Essays audiobooks

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By: Joel Golby

Narrated by: Joel Golby

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

*National Bestseller*

"This is a funny and beautiful book. What a little bastard." --Russell Brand
"Every paragraph is like doing a shot with a friend. A double." --Caitlin Moran

Joel Golby's writing for Vice and The Guardian, with its wry observation and naked self-reflection, has brought him a wide and devoted following. Now, in his first book,... Read more

Walking with Henry

By: Rachel Anne Ridge

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Just when you think it's the end of your story . . . grace shows up.

Sometimes it arrives as a moment of joy in the middle of despair. Sometimes you find it next to a trusted friend along an old, well-trodden path. And sometimes, grace has fuzzy ears, a bristled mane, and hope for a new start.

Join Rachel Anne Ridge, author of the beloved... Read more

Seven at Sea

By: Erik Orton & Emily Orton

Narrated by: George Newbern & Erica Sullivan

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Erik and Emily skillfully show it is possible to live big on a shoestring budget while giving their family an astonishing education in adventure, creativity, purpose, and grit. Linda and Richard Eyre are the bestselling authors of Teaching Your Children ValuesWorking the night shift as a temp in a high-rise cubicle, Erik Orton knew something had... Read more

The Wrong End of the Table

By: Ayser Salman

Narrated by: Ayser Salman

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An Immigrant Love-Hate Story of What it Means to Be American You know that feeling of being at the wrong end of the table? Like you’re at a party but all the good stuff is happening out of earshot (#FOMO)? That’s life—especially for an immigrant. What happens when a shy, awkward Arab girl with a weird name and an unfortunate propensity toward... Read more

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay

By: Watkin Tench

Narrated by: Katharine Brooks

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay (1789) is a memoir by Watkin Tench. From the Introduction: "An unpractised writer is generally anxious to bespeak public attention, and to solicit public indulgence. Except on professional subjects, military men are, perhaps, too fearful of critical censure. For the present narrative no other apology... Read more

From the Top

By: Michael Perry

Narrated by: Michael Perry

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“I’m happy to go to the opera, but I should like to be allowed to wear steel-toed boots with my evening suit. I like to read Harper’s with a chaser of Varmint HunterMagazine. Maybe that’s why I enjoy a good show under canvas. Here we sit, brain-deep in arts and culture, but we’re also just people hanging out in a tent, some of us wearing logging... Read more

A Year in Paris

By: John Baxter

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the incomparable John Baxter, the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, a sumptuous and definitive portrait of Paris through the seasons, highlighting the unique tastes, sights, and changing personality of the city in spring, summer, fall, and winter.“A man with a great appreciation of what makes Paris tick.”—... Read more

Standing in a River Waving a Stick

By: John Gierach

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers



With his inimitable combination of wit and wisdom, John Gierach once again celebrates the fly-fishing life in Standing in a River Waving a Stick and notes its benefits as a sport, philosophical pursuit, even... Read more

Ciertas personas de cuatro patas

By: Rafael Baena

Narrated by: Bobby Sanchez

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Reportero y fotógrafo de profesión, a sus cincuenta años Rafael Baena publicó su primera novela, Tanta sangre vista, en la que los caballos y la caballería son tan significativos como en ¡Vuelvan caras, carajo! o en La bala vendida. Las razones para que ello haya sido así están explicadas en esta crónica en tono personal escrita para Luna Libros. Read more

Cabeza de Tigre. La patria que nos robaron

By: Marcos Rosenzvaig

Narrated by: Gustavo Bonfigli

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

1810. Santiago de Liniers, héroe de la Reconquista y penúltimo virrey del Río de la Plata, es fusilado por contrarrevolucionario. El pelotón conducido por Domingo French le dispara en un perdido paraje entre Córdoba y Santa Fe al que llaman Cabeza de Tigre. 1816. Cayetano Grimau y Gálvez enfrenta la misión más importante de su vida: debe... Read more

Barbarie y civilización - 2da edición. Sangre, monstruos y vampiros durante el segundo gobierno de Rosas

By: Gabo Ferro

Narrated by: Pablo Manelli

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Gabo Ferro analiza en profundidad el imaginario rioplatense de la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Monstruos, vampiros y sobre todo la sangre como principal metáfora política utilizada por Rosas y por sus opositores. El Plata enrojece, se inunda de sangre que tiñe, real y simbólicamente el agua, la ropa, las palabras, los distintos espacios públicos... Read more

