Essays audiobooks

Uncertain Ground

By: Phil Klay

Narrated by: Josh Casaubon

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment and Missionaries, an astonishing fever graph of the effects of twenty years of war in a brutally divided America.

When Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of veterans who have no choice but to grapple with... Read more

Faux rebonds

By: James Hyndman

Narrated by: James Hyndman & Tristan Malavoy

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Dissertant au gré de ses humeurs sur un sport qui peut rendre fou, James Hyndman puise dans son expérience de tennisman autant que dans ses souvenirs doux-amers et son imaginaire débridé pour proposer un livre inattendu, à la fois introspectif et rempli d’humour, une sorte d’essai joyeusement tendancieux destiné aussi bien aux profanes qu’aux... Read more

El espacio de la imaginación

By: Ian McEwan

Narrated by: Jordi Boixaderas 

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Son compatibles la libertad estética y el compromiso político? McEwan reflexiona a partir de Orwell y Camus. En 1940 George Orwell publicó el ensayo «En el vientre de la ballena», en el que se pregunta cómo pueden conjugar los escritores la integridad estética y el compromiso político. ¿Son compatibles? ¿Cuál debe prevalecer por encima del... Read more

Reading the Water

By: Mark Hume

Narrated by: Jim Denison

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“A father shares the joys of fly-fishing with his daughters in this eloquent memoir…[Mark] Hume vividly conveys the sensory details of their adventures and the stunning surroundings…A heartfelt, beautifully written celebration of the wonders of nature and comfort of family.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Fishing was Mark Hume’s passion since he... Read more

Undelivered

By: Jeff Nussbaum

Narrated by: Adam Gifford, Brian Bowles, Elisa Roth, Garrick...

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"There may be no more important listen regarding the fate of the nation's democracy than this historical record."- AudioFile

This program is read by the author and full cast, includes actual audio clips from historical and political figures, and has actors narrating the entire undelivered speeches throughout.

A fascinating insight into notable... Read more

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

By: Carlo Rovelli

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful intellectual feast from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Anaximander

One of the world’s most prominent physicists and fearless free spirit, Carlo Rovelli is also a masterful storyteller. His bestselling books have introduced millions of readers to the wonders of modern physics and his... Read more

Ali's Well That Ends Well

By: Ali Wentworth

Narrated by: Ali Wentworth

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers a comedic look at family, friendship, and lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in her new collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Like many, Ali Wentworth spent the pandemic seesawing between highs, lows, and baking an unnecessary amount of chocolate cake. Between binging every... Read more

Manifesto comunista - Abridged

By: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

Narrated by: José Paulo Netto

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

No final de fevereiro de 1848, foi publicado em Londres um pequeno panfleto que acabaria por se tornar o documento político mais importante de todos os tempos: o Manifesto Comunista, de Karl Marx e Friedrich Engels. Passado mais de um século e meio, a atualidade e o vigor deste texto continuam reconhecidos por intelectuais das mais diversas... Read more

The Last Days of Roger Federer

By: Geoff Dyer

Narrated by: Richard Burnip

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Esquire's best books of spring 2022

An extended meditation on late style and last works from "one of our greatest living critics" (Kathryn Schulz, New York).

When artists and athletes age, what happens to their work? Does it ripen or rot? Achieve a new serenity or succumb to an escalating torment? As our bodies decay, how do we keep on? In... Read more

Managing Expectations

By: Minnie Driver

Narrated by: Minnie Driver

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A charming, poignant, and mesmerizing memoir in essays from beloved actor and natural-born storyteller Minnie Driver, chronicling the way life works out even when it doesn’t.In this intimate, beautifully crafted collection, Driver writes and narrates with disarming charm and candor about her bohemian upbringing between England and Barbados; her... Read more

A Trip of One's Own

By: Kate Wills

Narrated by: Marisa Calin

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A travel story is the best story of them all …Travel journalist Kate Wills wasn’t expecting to be divorced after less than a year of marriage, or to be forced to restart a life that had seemed so stable for so long. Luckily, her job as a writer offered her the perfect opportunity to escape from it all. But this time, with no deadlines to hit or... Read more

Gentle and Fierce

By: Vanessa Berry

Narrated by: Vanessa Berry

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

To be gentle is to resist the privileging of command above compassion. It is a quiet voice, a persistent whisper, calm and consoling. Ferocity is an armour, a forceful expression of resolve and protection. To be fierce is to know the intensity of the edges of feeling. It is the voice that calls out, intending to be heard. Gentle and Fierce... Read more

The Food Diaries

By: Elizabeth Butel

Narrated by: Julie McGregor

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Eating when you're hungry ... how simple is that? Not so simple for Josie and the friends she met when she took herself off to One Step, the local Overeaters Anonymous Group. She heard about Rachel's extended family, who thought meeting meant eating. She met Christopher who could only stomach one coloured food at a time. There was Olga who used... Read more

