Language

Talk Like TED

By: Carmine Gallo
Narrated by: Carmine Gallo
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No

Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sell your ideas persuasively. This ability is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams. Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking... Read More »

How to Write Short

By: Roy Peter Clark
Narrated by: Roy Peter Clark
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No

America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing. In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this... Read More »

Behind the Wheel Express - Italian 1

By: Behind the Wheel & Mark Frobose
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No

Behind the Wheel Express Italian covers beginning to intermediate level Italian, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Italian. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and native speakers to aid with your pronunciation.... Read More »

Behind the Wheel Express - French 1

By: Behind the Wheel & Mark Frobose
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 2 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No

Behind the Wheel Express French covers beginning to intermediate level French, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in French. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and native speakers to aid with your pronunciation.

This... Read More »

Drive Time Spanish: Beginner Level

By: Living Language
Narrated by: Living Language
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No

Learn Spanish while running errands, commuting or even while working out! This Spanish language course is easy and convenient in an all-audio format.

Drive Time Spanish is the easiest way to learn Spanish vocabulary, to learn Spanish grammar, to learn Spanish pronunciation, conversation and even Spanish culture — all without a book. The experts... Read More »

Behind the Wheel - Mandarin Chinese 1

By: Behind the Wheel & Mark Frobose
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

Behind the Wheel Chinese Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level Mandarin, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Mandarin Chinese. An easy-to-understand companion book is provided in phonetic Pinyin, a system of representing Chinese using the English... Read More »

Behind the Wheel - Spanish 1

By: Behind the Wheel & Mark Frobose
Narrated by: Mark Frobose
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

Behind the Wheel Spanish Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level Spanish, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Spanish. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and two native Latin American Spanish speakers to aid... Read More »

The Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips to Clean Up Your Writing

By: Mignon Fogarty
Narrated by: Mignon Fogarty
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes
Abridged: No

Mignon Fogarty can't remember whether it was a misused semicolon, a chronic case of comma splicing, or an "affect" when an "effect" was called for, but at some point she had seen one mangled sentence too many. Determined to counter the slipping standards of good writing in daily discourse, Mignon created a weekly podcast called Grammar Girl's... Read More »

Consider This

By: Chuck Palahniuk
Narrated by: Chuck Palahniuk & Edoardo Ballerini
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No

Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling.

In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes... Read More »

Greek to Me

By: Mary Norris
Narrated by: Mary Norris
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No

"Hilarious. . . . This book charmed my socks off." ?Patricia O'Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous... Read More »

Dreyer's English

By: Benjamin Dreyer
Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer & Alison Fraser
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness

“Essential (and delightful!)”—People

We all write, all the time: books, blogs,... Read More »

Before and After the Book Deal

By: Courtney Maum
Narrated by: Courtney Maum
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No

Everything you've ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide by acclaimed author Courtney Maum. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book has over 150 contributors from all walks of the industry, including... Read More »

Letters to a Young Writer

By: Colum McCann
Narrated by: Colum McCann
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer—and so much more than that.

Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the... Read More »

In Other Words

By: Jhumpa Lahiri & Ann Goldstein
Narrated by: Jhumpa Lahiri
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No

From the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut—an “honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)
 
In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession:... Read More »

Sweat the Technique

By: Rakim & Toure
Narrated by: Rakim
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No

The musician and Hip Hop legend—hailed as “the greatest MC of all time” and compared to Thelonious Monk—reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist.

When he exploded on the music scene, musical genius Rakim was hailed for his brilliant artistic style,... Read More »

Pimsleur English for Russian Speakers Level 1 Lessons 1-5

By: Pimsleur
Narrated by: Pimsleur
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn English
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in English — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so you can put it... Read More »

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

By: Jessica Brody
Narrated by: Jessica Brody
Length: 10 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No

The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.

Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat! screenwriting methodology to the world of novel writing.... Read More »

On Writing

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No

Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work.

“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master... Read More »

Between You and Me

By: Mary Norris
Narrated by: Mary Norris
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice. Between You & Me features Norris's... Read More »

The Seven Basic Plots

By: Christopher Booker
Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
Length: 38 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No

This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of "basic stories" in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that... Read More »

Thinking Inside the Box

By: Adrienne Raphel
Narrated by: Adrienne Raphel
Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No

A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history by a brilliant young writer

Almost as soon as it appeared, the crossword puzzle had already become indispensable to our lives. Invented practically by accident in 1913, when a newspaper editor at the New York World was casting around for something... Read More »

Bird by Bird

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Susan Bennett
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:
 
“Thirty years ago... Read More »

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

By: Alexander Chee
Narrated by: Daniel K. Isaac
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No

An essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist-and how we form our identities in life and in art.

As a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as "masterful" by Roxane Gay, "incendiary" by the New York Times, and "brilliant" by the Washington Post. With How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, his first collection... Read More »

Working

By: Robert A. Caro
Narrated by: Robert A. Caro
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No

“One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer.” —The Sunday Times (London)

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply moving recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed... Read More »