Essays audiobooks

O acaso e a cozinha, A mineralização do leite, Diferença entre pães e bolos & Physalis: Um curioso fenômeno de "identidade" - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Pode o acaso gerar uma necessidade? A ideia de usar micro-ondas para cozinhar alimentos foi descoberta por acaso por Percy Spencer, que trabalhava na empresa Raytheon, fabricante de radares. À sombra dos métodos de fabricação, foram se diferenciando o leite rural do urbano e do suburbano. O leite do campo foi, aos poucos, substituído pelo leite... Read more

Sinbad's Guide to Life - Abridged

By: Sinbad

Narrated by: Sinbad

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A hilarious guide to life from a man who has "lived large and fallen hard--lost every job I ever had, messed up everybody I've ever dated, been kicked out of every institution I've ever been in"--and still survived; offering observations on courage ("Lots of guys brag they'd fight off anything to save their woman. Yeah, right--there is no sense... Read more

Vanity Fair: 2016 Hollywood Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Introducing Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue, featuring Elizabeth Banks, Samuel L. Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, and more!Plus:Behind the scenes of our star-studded coverFrancis Ford Coppola’s next actThe million-dollar Maltese Falcon mysteryHollywood’s next waveVanity Fair is a cultural filter, sparking the global conversation about the people and... Read more

The Rants - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

There's good news for those that rage at the  evening news, shake their heads at Washington's  business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom from  social crisis to political crisis to economic  crisis: Dennis Miller is back, and he means to shake the  nation by its lapels.

Miller respects no  boundaries. Whether the subject is... Read more

The Men Commandments - Abridged

By: Christian O’Connell

Narrated by: Christian O’Connell

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

'Women have Bridget Jones. Men have no one. Until now.' Ricky Gervais In the best-selling tradition of Clarkson and Moyles, this is TV and Radio personality Christian O’Connell’s take on all things men. For ten years Christian has dispensed his wisdom and advice to millions of lucky radio listeners on every topic... Read more

How to Cope with Mitchell and Webb - Abridged

By: David Mitchell & Robert Webb

Narrated by: David Mitchell & Robert Webb

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Read by David Mitchell and Robert Webb the comedy duo tackle various subject matters in a 'How to Cope with…' guide addressing various scenarios, and everyday situations. David Mitchell and Robert Webb tackle various subject matters in a 'How to Cope with…' guide talking you through every day scenarios and situations. The... Read more

Vanity Fair: July 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 5 hours 13 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 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... Read more

Sobre el anarquismo - Abridged

By: Noam Chomsky & Alejandro Gibert Abós (Translator)

Narrated by: Arturo Mercado Jr.

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Con el espectro de la anarquía invocado por la derecha para sembrar el miedo, nunca ha sido más urgente una explicación convincente de la filosofía política conocida como anarquismo. Sobre el anarquismo arroja una luz muy necesaria sobre los fundamentos del pensamiento de Chomsky, específicamente su constante cuestionamiento de la legitimidad... Read more

Vanity Fair: August 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 39 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 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... Read more

Good Morning Nantwich - Abridged

By: Phill Jupitus

Narrated by: Phill Jupitus

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ? The opening DJ on the Beeb’s new alternative radio channel, 6Music, Phill Jupitus was a maverick on the flat landscape of inane commercial breakfast radio. Disregarding the prescriptive chart-led schedule and showing no fear in the... Read more

Mejor oler a mar - Abridged

By: Ana Luisa Islas

Narrated by: Ana Luisa Islas

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

Un ensayo imprescindible sobre la apropiación cultural gastronómica que demuestra que el mapa del mundo también se traza a través de la conquista del estómago. «La descolonización de nuestra manera de pensar, actuar y cocinar es algo que hemos comenzado a trabajar como sociedad hace demasiado poco». La periodista mexicana Ana Luisa Islas,... Read more

Rants Redux - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Why are Americans so disinterested in politics? Because we can be. Democracy is voluntary. And our lack of interest hasn't happened overnight. It can be traced directly back to our ever-decreasing attention spans. We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez-small, sweet, and coming out of a funny plastic head.

