Essays audiobooks

La agonia de Francia

By: Manuel Chaves Nogales

Narrated by: Oscar Lopez

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

En noviembre de 1936, Manuel Chaves Nogales, descorazonado por el rumbo que está tomando la guerra civil, decide abandonar España e instalarse con su familia en París. Allí colaborará con la prensa francesa y latinoamericana e incluso pondrá en marcha una publicación semiartesanal sobre la actualidad española dirigida a los exiliados... Read more

Top 10 Vaccine Objections

By: Alex Ramirez

Narrated by: Andy Stevenson

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have ever thought any of the following, “Vaccines are not for me, I'm young and healthy and don't need them”; “I rather develop natural immunity to infections, without vaccination”; “Immunisation is a personal choice, it only affects me, so I'll take the risk” then this book is for you. You would also enjoy this book if you have ever... Read more

Poetry is Queer

By: Kirby

Narrated by: Kirby

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Poetry is Queer is a kaleidoscope of sexual outlaws, gay icons, Sapphic poets, and great lovers—real and imagined—conjured like gateway drugs to a queer world. Claiming the word “queer” for those “who self-proclaim the authority of their own bodies in defiance of church and state,” Kirby pays tribute to gay touchstones while embodying both their... Read more

Words from the Window Seat

By: Taylor Tippett

Narrated by: Chloe Dolandis

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Flight attendant Taylor Tippett had just finished beverage service and was sitting in the back of a Boeing 737 when she had a revelation: How can I show kindness to these passengers if I can't show it to myself? She grabbed a tiny notepad and a Sharpie and wrote a simple message that would change her life: "Be kind to yourself."Before she had... Read more

The Best American Short Stories 2021

By: Jesmyn Ward & Heidi Pitlor

Narrated by: LIsa Flanagan, Robin Eller, Tre Hall, Katy Tang...

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn WardIn her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard says that the best fiction offers the reader a “sense of repair.”The stories in this year’s collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in... Read more

Alien Nation

By: Sofija Stefanovic

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller & Feodor Chin

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of 36 extraordinary stories originally told on stage, featuring work by writers, entertainers, thinkers, and community leaders. Spanning comedy and tragedy, Alien Nation brilliantly illuminates what it’s like to be an immigrant in America.
America would not be America without its immigrants. This anthology, adapted from storytelling... Read more

Everyone You Hate Is Going to Die

By: Daniel Sloss

Narrated by: Daniel Sloss

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

One of this generation's hottest and boldest young comedians presents a transgressive and hilarious analysis of all of our dysfunctional relationships, and attempts to point us in the vague direction of sanity.

Daniel Sloss's stand-up comedy engages, enrages, offends, unsettles, educates, comforts, and gets audiences roaring with laughter—all at... Read more

Known and Strange Things

By: Teju Cole

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Time • The Guardian • Harper's Bazaar • San Francisco Chronicle • The Atlantic • Financial Times • Kirkus

Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay and... Read more

변기에 빠진 세계사

By: 이영숙

Narrated by: 이상운

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"생활과 미용은 물론이고 예술과 산업까지 버려진 오물로 세계사를 읽다! 우리 생활과 밀접한 의식주를 주제로 한 『식탁 위의 세계사』 『옷장 속의 세계사』 『지붕 밑의 세계사』에서 세계사의 다양한 면모를 폭넓게 조망한 이영숙 저자가 이번에는 우리 주변에 존재하는 '지저분한 것들의 세계사'에 집중했다. 지저분하고 쓸모없게만 느껴지는 오물은 인류의 삶에 어떤 영향을 주었을까? 『변기에 빠진 세계사』는 똥, 오줌, 악취, 목욕, 전염병 등 온갖 지저분한 것들을 통해 세계사의 중요한 사건들 속으로 안내하는 유쾌한 청소년 교양서이다. 골치 아픈 시험 과목이나 고대사부터 시간 순서대로 흐르는 뻔한 연대기가 아닌 흥미로운... Read more

Tiny Yellow Hat

By: J Michael Chamberlain

Narrated by: J Michael Chamberlain

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

 This wildly entertaining book is laced with wicked concepts, cheap shots, and a few bright ideas; a feast of funny words and clever notions without once mentioning vampires, aliens, or zombies. J. M. Chamberlain created the perfect blend of madcap rants and true-life experiences regarding his years on the road as a stand-up comedian, actor, and... Read more

El poder corrompe

By: Gabriel Zaid

Narrated by: Noé Velázquez

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

La corrupción no fue una característica lamentable del llamado Sistema Político Mexicano: fue el Sistema Político Mexicano. La corrupción de los poderes públicos es una tradición universal y milenaria. En México, tuvo un papel histórico: apaciguar a los caudillos insurgentes del siglo XIX y revolucionarios del XX, entronizando al presidente como... Read more

