Essays audiobooks

Comme toutes les étoiles dans la Voie Lactée

By: Sandra Friedrich

Narrated by: Sandra Friedrich

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Quand on a développé une relation exceptionnelle avec un animal, que devient la vie quand ce dernier part ? Ce livre aborde la douloureuse question du deuil de l’animal de compagnie. Il documente, par une série d’entrevues, les histoires bouleversantes de personnes en relation avec les animaux de compagnie qui ont chamboulé leur parcours.... Read more

Incredibull Stella

By: Marika Meeks & Elizabeth Ridley

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready to fall in love with one incredible dog . . .



Marika Meeks fell in love with Stella the moment she saw her. The adorable pit bull puppy had been abandoned in a cold field in winter—but her warm, friendly eyes and boundless affection could melt anyone's heart. Even so, Marika wasn't sure she was ready to adopt a dog. As a busy... Read more

What If?

By: Steve L. Robbins, PhD

Narrated by: David Shih

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From incomparable storyteller and beloved diversity and inclusion expert, Steve L. Robbins, comes the tenth anniversary edition of his classic book, What If?, used by scores of companies globally for diversity training.

This tenth anniversary edition of the beloved classic features ten new stories written by Dr. Robbins that help listeners gain... Read more

NFL Century

By: Joe Horrigan

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL’s 100th anniversary season.
 
“I can think of no one better qualified—or more enthusiastic—to chronicle the National Football League’s century-long history than Joe Horrigan.”—Marv... Read more

Letters to a Young Catholic

By: George Weigel

Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

For the faithful, the doubtful, and the searchers of every age, these letters convey the power of the Catholic faith that is at once personal and universal, timely and eternal.

In this remarkable exploration of the Catholic world, prominent Catholic author and papal biographer George Weigel offers a luminous collection of letters to young... Read more

Philosophie du hip-hop : des origines à Lauryn Hill

By: Jérémie McEwen

Narrated by: Jérémie McEwen

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Qui aurait pensé faire appel aux grands noms de la philosophie occidentale pour analyser les oeuvres artistiques du hip-hop, décortiquer les textes de chansons, les graffitis au mur, le travail des DJ et l'art des danseurs urbains? Le professeur de philosophie et spécialiste du rap Jérémie McEwen, bien sûr. Dans ce livre, il bâtit des ponts... Read more

The Impossible Will Take a Little While

By: Paul Rogat Loeb

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

More relevant than ever, this seminal collection of essays encourages us to believe in the power of ordinary citizens to change the world

In today's turbulent world it's hard not to feel like we're going backwards; after decades of striving, justice and equality still seem like far off goals. What keeps us going when times get tough? How have... Read more

Mary Shelley

By: Miranda Seymour

Narrated by: Sandra Duncan

Length: 27 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The most dazzling biography of a female writer to have come my way for a decade…' – Financial Times

‘To be savoured for its vivid and sympathetic recreation of the tragic life and brilliant times of the gifted Mary Shelley’ – Times Literary Supplement

‘Brilliant and enthralling' – Independent On Sunday

'Wonderfully vivid' – Spectator

The... Read more

Zen Bender

By: Stephanie Krikorian

Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Forty, chronically single, and up an extra twenty pounds, TV news producer Stephanie Krikorian fell victim to The Great Recession, finding herself suddenly unemployed. One unwanted pregnancy away from being a Lifetime Original Movie, Stephanie had to reinvent herself . . . and fast. So, to keep her head above water, she started ghostwriting... Read more

Homegrown

By: Alex Speier

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their talented young core—the culmination of nearly a decade of reporting from one of the most respected baseball writers in the country.The 2018 season was a coronation for the Boston Red Sox. The best team in Major League... Read more

Diagnosis

By: Lisa Sanders

Narrated by: Lisa Sanders

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular Diagnosis column—now a Netflix original series

“Lisa Sanders is a paragon of the modern medical detective storyteller.”—Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal

As a Yale School of Medicine physician, the New York... Read more

La vida de las hormigas

By: Maurice Maeterlink

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Las hormigas se nos muestran en este libro como seres capaces de extraordinarias proezas. como el hombre, también ellas cuentan con ejercicios organizados. algunas se han especializado en una suerte de ganadería y otras parecen hacer aprendido a cultivar sus alimentos. su sistema de comunicación también despierta el asombro y nos recuerda a la... Read more

