Essays audiobooks

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Abridged

By: Chuck Klosterman

Narrated by: Chuck Klosterman

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over half a million copies sold!

From the author of the highly acclaimed heavy metal memoir, Fargo Rock City, comes another hilarious and discerning take on massively popular culture—set in Chuck Klosterman’s den and your own—covering everything from the effect of John Cusack flicks to the crucial role of breakfast cereal to the awesome power... Read more

Hallowed Ground - Abridged

By: James M. McPherson

Narrated by: James M. McPherson

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg.

The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective... Read more

The Areas of My Expertise - Abridged

By: John Hodgman

Narrated by: John Hodgman

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously) - a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom - all of it completely... Read more

The Best Business Stories of the Year 2001 - Abridged

By: Andrew Leckey

Narrated by: James Lurie & Eliza Floss

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“[The editors] cast their net wide, picking up some excellent stories from nontraditional sources that even avid readers of the business press may have missed.”–USA Today, on the 2001 edition

Series editor Andrew Leckey and guest editor Ken Auletta have scoured the print media, consulted with the editors of major business and general interest... Read more

Cosmopolitan - Abridged

By: Toby Cecchini

Narrated by: Toby Cecchini

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Cosmopolitan is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life of Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature—of the outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol, of lust, and of the sheer desire to bust loose and party. As the typical day progresses,... Read more

Roads - Abridged

By: Larry McMurtry

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As he crisscrosses America -- driving in search of the present, the past, and himself -- Larry McMurtry shares his fascination with this nation's great trails and the culture that has developed around them. 

Ever since he was a boy growing up in Texas only a mile from Highway 281, Larry McMurtry has felt the pull of the road. His town was... Read more

100 Länder, 100 Frauen, 100 Räusche - Abridged

By: Michael Berndt & Rainer Schäfer

Narrated by: Sebastian Pappenberger

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

Michael Berndt führt ein beschauliches Leben im ländlichen Sachsen. Er absolviert eine Metzgerlehre, nach der Arbeit trifft er sich gerne mit Freunden und Bekannten in der Kneipe, wo die Stammtischgespräche nicht selten in Unmut über die unerwünschten Fremden umschlagen, die einem ja doch nur die Arbeit wegnähmen. Michael Berndt sieht das... Read more

Vanity Fair: October 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Exclusive! Bruce Springsteen bares his soul and art in an astonishing new memoir.Plus…William Langewiesche on the Internet’s darkest cornersThe outrageous fortune of Sir Phillip GreenInside a Silicon Valley implosionThe secret architects of celebrity social mediaJordan Barrett, Taraji P. Henson, and more!Vanity Fair is a cultural filter,... Read more

The Power of Character - Abridged

By: Michael Josephson, Wes Hanson, Warren Bennis, S...

Narrated by: David Ackroyd

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There is no higher praise we can give people than to say they have good character. But what does this mean, really? What makes this quality so essential to achieving personal success and fulfillment? More importantly, how can we build our own character and live more satisfying lives? Reflecting society's diversity, the contributors to this... Read more

Vanity Fair: September 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alicia Vikander is our September Issue cover girl: winning an Oscar, falling in love with a co-star, and that's just for starters! Plus: Ingrid Sischy on the shop that defined 80s style The making of Boyz N the Hood Happy hour with French comedian Gad Elmaleh Robert Gottlieb on editing Hollywood's grandest dames The half-century long literary... Read more

Shiksa Goddess - Abridged

By: Wendy Wasserstein

Narrated by: Wendy Wasserstein

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Though celebrated playwright Wendy Wasserstein was firmly rooted in New York's cultural life, her appeal is universal. Shiksa Goddess collects her urbane, inspiring, and deeply empathetic essays, all written when she was in her forties, and all infused with her trademark irreverent humor. The full range of Wasserstein' s mid-life... Read more

Dando nome aos bois - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O frigorífico Friboi é o boi. Com duas aquisições que anunciou, uma nos EUA, tornou-se o maior comerciante mundial de carnes (incluindo frango e porcos, além do boi). Read more

