Essays audiobooks

Essays: First Series. Heroism

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

True heroism does not seek applause. It does not wear armor or demand recognition. It walks quietly, steady in its purpose, untouched by fear or flattery. In Heroism, Ralph Waldo Emerson strips away the illusions of grandeur and reveals the essence of courage: a quiet, unwavering commitment to one's own principles. This is not a celebration of... Read more

Essays: First Series. Intellect

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Intellect is not a possession but a force—fluid, expansive, untamed. It cannot be hoarded, nor can it be caged within doctrine or tradition. In Intellect, Ralph Waldo Emerson urges us to see thought as a living current, not a stagnant pool. True understanding, he suggests, is not about collecting knowledge but about breaking through to deeper... Read more

Essays: First Series. Prudence

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Prudence is not timidity. It is not caution for its own sake. It is the art of knowing when to act and when to wait, when to follow reason and when to trust instinct. In Prudence, Ralph Waldo Emerson reclaims this often-misunderstood virtue, not as mere carefulness but as the wisdom of navigating life with both vision and restraint. For Emerson,... Read more

Essays: First Series. Spiritual Laws

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Ralph Waldo Emerson's Spiritual Laws is more than an essay—it's an invitation to align with the rhythm of the universe. With clarity and poetic force, Emerson strips away illusions of control, urging us to trust the quiet power within. For him, law isn't rigid or imposed; it's a natural flow, always present, waiting to be recognized. True... Read more

Essays: First Series. The Over-Soul

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Ralph Waldo Emerson's The Over-Soul isn't just an essay—it's a revelation. It speaks of a vast, unshakable presence within us all, a silent force that knows, guides, and connects. Beyond intellect, beyond ego, Emerson leads us to the infinite. The Over-Soul is the quiet voice of truth, the source of wisdom that needs no teacher. It is intuition... Read more

Essays: First Series. Compensation

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A world in perfect balance—so claims Emerson in Compensation, an essay that pulses with quiet defiance and deep assurance. No gain without loss, no misstep without lesson, no fortune without its hidden tax. It is neither fate nor blind justice but a living rhythm, an invisible hand that rights every scale, even when human eyes fail to... Read more

A Room of One's Own

By: Virginia Woolf

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

'Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.' Based on two lectures Woolf delivered at the University of Cambridge, A Room of One's Own compellingly argues for women's intellectual freedom and the importance of financial... Read more

Flower (Unabbreviated)

By: Ed Atkins

Narrated by: Ed Atkins

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

'I like eating cold, clammy wraps from big pharmacies that are open late and sell just a few foods like protein bars and powders.' Flower is a book of realistic admissions, likes, dislikes, memories and no-brainer observations, treating personal truth as unavailable - something that must be made up and convincing. Taking cues from confessional... Read more

El arte de ser humanos

By: David Bueno Torrens

Narrated by: Jordi Llovet

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Un viaje por las artes, la neurociencia y la educación que redefine nuestra percepción del mundo. Por el autor de El cerebro del adolescente y Neurociencia para educadores. El arte de ser humanos es un fascinante viaje a través de las artes, la neurociencia y la educación que redefine el modo que tenemos de  percibir el mundo y a nosotros... Read more

Essays: First Series. Friendship

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A true friend is a paradox—both a mirror and a mystery, a presence that steadies yet unsettles. Emerson's Friendship is not a sentimental tribute but an exploration, as sharp as it is reverent. He does not merely celebrate companionship; he dissects it, questioning the forces that draw souls together and the invisible tensions that hold them... Read more

Essays: First Series. History

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Time does not hold history—people do. Emerson's History is not a chronicle of names and dates, not a reverence for the past, but a revelation: every life is a vessel of all that came before. The individual is not separate from history but its continuation, its living pulse. Emerson does not ask his readers to study history; he asks them to... Read more

Essays: First Series. Love

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Love, for Emerson, is neither simple nor sweet. It is a force—wild, untamable, and yet profoundly human. In Love, he explores the deep currents that pull us together and push us apart, not with the softness of romance, but with the clarity of a philosopher who sees love as a transformative, even unsettling, experience. It is not just an emotion,... Read more

Manifiesto por la lectura

By: Irene Vallejo

Narrated by: Elena Silva

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Un mágico manifiesto sobre la lectura para todos aquellos amantes de los libros. Un recorrido imprescindible por la literatura, de la mano de Irene Vallejo. «Somos seres entretejidos de relatos, bordados con hilos de voces, de historia, de filosofía y de ciencia, de leyes y leyendas. Por eso, la lectura seguirá cuidándonos si cuidamos de ella.... Read more