Why has flying in... Read more

Vanity Fair: September 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

FREE EXTRA: Download the audio version of our cover story on Taylor Swift, featuring an exclusive interview with VF.com staff writer Josh Duboff. Download the story here: http://bit.ly/1HE60Av Which TV drama is Swift obsessing over?Who does she look to for guidance?What’s next for the star?In this issue: Editor’s Letter: Graydon Carter’s... Read more

Ranting Again - Abridged

By: Dennis Miller

Narrated by: Dennis Miller

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dennis Miller is back, and he is Ranting Again in this hilarious compendium of wit, wisdom, and righteous outrage.  This is good news for all of us who fume at the country's lack of common sense, and seethe at the absurdity of the daily headlines.

Setting his sights higher and wider than ever before, Dennis Miller is at the top of his game,... Read more

انا والسينما - Abridged

By: ابراهيم عبدالمجيد

Narrated by: محمود حمودة

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

مقالاتٌ ممتعة بقلم الأديب الكبيير إبراهيم عبد المجيد سيرة الكاتب مع السينما في طفولته وحكاياته مع دور العرض بمختلف درجاتها. ذكريات مع أفلام بعينها فلم تكن السينما للروائي الكبير مجرد "مشوار" رائعًا مع الأصدقاء ولكن السينما تاريخ للوطن وتجسيد لروحه. استمع إلى كتاب أنا والسينما للكاتب إبراهيم عبد المجيد حصريًا على كتاب صوتي Read more

The Gap Yah Plannah - Abridged

By: Orlando

Narrated by: Orlando

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Orlando, the original Sloane-dog and intrepid gapper, will finally release his diaries to inspire other travellers to follow in his chunder-filled footsteps. From sleepless nights in Buenos Aires to charitable endeavours in Tanzanah, Orlando will give the low-down on the ultimate gap experience… Just back from his travels,... Read more

Pirarucu - Abridged

By: Roberto Pinto

Narrated by: Marcos Damigo

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O pirarucu do senhor Ejiri é entregue em restaurantes e poucos entrepostos na capital paulista, com a cabeça, o couro e sem escama, para que ninguém tenha que usar a faca no peixe antes de prepará‑lo Read more

Uruçu, Mandaçaia e Jataí - Abridged

By: Roberto Pinto

Narrated by: Marcos Damigo

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Além de formulações sofisticadas com méis em diferentes estágios de fermentação, o produto virou complemento de molhos para carnes e vinagretes de saladas, ultrapassando os limites de seu consumo tradicional na confeitaria. Read more

Camaradas - Helena Rizzo, Ivan Ralston, André Mifano - Abridged

By: Roberto Pinto

Narrated by: Marcos Damigo

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Roberto Pinto traça, neste livro, um panorama da gastronomia brasileira nos últimos 40 anos. A pretexto de uma narrativa biográfica sobre mim e também dos chefs Mara Salles e Alex Atala, vai percorrendo as mudanças pelas quais passaram a cozinha brasileira desde a vinda dos franceses Claude Troisgros e Laurent Suaudeau para o Brasil, nos anos... Read more

Bella Tuscany - Abridged

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Frances Mayes

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy.

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to... Read more

Camaradas - Janaína e Jeferson Rueda - Abridged

By: Roberto Pinto

Narrated by: Marcos Damigo

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Roberto Pinto traça, neste livro, um panorama da gastronomia brasileira nos últimos 40 anos. A pretexto de uma narrativa biográfica sobre mim e também dos chefs Mara Salles e Alex Atala, vai percorrendo as mudanças pelas quais passaram a cozinha brasileira desde a vinda dos franceses Claude Troisgros e Laurent Suaudeau para o Brasil, nos anos... Read more