Travel audiobooks

حكايا سعودي في أوروبا

By: عبدالله بن صالح الجمعة

Narrated by: وليد عجال

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

أثناء سفره المتعدد إلى أوروبا، واجه الكاتب عبدالله الجمعة العديد من المواقف والمغامرات التي وثقها في كتابه هذا. فمن ضياع في غابة في إنجلترا، مروراً برحلة بحرية في بحر البلطيق ومقابلة السلطان عبدالحميد في اليونان، إلى البحث عن صاحبة رسالة منسية في كتاب قديم، وغيرها من الحكايا المتخمة بالمعلومات والطرفة والمشاعر التي تنقل القارئ إلى عوالم أخرى. Read more

البلدة الأخرى

By: إبراهيم عبدالمجيد

Narrated by: كريم مسعد

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

يحكى هذا الكتاب قصة شاب غامر بالسفر إلى إحدى دول النفط عله يجد فيها ما يعوضه عما يعانيه فى بلدة. ولكن ليس كل ما يتمناه المرء يدركه..فستجد عزيزى القارئ بين دفتى هذا الكتاب عرضاً لما عاناه بطلنا فى غربته سواء كان حلواً أو مراً. Read more

Die außergewöhnlichen Radtouren eines Bürokraten

By: Burkhard Werner

Narrated by: Burkhard Werner

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Außergewöhnliche Radtouren durch Deutschland, Polen, Weißrussland, Italien, Frankreich, Griechenland und die Türkei. Spannende Erlebnisse, lustige Geschichten und Tipps von jemandem, der sein ganzes Leben auf den unterschiedlichsten Fahrrädern unterwegs war. Ganz spezielle Urlaubsreisen mit dem Tandem, dem Liegerad von der Grafschaft Bentheim... Read more

Serial Killers

By: Richard Estep

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 17 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder, and yes, even the ability to charm people. Take a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil!They prey on the innocent with a malicious desire to inflict damage and harm. They hunt and stalk misfortunate... Read more

التغريبة البلالية

By: بلال فضل

Narrated by: رهام حمدي زيدان

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

كتاب "التغريبة البلالية" لبلال فضل..تعودنا من بلال فضل على ان تكون كتبه تجميع لما كتب من مقالات خلال عام او اعوام .على خلاف هذا الكتب الذى يظنه البعض من أدب الرحلات لكنة لم يخلو من السخرية الساحرة التى تجعله من الادب الساخر "هروب من الموت تحت قصف الطائرات الإسرائيلية لبيروت في يوليو الأسود، ومشاركة في تهريب كتاب معارض لنظام الأسد في قلب دمشق قبل... Read more

حول العالم في ٨٠ مقالًا

By: فهد عامر الأحمدي

Narrated by: نور الصباح

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

فهد عامر الأحمدي الحربي هو كاتب سعودي صاحب عامود حول العالم في جريدة الرياض. بدأ كتابة المقالة في جريدة المدينة، وفي 17 أغسطس 1991م نشر أول مقال له بعنوان "انف.جار سيبيريا" قبل أن ينتقل إلي جريدة الرياض وينشر أول مقال له في 21 سبتمبر 2000م ولا يزال كاتباً يومياً في جريدة الرياض. Read more

Summer in Andalucía

By: Lucy Coleman

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

'Beautifully written, comforting and utterly uplifting, Lucy Coleman’s stories are the perfect tonic when life is a little grey.' Holly MartinLainey Summers feels blessed to have her dream job writing for a renowned foodie magazine. And the day she goes to interview chef Rick Oliver at his new restaurant—Aleatory—in London’s popular Piccadilly,... Read more

Junkyard Planet

By: Adam Minter

Narrated by: William Elsman

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter, read by William Elsman.

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam... Read more

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

By: Tim Cope

Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents On the Trail of Genghis Khan by Tim Cope, read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart.

Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Festival Book Competition

The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century—a small tribe, which, under... Read more

رحلة ابن فضلان إلى بلاد الترك والروس والصقالبة

By: أحمد ابن فضلان

Narrated by: حاتم اللافي

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

أقدم وصف أجنبي لروسيا كتبه بن فضلان عام 921-924م. فقد زار أحمد بن فضلان روسيا برسالة من الخليفة العباسي إلى ملك الصقالبة. ما زال الالتباس والادعاء يكتنفان واحدة من أهم رحلات الحوار الحضاري في العصور الوسطى. ففي عام 921 (309هـ) خرجت من بغداد -عاصمة النور آنذاك- بعثة دينية سياسية بتكليف من الخليفة العباسي "المقتدر بالله" إلى قلب القارة الآسيوية... Read more

حول العالم في ٢٢ يومًا

By: محمد المر

Narrated by: معتز صقر

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

قد اعتمد الكاتب في هذا الكتاب على سرد ما حدث له في بلاد أوروبا خلال رحلة دامت 22 يوما ، ذكر فيها ما حدث له من مغامرات على أشبه مقالات رائعة أعتمد فيها الكاتب على عرض إمكانياته الأدبية في استخدام أدب الرحلات في سرد كتابه ، وكذلك تناول مذكراته الشخصية أثناء هذه الرحلة الأوروبية في كتاب ممتع وليس بطويل أو ممل . Read more

