Essays audiobooks

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Linda Jones

Length: 12 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

At the end of summer 1839, the light changing and autumn in the air, Henry David Thoreau and his brother John clambered into their 15-foot-long homemade boat on an adventure north. They traveled the rivers from Concord, Massachusetts, to Concord, New Hampshire. Henry was two years out of Harvard, and his brother John was a few years older. They... Read more

Journey Through the Evolution of Intelligence: 7 Key Breakthroughs

By: Everett Kincaid

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Journey Through the Evolution of Intelligence: 7 Key Breakthroughs
⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Are you aiming to enhance your understanding and explore the milestones in the journey of intelligence?
Looking for a comprehensive guide that offers all the essential insights into the evolution of intelligence?
Your search ends... Read more

Hey, Jesus, It’s Me

By: Ellen Skrmetti

Narrated by: Ellen Skrmetti

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Instagram star and comedian Ellen Skrmetti shares stories behind her wildly popular “Hey Jesus, It’s Me” sketches of a middle-aged, southern-woman's opinions on mamas, menopause, and menus--and on giving the Lord a bit of advice about those unspoken prayer requests.

As a young girl, Ellen Skrmetti loved performing. She starred in plays, sang in... Read more

Speak Up, America: Your Voice Matters!

By: Elliot Thorne

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Speak Up, America: Your Voice Matters!
⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Are you looking to make an impact and express your viewpoints effectively?
Seeking a resource that equips you with all the knowledge and tools you need to amplify your voice?
Your search ends here!
This guide is your ultimate companion for deepening your... Read more

Stories You Never Knew: Captivating Tales for Your Ears

By: Merrick Holden

Narrated by: Rob Williamson

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Stories You Never Knew: Captivating Tales for Your Ears
⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐
Searching for a way to unlock wisdom from captivating stories you've missed?
Need a complete guide that provides all the vital elements for understanding and appreciating these stories?
Your search ends here!
This guide acts as your definitive... Read more

Paris Lost and Found

By: Scott Dominic Carpenter

Narrated by: Scott Dominic Carpenter

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Following his hilarious introduction to Paris in French Like Moi, Midwesterner Scott Dominic Carpenter returns to the scene of the crime with more tales of intrigue.
This time, though, the story starts with sorrow as Carpenter's wife struggles with dementia. Humor may be the best medicine, but even the antics of a vandal in their building can’t... Read more

Bridges

By: Mike Blake

Narrated by: Mike Blake

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Bridges: Rivers of traffic.
Bridges are all about us now in the modern world.
"I have have written this Poem 'BRIDGES - Rivers of Traffic. ::
Bridges are all about us now in the modern world, but have been around for a long time.
They've been getting built since ancient times, to ford rivers and cross continents by making roads AND rivers... Read more

On the Origin of Species [Russian Edition]

By: Charles Darwin

Narrated by: Olga Andreeva

Length: 23 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Darwin's gigantic work, revealing the theory of evolution based on natural selection, and at the same time - the diary of a naturalist traveler who visited South America, the Galapagos Islands and Australia.
In addition to the fact that this is a scientific work with examples, evidence and conclusions, it is also the most interesting... Read more

Vivir con el narco

By: Manu Ureste

Narrated by: Manu Ureste & Kerygma Flores

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

«La violencia se nos ha metido debajo de las uñas, bajo la epidermis del pecho, en la sinapsis individual y colectiva. Ante eso Manu Ureste nos entrega este libro magnífico para resistir. Su empatía con la vida de las víctimas relatadas en sus crónicas es un manifiesto periodístico que nos ayuda a imaginar otro destino.Vivir con el narco abre la... Read more

Nexus

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Luis David García Márquez

Length: 17 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

El esperado nuevo libro de Yuval Noah Harari, uno de los pensadores más innovadores, interesantes y clarividentes de la actualidad, y autor de Sapiens, el fenómeno literario global que ha cautivado a millones de lectores. «El historiador tiene una habilidad endemoniada para exponer argumentos sofisticados sobre cuestiones complejas sin dolor... Read more

Pasta, Pane, Vino

By: Matt Goulding

Narrated by: Mack Sanderson

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“Italy is a beautiful but complicated place, not so much a country as a collection of cultures and cuisines. Matt Goulding expertly navigates it’s wonders and eccentricities with wisdom and great passion.” -Anthony Bourdain ""Goulding is pioneering a new type of writing about food."" -Financial Times This is not a cookbook. This is something... Read more

Bone of the Bone

By: Sarah Smarsh

Narrated by: Sarah Smarsh

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Now collected for the first time in one volume, the brilliant and provocative essays that established National Book Award finalist Sarah Smarsh as one of the most important commentators on socioeconomic class in America—featuring a previously unpublished essay and a new introduction.

