Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo
By: Mark Horrell
Narrated by: Philip Battley
Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
His cheeks are as tender as raw meat on a butcherâs block. And those are just the cheeks of his face. As he slumps in the saddle, watching the road disappear into the distance, he aches in parts of his body that heâs only just discovering he hasâŠWhen Mark travels to Ecuador to go hiking and climbing, he discovers a land of dramatic volcanoes... Read more
View audiobookCrossing Boundaries
By: Aziz Abu Sarah
Narrated by: Tristan Wright
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
âAziz Abu Sarah rightly reminds us that it's not more travel we should be after, but the right kind of travelâone that treads lightly, highlights multiple perspectives (including traditionally marginalized ones), and fosters personal transformation, which is the key to a better world.âÂ
âNorie Quintos, Editor at Large, National Geographic Travel... Read more
Conquering the Desert of Death
By: Charles Blackmore
Narrated by: Mark Kitto
Length: 9 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
The ferocious Taklamakan desert, the harshest on earth, is known by the Chinese as the 'desert of death' or the 'place of no return' - you go in but you don't come out. It sustains no life and has taken the lives of many of those who have ventured in. Its unknown depths are said to be haunted by demons and spirits and legend has it that ancient... Read more
View audiobookEat, Gay, Love
By: Calum McSwiggan
Narrated by: Calum McSwiggan
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In the spring of 2012, Calum finds himself single again after his relationship of six years comes to an end.
Heartbroken, unhappy and unsure of what to do next, he leaves the hometown he has been in all his life to embark on a journey that takes him all around the world, from teaching in a school on the outskirts of Rome to exploring the sex... Read more
Surviving the City
By: Cai Lonergan
Narrated by: Cai Lonergan
Length: 1 hour 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A compilation of strategies and hard-earned lessons to ease any English teacher or traveler into life in a Chinese city, as well as a few stories that reveal the nature of the beast. There are so many things to understand about Chinese cities and their different cultures, and this book is meant to focus on encouraging travelers to enjoy all of... Read more
View audiobookHow to Become an English Teacher in China
By: Cai Lonergan
Narrated by: Cai Lonergan
Length: 1 hour 2 minutes
Abridged: No
After I spent eight years teaching, owning schools and traveling, I compiled the lessons I learned into a book with nothing but the facts(alright, and a couple fun stories) about becoming and succeeding as an English teacher in the world's largest English-teaching market today. All of the wonderful, convincing whys and the practical hows a... Read more
View audiobookThe New Parisienne
By: Lindsey Tramuta & Joann Pai
Narrated by: Lindsey Tramuta
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In a follow-up to the popular The New Paris, Lindsey Tramuta explores the impact that the women of Paris have had on the rapidly evolving culture of their city
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The New Parisienne focuses on one of the cityâs most prominent features, its women. Lifting the veil on the mythologized Parisian womanâwhite, lithe, ever fashionableâLindsey Tramuta... Read more
A Short History of Russia
By: Mark Galeotti
Narrated by: Mark Galeotti
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A Library Journal 2020 Title to Watch
"Terrific - and an amazing achievement to cover so much ground in such a short and wonderfully readable book." -Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads
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Russiaâs epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's fascinating history to illuminate its... Read more
In the Land of Good Living
By: Kent Russell
Narrated by: Kent Russell
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A wickedly smart, funny, and irresistibly off-kilter account of an improbable thousand-mile journey on foot into the heart of modern Florida, the state that Russell calls "America Concentrate."
In the summer of 2016, Kent Russell--broke, at loose ends, hungry for adventure--set off to walk across Florida. Mythic, superficial, soaked in... Read more
The Bloody British
By: Paul Hawkins
Narrated by: Stewart Crank
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Are you ready to meet The Bloody British? For fans of Very British Problems, Douglas Adams and Bill Bryson, it's the perfect gift for the socially awkward oddball in your life.
Being British isn't easy. Especially if you live abroad, where your countrymen aren't exactly famous for, well, blending in. As his beloved homeland goes Brexit bananas,... Read more
Aber du bist doch behindert
By: Sven Marx
Narrated by: Markus Mager
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
49.000 km auf dem Fahrrad, 29 LĂ€nder, 20 HauptstĂ€dte, 4 Kontinente, 1 Audienz beim Papst Das Paradies auf Erden ist fĂŒr jeden Menschen etwas anders â zum GlĂŒck. FĂŒr Sven Marx und seine Frau Annett hatte das Paradies mit Wasser zu tun, was wohl der Grund dafĂŒr war, dass sie mit ihrem Sohn nur 50 Meter vom Roten Meer entfernt lebten. Nach einem... Read more
View audiobookTiny Pieces of Us
By: Nicky Pellegrino
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
Length: 10 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
'Heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for Life
My heart is less than 1% of my body, it weighs hardly anything; it is only a tiny piece of me, yet it is the part everyone finds most interesting.