Enseres para sobrevivir en la ciudad

By: Vicente Quirarte

Narrated by: Raul Carballeda

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Hay objetos que a fuerza de costumbre y de uso terminan por convertirse en seres, a veces más vivos que nosotros, como el paraguas, la pluma, el portafolios. Este libro reúne crónicas sobre estos enseres que pertenecen al ejercicio de la ciudad, a la cotidiana odisea que llevamos a cabo en ella. Read more

Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (Ungekürzt)

By: Fatma Aydemir & Hengameh Yaghoobifarah

Narrated by: Fatma Aydemir, Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Simone D...

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Wie fühlt es sich an, tagtäglich als "Bedrohung" wahrgenommen zu werden? Wie viel Vertrauen besteht nach dem NSU-Skandal noch in die Sicherheitsbehörden? Was bedeutet es, sich bei jeder Krise im Namen des gesamten Heimatlandes oder der Religionszugehörigkeit der Eltern rechtfertigen zu müssen? Und wie wirkt sich Rassismus auf die Sexualität aus?... Read more

It's Not About the Burqa

By: Mariam Khan

Narrated by: Afshan D'souza-Lodhi, Amna Saleem, Coco Khan, J...

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

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When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?

Shortlisted for Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year

'Engrossing . . . fascinating . . . courageous' – Observer

In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the ‘traditional... Read more

Animal Matters

By: Charlotte Rea

Narrated by: Heather Long

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Animals bond people and transcend class, financial and cultural barriers, pets matter to people more than anything, but what happens to those people who can't afford pet insurance or vet's bills.

Animal Matters is a diary of real-life cases written during a year of Charlotte's career working as a veterinary surgeon in a 24-hour inner-city London... Read more

Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

By: Limmy

Narrated by: Limmy

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The hysterical, shocking and incredibly intimate memoir from one of the most original and unique comedians alive today. Hello! I’m Brian Limond, aka Limmy. You might know me from Limmy’s Show. Or you might not know me at all. Don’t worry if you don’t. They asked me to write a book about... Read more

In Putin's Footsteps

By: Nina Khrushcheva & Jeffrey Tayler

Narrated by: Kathleen Gati

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In Putin’s Footsteps is Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler’s unique combination of travelogue, current affairs, and history, showing how Russia’s dimensions have shaped its identity and culture through the decades.With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the... Read more

Off the Rails

By: Beppe Severgnini

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In this witty and entertaining collection of travel tales, an acclaimed journalist explores his obsession with trains--and what his rail journeys have taught him about culture and identity.

"I've gone around the world in installments. Every trip has been a revelation. I've watched regions, nations, and continents change moods and I've met more... Read more

The Source of Self-Regard

By: Toni Morrison

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that "speaks to today’s social and political moment as directly as this morning’s headlines” (NPR).

These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of... Read more

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

By: Gloria Steinem

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Gabra Zackman, Gloria Steinem, ...

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"...powerful and necessary inspiration for the contemporary listener." — AudioFile Magazine

An updated, third edition of the renowned feminist’s most diverse and timeless collection of essays, with a new foreword written by Emma Watson, and new material written and read by Gloria Steinem.

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions has sold over half... Read more

The Myth of Sisyphus And Other Essays

By: Albert Camus

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric... Read more

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

By: Yiyun Li

Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In her first memoir, award-winning novelist Yiyun Li offers a journey of recovery through literature: a letter from a writer to like-minded readers.

“A meditation on the fact that literature itself lives and gives life.”—Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead

“What a long way it is from one life to another, yet why write if not for that... Read more

On Being 40(ish)

By: Lindsey Mead

Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Madeleine Maby, Soneela Nankani...

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Fifteen powerful women and writers you know and love—from the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Glamour, and The Atlantic—offer captivating, intimate, and candid explorations about what it’s really like turning forty—and that the best is yet to come.

The big 4-0. Like eighteen and twenty-one, this is a major and meaningful... Read more

Brown White Black

By: Nishta J. Mehra

Narrated by: Nishta J. Mehra

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptance.

Brown White Black is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra's family: her wife, who is white; her adopted child, Shiv, who is black; and their experiences dealing with America's rigid ideas of race, gender, and sexuality. Her clear-eyed and incisive writing on her family's daily... Read more