Essays audiobooks

The Ark of Taste

By: David S Shields & Giselle Kennedy Lord

Narrated by: Melissa Miranda

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore the heritage foods that give the United States its culinary identity, in this visual encyclopedia for curious eaters and gardeners.

The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of our nation's food heritage preserving treasures passed down for generations—some rare, some endangered, all delicious.

Created by Slow Food USA, the Ark shines light... Read more

عثرة بـ 1000 درهم - Abridged

By: فوزية خضر الذويبي

Narrated by: هبة بيشاني

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

قد قيل بأن العثرات مؤلمة ولكن عندما تكون العثرة ثمينة وتستحق المساومة فأهلاً بها كن على يقين بإن إعمال العقل وإمعان النظر بأناة وتروي، وإقصاء إهدار طاقتك في تأويل ما لا يستحق أولويات محتمة جميعنا بلا إستثناء تنعم أرواحنا , بإستقلالية القرار, وتوجهاتها تتمحور حول الإنجاز وتتوق إليه , وإنصافاً منك كمخاطب هنا الإرتقاء و العلو بها , والبعد عن... Read more

Fortellinger for tøysekopper

By: Anne-Lene Bleken

Narrated by: Anne-Lene Bleken

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Fortellinger for tøysekopper og annet godtfolk er en samling med sju små, morsomme, eventyrlige og fantasifulle historier for barn og voksne. De sju fortellingene er: Hans Høytidelighet Hanen av Hønsegården, Påskeharen Petra som falt i hullet, Mads og det mugne gjørmemonsteret, Skogmusen, heksen og de tre ønskene, Pinnsvinet Pelle med de myke... Read more

Thin Skin

By: Jenn Shapland

Narrated by: Jenn Shapland

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • Examining capitalism’s toxic creep into the land, our bodies, and our thinking, this incisive new work is “a visceral exploration” (Katherine May, author of Wintering) from a National Book Award finalist and a powerful literary mind.

"A wrenching, loving and trenchant examination of feminism, nuclear weapons... Read more

Bones of Belonging

By: Annahid Dashtgard

Narrated by: Samara Naeymi

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this exceptional book, inclusion leader Annahid Dashtgard shares her experiences looking for and teaching about belonging in our divided world. Through moving and deft interlocking stories, Dashtgard examines what it means to belong—to a country, in a marriage, and in our skin—and the price we pay when that belonging is absent. Read more

The Vet at Noah's Ark

By: Dr. Doug Mader

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The life of a veterinarian is challenging: keeping up with advances in medical care, making difficult decisions about people's beloved companions, and, in Dr. Doug Mader's case, navigating the social unrest in Los Angeles in the early 1990s. As one of the few exotic animal experts in California, he was just as likely to be treating a lion as a... Read more

The Snake Has All The Lines

By: Jean Kerr

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Please Don't Eat the Daisies offers another hilarious look at home life, show business, and more.



Jean Kerr played many roles in her life, from exasperated mother to Broadway playwright and keen observer of mid-twentieth century suburbia. She also became one of America's most beloved humorists by... Read more

Grandeur et dénuement

By: France Hurtubise

Narrated by: France Hurtubise

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

À la fois tissé d’indignation et d’espoir, ce témoignage poignant livré en temps réel est celui d’une communicatrice projetée au cœur de conflits qui s’interroge sur les défis de l’information. L’autrice nous transporte avec elle dans les camps de réfugiés du génocide rwandais, au cœur de Sarajevo en guerre, sur des scènes de dévastations auprès... Read more

No espero hacer ese viaje

By: Alejandro Gaviria

Narrated by: Marcelo Pintos

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Nosotros, los colombianos, a nivel interno aún no logramos consolidar el proceso de paz, y por eso mismo este libro nos llega en el mejor momento, cuando necesitamos aprender y asimilar la gran herencia de Zweig en cuanto a alteridad, respeto y empatía. La paz y la educación son un solo proyecto. Del prólogo de Mario Mendoza Tras su incursión... Read more

