Essays audiobooks

Vanity Fair: October–December 2013 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 15 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Listen to Vanity Fair on the goGet the latest issue as it hits newsstandsBuy a single issue or subscribeVanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking a global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for the... Read more

Seine Größten Sketche - Abridged

By: Herbert Hisel

Narrated by: Herbert Hisel

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Herbert Hisel war in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren der bekannteste fränkische Humorist. Der Nürnberger startete seine Karriere als Büttenredner und führte viele Jahre durch die Karnevalssitzungen. 1963 veröffentlichte Hisel seine erste Single "Jahrgang 22 / Der Camper" die sofort ein großer Erfolg wurde. Weitere LPs folgten in den 60er Jahren,... Read more

We Stand With Ukraine - Abridged

By: Helen Dwyer & Julian Vignoles

Narrated by: Artem Nedostup & Oleksandra Pishcheiko Pishcheiko

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Uncover the inspiring stories of bravery and activism in the face of war with this powerful collection of essays and poems. Written by the front-line protestors at the Russian Embassy in Dublin, this book takes you on a journey of hope and courage as fifty determined individuals come together to stand against Russia's unprovoked invasion of... Read more

Growing Up, Growing Old and Going Fishing at the End of the Road - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A collection of short stories from The Big Garage on Clear Shot chronicles the offbeat lives of the colorful inhabitants of The End of the Road, a small town in Alaska. Read more

The Last Decent Parking Place in North America - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bodett offers his keen, unforgettable observations of the lives of the peopleof Homer, Alaska, who "just ended up there, and stayed." Read more

Charles Kuralt's Spring - Abridged

By: Charles Kuralt

Narrated by: Charles Kuralt

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM!

Throughout his almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has introduced us to people and places that have warmed our hearts. Now in Charles Kuralt's Spring, he disposes with winter's chill by recounting some of the most miraculous rites of spring he has witnessed over the years.

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Let Me Tell You a Story - Abridged

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: Arnie Mazer

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: Yes

"Did I ever tell you about Wilt Chamberlain?" "Did I ever tell you about Bob Cousy?" "Did I ever tell you about Joe DiMaggio?" Whenever Arnold "Red" Auerbach starts a sentence with those six words -- "Did I ever tell you about . . ." -- anyone within earshot should prepare to hear a marvelous story.

As a living legend among sports fans, Red... Read more

The O'Reilly Factor - Abridged

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The million-copy New York Times bestseller from the Fox News anchor who’s brought new excitement–and massive amounts of populist common sense and rock-solid honesty–to television news.

Now four seasons strong, Bill O’Reilly’s nightly cable news program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” is one of the hottest shows on the air. In book form, The O’Reilly... Read more

More Charles Kuralt's American Moments - Abridged

By: Charles Kuralt

Narrated by: Charles Kuralt

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More Charles Kuralt's American Moments takes us on a wonderful, joyous exploration of Americana with this second volume of never-before-available spoken-word accounts of what makes the United States so special.
An American Moment with Charles Kuralt -- a timeless series of television essays about uniquely American people, places, and ideas --... Read more

Vanity Fair: January–March 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 19 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Vanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and ideas that matter most. With a dedication to journalistic excellence and powerful storytelling, Vanity Fair is the first choice—often the only choice—for the world’s most influential and important audience. From print to social media, the big screen to the... Read more

The Red Hat Society's Laugh Lines - Abridged

By: Sue Ellen Cooper

Narrated by: Sue Ellen Cooper

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller The Red Hat Society® is a collection of the RHS members' most memorably funny and touching stories. It's chicken soup for the Red Hat soul

Life begins at 50! And the women of the Red Hat Society are proud of it. In THE RED HAT SOCIETY®'S LAUGH LINES, Sue Ellen Cooper and the women of the RHS... Read more

Die rätselhaftesten Todesfälle - Abridged

By: Erik Berg

Narrated by: Detlef Bierstedt & Anna Dramski

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wer gab Mozart Gift? War Jack the Ripper ein Deutscher? Wurde John F. Kennedy von Lee Harvey Oswald erschossen? Wer wollte, dass Marilyn Monroe starb? War Lady Dianas Tod wirklich nur ein Unfall? Von König Ludwig II. über Elvis Presley, Napoleon Bonaparte bis Abraham Lincoln - die Geschichte ist voll ungeklärter Tode, die die Menschen immer... Read more

Official Book Club Selection - Abridged

By: Kathy Griffin

Narrated by: Kathy Griffin

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Official Book Club Selection is Kathy Griffin unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show. (It’s also her big chance to score that coveted book club endorsement she’s always wanted. Are you there, Oprah? It’s me, Kathy.)

