Essays audiobooks

One More Croissant for the Road

By: Felicity Cloake

Narrated by: Felicity Cloake

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

‘Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it’ – DIANA HENRY ‘Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing – this book will get you hooked’ – YOTAM OTTOLENGHI The nation’s ‘taster in chief’ cycles 2,300 km... Read more

Uncultivated

By: Andy Brennan

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, food is being reconsidered. It’s a front-and-center topic in everything from politics to art, from science to economics. We know now that leaving food to government and industry specialists was one of the twentieth century’s greatest mistakes. The question is where do we go from here.
 
Author Andy Brennan describes uncultivation as a... Read more

Serious Eater

By: Ed Levine

Narrated by: Ed Levine & Bill Oakley

Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"A hilarious and moving story of unconventional entrepreneurialism, passion, and guts." --Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder of Shake Shack; Author of Setting the Table

Original recipes by J. Kenji López-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks of BraveTart

James Beard Award-winning founder of Serious Eats Ed Levine finally... Read more

The Way Home

By: Mark Boyle

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

It was 11:00 pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio, or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce.The Way Home is a... Read more

Notes to Self

By: Emilie Pine

Narrated by: Emilie Pine

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The international sensation that illuminates the experiences women are supposed to hide—from addiction, anger, sexual assault, and infertility to joy, sensuality, and love.

WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR • “Emilie Pine’s voice is razor-sharp and raw; her story is utterly original yet as familiar as my own breath.”—Glennon Doyle,... Read more

Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire

By: Thomas Lin

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing together the best and most interesting science stories appearing in Quanta Magazine over the past five years, Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire reports on some of the greatest scientific minds as they test the limits of human knowledge. It communicates science by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts, and clearly... Read more

The Whole Okra

By: Chris Smith

Narrated by: Chris Smith

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

With recipes for gumbos and stews, plus okra pickles, tofu, marshmallow, paper, and more Chris Smith’s first encounter with okra was of the worst kind: slimy fried okra at a greasy-spoon diner. Despite that dismal introduction, Smith developed a fascination with okra, and as he researched the plant and began to experiment with it in his own... Read more

A Handbook of Disappointed Fate

By: Anne Boyer

Narrated by: Sky Goodden

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A Handbook of Disappointed Fate highlights a decade of Anne Boyer’s interrogative writing on poetry, death, love, lambs, time, Kansas City, and other impossible questions.  Read more

The Gentle Art of Tramping

By: Stephen Graham

Narrated by: Mike Grady

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham, read by Mike Grady.

'An absolute gem of a book' Alastair Humphreys

First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to humankind, to nations, to beauty, to life itself. This lost classic is a breath of fresh air for... Read more

Bad féministe

By: Roxane Gay

Narrated by: Clotilde Seille

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Derrière ce titre ironique, Roxane Gay développe une réflexion révolutionnaire et bienvenue sur l'état actuel du féminisme. Lassée des prises de position parfois trop clivantes de certaines organisations féministes, elle rappelle que la défense de l'égalité des sexes ne dispense pas d'assumer ses contradictions. On peut aimer la télé-réalité, se... Read more

Before I was a Critic I was a Human Being

By: Amy Fung

Narrated by: Amy Fung

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn?t think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian.Before I Was a Critic I Was a... Read more

Definitely Hispanic

By: LeJuan James

Narrated by: LeJuan James

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of Jane the Virgin’s celebration of Latinidad and Fresh Off the Boat’s situational humor, Definitely Hispanic is a collection of introspective and witty essays by social media influencer and viral phenomenon LeJuan James about growing up Hispanic in the US.

Social media influencer and viral phenomenon LeJuan James loves being... Read more

The Last Unknowns

By: John Brockman

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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Where the Lost Dogs Go

By: Susannah Charleson

Narrated by: Susannah Charleson

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author Susannah Charleson comes an important and heartfelt exploration into the world of lost dogs and the power of reunion.One in six dogs go missing at some point in their lives, leaving bereft owners to search high and low, hang missing posters, check shelters, and hope for good news. But amid these grim statistics, countless... Read more

The Truffle Underground

By: Ryan Jacobs

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

“The ultimate truffle true crime tale”*: A thrilling journey through the hidden underworld of the world's most prized luxury ingredient.

*Bianca Bosker, New York Times bestselling author of Cork Dork

Beneath the gloss of star chefs and crystal-laden tables, the truffle supply chain is touched by theft, secrecy, sabotage, and fraud. Farmers patrol... Read more

My Seditious Heart

By: Arundhati Roy

Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues

Length: 36 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Bookended by her two extraordinary novels, The God of Small Things (1997) and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment.Radical... Read more

Faces and Places

By: Sir Henry William Lucy

Narrated by: Edith Harson

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Faces and Places is an eclectic, mostly affectionately humorous collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, depicting events and personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, who wrote for the Daily News, a London newspaper. His open letter "To Those About to Become Journalists" rings as true today as when it was written long ago. Read more

East by West

By: Sir Henry William Lucy

Narrated by: Edith Harson

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In "East by West" we follow Henry Lucy on his travels across the United States and the Far East during 1883. First Volume covers his journeys in America and Japan, including the incredible trip across the Atlantic and the Pacific by a steamer. Second Volume includes his travels in Japan, India and other countries of south-east Asia. Read more

To the River

By: Olivia Laing

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore.Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate... Read more

Saving Sadie

By: Joal Derse Dauer & Elizabeth Ridley

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Joal Derse Dauer was donating blankets at a local no-kill shelter when an injured and despondent dog caught her eye. With three "fur babies" already at home, Joal wasn't looking to adopt another dog. But there was something special about Sadie . . .



With patience, hope, and plenty of love, Joal saw her canine companion grow in strength and joy.... Read more

Every Man a Hero

By: Ray Lambert & Jim DeFelice

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

AN EXTRAORDINARY AND UNFORGETTABLE NEW FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF D-DAYSeventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes... Read more

Otros rumbos

By: Alfredo Molano

Narrated by: Ernesto Lezama

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Si por algo se caracterizan los libros de Alfredo Molano es por enfrentar a sus lectores con la cara oculta de un país que por lo general los medios desconocen, tergiversan, disfrazan, distorsionan, interpretan mal o simple y llanamente ignoran. Desde 1987, los libros de Molano se han convertido en artículos de primera necesidad para entender la... Read more

Mr. Know-It-All

By: John Waters

Narrated by: John Waters

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"[Just] like reading a description of a Waters film is nothing like seeing it on the screen, listening to him tell his own stories brings the context and inflection needed to truly appreciate his art. A singular experience." — Booklist

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation.

No one knows more about... Read more

The Flavor of Wood

By: Artur Cisar-Erlach

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how the wild tastes of wood are already in your food, guided by a global flavor foragerMost people don’t expect wood to flavor their food beyond the barbecue, if at all, and gastronomists rarely discuss the significance that wood has on ultimate taste. But trees and wood have a far greater influence over our plate and palate than you... Read more