Essays audiobooks

To Jerusalem and Back

By: Saul Bellow

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This extraordinary book is the result of Saul Bellow’s sojourn in Israel in 1975. A personal record of his stay—his experiences and impressions—as well as a meditation, it crackles with wit and controversy on America’s relationship with this embattled country.Using quick sketches and vignettes, Bellow captures the personal opinions, passions,... Read more

No Buddy Left Behind

By: Terri Crisp

Narrated by: Nicole Vilencia

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes bonus photographs!The love of a dog or cat helps heal soldiers’ emotional trauma. One very special woman and program reunites them after the war.“I have sacrificed a lot to serve my country. All that I ask is to be allowed to bring home the incredible dog that wandered into my life here in Iraq and prevented me from becoming terribly... Read more

The Thomas Sowell Reader

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of half a century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The sources range from Dr. Sowell’s letters, books, newspaper columns, and articles in both scholarly journals and popular magazines. The topics range from late-talking children to... Read more

The Indispensable Milton Friedman

By: Lanny Ebenstein

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Milton Friedman is one of the most famous economists in history. His writings and theories on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have inspired movements, influenced government policies, and changed the course of America’s economic history. Now, acclaimed Friedman biographer Lanny Ebenstein brings together twenty... Read more

Ender’s World

By: Orson Scott Card

Narrated by: Orson Scott Card, Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de...

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is a classic of science fiction. Though it began its life as a short story, it was later expanded into a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel, served as a springboard for a much larger universe of stories, and finally, has been made into a feature film.In Ender's World over a dozen writers of science fiction,... Read more

Paris, Paris

By: David Downie

Narrated by: Max Winter

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-├ëlys├®es to the old Montmartre haunts of the... Read more

C. S. Lewis

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 38 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an extensive collection of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis that have been brought together in one volume for the first time. As well as his many books, letters, and poems, Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but... Read more

That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick

By: Ellin Stein

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 15 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The untold story behind a revolution in American comedyLabor Day, 1969. Two recent college graduates move to New York to edit a new magazine called the National Lampoon. Over the next decade, Henry Beard and Doug Kenney, along with a loose amalgamation of fellow satirists such as Michael O'Donoghue and P. J. O'Rourke, popularized a smart,... Read more

Devoted

By: Rebecca Ascher-Walsh

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me. In this heartwarming book, author Rebecca Ascher-Walsh presents a collection of inspiring dog stories—dogs who comfort veterans, dogs who learn to surf, dogs who detect cancer, and dogs who save the day: each one is devoted. These thirty-eight uplifting dog stories showcase the most amazing dog rescues,... Read more

The Search for God

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

Aspects of Faith

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

The Christian in the World

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

The Church

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection: C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

English and Literature

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

The Art of Writing and the Gifts of Writers

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

Education and History

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

Philosophical Thoughts

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

Some Everyday Thoughts

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

Wild Life in a Southern County (Excerpted Essay)

By: Richard Jeffries

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Jefferies remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. Best known for his articles and stories published in the Live Stock Journal, he draws from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born. Here he examines the habitats of the Downs and the birds and animals that... Read more

The Yellow Wallpaper and Why I Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A prominent sociologist, lecturer, and writer of the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's unorthodox concepts and lifestyle helped shape future generations of feminists. This audiobook includes her most enduring work, "The Yellow Wallpaper" as well as her 1913 article, "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" The Yellow WallpaperTold... Read more

Letters

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

Short Stories

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith... Read more

The David Foster Wallace Reader

By: David Foster Wallace

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff, David Foster Wallace, Sally Fos...

Length: 48 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here -- with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work -- essays like... Read more

Mastery of Life

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The great writings of American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) are not some distant ponderings on life – they are works of the highest practicality, intended to supply guidance and daily help. Emerson’s ideas arose from his simple observations of human existence, with all its pitfalls and possibilities. Reading and... Read more