La vida de las abejas

By: Maurice Maeterlink

Narrated by: Alex Ortega

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta obra aparece reeditada después de muchos años en un terreno tan difícil como la realidad colombiana que vivimos. Es una invitación a volver a las raíces de la naturaleza y a la concordia que tanto necesita nuestro país. Read more

Lady Diana - Top Secret

By: Sergio Felleti

Narrated by: Ian A Miller

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

What and who caused the death of Lady Diana? Was she a victim of a fatal accidental car crash, or was she violently murdered through a precise and well organized plot? According to the authors of many books it is an extremely mysterious event, and it will remain so forever, however this book gives out evidence, testimonies and accuracies about... Read more

The Pretty One

By: Keah Brown

Narrated by: Keah Brown

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America.

Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire... Read more

Girl on the Block

By: Jessica Wragg

Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

A memoir of coming of age behind the counter, exploring butchery as an art form and taking an incisive look at an industry on the brink.When sixteen-year-old Jessica Wragg applied for a job at her local farm shop in Derbyshire, England, she never expected to land a position behind the butchery counter. Wragg was younger than many of her... Read more

La aventura de los conquistadores

By: Juan Antonio Cebrián

Narrated by: Sergio Olcina

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

El 12 de octubre de 1492 el almirante Cristóbal Colón, al mando de tres navíos y un puñado de aventureros, soldados y clérigos, descubría la realidad de un nuevo continente que recibiría más tarde el nombre de América. Aquella tierra se convirtió de inmediato en el paraíso prometido para miles de esforzados soñadores, tan ávidos de aventura y... Read more

Don't Wait Up

By: Liz Astrof

Narrated by: Liz Astrof

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“The parenting genre is never going to be the same” (Jancee Dunn, author of How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids) after this candid and hilarious collection of essays on motherhood from the award-winning television comedy writer and producer of 2 Broke Girls and The King of Queens, who swears she loves her kids—when she’s not hiding from... Read more

The Great Alone - Abridged

By: Tim Voors

Narrated by: BJ Genten

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Time is precious. The world is waiting. Rediscover yourself. The Great Alone is the epic adventure of a relatable explorer. Why does a 44-year-old father leave his family for six months to walk 4,286 km across America on the Pacific Crest Trail? What effect does it have on his marriage? on his children? and on himself? Following his... Read more

Física de lo imposible

By: Michio Kaku

Narrated by: Raúl Arrieta

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Hasta qué punto los ingenios de la ciencia ficción que hoy consideramos imposibles pueden ser habituales en el futuro? Descúbrelo escuchando este audiolibro. Teletransporte, máquinas del tiempo, campos de fuerza y naves intergalácticas: ¿materia de ciencia ficción o tecnologías potencialmente disponibles en el futuro? Inspirado por los mundos... Read more

Screen Tests

By: Kate Zambreno

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In Screen Tests, an astoundingly original and stylish collection, Zambreno has once again created new categories of writing, of vivid and surprising language and thought. In the first half, the narrator regales us with incisive and witty swatches from a life lived inside a brilliant mind, meditating on aging and vanity, fame and failure, writing... Read more

Funny, Sad & True

By: Ale Solis

Narrated by: Ale Solis

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Funny, Sad & True nos relata un camino de autodescubrimiento que, a primera vista, podría resultar inspirador – si no fuera porque se trata de una historia de tropiezos.En este conjunto de ensayos cómicos, la comediante abarca temas tan diversos como los poderes mágicos de las frutas, las preocupaciones generacionales que atormentan a la... Read more

La inteligencia de las flores

By: Maurice Maeterlink

Narrated by: Antonio Raluy

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Esta obra aparece reeditada después de muchos años en un terreno tan difícil como la realidad colombiana que vivimos. Es una invitación a volver a las raíces de la naturaleza y a la concordia que tanto necesita nuestro país. Read more

Bring Jade Home

By: Michelle Caffrey

Narrated by: Kristin James

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine your dog, suddenly lost in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Alone. At night. Surrounded by wolves and grizzly bears. Day after day, week after week. How far would you go to find your dog? Time is running out. Predators. Frigid nights. A dangerous landscape. Starvation.

Bring Jade Home is the gripping true story of Jade, a young... Read more