Essays audiobooks

River Horse - Abridged

By: William Heat-Moon & William Least heat-moon

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this abridgement of River-Horse, the pre-eminent chronicler of American back roads -- who has given us the classics Blue Highways and Prairyerth -- recounts his singular voyage through American waters from sea to sea. Along the route, he offers a lyrical and ceaselessly fascinating shipboard perspective on the country and its rivers, lakes,... Read more

It's How You Play the Game and The Games Do Count - Abridged

By: Brian Kilmeade

Narrated by: Brian Kilmeade

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Surprising, entertaining, and always imparting an important life lesson, It’s How You Play the Game features anecdotes and vignettes that are sure to benefit any reader. As Brian Kilmeade writes, ""Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life. Winning... Read more

Por uma educação para o açúcar, Prosperidade é se lambuzar de leite condensado & As gorduras de ricos e pobres - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Não é preciso dizer quanto o seu excesso é nocivo à saúde (assim como o sal), e nem lembrar as epidemias modernas associadas ao descontrole no uso desses produtos. Muita gente defende a ideia que o leite condensado é um alimento "popular" e "tradicional" no Brasil. Várias receitas parecem impossíveis sem ele. As gorduras dos ricos não são muito... Read more

Sobre cavalos e capitalistas inescrupulosos - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Conforme procuramos analisar anteriormente, a crise europeia dos cavalos moídos para hambúrguer está longe de terminar, visto que a "caixa preta" apenas foi aberta. O que há no seu interior vamos sabendo aos poucos. Read more

Receita de como fazer sorvete artesanal italiano, Visitação ao caipirismo & Achegas à culinária negra da Bahia - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Se estiver em seus planos fazer sorvetes artesanais italianos, desses que, de tão apreciados, fazem fila na porta das sorveterias, siga a receita: ; A cozinha caipira está destroçada. Pouca gente tem consciência de que, um dia, o conjunto de pratos assim designado foi o esteio de vida de uma população que se estendia pelo vale do Paraíba, vale... Read more

Infantilização: leite condensado & jatobá & Diálogo surdo com o pâtissier que há em você - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Me emociona comer um jatobá - mais por esse torvelinho mental do tempo, da evocação forçosa de situações infantis, do que propriamente pelo gosto como consigo perceber hoje. O leite condensado, primeiramente complemento de dieta infantil, vendido em farmácias, decaiu quando, de novo, valorizou-se o aleitamento materno. Imagine que você é um chef... 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

Problemzonen - Über das Leben, die Sehnsucht und die Liebe danach (Autorinnenlesung) - Abridged

By: Ildikó von Kürthy

Narrated by: Ildikó von Kürthy

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sehnsucht und Schokolade Liebe und ihr Ende, Freundschaft, Feindschaft, Elternschaft und nackte Oberarme. Problemzonen versammelt die besten Brigitte-Kolumnen von Ildikó von Kürthy. Radikal subjektive Texte, todernst und lebendig, amüsant, scharfsinnig, neurotisch und dramatisch - ein Reiseführer in die Krisengebiete des Alltags, ein Hörbuch zum... Read more

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

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

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

Alphabet Juice - Abridged

By: Roy Blount, Jr., Jr.

Narrated by: Roy Blount, Jr., Jr.

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ali G: How many words does you know?

Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them.

Ali G: What is some of 'em?
— Youtube.com


After forty years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, except greeting cards, Roy Blount Jr. still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the... Read more

Vanity Fair: May–August 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 19 hours 46 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

Vanity Fair: October 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: various narrators

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

FREE EXTRA: Download the audio version of our cover story on Mark Zuckerberg, featuring an exclusive interview with writer Max Chafkin.What it’s like to wear the RiftHow the investment stacks upWhat to expect for the future of virtual realityIn this issue: Editor’s Letter: Graydon Carter’s introduction to the October issueMark Zuckerberg on how... Read more

The Heart of the Dales - Abridged

By: Gervase Phinn

Narrated by: Gervase Phinn

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the latest of Gervase Phinn's charming tales, The Heart of the Dales, read by the man himself.

His colourful cast of characters have now become firm favourites - the eccentric staff at County Hall as well as the children themselves who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent... Read more

Holidays on Ice - Abridged

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris, Ann Magnuson & Amy Sedaris

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the... Read more

Attention All Shipping - Abridged

By: Charlie Connelly

Narrated by: Alex Jennings

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales.
Sitting at home listening to the... Read more

Vanity Fair: January–April 2015 Issue - Abridged

By: Vanity Fair

Narrated by: Graydon Carter & various narrators

Length: 20 hours 24 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

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