Essays audiobooks

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

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

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

Muerte, ingenio y humor en las grandes pandemias de la Historia - E01

By: Javier Sanz

Narrated by: Raúl García Arrondo

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Dicen que, al mal tiempo, buena cara. He aquí un compendio de anécdotas ingeniosas e incluso divertidas en tiempos de la viruela. Read more

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

Muerte, ingenio y humor en las grandes pandemias de la Historia - E02

By: Javier Sanz

Narrated by: Raúl García Arrondo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dicen que, al mal tiempo, buena cara. He aquí un compendio de anécdotas ingeniosas e incluso divertidas en tiempos de la peste negra. Read more

Muerte, ingenio y humor en las grandes pandemias de la Historia - E05

By: Javier Sanz

Narrated by: Raúl García Arrondo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dicen que, al mal tiempo, buena cara. He aquí un compendio de anécdotas ingeniosas e incluso divertidas en tiempos de la malaria. Read more

Muerte, ingenio y humor en las grandes pandemias de la Historia - E03

By: Javier Sanz

Narrated by: Raúl García Arrondo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dicen que, al mal tiempo, buena cara. He aquí un compendio de anécdotas ingeniosas e incluso divertidas en tiempos de la gripe española. Read more

Muerte, ingenio y humor en las grandes pandemias de la Historia - E04

By: Javier Sanz

Narrated by: Raúl García Arrondo

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dicen que, al mal tiempo, buena cara. He aquí un compendio de anécdotas ingeniosas e incluso divertidas en tiempos del tifus y la fiebre tifoidea. Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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