Avati - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No paraíso só se come cru. Nada de suor do rosto, de trabalhos plasmados em preparações culinárias para guardar, comer depois, chamada avati, comida de homens. Só aqueles expulsos do paraíso tentam reconquistar seus sabores, cozinhando, cozinhando incessantemente. O crítico que vai a um restaurante tem uma ideia a respeito. E comentará o... Read more

As boas broncas do Josimar - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As "broncas" do Josimar Melo são momentos altos do seu jornalismo gastro-nômico. Há aquela dos peixes do sushi, a dos falsos "grelhados" (na chapa) e a de como azedar uma refeição. Read more

Vanity Fair: August 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It’s the summer of Margot Robbie! Listen to how the sexy femme fatale from The Wolf of Wall Street became the new queen of blockbusters.Plus Special report: Bill Cosby horror storiesThe real reason Trump won’t release his tax returnsNancy Jo Sales on dating for dollarsThe prep-school scandal that shook three generationsPlus: Pitbull, Billie... Read more

Apequenamento dos peixes - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O crítico gastronômico Luiz Américo Camargo tem defendido a boa causa dos peixes e postou uma denúncia sobre a diminuição de tamanho dos animais nas feiras e mercados (abaixo dos 35 cm permitidos), a par com seu encarecimento. Foi ele quem levantou, há anos, com grande impacto, a crise da indústria do salmão no Chile, mostrando o comprometimento... Read more

The Great Alone - Abridged

By: Tim Voors

Narrated by: BJ Genten

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Time is precious. The world is waiting. Rediscover yourself. The Great Alone is the epic adventure of a relatable explorer. Why does a 44-year-old father leave his family for six months to walk 4,286 km across America on the Pacific Crest Trail? What effect does it have on his marriage? on his children? and on himself? Following his... Read more

Vanity Fair: Summer 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

It’s a royal rendezvous for Vanity Fair’s Summer issue! Ahead of the Queen’s 90th birthday, read three intimate reminiscences of her inner majesty, a chronicle of Prince Charlotte’s first year, and about her royal highnesses’ most loyal subjects—her corgis.Plus: Inside Twitter’s $10 billion identity crisisThe mystery of the Ivy League’s Bernie... Read more

Vanity Fair: May 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Special Sisters Issue with America's kid sister, Amy Schumer! She's smart, funny, and loyal—so why is she such a lightning rod? Plus: Love stories (and even some hate stories) from high-profile sisters The intimate bond between Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret The rivalry between Jackie O and Lee Radziwill Plus: Olivia De Havilland,... Read more

Who's Your Caddy? - Abridged

By: Rick Reilly

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers, and some celebrity duffers, recounting it all in this hilarious and revealing look at the world of golf.

Who knows a golfer best? Who’s with them every minute of every round, hears their muttering,... Read more

Adventure Capitalist - Abridged

By: Jim Rogers

Narrated by: Jim Rogers

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drive . . . and grow rich!

The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In AdventureCapitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance” by Time magazine, proves... Read more

Vanity Fair: March 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jennifer Garner on the rebound! The actress opens up about men, Ben, and why her kids—not their nanny—are her focus.Plus:The cheating allegations rocking the Bridge worldNew England’s newest prep-school sex scandalThe battle for PicassoLondon’s Great Hatton Garden heist of 2015Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Mapplethorpe, and more!Vanity Fair is a... Read more

Feet on the Street: - Abridged

By: Roy Blount, Jr.

Narrated by: Roy Blount, Jr.

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Betcha I can tell ya / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Betchadollar, / Betchadollar, / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Got your shoes on your feet, / Got your feet on the street, / And the street’s in Noo / Awlins, Loo- / Eez-ee-anna. Where I, for my part, first ate a live oyster and first saw a naked woman with the lights on. . . . Every time I... Read more

An Evening with W.O. Mitchell - Abridged

By: W. O. Mitchell

Narrated by: W. O. Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a unique listening experience from the unforgettable writer and public speaker W.O. Mitchell, An Evening with W.O. Mitchell is a curated, abridged selection of nine remarkable pieces from Mitchell’s lifetime of public readings, read by the author himself. Featuring both a wide variety of recognizable characters from his novels as well as new,... Read more