Nepal - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Tessa Feller

Narrated by: Anna Bentinck

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Nepal is a land of contrasts and incongruities—not in the least in the variety of its cultural, ethnic, and religious weave. The Nepalese attitude toward life is essentially religious. Hindu and Buddhist values predominate and help to maintain social harmony despite the divisions between rich and poor,... Read more

Der Schneeleopard (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Sylvain Tesson

Narrated by: Tom Wlaschiha

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein stilles Werk von ungeheurer Wirkung Sylvain Tesson ist Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Reisender. Gemeinsam mit dem Fotografen Vincent Munier reist er nach Tibet, um sich auf die Suche nach einem der seltensten Tiere dieser Erde zu begeben - dem Schneeleoparden. Werden sie ihn finden? Ungewiss! Auf über 5.000 Metern Höhe, fernab vom Lärm der... Read more

Ten Thousand Hours in Paradise: Volume 1

By: Andrew M. Crusoe

Narrated by: Andrew M. Crusoe

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring true story of one writer’s wild adventure into the gems and perils of the Big Island of Hawaii, a blue feather as his only talisman.Wild sea turtles, black sand beaches, UFOs, and a volcano goddess living in a lake of lava? That’s only the beginning. Upon landing, Andrew feels instantly welcome. On his first night, a new friend... Read more

Water, Wood, and Wild Things

By: Hannah Kirshner

Narrated by: Hannah Kirshner

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"With this book, you feel you can stop time and savor the rituals of life." --Maira Kalman

An immersive journey through the culture and cuisine of one Japanese town, its forest, and its watershed--where ducks are hunted by net, saké is brewed from the purest mountain water, and charcoal is fired in stone kilns--by an American writer and food... Read more

Wilder wird's nicht - Auf der Suche nach Europas letzten Abenteuern (ungekürzt)

By: Andreas Winkelmann & Markus Knüfken

Narrated by: Andreas Winkelmann & Markus Knüfken

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Wo in Europa kann man noch wirklich wilde Orte entdecken, Freiheit spüren, Abenteuer erleben? Von dieser Sehnsucht getrieben begeben sich Andreas Winkelmann und Markus Knüfken auf die Suche - und werden fündig. Am Polarkreis in Schwedisch-Lappland, in den Alpen im Val Grande und sogar im Harz. Dort finden sie Gegenden, in denen gepflegte... Read more

Horizontal Vertigo

By: Juan Villoro

Narrated by: Gabriel Porras

Length: 16 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

At once intimate and wide-ranging, and as enthralling, surprising, and vivid as the place itself, this is a uniquely eye-opening tour of one of the great metropolises of the world, and its largest Spanish-speaking city.
 
Horizontal Vertigo: The title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their capital city... Read more

American Covenant

By: Michael A. Soukup & Gary E. Machlis

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate and candid account of our national parks and their strengths, vulnerabilities, and essential role in American life.



Part memoir, part critique, and paean to the value of national parks, American Covenant distills the experience and insights from two long careers in conservation. Michael A. Soukup and Gary E. Machlis show how the... Read more

Switzerland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Kendall Hunter

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Set aside your preconceptions of postcard scenery, chocolate and cheese, faceless bankers, and spotless cities. The real Switzerland is anything but bland. This small, multilingual, and fiercely independent country at the heart of Europe is full of surprises.Culture Smart! Switzerland reveals the human dimension of this enigmatic country. It... Read more

Vietnam - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Geoffrey Murray

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Vietnam is one of the most fascinating destinations in Southeast Asia. Having emerged from two decades of war, it is has undergone a period of rapid and far-reaching change, and its people have their eyes fixed firmly on the horizon. Culture Smart! Vietnam is for those who want to learn about the traditional values, sensibility, and modern way... Read more

Germany - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Barry Tomalin

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Germany—the powerhouse of Europe and pillar of the Eurozone—feels reassuringly familiar. However, despite superficial appearances, this is a country that operates very differently from the USA and Britain. German history is more than a thousand years old and the relatively new German nation-state encompasses an astonishing variety of cultural... Read more

Italy - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Barry Tomalin

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Italy delights and stimulates with its magnificent cities and monuments, stunningly beautiful landscapes, the glory of its art and architecture, the richness and variety of its food, the elegance of its design and fashion, and the vitality and charm of its people. Italian style and culture have been exported all over the world. At home, however,... Read more

Travel Seekness

By: Lisa Jackson & Graham Williams

Narrated by: Lisa Jackson & Graham Williams

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you risk deportation by illegally teaching English (with a fake American accent) just so you could scrape together the money to travel? And would you even want to roam the world for eight months on a budget so minuscule that you were forced to use paperbacks as loo roll and boil your own drinking water?Lisa and her husband Graham did both.... Read more

Uganda - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By: Ian Clarke

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Once notorious for the tyranny of Idi Amin, immortalized in the film The Last King of Scotland, Uganda has, for the last twenty-six years or so, struggled to overcome its negative image. It has largely been successful. Rated the best country to visit in 2012, it was one named of the best tourist destinations of 2013 by National Geographic... Read more