Essays audiobooks

Saving Sadie

By: Joal Derse Dauer & Elizabeth Ridley

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Joal Derse Dauer was donating blankets at a local no-kill shelter when an injured and despondent dog caught her eye. With three "fur babies" already at home, Joal wasn't looking to adopt another dog. But there was something special about Sadie . . .



With patience, hope, and plenty of love, Joal saw her canine companion grow in strength and joy.... Read more

Otros rumbos

By: Alfredo Molano

Narrated by: Ernesto Lezama

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Si por algo se caracterizan los libros de Alfredo Molano es por enfrentar a sus lectores con la cara oculta de un país que por lo general los medios desconocen, tergiversan, disfrazan, distorsionan, interpretan mal o simple y llanamente ignoran. Desde 1987, los libros de Molano se han convertido en artículos de primera necesidad para entender la... Read more

Mr. Know-It-All

By: John Waters

Narrated by: John Waters

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"[Just] like reading a description of a Waters film is nothing like seeing it on the screen, listening to him tell his own stories brings the context and inflection needed to truly appreciate his art. A singular experience." — Booklist

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation.

No one knows more about... Read more

How to Think Like a Fish

By: Jeremy Wade

Narrated by: Jeremy Wade

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The star of the Discovery Channel's River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters shares a meditation on fishing--and life.

In his bestselling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorably recounted his adventures on six continents in pursuit of fish of staggering proportions and terrifying... Read more

The Flavor of Wood

By: Artur Cisar-Erlach

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how the wild tastes of wood are already in your food, guided by a global flavor foragerMost people don’t expect wood to flavor their food beyond the barbecue, if at all, and gastronomists rarely discuss the significance that wood has on ultimate taste. But trees and wood have a far greater influence over our plate and palate than you... Read more

Sahra Wagenknecht

By: Christian Schneider

Narrated by: Ursula Berlinghof

Length: 10 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Nahaufnahme Sahra
Wer ist Sahra Wagenknecht? Eine der beliebtesten und umstrittensten deutschen Politikerinnen, ein politischer Popstar, dauerpräsent in den Medien, eloquent in Talkshows und dennoch umgeben von einer Aura der Unnahbarkeit. Doch warum ist eine hochbegabte Theoretikerin und promovierte Volkswirtin, die sich selbst das Lesen... Read more

Just Show Up

By: Cal Ripken Jr. & James Dale

Narrated by: Cal Ripken Jr.

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr.the 19-time All-Star, World-Series winning legend, American League MVP, and record holder who played 2,632 consecutive gamesoutlines eight rules for the game of baseball and life, draws from the lessons he has learned on and off the field.Cal Ripken Jr. is a baseball legend. But legends arent born, theyre made. For... Read more

Full Count

By: David Cone

Narrated by: David Cone

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Met and Yankee All-Star pitcher David Cone shares lessons from the World Series and beyond in this essential New York Times bestselling memoir for baseball fans everywhere.
"There was a sense about him and an aura about him. Even when he was in trouble, he carried himself like a pitcher who said, 'I'm the man out here.' And he usually was." --... Read more

G. K. Chesterton Collection

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: John York

Length: 20 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

G. K. Chesterton was a famous English writer, Christian thinker, and philosopher that lived between 1874 and 1936. Here are three of his finest nonfiction works collected in a single volume: What's Wrong with the World, Orthodoxy, and Heretics.Within the audio of this collection, you’ll discover how Chesterton sets forth one of the most telling... Read more

Birds by the Shore

By: Jennifer Ackerman

Narrated by: Jennifer Ackerman

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore

For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern... Read more

White Fang and the Golden Bear

By: Joe Wessel

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Augusta National is golf’s Holy Grail. Navigating the azaleas to play the exclusive course that hosts The Masters is a pipe dream for every golfer. Imagine being afforded the opportunity not only to play the course, but to be able to bring your father along for the ride. To complete the priceless fantasy, Jack Nicklaus—“The Golden Bear”—hosts... Read more

I Ain't Doin' It

By: Heather Land

Narrated by: Heather Land

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Social media comedian and southern sweetheart Heather Land delivers her hilarious and unfiltered wisdom on the frustrating everyday moments that drive us crazy.

