Essays audiobooks

خلف الشبابيك

By: هناء الجابر

Narrated by: رهام حمدي زيدان

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

أملك جمالية الورد حتى في انكساري.. أنا مثل نرجسة، لا يعيبها انحناء عنقها عندما يفوض العمر أمرها للذبول لي نظرة تلمح فيها رغم أنها منهكة مدنا من الزهو.. ونصف ابتسامة تبدو خلابة حتى بعد أن أبى نصفها الآخر أن يجاريها في التضليل أرتدي الوصب بأناقة تتلاءم مع هزالي وأهندم اكتئابي بستائر الصمت التي أغلقها على نافذة... Read more

Lost in Summerland

By: Barrett Swanson

Narrated by: Barrett Swanson

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best... Read more

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book

By: Alice B. Toklas

Narrated by: Carol Monda, Romy Nordlinger & Mark Bramhall

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

“I’m drenched in cream, marinated in wine, basted in cognac, and thoroughly buttered by the end of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.” —Eula Biss, New York Times bestselling author of Having and Being HadA beautiful new edition of the classic culinary memoir by Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein’s romantic partner, with a new introduction by beloved... Read more

The Window Seat

By: Aminatta Forna

Narrated by: Aminatta Forna

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Aminatta Forna is one of our most important literary voices, and her novels have won the Windham Campbell Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for best book. In this elegantly rendered and wide-ranging collection of essays, Forna writes intimately about displacement, trauma and memory, love, and how we coexist and encroach on the non-human... Read more

Chicken Soup for the Soul

By: Amy Newmark

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel & Steve Marvel

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Chicken Soup for the Soul's first-ever humor collection, and the timing is perfect. This is storytelling at its funniest.



If laughter is the best medicine, then this book is your prescription. Turn off the news and spend a few days not following current events. Instead, return to the basics—humanity's ability to laugh at itself.



Maybe you should... Read more

The Abundance

By: Annie Dillard

Narrated by: Derek Perkins & Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author herself“A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through a page or sentence, Dillard can only be enjoyed by a wide-awake... Read more

The Unknown History of Black Newspapers in America

By: Julius Kane

Narrated by: Rosie O Toole

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The Black Press made a huge difference when it came to reporting to black Americans what was going on in black America. All the lynching's, court cases and protests that were ignored by the mainstream white media, black media outlets reported everything relative to blacks in society. . This needed overview shines a light on a forgotten part of... Read more

Nine Nasty Words

By: John McWhorter

Narrated by: John McWhorter

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller
 
One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much.

Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact,... Read more

The Three-Minute Philosopher

By: Fabrice Midal

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

French philosophy and meditation expert Fabrice Midal's The Three-Minute Philosopher includes forty brief essays for tapping into a deeper understanding of your existence, with experiences that will transform, enlighten, and invite you to see the world in a new way. Philosophy takes us by surprise. It challenges us, awakens us, and opens our... Read more

The Optimist

By: David Coggins

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An “excellent” (The New York Times) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide to the art, philosophy, and rituals of fly fishing, by an expert, lifelong angler.

In The Optimist, David Coggins makes a case for the skills and sensibility of an enduring sport and shares the secrets, frustrations, and triumphs of the great tradition... Read more

You Look Tired

By: Jenny True

Narrated by: Erin Cottrell

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Ali Wong and Amy Schumer comes this whip-smart, spit-out-your-coffee funny guide for new parents—from popular blogger and columnist Jenny True. Plenty of "new parent" guides cover the basics of breastfeeding, bonding, sleep, and "getting back in shape." But nowhere is a guide that tells you, WTF is this squeeze bottle thing... Read more

The Cheap Handyman

By: B.S. Harris

Narrated by: Edward Bauer

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This Old House meets #HomeImprovementFails in this collection of laugh-out-loud essays, perfect for fans of Nick Offerman, CarTalk, or The Red Green Show.