Vivi Palmer knows what it's like to live life carefully. Born with a heart defect, she was given a second chance after a transplant, but has... Read more
The Poetry of Strangers
By: Brian Sonia-Wallace
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
It might surprise you whoâs a fan of poetry â when it meets them where they are.Before he became an award-winning writer and poet, Brian Sonia-Wallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign that said âPoetry Storeâ and discovered something surprising: all over America, people want poems. An amateur busker at first, Brian asked countless... Read more
View audiobookTravel and Living in an Rv
By: Daniel McGrath
Narrated by: Peter Prova
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Do You Want To Take Your Family On An Adventure? Try RVing! Would you love to spend a few days and nights at a beautiful lake or at the edge of a mighty forest?Are you planning a family vacation thatâs fun and affordable and will teach your kids something about nature?Or maybe youâd love to become a full-time traveler while taking some of your... Read more
View audiobookMessi
By: Guillem Balague
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Length: 27 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
'I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi' Diego Maradona
FULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2022 WORLD CUP TRIUMPH & MESSI'S TRANSFER TO INTER MIAMI
As Lionel Messi raised the World Cup triumphantly into the air, the world watched on in awe. Messi's final peak conquered; his final dream achieved.... Read more
Sunny Days and Sea Breezes
By: Carole Matthews
Narrated by: Laura Kirman
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award
'A life-affirming story full of joy and hope' CATHY BRAMLEY
'A sun-filled, fun-filled wonderful escapist adventure' MILLY JOHNSON
When does time out become the time of your life?
Jodie Jackson is all at sea, in every sense.
On a ferry bound for the... Read more
"Grund dafĂŒr sind Verzögerungen im Betriebsablauf"
By: Maria Wiesner
Narrated by: Steffen Lehmann
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
VerspĂ€tungen, ZugausfĂ€lle, geĂ€nderte Wagenreihung, fehlende Sitzplatzreservierungen und ewige Baustellen â kein Unternehmen erregt den Unmut seiner Kunden so sehr wie die Deutsche Bahn. Survival Training inklusive. Fast jeder Zugreisende kann solche Geschichten erzĂ€hlen. FAZ-Redakteurin Maria Wiesner hat die irrsten Erlebnisse Bahnreisender... Read more
View audiobookEine Landratte möchte Seemann werden
By: Manfred Schulze
Narrated by: Manfred Schulze
Length: 8 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
Auf jedem Schiff treibt der Klabautermann seinen Schabernack. Er hat ein grĂŒnes Gesicht und blaue ZĂ€hne, erzĂ€hlen die alten, aberglĂ€ubischen Seeleute. Mit HammerschlĂ€gen warnt er die Mannschaft bei Gefahr, wenn ihn niemand sehen kann. Mit schabenden GerĂ€uschen verabschiedet er sich von den verlorenen Seeleuten, bevor er das sinkende Schiff... Read more
View audiobookRolling Fields
By: David Trueba
Narrated by: Nicholas Gauci
Length: 12 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD
'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful' Mail on Sunday
Dani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died.
Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind... Read more
The Beast
By: Oscar Martinez
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Ăscar MartĂnez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the... Read more
View audiobookFrench Like Moi
By: Scott Dominic Carpenter
Narrated by: Scott Dominic Carpenter
Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
FRENCH OR FAUX?When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishapsânot to mention all those lectures about cheese! It turns out that nothing in the City of Light can be taken for granted, where even... Read more
View audiobookReports from Hell
By: Chas Smith
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Length: 8 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A gonzo ride through war-torn Yemen as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell and Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair, could provide. Follow Smith and his misfit band of merrymakers as they search for the true origins of Al Qaeda and endeavor to ride the unsurfed waves... Read more
View audiobookThe Meaning of Travel
By: Emily Thomas
Narrated by: Esther Wane
Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
How can we think more deeply about our travels?
This was the question that inspired Emily Thomas's journey into the philosophy of travel. Part philosophical ramble, part travelogue, The Meaning of Travel begins in the Age of Discovery, when philosophers first started taking travel seriously. It meanders forward to consider Montaigne on... Read more
Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest
By: Mark Horrell
Narrated by: Philip Battley
Length: 11 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
As he teetered on a narrow rock ledge a yakâs bellow short of the stratosphere, with a rubber mask strapped to his face, a pair of mittens the size of a sealionâs flippers, and a drop of two kilometres below him, itâs fair to say Mark Horrell wasnât entirely happy with the situation he found himself in.He had been an ordinary hiker who had only... Read more
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