Heather Land has something to say about almost everything in life—the unbelievable, inconceivable, and downright frustrating—and why she “ain’t doin’ it.” Now, Heather shines a light on... Read more

Riding the Elephant

By: Craig Ferguson

Narrated by: Craig Ferguson

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the comedian, actor, and former host of The Late Late Show comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his signature wit.
 
Craig Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. The fact that he is neither dead nor in a locked facility (at the... Read more

On Democracy

By: E. B. White

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.”These words were written by E. B. White in 1947.Decades before our current political turmoil, White crafted eloquent yet practical political statements that continue to resonate. “There’s only one kind of press that’s any good—” he proclaimed, “a press free from any taint of the... Read more

My Dad, Yogi

By: Dale Berra

Narrated by: Dale Berra, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Robert Fas...

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In this nostalgic memoir, a son provides a unique perspective on his legendary father–the baseball star, Yogi Berra.

Yogi Berra was the backbone of the New York Yankees through ten World Series Championships. In My Dad, Yogi is Dale Berra chronicles his unshakeable bond with his father, going back to his suburban New Jersey upbringing, his... Read more

Descansen armas. Ensayo sobre la guerra y la paz de un exguerrillero de las Farc

By: Yesid Arteta Dávila

Narrated by: Daniel Vargas

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

La guerra es la muerte en sí misma. Vale lo mismo la vida de un guerrillero que la de un soldado. Y sin embargo, después de más de medio siglo de guerra de guerrillas, de masacres y bombardeos, de emboscadas, desapariciones… pocos, muy pocos en Colombia están convencidos de que la guerra debe ser sepultada para siempre. "No hay guerra justa" es... Read more

Éloge du mariage, de l'engagement et autres folies

By: Christiane Singer

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

« Entre le désir profond de se lier, de s’engager corps et âme, et le désir tout aussi profond de préserver sa liberté, d’échapper à tout lien, quel tohu-bohu !  Or, pour vivre ces exigences contradictoires et d’égale dignité sans être écartelé, il n’y a aucun secours à attendre ni de la philosophie, ni de la morale, ni d’aucun savoir... Read more

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

By: Michele Filgate

Narrated by: Michele Filgate, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Roger Casey, J...

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

“You will devour these beautifully written—and very important—tales of honesty, pain, and resilience” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we don’t talk about with our mothers affects us, for better or for worse.

As an undergraduate, Michele... Read more

The Three Dimensions of Freedom

By: Billy Bragg

Narrated by: Billy Bragg

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in a world where strongman politics are rising; neo-liberalism has hollowed out political parties; and corporations have undermined democracy. Ordinary voters feel helpless to effect change, resulting in outbreaks of populist anger, and traditional platforms for debate are losing their viability as readers source information online. In... Read more

Go See the Principal

By: Gerry Brooks

Narrated by: Gerry Brooks & Andrea Gonzales

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From an elementary school principal and popular YouTube personality, inspiration and humor for educators to tackle the challenges they face day-in and day-out

Gerry Brooks is an elementary school principal turned YouTube celebrity who entertains K-12 teachers, administrators, and parents across the... Read more

La Passione

By: Dianne Hales

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A jubilant celebration of Italy’s outsize impact on culture, from literature to art, music to movies, that “masterfully examines the multitude of reasons why so many people fall in love with Italy and the Italian lifestyle” (Forbes)

Can you imagine painting without Leonardo, opera without Verdi, fashion without Armani, food without the signature... Read more

White

By: Bret Easton Ellis

Narrated by: Bret Easton Ellis

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Own it, snowflakes: you've lost everything you claim to hold dear.

White is Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction. Already the bad boy of American literature, from Less Than Zero to American Psycho, Ellis has also earned the wrath of right-thinking people everywhere with his provocations on social media, and here he escalates his... Read more

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: Ron Welch

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.
Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is unlikely that Marcus Aurelius ever intended the... Read more

Tiny Hot Dogs

By: Mary Giuliani

Narrated by: Mary Giuliani

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From awkward schoolgirl to Caterer to the Stars, Mary Giuliani weaves together a collection of hilarious memories, from professional growing pains to her long journey to motherhood, never losing her sense of humor and her love for everyone's favorite party food, pigs in a blanket.

Mary's utterly unremarkable childhood was everything she didn't... Read more