Essays audiobooks

War is a Racket

By: General Smedley D. Butler

Narrated by: D. S. Harvey

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

After his retirement from the Marine Corps in the early 1930's, General Smedley D. Butler embarked on a national lecture tour, where he gave his speech about how commercial interests benefit from war. The speech was well received and he wrote an expanded version of it, which was published as War Is A Racket. The work was published by Reader's... Read more

Maniobras de evasión

By: Pedro Mairal

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardés

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Qué hace un escritor cuando no escribe? ¿Qué hace un escritor con resaca, o cuando una mujer espléndida lo invita a un trago durante un cóctel literario, o cuando ve dormir a su hijo, o cuando está solo en un cuarto de hotel? ¿De qué manera el magma formado por un accidente de bus, una película cursi y un premio literario transforman a un poeta... Read more

Do You Mind If I Cancel?

By: Gary Janetti

Narrated by: Gary Janetti

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"If you love storytelling in the style of David Sedaris, this audiobook—narrated by Janetti himself—is for you." — Yahoo Lifestyle

This program is read by the author.

Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey… meet your new friend Gary Janetti.

Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all... Read more

Dear Baseball Gods

By: Dan Blewett

Narrated by: Dan Blewett

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Dear Baseball Gods,
I hustled. I worked hard. I played the game the right way. Why did you let this happen?
I sat by beside a tree, staring at the ground, trying to decide what I would do next. The news was unthinkable—everything I worked for was now ruined. A second Tommy John surgery? Does anyone come back from this? What team would want a... Read more

Lâchez pas, les gars!

By: François Cardinal

Narrated by: Martin Larocque

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Qu’ont en commun l’éditorialiste en chef de La Presse, François Cardinal, l’ex-joueur du Canadien Steve Bégin, le chanteur Marc Hervieux, le comédien Claude Laroche, le chirurgien Stanley Vollant, l’artiste Marc Séguin, l’humoriste Mathieu Cyr et l’entrepreneur Alexandre Taillefer? Ils ont tous eu beaucoup de difficulté à l’école, au point de... Read more

Pretérito imperfecto

By: Nieves Conconstrina

Narrated by: Raquel Romero

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Este nuevo libro de Nieves Concostrina empieza en el Año de la Pera y llega a nuestros tiempos, pasando, cómo no, por Fernando VII. En estas historias podrá descubrir las consecuencias que trajo la única criadilla del último Austria, saber que fumamos por culpa de Colón, desmitificar el 2 de mayo, conocer que María Cristina de Borbón fue la... Read more

Desmadre

By: Pamela Rodríguez

Narrated by: Pamela Rodríguez

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Camila es una artista de limeña de treinta y tres años, divorciada y con una hija de ocho años. Contacta con Juan por Tinder. Es de La Coruña, como el padre de su hija. Ambos se darán a conocer el uno al otro sin filtros y a gran velocidad. La atracción virtual compartida a diez mil kilómetros de distancia se convertirá enseguida en pasión fuera... Read more

Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through

By: T Fleischmann

Narrated by: Joel Froomkin

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

How do the bodies we inhabit affect our relationship with art? How does art affect our relationship to our bodies? T Fleischmann uses Felix Gonzáles-Torres’s artwork—piles of candy, stacks of paper, puzzles—as a path through questions of love and loss, violence and rejuvenation, gender and sexuality. From the back porches of Buffalo to the... Read more

We Should All Be Mirandas

By: Chelsea Fairless & Lauren Garroni

Narrated by: Jessica Rau

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A snarky guide to life inspired by the most underrated character on Sex and the City, from the creators of the Instagram sensation @everyoutfitonSATC

When Sex and the City premiered, many were hesitant to identify as the Miranda of their social circle—after all, sarcasm, workaholism, and dubious fashion choices are rarely considered... Read more

The Way I Heard It

By: Mike Rowe

Narrated by: Mike Rowe

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this New York Times bestselling must-read, executive producer and host of Dirty Jobs Mike Rowe presents a delightfully entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America’s #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of personal memories, ruminations, and insights that will leave you... Read more

Burn the Place

By: Iliana Regan

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A singular, powerfully expressive debut memoir that traces one chef’s struggle to find her place and what happens once she doesBurn the Place is a galvanizing culinary memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan’s journey from foraging on the family farm to opening her Michelin-starred restaurant, Elizabeth. Her story is alive with startling imagery,... Read more

Good Things Out of Nazareth

By: Flannery O'Connor

Narrated by: John H. Mayer, Dorothy Dillingham Blue & Various

Length: 14 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A literary treasure of over one hundred unpublished letters from National Book Award-winning author Flannery O'Connor and her circle of extraordinary friends.