Kathy Griffin has won Emmys... Read more

Vanity Fair: April 2016 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Becoming Meryl Streep: how personal tragedy and offscreen battles fueled the multiple Academy Award winner’s breakthrough performancePlus:On the road with the Rolling StonesAl Sharpton on the election and the controversies he can’t shakeSumner Redstone’s last chapterThe F. Scott Fitzgerald of CartooningPlus: Titus Burgess, Elizabeth Barlow... Read more

Ins Astloch gemurmelt - Abridged

By: Christian Hölbling

Narrated by: Christian Hölbling

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Christian Hölbling ist ein feiner Beobachter der kleinen Welt und schließt daraus oft auf die große. Denn er merkt, dass die Globalisierung längst in unserem Dorf gelandet ist. Obwohl er meint, dass man so manche Kritik genauso gut in ein Astloch murmeln könnte, versucht er sich mit diesem Buch doch als Aufklärer. Seine Texte sind pointiert... 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

Sweet and Sour - Abridged

By: Andy Rooney

Narrated by: Andy Rooney

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For more than thirty years, Andy Rooney had the last word on the most-watched television program in history. "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney"— a segment on 60 Minutes— aired from 1978 to 2011. A man of wit, gruffness, and common sense, Rooney spoke candidly about what drove him— and us— crazy, what... Read more

Charles Kuralt's Summer - Abridged

By: Charles Kuralt

Narrated by: Charles Kuralt

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has visited every corner of the country, sharing with us his fascinating encounters with the people he's met along the way. Now in Charles Kuralt's Summer, he douses the heat with breezy tales of our most extraordinary summer celebrations.

Drawing on pieces from his years at CBS News... Read more

Wieder da und doch nicht hier - Abridged

By: Uta-Caecilia Nabert

Narrated by: Tanja Lipinski

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nach der Reise zurück in den Alltag: Wenn die Heimkehr die größte Herausforderung ist<br/><br/>Die meisten Reiseberichte enden dort, wo die Reise aufhört. Aber was kommt danach? Wie knüpft man nach den aufregenden Erlebnissen wieder an das Leben »davor« an? Wie macht man weiter, wenn sich das Fernweh nicht abschalten... Read more

True Believers - Abridged

By: Joe Queenan

Narrated by: Joe Queenan

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author Joe Queenan's True Believers explores the world of sports fans in an attempt to understand the inexplicable: What does anyone get out of it?

For Yankee, Cowboy, and Laker fans the answer is fairly clear: the return on investment is relatively high. But why do people root so passionately for formerly inept teams like the Boston... Read more

Nepomuken, die auf die Brücken spucken - Abridged

By: Michael Frank

Narrated by: Martin Schwab

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In der Interpretation des Burgschauspielers Martin Schwab fügen sich Michael Franks Prager Hintergedanken zu einem kundigen Porträt der tschechischen Hauptstadt. Abseits aller gängigen Mythen und ausgetretenen Pfade nähert sich der langjährige Korrespondent der "Süddeutschen Zeitung" vor kulturgeschlichtlichem und politischem Hintergrund dem... 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

Once Upon A More Enlightened Time - Abridged

By: James Finn Garner

Narrated by: James Finn Garner

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The hilarious sequel to the #1 phenomenon Politically Correct Bedtime Stories.
"If we can cleanse these stories and put an end to the lies our children are spoon-fed while being spoon-fed...the world may finally become a decent place for persunkind and other, equally important species." -- James Finn Garner
Spurred by the overwhelming success of... Read more

Kabarettistisches um, über und mit Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged

By: Peter Eckhart Reichel & Joachim Ringelnatz

Narrated by: Michael Quast & Moritz Stoepel

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Joachim Ringelnatz zählt heute zu den wenigen Dichtern, die das deutschsprachige Kabarett seinerzeit überhaupt hervorgebracht hat. Aber nicht nur auf den Brettl-Bühnen, auch im alltäglichen Leben war er ein Original, ohne dies überhaupt sein zu wollen. Mit seinen Streichen lieferte er jedoch ausreichend Stoff für unzählige Anekdoten, die... Read more