Essays audiobooks

伤心的水

By: 尤今

Narrated by: 方馨

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

尤今惯常以如刃的目光读大地，以细腻的心思读生活，再以璀璨的笔杆，抒写缤纷的世界。 她说："小时看漫画，常常看到牧牛的童子坐在牛背上吹笛子，因此把牛目为浪漫的象征；年龄稍长，读及牛的颂诗，又把牛当成是劳动的楷模。成长之后，背着行囊，足履四海，才发现牛和世间万物一样，没有一个固定不变的"模式"。 同样是云，却美丑不一。同样是河，却有悲有喜。同样是泥，却大好大坏。把囿限于模子之内的目光看世界，不但辜负了大地，也糟蹋了万物。" 《伤心的水》一书内收了一百篇袖珍小品，叙述了一百则喜怒哀乐的故事。人间有爱，万物有情，即使是一滴水珠、一片树叶，也有感觉，只要用心眼去体会，便能通过它们，听到一条河、一棵树的故事；而当小河汇人大海、小树扎根于大地时，我们便也同时能够听到惊涛拍岸的澎湃、听到根须入土... Read more

Cricket Ka Commonwealth

By: Ramachandra Guha & Ketan Mishra

Narrated by: Kandarp Relhan

Length: 15 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

When Ramachandra Guha began following the game in the early 1960s, India was utterly marginal to the world of cricket: the country still hadn't won a Test match overseas; by the time he joined the Board of Control for Cricket in India, fifty years later, India had become world cricket's sole superpower.Cricket ka Commonwealth, the Hindi... Read more

Loving Edie

By: Meredith May

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of The Honey Bus comes a wild and emotional memoir of family and self-discovery, featuring a lovable golden retriever named Edie

Meredith May had a difficult childhood, with a mother who was physically present but emotionally absent. She learned early on to fend for herself, and never had to care for anyone else. When she and her... Read more

Call Me Chef, Dammit!

By: Andre Rush

Narrated by: Chef Andre Rush

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.What does it take to go from growing up in a Mississippi housing project to becoming a master sergeant and a celebrity chef serving in the White House under four United States presidents?Call Me Chef, Dammit! is the inspiring story of Andre Rush, who became an overnight sensation in 2018, after a photograph of his now-famous... Read more

Triage

By: Richard Russo

Narrated by: Richard Russo

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls

One of the most valuable spaces for an artist is the inner life—the sacred place where, outside of the constraints of time and space, meaning is extracted from raw experience and fashioned into art. In this timely new essay, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo discusses the work... Read more

Southbound

By: Anjali Enjeti

Narrated by: Anjali Enjeti

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A move at age ten from a Detroit suburb to Chattanooga in 1984 thrusts Anjali Enjeti into what feels like a new world replete with Confederate flags, Bible verses, and whiteness. It is here that she learns how to get her bearings as a mixed-race brown girl in the Deep South and begins to understand how identity can inspire, inform, and shape a... Read more

Some of My Best Friends

By: Tajja Isen

Narrated by: Tajja Isen

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A fearless, “funny, poignant, and super-smart” (Ms. magazine) essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions.

In this “inspiring, determined work of personal narrative and cultural criticism” (Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives), essayist and award-winning voice actor Tajja Isen explores the absurdity of... Read more

Playing with Myself

By: Randy Rainbow

Narrated by: Randy Rainbow

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author with a special appearance from his mom.

An intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes readers through his life—the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes.

Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered the... Read more

Charithravarthanam

By: Romila Thapar

Narrated by: Anu Alphy Xavier

Length: 17 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

പാസ്റ്റ് അസ് പ്രസന്‍റെ ( The Past As Present ) എന്ന ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പുസ്തകത്തിന്‍റെ മലയാള പരിഭാഷയാണ് ചരിത്രാവര്‍ത്തനം. സോയ് ജോസാണ് പുസ്തകത്തിന്‍റെ പരിഭാഷ നിര്‍വഹിച്ചത്. മതം, വർഗീയത, സ്വത്വബോധം, മതഗ്രന്ഥങ്ങൾ, സ്ത്രീ സമത്വവാദം, അക്കാദമികരംഗത്തെ വർഗീയവത്കരണം, ചരിത്രപഠനം എന്നിവയെക്കുറിച്ച് ഇന്ത്യയിലെ വിഖ്യാത ചരിത്രകാരിയായ റൊമില ഥാപ്പർ നടത്തിയ പഠനങ്ങൾ.... Read more

La conquista de América contada para escépticos

By: Juan Eslava Galán

Narrated by: Salvador Serrano

Length: 24 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Sobre la turbulenta relación entre España y América y sus orígenes se ha escrito mucho, pero hasta ahora no habíamos podido disfrutar de las palabras de Eslava Galán para contarnos esta historia recurrente, llena de contradicciones, alianzas, traiciones y desencuentros. Detrás de la historia que todos conocemos, están las vidas de los personajes... Read more

Love That Story

By: Jonathan Van Ness

Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Emmy-nominated host of Netflix’s Queer Eye follows up his New York Times-bestselling memoir, Over The Top, with this collection of thought-provoking essays on grief and healing, cannabis reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, imposter syndrome, personal style, the HIV safety net, and of, course, how to make your hairdresser love you.In his New York... Read more

Funeral for Flaca

By: Emilly G. Prado

Narrated by: Emilly G. Prado

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Funeral for Flaca is an exploration of things lost and found—love, identity, family—and the traumas that transcend bodies, borders, cultures, and generations.Emilly Prado retraces her experience coming of age as a prep-turned-chola-turned-punk in this collection that is one-part memoir-in-essays, and one-part playlist, zigzagging across genres... Read more

Home Cooking

By: Laurie Colwin

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Weaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, the acclaimed author of Happy All the Time delivers a beloved cookbook manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining. • With a foreword by Ruth Reichl.