In Bone of the Bone, Sarah Smarsh brings her graceful... Read more

Cult Following

By: J. W. Ocker

Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Cursed Objects and The United States of Cryptids comes an eye-popping compendium of the most infamous, audacious, and dangerous cults in history.Have you ever wondered how smart, normal people end up enmeshed in extreme cults? Weird history expert J. W. Ocker strives to answer that question in Cult Following. Everything you’ve... Read more

Something in the Woods Loves You

By: Jarod K. Anderson

Narrated by: Jarod K. Anderson

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring blend of nature writing and memoir that explores nature’s crucial role in our emotional and mental health

Bats can hear shapes, plants can eat light, and bees can dance maps. When his life took him to a painfully dark place, the poet behind The CryptoNaturalist, Jarod K. Anderson, found comfort and redemption in these facts and the... Read more

Meat Sandwiches

By: M. P. MacDougall

Narrated by: M. P. MacDougall

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In this, the second installment in the How to Steer Your Kid series, M. P. MacDougall returns with a cast of irreverent characters and hilarious, only slightly embellished stories. There’s something for everyone who ever grew up in a somewhat weird family. MacDougall relates a variety of slapstick adventures - from taxidermy gone horribly wrong,... Read more

Serendipity

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The episode traces the history of a single word, serendipity, across seven centuries and just as many countries. A "serendipity" is a "happy and unexpected discovery", and the history of the word is itself full of happy and unexpected discoveries, including the history of horror and the origins of crime fiction. Along the way, we meet such... Read more

A Theory of Dog Ears

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do people treat their books so differently? Some people like to keep their books in near-mint condition, handling them with metaphorical gloves on and making sure that there is not a single scratch to be found on their cover. Other people, like Sophus, want to dogear the corners, doodle in the margins, and crack the spine of every book they... Read more

Forgetting to Forget

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

We all have something we would like to forget, or something we would like others to forget about us. But it can be surprisingly difficult to forget. You can try to make yourself hold on to a memory, but letting go of it can be much trickier. Forgetfulness comes, wanted or otherwise, but always at its own pace. This episode charts various people... Read more

Going Blank

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When Sophus's grandfather died, he left behind an old encyclopedia with a mysteriously empty page. In this episode, Sophus talks about happens when we run out of words, as when the mind is made blank by old age or when our loved ones die and we grieve them in silence. Empty pages are a powerfully symbol. They can mark both an ending and a new... Read more

Monkey Mind

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Sophus launches the podcast with a deep-dive into the human mind, this engine of chaos and expanse of possibility we all carry around inside us. The episode begins with a reminder—taken from, of all places, the British tax collection agency—to marvel at the clouds and allow ourselves to be stunned by volcanoes. And it ends with a walk through... Read more

Jet Screamer

By: M. P. MacDougall

Narrated by: M. P. MacDougall

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

M.P. MacDougall is the youngest of twelve kids. He grew up surrounded by obnoxious cows, Big Meanies, perilous expeditions, ravenous Sasquatches, mindless herds of picnickers, and meals that would make Julia Child roll over in her grave. His only means to survive it all was to assume a powerful alter-ego: Jet Screamer!
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Jak zszedłem na psy

By: Tadeusz Rybczyński

Narrated by: Tomasz Sobczak

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Czasem zejście na psy to najlepsze, co może się zdarzyć. Jak to się stało, że sfrustrowany początkujący pijak zmienił się w pełnego pozytywnej energii sportowca i podróżnika? Po prostu… zszedł na psy! A może to psy przyszły do niego? W każdym razie miłość do tych niezwykłych zwierząt odmieniła jego życie. Podczas długich górskich wędrówek i... Read more

Birds as Individuals

By: Len Howard

Narrated by: Jane Slavin

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them.

In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the... Read more

Street Hearts

By: Emma Smith & Anthony Smith

Narrated by: Melanie Crawley & Paul Paul Tyreman

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

A heartwarming tale of abandoned dogs and their saviours Among the cobblestone villages and towns of rural Bulgaria, a dedicated team of unsung heroes led by Emma and Anthony Smith works tirelessly to change the destiny of street dogs. These animals are abandoned and neglected, and sometimes in... Read more