Essays audiobooks

The Meaning of Life

By: The School of Life

Narrated by: Rachel Lanning

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A thought-provoking guide to one of the greatest questions we will ever face - what is the meaning of life? 
It may seem useless, silly, or overwhelming to ponder the meaning of life. In truth, it is essential to ask ourselves this question in order to define and work towards a more meaningful existence. 
This book presents a range of areas in... Read more

Masculinity in American Politics

By: Monika L. McDermott & Dan Cassino

Narrated by: Christopher Douyard & Candace Fitzgerald

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

While hardly a new phenomenon, masculinity—which includes elements of toughness, independence, and leadership, among others—roared onto the national political stage in America with the 2016 candidacy, election, and presidency of Donald Trump. Research into masculinity dates back over a century, but little attention has been paid to the specific... Read more

A little philosophy of life

By: Robert J. Burdette

Narrated by: Alexander Ashcroft

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"A Little Philosophy of Life" by Robert J. Burdette is a delightful collection of essays that explore the beauty and meaning found in everyday moments. With a perfect blend of gentle humor and timeless wisdom, Burdette reflects on universal themes such as love, laughter, gratitude, and the joys of a simple life. This inspiring work invites... Read more

Spirit Things

By: Lara Messersmith-Glavin

Narrated by: Lara Messersmith-Glavin

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of essays that evoke an adventurous spirit and the craving for myth, Spirit Things examines the hidden meanings of objects found on a fishing boat, as seen through the eyes of a child. Author Lara Messersmith-Glavin blends memoir, mythology, and science as she relates the uniqueness and flavor of the Alaskan experience through her... Read more

Nexus (Latino)

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga

Length: 17 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

El esperado nuevo libro de Yuval Noah Harari, uno de los pensadores más innovadores, interesantes y clarividentes de la actualidad, y autor de Sapiens, el fenómeno literario global que ha cautivado a millones de lectores. «El historiador tiene una habilidad endemoniada para exponer argumentos sofisticados sobre cuestiones complejas sin dolor... Read more

Qué es el budismo

By: Jorge Luis Borges & Alicia Jurado

Narrated by: Gerardo Prat & Mariana de Iraola

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Jorge Luis Borges traza un fascinante y singular recorrido por uno de los cultos más difundidos y tergiversados del mundo. El budismo, rama de la filosofía, ocupa un lugar central en el conjunto de la obra de Borges. La percepción del cosmos como un laberinto o una paradoja, la negación del Yo, el cuestionamiento a la concepción occidental del... Read more

Florida Spectacular

By: Cathy Salustri

Narrated by: April Doty

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

If when you think "Florida" you don't think "spectacular," Cathy Salustri is determined to change your mind. Explaining why the state is more than the "Florida Man" stories and the politics that so often make national news, and looking beyond the crowded beaches and theme parks, Salustri celebrates what makes the state worth a deeper... Read more

Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth

By: Maggie Nelson

Narrated by: Maggie Nelson

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth is an experiment in interiority written in the pandemic studio. Something of a companion piece to 2009’s Bluets, Pathemata merges a pain diary chronicling a decade of jaw pain with dreams and dailies, eventually blurring the lines between embodied, unconscious, and everyday life.

In scrupulously distilled... Read more

The Sex Talk

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

When we speak of "sexual orientation," we really just mean whether people are gay, straight, or bi. But people differ from each other in many other interesting ways. Sex, as a realm of difference, is much richer than this single orientation implies. When I talk with my friends about their desires, I am often surprised by how many things it is... Read more

A Study in Scarlet

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes us us? Is there a feature that unites humans as a species while setting us apart from every other animal? Tool use, perhaps, or language or consciousness? This episode is about the hunt for a biological trait that would pull us all together and why that trait is so hard to find. Even if we do discover a single attribute that is... Read more

Drowning a Dragonfly

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Why do kids kill insects? It is a strange, disturbing fact that so many of us have, at some early point in our lives, plucked wings off butterflies, burned ants with magnifying glasses, or, in Sophus's case, drowned a dragonfly. But where does semi-psychotic instinct comes from? In this episode, Sophus explains that our encounter with... Read more

Spellbound

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

We all make typos. Spelling mistakes range from the harmless to the disastrous, and they are almost impossible to get rid of. But what can typos teach us? What do they reveal about language and the human mind? This episode explores the hidden history of spelling mistakes, delving deep into their demonic past and discovering the forgotten origins... Read more

Why Alexander Wept

By: Sophus Helle

Narrated by: Sophus Helle

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Desire is a strange thing. It is always raging inside us, driving us on to our next pursuit. But figuring out where it comes from or where exactly it is taking us can be surprisingly tricky. Sophus ponders the nature of desire, reflecting on a quote from Die Hard, a scene from Calvin and Hobbes, why he's not a Buddhist, and what a diamond failed... Read more

Forest Walk on a Friday

By: Lynne Golodner

Narrated by: Lynne Golodner

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this lyrical collection of personal essays, Lynne Golodner shares vivid visits to far-flung locations and insights on human nature, relationships and the journey to the self. Inviting the reader into her ten-year foray into the world of Orthodox Judaism—and her subsequent decision to leave the strictures of religion—Golodner writes about... Read more

Things in Nature Merely Grow

By: Yiyun Li

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Yiyun Li’s remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James.

