Essays audiobooks

The Best American Food Writing 2022

By: Sohla El-Waylly & Silvia Killingsworth

Narrated by: Amir Abdullah, Pun Bandhu, Ashley Bryant, Dani ...

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the year’s top food writing, selected by guest editor Sohla El-Waylly and series editor Silvia Killingsworth. Culinary creator, writer and community advocate, Sohla El-Waylly selects the best twenty articles published in 2021 that celebrate the many innovative, comforting, mouthwatering, and culturally rich culinary offerings of... Read more

Next to Nature

By: Ronald Blythe

Narrated by: David Holt

Length: 16 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

As the celebrated author of Akenfield, Ronald Blythe, turns 100 this year, Next to Nature brings together a seasonal collection from the very best of a lifetime of writing.

Ronald Blythe lives at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the border between Suffolk and Essex. His home is Bottengoms... Read more

Forever Home

By: Ron Danta, Danny Robertshaw & Larry Lindner

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From the stars of the Netflix documentary Life in the Doghouse and founders of one of the most recognized rescue organizations in the world, the poignant story of how Danny and Ron found each other during a time they each needed rescuing, and how they transformed their home into a haven for dogs in need.Danny & Ron’s Dog Rescue is an... Read more

Baseball's Best Ever

By: Ira Berkow

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 16 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

So begins Baseball's Best Ever. Encompassing a selection of some one hundred columns and featured stories written over fifty-plus years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Berkow share stories on some of the greatest baseball players to ever grace the diamond. But rather than snippets and information known to anyone following the game, Berkow... Read more

Heretic

By: Jeanna Kadlec

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A memoir of leaving the evangelical church and the search for radical new ways to build community.  Jeanna Kadlec knew what it meant to be faithful--in her marriage to a pastor’s son, in the comfortable life ahead of her, in her God--but there was no denying the truth that lived under that conviction: she was queer and, if she wanted to survive,... Read more

Am I Alone Here?

By: Peter Orner

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"Stories, both my own and those I've taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I've become," Peter Orner writes in this collection of essays about reading, writing, and living. Orner reads and writes everywhere he finds himself: a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, or a crowded bus in Haiti. The result is a book of unlearned... Read more

Continentul uitat. America micilor oraşe

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Vlad Robaș

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

După ce a petrecut zece ani în Anglia, Bill Bryson vrea să-şi rememoreze copilăria, aşa că pleacă din locul în care s-a născut, Des Moines, Iowa, într-o călătorie prin 38 dintre statele americane, pe care o documentează cu mult umor. Autorul speră să se reîntîlnească cu peisajele idilice ale copilăriei sale, însă găseşte lanuri nesfîrşite de... Read more

Însemnări de pe o insulă mică

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Vlad Robaș

Length: 13 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

După o şedere de mai bine de douăzeci de ani în Marea Britanie şi înainte de a se întoarce în Statele Unite împreună cu familia, Bill Bryson porneşte într-o călătorie de rămas-bun, un fel de tur al insulei care i-a fost atîta vreme cămin. Folosind mijloacele de transport în comun şi făcînd drumeţii ori de cîte ori i se iveşte ocazia, autorul... Read more

Drumul către Little Dribbling

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Vlad Robaș

Length: 15 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Cîştigător al National Geographic Traveller Reader Award pentru cea mai bună carte de călătorie a anului 2016 După succesul Însemnărilor de pe o insulă mică, Bill Bryson porneşte într-o nouă călătorie de explorare a Marii Britanii, de data aceasta de-a lungul "Liniei Bryson", un traseu imaginar stabilit chiar de el între punctele cele mai... Read more

Unsettling

By: Elizabeth Weinberg

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The time has come to reimagine our relationship to the environment before it is too late.As wildfires char the American West, extreme weather transforms landscapes, glaciers retreat, and climate zones shift, we are undeniably experiencing the effects of the climate crisis in more and more destructive ways. Climate change is impacting every... Read more

Delete That

By: John Crist

Narrated by: John Crist

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A candid and irreverent look at the ridiculous ways we all try to make ourselves look better online—from a popular standup and internet comedian whose videos have been viewed over one billion times.