Träume am Wendepunkt - Scheibenelefant, Band 1 (ungekürzt)

By: Francisco Prieto Montesdeoca

Narrated by: Omid-Paul Eftekhari

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Francisco und Antje standen am Rand des Abgrunds, als ihr Traum vom Eigenheim durch eine Baukatastrophe fast zerstört wurde. In einem Augenblick kippte ihre Welt aus den Fugen, und sie standen vor den Trümmern ihrer Hoffnungen - finanziell am Rande des Ruins und emotional zutiefst erschüttert. Träume am Wendepunkt - ist die ehrliche und... Read more

Moja korona ziemi. Dzienniki z wypraw

By: Roman Dzida

Narrated by: Paweł Zieliński

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Dziewięć wypraw po dziewięć szczytów Korony Ziemi, a każdy z nich był dla mnie bezcennym darem. Bezcenne było również to, że góry pozwoliły mi za każdym razem szczęśliwie wrócić do domu, bym mógł o nich napisać… Każdą wyprawę opisuję dzień po dniu, godzina po godzinie. To rodzaj dziennika pisanego "na gorąco", na kolanie, na strzępach... Read more

גינת בר

By: Meir Shalev

Narrated by: נעמי רביע

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

את גינת בר כתב מאיר שלו על גינת ביתו בעמק יזרעאל, בה נטע עצי בר ושיחי בר, שתל וזרע רקפות, כלניות, נרקיסים, חצבים ופרחי בר רבים אחרים, ובה הוא מתרועע עם בעליה האמתיים: ציפורים, קיפודים, פרפרים, חזירי בר ועוד חברים. הטבע של הארץ, המתואר ונוכח בכל הרומנים שכתב, הוא כאן הגיבור הראשי. באהבה ובהומור מספר מאיר שלו על הצבעים, הריחות והקולות העולים מגנו,... Read more

Engaging and Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors

By: Midealuck Publishing & Christian Stahl

Narrated by: Midealuck Publishing, Robert Jones & Malcom Harris

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you ready to dive into a world of laughter, nostalgia, and heartfelt connections?This delightful collection is crafted with seniors in mind, offering lighthearted yet meaningful tales that entertain, uplift, and inspire. The stories in this audio book will make every senior and anyone who still has a sense of humor laugh out loud, because in... Read more

The Cold Fix

By: Sara Barnes

Narrated by: Claire Dean

Length: 6 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

‘The cold water has given me the key to unlock myself within a place I didn’t know existed: the community of cold-water swimmers right around the world. What binds us all together is the cold and how it makes us feel: brave enough to tackle even the toughest of life’s issues.’ Having been a keen runner and cyclist all her life, in 2017 Sara... Read more

Collected works of Benjamin Franklin. The Autobiography and Other Writings

By: Benjamin Franklin

Narrated by: Stacey Patterson & Peter Coates

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Benjamin Franklin is the only one of America's founding fathers to have signed all three of their foundational documents: The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris. These documents underpinned the establishment of the United States of America as a sovereign country. In addition to being a prominent... Read more

Coach

By: Andrew Blauner

Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth, Brian Troxell, Marianne Fraul...

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty-five celebrated writers share the inspiring words and timeless wisdom of the athletic coaches who changed and influenced their lives and pass on the sage advice they received. Read more

Venice for Lovers

By: Louis Begley & Anka Muhlstein

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Every year for the thirty they have been married, Louis Begley and Anka Muhlstein have escaped to Venice to write. In Venice for Lovers, Begley and Muhlstein fashion their own personal homages to Venice, one with a novella, the other with a personal essay. In her contribution to the book, Muhlstein charmingly describes how she and her husband... Read more

The Routes of Man

By: Ted Conover

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the hopes and fears of those who travel them. With his marvelous eye for detail and his contagious enthusiasm, Ted Conover explores... Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners - 31 Stories of Adventure, Comebacks, and Family Ties

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...

Narrated by: Christina Traister & Dan John Miller

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

31 Stories of Adventure, Comebacks, and Family TiesComebacks Everyday Adventures Family Ties Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners - 31 Stories on Starting Out, Running Therapy, and Camaraderie

By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark ...

Narrated by: Christina Traister & Dan John Miller

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

31 Stories on Starting Out, Running Therapy, and CamaraderieStarting Out Running Therapy Camaraderie Read more