“There is no good way to say this,” Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this audiobook.

“There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen,... Read more

Die Rätsel der Philosophie

By: Rudolf Steiner

Narrated by: Christian Clement

Length: 21 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In seinem Buch "Die Rätsel der Philosophie" (1914), zunächst erschienen unter dem Titel "Welt- und Lebensanschauungen im neunzehnten Jahrhundert" (1900/1901) stellt Rudolf Steiner die Entwicklung der abendländischen Philosophie in den Kontext der Evolution des menschlichen Bewusstseins. Dabei zeigt er auf, wie die Stufen der übersinnlichen... Read more

The House of Awadh

By: Aletta André & Abhimanyu Kumar

Narrated by: Shubhankar

Length: 14 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In Delhi's Ridge Forest lies Malcha Mahal, which was home to a family cloaked in mystery: Begum Wilayat Mahal and her children, Princess Sakina and Prince Ali Raza-self-proclaimed descendants of the House of Awadh. From their dramatic arrival at New Delhi Railway Station in 1975, where they squatted for a decade, to their last years in a... Read more

Marco Polo – The Man Who Brought China to Europe

By: Stephen Clark

Narrated by: Stephen Clark

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Few explorers have shaped history like Marco Polo. His journey from Venice to the court of Kublai Khan opened the door to the East, forever changing trade, culture, and knowledge in Europe. But how much of his story was real?This audiobook takes you on a thrilling journey through historical records, Polo’s own accounts, and modern discoveries,... Read more

Christopher Columbus – Hero or Villain?

By: Alan Rogers

Narrated by: Alan Rogers

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Christopher Columbus has been celebrated as a heroic explorer and condemned as a ruthless colonizer. But what is the real story? Did he truly discover the New World, or did he simply pave the way for conquest and destruction?This audiobook takes you on a gripping journey through Columbus’s voyages, his encounters with Indigenous peoples, and the... Read more

Ferdinand Magellan – The First Circumnavigation of the World

By: Harley Adams

Narrated by: Harley Adams

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Ferdinand Magellan’s daring expedition changed the world forever. In 1519, he set sail to find a western route to the Spice Islands, unknowingly embarking on the greatest voyage in human history. Though he would not live to see the journey completed, his fleet became the first to sail around the globe, proving the Earth’s vastness and... Read more

The Legendary Expeditions of Captain Cook

By: Louis Young

Narrated by: Louis Young

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Few explorers reshaped world history like Captain James Cook. His voyages across the Pacific, from Australia to Hawaii, mapped uncharted territories, changed the course of trade, and led to both scientific advancements and cultural clashes.This audiobook takes you on a thrilling journey through Cook’s three legendary expeditions, his encounters... Read more

THE ANCIENT WISDOM OF BASEBALL

By: Christian Sheppard

Narrated by: Christian Sheppard

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

“For those who love baseball, the game holds deep personal meaning and echoes to the past that are undeniable but often hard to articulate. Christian Sheppard’s The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball is a love letter to baseball that explains its connections to our inner lives and to classical lore in a way that makes one pine for Opening Day.”  —THEO... Read more

La vertu dangereuse

By: Julia de Funès

Narrated by: Stéphanie Cassignard

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Le monde de l'entreprise s'humanise, s'adoucit, s'assouplit. Télétravail, semaine de quatre jours, management participatif... Les sociétés s'ouvrent à plus d'autonomie et de confiance. On ne peut que se réjouir de ces libertés nouvelles. Mais gare à l’«empire du bien » ! Lorsque la pensée positive infuse les esprits, que la bienveillance... Read more

Exhibitions

By: Jehanne Dubrow

Narrated by: Dina Pearlman

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

What happens when beauty intersects with horror? In her newest nonfiction collection, Jehanne Dubrow interrogates the ethical questions that arise when we aestheticize atrocity. The daughter of US diplomats, she weaves memories of growing up overseas among narratives centered on art objects created while working under oppressive regimes.... Read more