“This book is all the fix-it you need for your hurt home improvement ego.” —Harrison Scott Key, Thurber-prize winning author of The World's Largest Man

Meet Brian Harris, a (mostly) retired,... Read more

How Stella Learned to Talk

By: Christina Hunger

Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon & Stella the Dog

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words.
When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy,... Read more

Nothing Personal

By: James Baldwin

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

James Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers.

Available for the first time in a stand-alone edition, Nothing Personal is Baldwin’s deep probe into the American condition. Considering the Black... Read more

Couchsurfing in Saudi-Arabien

By: Stephan Orth

Narrated by: Timo Kinzel

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephan Orth hat ein Faible für Länder mit schlechtem Ruf – und als Saudi-Arabien endlich Touristenvisa vergibt, ist er einer der ersten Individualreisenden. Als Couchsurfer erhält er Einblicke in eine verschlossene Gesellschaft, wie sie bisher keinem westlichen Besucher möglich waren. Er betritt Neuland und wird Zeuge eines rasanten Wandels:... Read more

Of Woman Born

By: Adrienne Rich

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman & Nicole Lewis

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood.

The experience is her own—as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother—but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature... Read more

Cheese, Wine, and Bread

By: Katie Quinn

Narrated by: Katie Quinn

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

“Open-hearted and buoyant, the book weaves together her hands-on experiences in Europe and introduces us to a rich cast of people who make, sell and care about these traditions.” —Jenny Linford, author of The Missing IngredientIn this delightful tour of France, England, and Italy, YouTube star Katie Quinn shares the stories and science behind... Read more

The Same River Twice

By: Pam Mandel

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed travel writer Pam Mandel's thrilling account of a life-defining journey from the California suburbs to Israel to the Himalayan peaks and back.



Given the choice, Pam Mandel would say no and stay home. It was getting her nowhere, so she decided to say yes. Yes to unknown countries, night shifts, language lessons, bad decisions, to... Read more

Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend

By: Ben Philippe

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good white person of liberal leanings must be in want of a Black friend.
In the biting, hilarious vein of What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life comes Ben Philippe’s candid memoir-in-essays, chronicling a lifetime of being the Black friend (see also: foreign kid,... Read more

Don't Be a Soyboy!

By: Liam Schwartz

Narrated by: Jason Belvill

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What's the Biggest Threat to American Society? It's an Infection like none other: Soyboys. A Generation of Limp Wristed Beta Males has corrupted our American Society, lowered the Birthrate for Western Civilizations and is causing mass migration. No Woman Wants a Boy, much Less a SoyBoy. In this Book, you'll understand why Soy is lowering male... Read more

Sieben Quadratmeter Glück

By: Marion Hahnfeldt

Narrated by: Lena Drieschner

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Weil weniger so viel mehr bedeuten kann: Minimalistisch leben im Wohnmobil<br/><br/>Mein Haus, mein Auto, mein Boot – wer hat, der kann, und wer nichts hat, zieht in den Caravan? Das mag früher so gewesen sein, und noch immer ist das Leben in einem Wohnwagen eher ungewöhnlich und verhältnismäßig günstig.<br/>Doch die Idee von... Read more

I’m Not Here to Give a Speech

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Luis Bermudez

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout his life, Gabriel García Márquez spoke publicly with the same passion and energy that marked his writing. Now the wisdom and compassion of these performances are available in English for the first time. I’m Not Here to Give a Speech records key events throughout the author’s life, from a farewell to his classmates delivered when he... Read more

Cook, Eat, Repeat

By: Nigella Lawson

Narrated by: Nigella Lawson

Length: 11 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning, and beauty…More than just a mantra, ‘cook, eat, repeat’ is the story of my life.” 

Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about... Read more

Goodbye, Again

By: Jonny Sun

Narrated by: Jonny Sun

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too gives us a collection of touching and hilarious personal essays, stories, poems—covering topics such as mental health, happiness, and what it means to belong.Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other writings in his unique, funny, and heartfelt style. The... Read more