Essays audiobooks

The Apprentice

By: Jacques Pépin

Narrated by: Jacques Pépin & Michel Chevalier

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called ""the best chef in America"" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award<en&winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's tastes in the bargain.
We see young Jacques as... Read more

Around the World in 60 Seconds

By: Nuseir Yassin

Narrated by: Nuseir Yassin

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

60 seconds. That’s how long it takes to dispel stereotypes in Mexico. Throw a house party for strangers in Israel. Change perspectives in Nebraska. Make friends in Japan. And connect millions of people all over the world.In 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his job to travel for 1,000 consecutive days. But instead of the usual tourist traps, Nas set out... Read more

Nash

By: Nash Grier

Narrated by: Emily Tremaine

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The first-ever book about Nash Grier, one of the biggest digital superstars in the world.

When he was still in high school, Nash Grier had no idea his life was about to change—forever. With the launch of the popular Vine app came the beginning of Nash’s career as a viral social media sensation. Now, in his official biography, the... Read more

The Shitshow

By: Steve Lowe & Alan McArthur

Narrated by: Miles Jupp

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

It was shit. Then the shit hit the fan. Would someone find a way of making it worse? Of course they would! Welcome to THE SHITSHOW...'

There's a lot going on these days. Trump, Brexit, Call the Midwife . . . The rise of the robots . . . The rise of Easy Peelers . . .

The authors of the bestselling Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? series... Read more

The Adventures of a Curious Cat

By: Curious Zelda

Narrated by: Georgia Maguire

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

'Curiosity is more than a desire to discover. It's a lifestyle, and a purrvilege. It's hours of observing a fly on the wall. It's entering the sock drawer just before it closes. It's sniffing the lampshade one more time . . .'

Such is the wisdom of Curious Zelda: social media star, agony aunt, yoga teacher, cat. In The Adventures of a Curious Cat... Read more

Great Australian Sporting Stories

By: Ian Heads & Norman Tasker

Narrated by: Chris Chapple

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

'Heads and Tasker, legends themselves, set out to write a book that would continue the trail laid by early-days sporting scribes of long ago. I could not put it down.' John Coates AC, President of the Australian Olympic Committee

'I know readers will enjoy the many stories and anecdotes that Heads and Tasker have accumulated over more than a... Read more

Miracle on 10th Street

By: Madeleine L'Engle

Narrated by: Pamela Almand

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time reflects on themes such as advent, epiphany, faith, and wonder in this Christmas holiday classic.For more than fifty years, Madeleine L'Engle has delighted and inspired readers with her warm, eloquent prose and inspirational poetry. She continues this tradition with Miracle on 10th Street, a collection... Read more

Malaya

By: Cinelle Barnes

Narrated by: Cinelle Barnes

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From Cinelle Barnes, author of the memoir Monsoon Mansion, comes a moving and reflective essay collection about finding freedom in America.Out of a harrowing childhood in the Philippines, Cinelle Barnes emerged triumphant. But as an undocumented teenager living in New York, her journey of self-discovery was just beginning.Because she couldn’t... Read more

99 Bottles

By: André Hueston Mack

Narrated by: André Hueston Mack

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A highly opinionated wine guide from one of the country’s most celebrated — and unorthodox — sommeliers and winemakers In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator André Mack presents listeners with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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