In The Footsteps Of Rama

By: Vikrant Pande & Neelesh Kulkarni

Narrated by: Abhishek Sharma

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off on a journey of their own, following Rama's route... Read more

Corps rebelle

By: Gabrielle Lisa Collard

Narrated by: Catherine Ethier

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Corps rebelle est tissé de textes ayant été publiés sur le populaire blogue militant anti-grossophobie Dix Octobre et de pièces inédites. Il traite avec aplomb, humour et vulnérabilité de la vie dans la peau d’une grosse et de la quête du bonheur de celles et ceux dont le corps, à la fois invisible et trop visible, est perçu comme l’ennemi... Read more

The Book of Nonexistent Words

By: Stefano Massini

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The internationally acclaimed author harnesses his brilliant imagination and masterful storytelling ability to create a catalog of new words inspired by stories of real people in this wondrous book reminiscent of Italo Calvino's mesmerizing Invisible Cities.How many times have words not been enough?How many complex feelings don’t have a... Read more

A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage

By: Guirec Soudée

Narrated by: Trevor Lawless

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Exciting, funny, and occasionally heart-stopping … readers can stay home and dry, but feel like they are on the high seas.”—BOOKLIST

A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way.

When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out... Read more

Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

By: Jen Winston

Narrated by: Jen Winston

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Named one of the Best Books of 2021 by Oprah Daily, Glamour, Shondaland, BuzzFeed, and more!

A hilarious and whip-smart collection of essays, offering an intimate look at bisexuality, gender, and, of course, sex. Perfect for fans of Lindy West, Samantha Irby, and Rebecca Solnit—and anyone who wants, and deserves, to be seen.

If Jen Winston knows... Read more

The Joy of Small Things

By: Hannah Jane Parkinson

Narrated by: Hannah Jane Parkinson

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.' JOJO MOYES 'Always funny and frank and full of insight, I absolutely love Parkinson's writing.' DAVID NICHOLLS 'I loved this book . . . Parkinson's writing transports you to... Read more

But You Seemed So Happy

By: Kimberly Harrington

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In this tender, funny, and sharp companion to her acclaimed memoir-in-essays Amateur Hour, Kimberly Harrington explores and confronts marriage, divorce, and the ways love, loss, and longing shape a life.Six weeks after Kimberly and her husband announced their divorce, she began work on a book that she thought would only be about divorce — heavy... Read more

قراصنة المتوسط

By: مؤلفين فرنسيين

Narrated by: جمال مرعي

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

يأخذنا الكتاب في رحلة عبر القرون الوسطى حيث كان الصراع غاية في الشراسة للسيطرة على حوض المتوسط كونه معبرًا اقتصاديًا مهمًا، ولكن الإقتتال بين الطرفين لم يكن كل شيء كما يكشف الكتاب.الذي يتناول الحديث عن مالطا،باعتبارها كانت - ولا تزال - حلقة الوصل بين القارتين: السمراء والعجوز. و في العام 1530 اكتسبت "مالطا" أهمية إضافية؛ إذ أصبحت واقعة تحت حكم... Read more

Nocturno de la democracia mexicana

By: Héctor Aguilar Camín

Narrated by: Raúl Boxer

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Nocturno de la democracia mexicana son tres libros en uno. Un análisis ágil y novedoso sobre los lastres que nos impone la historia; una puntual recapitulación de nuestra aún inacabada transición a la democracia, y una advertencia sobre las pulsiones autoritarias del nuevo gobierno. "La costumbre política mexicana, primera parte del libro, puede... Read more

Los demasiados libros

By: Gabriel Zaid

Narrated by: Noé Velázquez

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Reflexión aguda, sensata, amorosa que deben leer lectores, autores, editores, libreros... Una nueva edición, corregida y aumentada. Hay en la experiencia de leer una felicidad y libertad que resultan adictivas. La lectura libera. Se extiende a leer la vida, a leer quiénes somos y en dónde estamos. Anima las conversaciones de lector a lector. Se... Read more

Of This Our Country

By: Various

Narrated by: Weruche Opia & Oseloka Obi

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images. Yet here, through personal essays from twenty-four of its writers, a more accurate picture... Read more

Things Are Against Us

By: Lucy Ellmann

Narrated by: Stephanie Ellyne

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. As Yeats pointed out, things have a lot to answer for. These satirical essays jauntily tackle the obstinacy, incorrigibility, and recalcitrance of things, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s unimpressive descriptions of the construction of bobsleds and door latches, and the way we try to stand on our own two feet,... Read more

The Baseball 100

By: Joe Posnanski

Narrated by: Cary Hite

Length: 30 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year

“An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A magnum opus from... Read more