Essays audiobooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hotbox

By: Matt Lee & Ted Lee

Narrated by: Matt Lee & Ted Lee

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"As the Lees deftly interview chefs, workers, and clients, their Southern charm enhances their narration...Even non-foodies will savor lesser known morsels of information and marvel at how the wealthy celebrate." — AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the authors.

Matt Lee and Ted Lee take on the competitive, wild world of high-end catering,... 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

Mutual Rescue

By: Carol Novello

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving and scientific look at the curative powers--both physical and mental--of rescuing a shelter animal, by the president of Humane Society Silicon Valley.

MUTUAL RESCUE profiles the transformational impact that shelter pets have on humans, exploring the emotional, physical, and spiritual gifts that rescued animals provide. It explores... Read more

Berliner Sagen und Legenden

By: Kristina Hammann

Narrated by: Heiner Giersberg

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Berlin, die Stadt der Moderne, schläft nie. Sie ist das deutsche Epizentrum neuzeitlicher Errungenschaften. Medien, Wissenschaft, Politik alles rotiert hier auf Weltniveau. Solche Superlativen machen vergessen, dass hinter der Hektik ein historisches Vermächtnis liegt. Dieses Hörbuch gibt den Blick dorthin zurück frei: Kristina Hammann hat die... Read more

The Animal's Companion

By: Jacky Colliss Harvey

Narrated by: Nicola Barber

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling author's compelling portrait of the universal human need for animal companions -- from dogs and cats to horses, birds, house-rabbits, and even exotica such as lizards and snakes.In The Animal's Companion, the acclaimed author of Red: A History of the Redhead, Jacky Colliss Harvey turns her keen eye for cultural... Read more

The Atlas of Happiness

By: Helen Russell

Narrated by: Helen Russell

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This charming and entertaining guide offers listeners the chance to learn and be inspired by the "untranslatable" beliefs and unique perspectives on how to live a happier life from countries around the world. Listeners can seek and find happiness in their everyday lives guided by the diverse assortment of advice, history, and philosophies on how... Read more

The Mission of a Lifetime

By: Basil Hero

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning former investigative reporter Basil Hero chronicles the life lessons humanity can learn from the twelve remaining Apollo astronauts who went to the Moon. In rare in-depth interviews, the twelve remaining lunar explorers, for the first time, talk at length about the real right stuff; the true source of courage, leadership, and the... Read more

Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault

By: Cathy Guisewite

Narrated by: Cathy Guisewite & Anna Guisewite

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From the creator of the iconic "Cathy" comic strip comes her first collection of funny, wise, poignant, and incredibly honest essays about being a woman in what she lovingly calls "the panini generation."

As the creator of "Cathy," Cathy Guisewite found her way into the hearts of readers more than forty years ago, and has been there ever since.... Read more

Einstein para perplejos

By: Andrés Gomberoff & José Edelstein

Narrated by: Wenceslao Corral

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Un absorbente y entretenido conjunto de ensayos que abordan la vida y obra de Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein es un modelo universal de la inteligencia, la humanidad y la imaginación. Sin embargo, su obra ha permanecido distante para el público general. En Einstein para perplejos, José Edelstein y Andrés Gomberoff buscan revertir esta... Read more

Einstein

By: Walter Isaacson

Narrated by: Luis Solís

Length: 28 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Escucha ahora la biografía definitiva de Albert Einstein, uno de los iconos del siglo XX y su mayor genio. Albert Einstein es uno de los científicos más importantes de la historia y un icono del siglo XX. ¿Cómo funcionaba su mente? ¿Qué le hizo un genio? ¿Cómo era el hombre detrás de la celebridad? Walter Isaacson, que tuvo acceso a los archivos... Read more

Dances With Trout

By: John Gierach

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 6 hours 56 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 the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. In this new collection of essays on fishing—and... Read more

Arctic Dreams

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 17 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Book Award

This bestselling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.

The Arctic is a perilous place. Only a few species of wild animals can survive its harsh climate. In this modern classic, Barry Lopez explores the many-faceted wonders of the Far North:... Read more

Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies

By: author

Narrated by: Rosie Akerman, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Grace Camp...

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A diverse group of celebrities, activists, and artists open up about what feminism means to them, with the goal of helping readers come to their own personal understanding of the word.



Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies is a collection of writing from extraordinary women, from Hollywood actresses to teenage activists, each telling the story... Read more

Horizon

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: James Naughton

Length: 22 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:
THE NEW YORK TIMES • NPR • THE GUARDIAN

From pole to pole and across decades of lived experience, National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez delivers his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date. Horizon moves indelibly, immersively, through the author’s travels to six regions of the world: from Western... Read more

Landfill

By: Tim Dee

Narrated by: Tim Dee

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the past hundred years, gulls have been brought ashore by modernity. They now live not only on the coasts but in our slipstream following trawlers, barges, and garbage trucks. They are more our contemporaries than most birds, living their wild lives among us in towns and cities. In many ways they live as we do, walking the built-up world... Read more

Navigating the Post-Trust Era

By: Shiv Singh

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In these days of fake news, it is more difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe. We have entered, what Singh describes as, a post-–trust era. Here we shine a light on how we can be more mindful of the role we play, sometimes unwittingly, in condoning and promoting fakery and how we can become more alert to how vulnerable we are to... Read more

La misère des niches : musique et numérique, alerte sur les enjeux d'une mutation

By: Alain Brunet

Narrated by: Alain Brunet

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

« Chroniqueur de musique depuis 35 ans, je n’ai  jamais observé un problème d’une telle ampleur.  J’ai donc entrepris l’écriture de cet essai, sorte de  reportage mammouth sur la détérioration dramatique des conditions imposées aux musiciens à  l’aube de l’ère numérique. Les artistes évoluent  désormais dans un écosystème dominé par ... Read more