Unterwegs zwischen Grenzen

By: Ralf Grabuschnig

Narrated by: Ralf Grabuschnig

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In meiner Familie gibt es ein Geheimnis. Niemand hat darüber gesprochen, als ich im Kärnten der Neunzigerjahre aufgewachsen bin – und doch war es immer irgendwie präsent. Dieses Geheimnis ist die slowenische Sprache, die im Dorf meiner Großeltern bis vor wenigen Generationen noch alle gesprochen haben und von der heute kaum mehr jemand etwas... 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

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

A Volta à África através do cuscuz - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A nossa lida histórica com o cuscuz é bastante curiosa. Ele nos chegou como prato, vindo do Magreb (Argélia, Tunísia e Marrocos), trazido por mercadores portugueses e, ao que tudo indica, penetrou a colônia a partir da Capitania de São Vicente. Historicamente, os fonds da culinária francesa derivaram dos vários tipos de pot-au-feu. São a... 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

Elogio do restaurante Trinidade - Abridged

By: Carlos Alberto Dória

Narrated by: Gerson Esteves

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O Trindade e o Alma serão, seguramente, pilares da modernização culinária mineira. Roberta defende uma culinária que é, ao mesmo tempo, fruto da experimentação empírica e de muito trabalho, isto é, de muita tentativa e erro, além do tratamento intelectual sofisticado de matérias-primas as mais banais. Read more

The Cooking Gene

By: Michael W. Twitty

Narrated by: Michael W. Twitty

Length: 15 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year | 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner inWriting | Nominee for the 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction | #75 on The Root100 2018A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and... Read more

The Essays on History and Intellect

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Gary D. MacFadden

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection includes two of Emerson’s essays: History and Intellect. Emerson wrote most of his essays to be presented as lectures first, and later revised them for print. The essay History explores the nature and importance of historical understanding. Emerson holds that history is not simply a jumble of events and facts, but rather a living... Read more

Disequilibria

By: Robert Lunday

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Disequilibria: Meditations on Missingness is a hybrid memoir that recounts the 1982 disappearance of the author's stepfather, James Edward Lewis, a pilot and Vietnam veteran. Recounting his family's experiences in searching for answers, Lunday interrogates the broader cultural and conceptual responses to the phenomenon of missingness by... Read more

Ever Wonder Why?

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch medicine," Sowell gets to the heart of the matters we all care about with his... Read more

Modern Age Slavery

By: Mladen Jakovljevic

Narrated by: James M Flory

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Modern Age Slavery is a marvellous opportunity for people to find out some of the most hidden, uncensored truths about a seaman’s life on board cruise ships. This poignant memoir will open a sensational perspective about the cruel operational standards of cruise line companies globally. It is an excellent chance to sneak “behind the curtain” and... Read more

Los engaños del dinero

By: John R. Searle & Maurizio Ferraris

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

El dinero es uno de los pilares de la sociedad tal y como la conocemos. Todos lo utilizamos cotidianamente sin que su empleo presuponga ningún conocimiento específico en materia económica; y sin embargo, para entender qué es el dinero y cómo funciona es preciso recurrir a la filosofía, más aún cuando las crisis y las transformaciones históricas... Read more

Der Trost der Schönheit - Eine Suche (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung)

By: Gabriele von Arnim

Narrated by: Gabriele von Arnim

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Trost finden. In einer Welt, die so überwältigend, ängstigend, fordernd sein kann. Trost finden im Empfinden von Schönheit, weil das, so Gabriele von Arnim, nicht weniger ist als Selbsterhalt. "Ich brauche Schönheit. Den Trost der Schönheit. Denn wenn ich Schönheit sehe, höre, lese, spüre, dann glaube ich an Möglichkeiten. An Wege, Räume,... Read more

Atacama fantasma

By: Cristóbal Marín

Narrated by: Ezequiel Romero

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Cristóbal Marín nos entrega en su segunda obra un recorrido por el norte de Chile, describiendo el desierto, la guerra, la pobreza, el esplendor de las oficinas salitreras y un conjunto de episodios insólitos.
Luego de su elogiado debut con Huesos sin descanso, Cristóbal Marín recupera en Atacama fantasma algunos recuerdos de viajes de ... Read more