Prozac Monologues

By: Willa Goodfellow

Narrated by: Willa Goodfellow

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

She was going to stab her doctor, but she wrote a book instead.Years later, Willa Goodfellow revisits this account of her antidepressant-induced hypomania that hijacked a Costa Rican vacation and tells the rest of the story: the wrong medications, an overlooked diagnosis of Bipolar 2, and finally a path to recovery.Prozac Monologues: A Voice... Read more

Raven Smith’s Men

By: Raven Smith

Narrated by: Raven Smith

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

'A brilliant writer.' Russell Tovey ‘Thoroughly entertaining.’ OTEGHA UWAGBA ‘Funny and beautifully revealing.’ BELLA MACKIE ... Read more

Onam in a Nightie

By: Anjana Menon

Narrated by: Mary Joseph

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In India's tropical paradise, stands a town wrapped around a giant roundabout, where a canny caretaker with a French connection holds sway. Vying for his attention are two competing neighbours. Appu holds lessons for the living but Maya cares only for the dead. And a gastronome dog plays ball girl to tennis-loving nuns. At the centre is an... Read more

깊이에 눈뜨는 시간

By: 라문숙

Narrated by: 조예신

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

나이 든다는 건 때때로 쓸쓸하지만 사소한 즐거움을 잃지 않는 한 삶은 다시 채워지고, 다정해지며, 더 그윽해진다 중년 여성의 존재 의식과 마음의 풍경을 담은 사유 에세이 삶이 천천히 시들어가고 있다고 느낄 때, 그럴 때 우리는 무얼 할 수 있을까? 한 살 한 살 나이를 먹어가면서 내 마음 같지 않게 흘러간 삶, 관계, 일상을 담담하게 바라보기란 누구에게나 쉽지 않다. 전작 『전업주부입니다만』을 통해 언제나 곁에 있지만 제대로 보지 못했던 존재, 전업주부의 삶을 고백을 토해내듯 단정하면서도 날카로운 언어로 담아내 많은 여성 독자들의 공감을 이끌어냈던 라문숙 작가가 신작 에세이 『깊이에 눈뜨는 시간』으로... Read more

Forest Walking

By: Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst

Narrated by: Sean Sonier

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Awaken your senses and make the most out of your next walk in the woods—with Peter Wohlleben, New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees.

“This book will fast-track you into the joys of spending time amongst the trees.”—Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and How to Read Water

"You'll be changed... Read more

Bucket to Greece

By: V.D. Bucket

Narrated by: David Vickery

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The delightfully comic account of a British couple and their imported cats starting over in a new country continues in Bucket to Greece Volume 3. Victor and Marigold really feel the heat of May when the ever precarious water supply runs dry, and Victor suffers self-doubt over his burgeoning mastery of the Greek language. No longer cheffing at... Read more

Truth's Table

By: Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson & Michelle Hi...

Narrated by: Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins & Ekemini...

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • A collection of essays and stories documenting the lived theology and spirituality we need to hear in order to lean into a more freeing, loving, and liberating faith—from the hosts of the beloved Truth’s Table podcast

“The liberating work of Truth’s Table creates breathing room to finally have those... Read more

Start Without Me

By: Gary Janetti

Narrated by: Gary Janetti

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

From New York Times bestselling author, and Family Guy writer Gary Janetti comes Start Without Me, a collection of hilarious, laugh out loud, true life stories about the small moments that add up to a big life.

Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he’s here to tell us.

In Start Without Me,... Read more

Travel Abroad Gazette

By: Mr Punch

Narrated by: Eileen Atkins, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, ...

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

We follow in the footsteps of the intrepid British traveller as they explore the far-flung shores of the world. In the company of some of the world’s finest Chroniclers, we join Charles Darwin, Kenneth Williams, James Boswell, Freya Stark, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Fanny Trollope, Mungo Park, Nancy Mitford, Wilfred Thesiger, Horace Walpole, Evelyn... Read more

Travel At Home Gazette

By: Mr Punch

Narrated by: Eileen Atkins, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, ...

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Join us on a fascinating ramble through the towns and villages of the British Isles during the last four hundred years in the company of some of its most illustrious chroniclers, including Jane Austen, William Cobbett, Daniel Defoe, Sir Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf, Francis Kilvert, Celia Fiennes, Chips Channon, Fanny Burney and many... Read more

The Travellers Gazette BOX SET

By: Mr Punch

Narrated by: Eileen Atkins, Nigel Davenport, Alex Jennings, ...

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

We follow in the footsteps of the intrepid British traveller as they explore the world both At Home and Abroad, told entirely in the words of those who were there. In TWO volumes.TRAVEL at HOME Gazette: A fascinating ramble through the towns and villages of the British Isles during the last 400 years in the company of Jane Austen, William... Read more