Flannery O’Connor is a master of twentieth-century American fiction, joining, since her untimely death in 1964, the likes of Hawthorne, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Those familiar with her... Read more

La vie n'est pas une course

By: Léa Stréliski

Narrated by: Léa Stréliski

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Je m’adresse aux essoufflés. À ceux qui ont tout essayé. Aux éreintés qui poursuivent le bonheur sans l’atteindre. Ceci n’est pas une recette, mais un portrait des temps qui courent et qui font du bien quand ils s’arrêtent. Un appel à une autre manière de vivre. Read more

La aventura de los godos

By: Juan Antonio Cebrián

Narrated by: Vicente Quintana

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Los godos fueron testigos de un periodo asombroso en la crónica mundial. Vieron caer imperios como el romano y levantarse otros como el musulmán, y mientras tanto, edificaban un nuevo estado en suelo hispano llamado a convertirse en uno de los grandes pueblos de nuestra historia. En sus tres siglos de hegemonía lucharon ferozmente por la... Read more

I Used to Be Charming

By: Eve Babitz

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Previously uncollected nonfiction pieces by Hollywood's ultimate It Girl about everything from fashion to tango to Jim Morrison and Nicholas Cage.Eve Babitz knew everyone, tried everything (at least once), and was never shy about sharing her thoughts on any subject, be it sex, weight loss, drug use, or her ambivalence toward New York City. From... Read more

Molly: The True Story of the Amazing Dog Who Rescues Cats

By: Colin Butcher

Narrated by: Colin Butcher

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Molly: The True Story of the Amazing Dog Who Rescues Cats tells the heartwarming story of the man-and-dog team behind the United Kingdom Pet Detective Agency—how Colin, in need of a new lease on life, rescues Molly the dog, and how Molly in turn rescues many more beloved lost pets.

As a veteran of the Royal Navy... Read more

An Evening with W.O. Mitchell - Abridged

By: W. O. Mitchell

Narrated by: W. O. Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a unique listening experience from the unforgettable writer and public speaker W.O. Mitchell, An Evening with W.O. Mitchell is a curated, abridged selection of nine remarkable pieces from Mitchell’s lifetime of public readings, read by the author himself. Featuring both a wide variety of recognizable characters from his novels as well as new,... Read more

Nonconformity

By: Nelson Algren

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The struggle to write with deep emotion is the subject of this extraordinary book, the previously unpublished credo of one of America’s greatest twentieth-century writers.“You don’t write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich,” writes Nelson Algren in his only longer work of nonfiction, adding:... Read more

The Best American Short Stories 2019

By: Anthony Doerr & Heidi Pitlor

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, Heidi Pitlor, Scott Shepherd, G...

Length: 16 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. Doerr and the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, winnow down twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of... Read more

Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: Richard Armitage

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Armitage, star of Peter Jackson'sThe Hobbit trilogy and also known for his roles in Ocean's 8 and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Diskin Clay.

Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key... Read more

Hacia rutas salvajes

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Alberto Santillán

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Por qué un joven que acababa de graduarse decide cortar todos los lazos con su familia y perderse en una región inhóspita? Descúbrelo en este audiolibro En abril de 1992, Chris McCandless, de 24 años, se internó solo y apenas equipado en tierras de Alaska. Había regalado todo su dinero y abandonado su coche, y soñaba con una vida en estado... Read more

Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca

Narrated by: Julian Glover

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Julian Glover, Olivier Award winning actor, also known for his roles in Game of Thrones and Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robin Campbell.


A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in... Read more

Tercios de España. Una infantería legendaria

By: Fernando Martínez Laínez & José María Sánchez d...

Narrated by: Rafael Alcázar

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Para los europeos de su tiempo no hubo sombra de duda: Durante más de ciento cincuenta años, entre 1534 y finales del siglo XVII, los tercios españoles fueron las mejores unidades militares del mundo. Tres siglos después de su desaparición, todavía los especialistas de hoy comparan los tercios de infantería española con las legiones romanas y... Read more

Idiot

By: Laura Clery

Narrated by: Laura Clery

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2020 Audie Award Finalist

From YouTube star and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays in the vein of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby and You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein.

Laura Clery makes a living by sharing inappropriate comedy sketches with millions of strangers on the Internet. She... Read more