ¿De dónde saca su... Read more