Essays audiobooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 proof... Read more

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

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

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

Dances with Destiny

By: Claire Markette

Narrated by: Brittany Goodwin

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of eleven sensitively written vignettes highlighting experiences and relationships is a wistful look back at life and love, their joys and disappointments, and the lessons we learn from our past and from the "dancers" in our lives. The essays can be read in a progression from Dance 1 to 11, or separately in any order.    Read more

How Contagion Works

By: Paolo Giordano

Narrated by: David Thorpe & Paolo Giordano

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of our time.

Writing from Italy in lockdown, physicist and novelist Paolo Giordano explains how disease
spreads in our interconnected world:
why it matters
how it impacts us
how we must react
By expanding his focus to include other forms of contagion - from the environmental crisis to fake... Read more

The Braindead Megaphone

By: George Saunders

Narrated by: George Saunders

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

The breakout book from "the funniest writer in America"--not to mention an official "Genius"--his first nonfiction collection ever.

George Saunders's... Read more

Leave Only Footprints

By: Conor Knighton

Narrated by: Conor Knighton

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightful sampler plate of our national parks, written with charisma and erudition.”—Nick Offerman, author of Paddle Your Own Canoe

From CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton, a behind-the-scenery look at his year traveling to each of America's National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and... Read more

I Don't Want to Die Poor

By: Michael Arceneaux

Narrated by: Michael Arceneaux

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

One of NPR’s Best Books of 2020
One of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Can’t Date Jesus, which Vogue called “a piece of personal and cultural storytelling that is as fun as it is illuminating,” comes a wry and insightful essay collection that explores the financial and emotional cost of chasing... Read more

Final Draft

By: David Carr & Jill Rooney Carr

Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Christopher Ryan Grant & Jill...

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A career-spanning selection of the legendary reporter David Carr’s writing for the New York Times, Washington City Paper, New York Magazine, the Atlantic, and more.

Throughout his 25-year journalistic career, David Carr was noted for his sharp and fearless observations, his uncanny sense of fairness and justice, and his remarkable compassion and... Read more

Las reinas de África

By: Cristina Morató

Narrated by: Elisa Beuter

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Semblanzas, anécdotas e historias de las principales viajeras que llegaron a África en los siglos XIX y XX. Cristina Morató viajó por primera vez a África en 1983 y desde entonces ha recorrido varios países de este continente atraída por sus gentes y la grandeza de sus paisajes. Al igual que ella un buen número de extraordinarias viajeras y... Read more

Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories

By: Fanny Singer

Narrated by: Fanny Singer & Alice Waters

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A cookbook and culinary memoir about growing up as the daughter of revered chef/restaurateur Alice Waters: a story of food, family, and the need for beauty in all aspects of life.

In this extraordinarily intimate portrait of her mother--and herself--Fanny Singer, daughter of food icon and activist Alice Waters, chronicles a unique world of food,... Read more

Sensuous Knowledge

By: Minna Salami

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the internationally popular, multiple award-winning blog MsAfropolitan applies an Africa-centered feminist sensibility to issues of racism and sexism, challenging our illusions about oppression and liberation and daring women to embrace their power.

Sensuous Knowledge is a collection of thought provoking essays that explore... Read more

FoodWISE

By: Gigi Berardi

Narrated by: Julie Slater

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive guide for food lovers on how to make the right food choices amidst a sea of ever-changing information, and an invitation to return to the joys of garden and kitchen

We live in a culture awash with advice on nutrition and eating. Who do we believe? And what does it really mean to eat healthy? Food Wise is for anyone who has felt... Read more

Hitching for Hope

By: Ruairí McKiernan

Narrated by: Gary Furlong

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A modern travel tale—part personal pilgrimage, part political quest—that captures the power of human resilience "McKiernan sticks his thumb out, and somehow a healthy dose of humanity manages to roll up alongside him. . . . This book is a paean to nuance, decency and possibility."—Colum McCann, National Book Award winner and New York Times... Read more

Your Life Is a Life of Hope!

By: Lord Birthday

Narrated by: Matthew Frow

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes life worth living? If you ask Lord Birthday, the answer is visor hats. And lighthouses. And the stranger who gave him a half-eaten panini on the bus the other day.

In Your Life Is a Life of Hope!, the Internet’s favorite mustachioed king presents a series of short, illustrated essays in which he argues for hope by way of absurdity and... Read more

One Hundred Daffodils

By: Rebecca Winn

Narrated by: Rebecca Winn

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"When women share the truth about life and loss . . . hope is restored" in this enlightening and comforting memoir about purpose, personal growth, and nature's ability to heal (Sarah Ban Breathnach).
"There is so much life in the garden. That is why I come. Life that is gentle, self-supporting, and beautiful. Continuous in its cycles, grounded,... Read more

Lean Out

By: Tara Henley

Narrated by: Tara Henley

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Travel to the land of Couldn't Be More Timely."--Margaret Atwood on Lean Out, in the West End Phoenix

"What begins as one woman's critique of our culture of overwork and productivity ultimately becomes an investigation into our most urgent problems: vast inequality, loneliness, economic precarity, and isolation from... Read more