“John is one of my top-three all-time favorite comedians, next to me and Foxworthy. Buy this book—you’ll be glad you did.”—Larry the Cable Guy

John... Read more

The Traces

By: Mairead Small Staid

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Traces is a ranging inquiry into the seductions of memory and travel, the fragile paradox of desire, and the art of making meaning from a life.Mairead Small Staid’s debut, The Traces, is a work of memoir and criticism that explores the nature of happiness in art, literature, and philosophy, structured around a season spent in Italy and a... Read more

The School of Life: An Emotional Education

By: The School of Life

Narrated by: Alain de Botton & Charlie Anson

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

How to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century-an introduction to the modern art of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live, from romantic to professional relationships, from our inner resilience to our social success. It is arguably the single most important skill for surviving the... Read more

Climate Worrier

By: Colm O’Regan

Narrated by: Colm O’Regan

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author Colm O’Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now Colm is grappling with the biggest worry of all: the whole ‘planet being on fire’ thing and how exactly we can help. Don’t worry, this isn’t a book telling you how to... Read more

No Lucks Given

By: Brother Luck & Marcus Costantino

Narrated by: Brother Luck

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

No Lucks Given, by Chef Brother Luck, is a powerful reflection on the most vital parts of the human experience: identity, community, and work. Packed with pain, passion, honor, and hope, No Lucks Given is an encouragement to everyone who has ever doubted themselves or God, whether they grew up on the streets or not--life is hard, but there is hope. Read more

Still No Word from You

By: Peter Orner

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection of pieces on literature and life by the author of Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism



From the acclaimed fiction writer about whom Dwight Garner of the New York Times wrote, "You know from the second you pick him up that he's the real deal," comes Still No Word from You, a unique chain of essays and... Read more

The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten

By: Philipp Schott DVM

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From Dr. Schott’s thirty years in veterinary practice come over sixty heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogsIn the third book in this bestselling series, we meet the oddest creatures, from an escaped newt to a baby snow leopard, but the focus is on the dogs and cats that... Read more

All Things Aside

By: Iliza Shlesinger

Narrated by: Iliza Shlesinger

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the razor-sharp mind of comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a collection of hilarious and insightful essays about the exasperating issues of everyday life.All Things Aside is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eyes of the inimitable Iliza Shlesinger. From the macro to micro, Shlesinger tackles it all... Read more

Sacred Sendoffs

By: Sarah A. Bowen

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

An elegant manifesto for improving life—and death—for all beings on sacred Mother Earth

Combining humorous anecdotes and thought-provoking research, Sacred Sendoffs explores human relationships with beloved pets, wild creatures, animal astronauts, marine life, farmed animals, and other sentient beings. Along the way, animal chaplain Sarah Bowen... Read more

The Essential Dick Gregory

By: Dick Gregory

Narrated by: Joe Morton, Christian Gregory, Andre Gaines & A...

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Narrated by Audie, Emmy, and NAACP® Image Award-winning actor, Joe Morton, and joined by Christian Gregory and Afrika K. Kenjyatta. A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography... Read more

My People

By: Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Narrated by: Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Length: 13 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary. Spanning datelines in the American South, South Africa and points scattered in between, her work... Read more

Baseball Memories & Dreams

By: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This compendium of baseball writing covers it all—recollections of Hall of Famers and narratives from top baseball writers; stories on the rich iconography and history of the game across the full diversity of players, teams, and leagues; and reflections on the way America's pastime has shaped our culture. Selected from the Baseball Hall of... Read more

The Vagabond's Way

By: Rolf Potts

Narrated by: Rolf Potts

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives—from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of Vagabonding

For readers who dream of travel, yearn to get back out on the road, or want to enrich a journey they’re currently on, The Vagabond’s Way explores... Read more

Voyage Autour de ma Chambre

By: Xavier de Maistre

Narrated by: Jérôme Pilette

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Un jeune officier mis aux arrêts après une affaire de duel nous raconte son Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre. Confiné à son imagination, Xavier de Maitre entreprend une aventure ironique, originale et décalée entre ses quatre murs. Sautant dans les tableaux, revisitant un souvenir, se jouant une scène romantique, plaidant ses valeurs contre la morale... Read more