“As much memoir as cookbook and as much about eating as cooking.” —The New York Times Book Review

From the... Read more

당신의 특별한 우울 : 우울증에 걸린 정신과 의사의 치료 일기

By: 린다 개스크

Narrated by: 조예신

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

세상의 모든 우울을 하나로 설명할 수 있을까? 우울은 개인마다 각기 다른 양상으로 펼쳐지는 매우 사적인 것이며, 때론 사회 구성원 전체가 깊은 우울감에 휩싸일 때도 있다. 여기, 당신 자신의 우울과 그 내밀한 속내 이야기에 온 마음을 다해 귀 기울여주는 정신과 의사가 있다. 그는 우울은 함부로 진단하는 것이 아니며, 일반화할 수도 없고, 개개인에 따라 시작점과 진행 경로가 다른 특별한 이야기라고 말한다. 그가 이렇듯 내담자들의 시선과 입장을 우선시할 수 있는 건, 그 자신이 10대 시절부터 우울증과 불안을 주기적으로 경험하며, 이를 극복하기 위해 많은 시행착오를 겪어온 경험자이기 때문이다. 저자 린다 개스크는... Read more

The Grove

By: Ben Dark

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

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'Ben Dark is such a wonderful writer - The Grove drew me in from the first line.' Lia Leendertz

'The Grove is overflowing with delicious nuggets of cultural, social and garden history ­- and I adore Ben Dark's humour and humility in equal measure.' Advolly Richmond

'A heartfelt romp through the wisteria and wilderness of London's... Read more

Essays (Unabridged)

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: AI Marcus

Length: 21 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Though perhaps most famous for Walden, Henry David Thoreau was also a prolific essayist. Many of his essays touch on subjects similar to his famous book: long walks through nature, things found in moonlight that are invisible and unheard during the day, his preference for wild apples... Read more

The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

By: Stuart Ross

Narrated by: Stuart Ross

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A poignant meditation on mortality from a beloved Canadian poet A writer friend once pointed out that whenever Stuart Ross got close to something heavy and “real” in a poem, a hamburger would inevitably appear for comic relief. In this hybrid essay/memoir/poetic meditation, Ross shoves aside the heaping plate of burgers to wrestle with... Read more

Recessional

By: David Mamet

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.”The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and WAG THE DOG sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates.In RECESSIONAL he calls out, skewers, mocks,... Read more

Arrival Stories

By: Amy Schumer & Christy Turlington Burns

Narrated by: Amy Schumer, Christy Turlington Burns, Adenrele...

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A wide range of women—actors, athletes, academics, CEOs, writers, small-business owners, birth workers, physicians, and activists—share their experiences of becoming mothers in this multifaceted, moving, and revealing collection.

Throughout her difficult pregnancy and following her frightening labor experience, Amy Schumer found camaraderie and... Read more

Idiots

By: Laura Clery

Narrated by: Laura Clery

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A fresh, hilarious, and relatable collection of essays about everything from motherhood and marriage to sobriety and work-life balance (or imbalance) from the nationally bestselling author of the “honest, complicated” (SheKnows) Idiot.

TRIGGER WARNING: TORN EVERYTHING!

In her first book, Idiot, bestselling author Laura Clery gave us... Read more

Indoor Cat

By: Laura J. Moss & Lynn Bahr

Narrated by: Stephanie Richardson

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Can an indoor cat live a happy, stimulating, and active life? A veterinarian and a journalist answer this question with a resounding "yes," and offer real-life guidance for opening up your cat's world, even if they stay within the confines of your home. 

There are many myths our culture perpetuates about domestic cats: they live longer indoors,... Read more

Ilakkiya munnodigal

By: Thiruppur Krishnan

Narrated by: Thiruppur Krishnan

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

'இலக்கிய முன்னோடிகள்' என்ற இந்நூல் 31 இலக்கியவாதிகளைப் பற்றிய தனித்தனிக் கட்டுரைகளின் தொகுப்பு. கு.அழகிரிசாமி எழுதிய 'நான் கண்ட எழுத்தாளர்கள், அறிஞர் வ.ரா. எழுதிய 'தமிழ்ப் பெரியார்கள்', வையாபுரிப்பிள்ளை எழுதிய'தமிழ்ச் சுடர்மணிகள்'என்று இதே பாணியில் அமைந்த சில நூல்கள் முன்னரே தமிழில் உண்டு. அந்த நூல்களையெல்லாம் படித்து அனுபவித்து வியந்த நான்,... Read more

Relatos reales

By: Javier Cercas

Narrated by: Sergio Zamora & Javier Cercas

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Una recopilación de crónicas misceláneas que nos deja ver la cara más irónica y sagaz de Javier Cercas. Nota, prólogo y La novia perdida leídos por Javier Cercas. «Literatura, pues. Y literatura mestiza. Más: gozosamente mestiza, igual que la de la novela. Porque, si no me engaño, toda buena crónica aspira a participar de una triple condición:... Read more

Attention All Shipping

By: Charlie Connelly

Narrated by: Charlie Connelly

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales.
Sitting at home listening to the... Read more