Essays audiobooks

Films from the Future

By: Andrew Maynard

Narrated by: Matthew Waterson

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn how movies reveal the future of technology

Fans of The Science of Interstellar, The Second Machine Age, and Physics of the Future will love Films from the Future.

Science, technology, and society: In Films from the Future, former physicist Andrew Maynard threads together his love of science fiction movies with his expertise on emerging... Read more

Estambul

By: Orhan Pamuk

Narrated by: Jordi Varela

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

El hermoso retrato de una ciudad y de una vida -la ciudad de Estambul y vida del Premio Nobel de Literatura OrhanPamuk-, ambas fascinantes por igual. Estambul es un retrato, en ocasiones panorámico y en otras íntimo y personal, de una de las ciudades más fascinantes de la Europa que mira a Asia. Pero es también una autobiografía, la del propio... Read more

La fois où j'ai écrit un livre

By: Rosalie Bonenfant

Narrated by: Rosalie Bonenfant

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

D’abord présentées sur les ondes d’Énergie puis de Rouge FM, les chroniques de Rosalie Bonenfant ont conquis des dizaines de milliers d’auditeurs. Tantôt mordantes et cyniques, tantôt intimistes et sensibles, les « humeurs » de Rosalie ne rejoignent pas que les gens de sa génération mais tous les Québécois, de l’adolescent au boomer… à... Read more

The Binge

By: Maria K

Narrated by: Shannon Riddle

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

THE BINGE is more than just a cookbook. It is an endlessly amusing, semi-biographical, all-around irreverent discussion of all things food with a stack of delicious recipes thrown in for good measure Read more

The Grandmaster

By: Brin-Jonathan Butler

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

“A bravura performance…An entertaining book” (Kirkus Reviews) about the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world’s geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport.

The first week of November 2016, hundreds of people descended on New York... Read more

Another Fine Mess

By: Tim Moore

Narrated by: Tim Moore

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Another Fine Mess, written and read by Tim Moore.

Lacking even the most basic mechanical knowhow, Tim Moore sets out to cross Trumpland USA in an original Model T Ford. Armed only with a fan belt made of cotton, wooden wheels and a trunkload of ‘wise-ass Limey liberal gumption’, his route takes him... Read more

Congratulations, Who Are You Again?

By: Harrison Scott Key

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who’s ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up.Little-known author Mark Twain once said that the two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the... Read more

How to be Alone

By: Lane Moore

Narrated by: Lane Moore

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book.

Lane Moore is a rare performer who is as impressive onstage—whether hosting her iconic show Tinder Live or being the enigmatic front woman of It Was... Read more

Rising

By: Elizabeth Rush

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant―and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways.In this highly original work of lyrical... Read more

Drinking from the Trough

By: Mary Carlson, DVM

Narrated by: Sara Morsey

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Carlson didn't plan to become a veterinarian, let alone the caretaker of many cats, two huskies, and horses (some with manners, some without). A suburban Chicago girl, she only knew about the American West from her uncle's stories. But thanks to him, she moved to Colorado for college—and, after falling in love with a veterinary student,... Read more

Hijos de las estrellas

By: María Teresa Ruiz

Narrated by: Javiera Del Pino

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Edición revisada, aumentada y con nuevas imágenes
En Hijos de las estrellas, la reconocida astrónoma María Teresa Ruiz condensa generosamente el conocimiento que existe sobre el universo, explicando en qué parte de este estamos así como cuándo y cómo llegamos aquí. Al mismo tiempo, describe con precisión y amenidad los métodos, técnicas e... Read more

Well-Read Black Girl

By: Glory Edim

Narrated by: Glory Edim

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl, on the importance of recognizing ourselves in literature.

Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of... Read more

Making of a CEO

By: Sandeep Krishnan

Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The Making of a CEO is the result of interviews and analysis of top-level CEOs across various sectors. The book has it genesis in a popular course Krishnan taught at IIMB, where the students interviewed and analysed twenty CEOs to learn how they charted a clear path to the top.
The book explores nuances of leading in different contexts... Read more

The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous

By: Soha Ali Khan

Narrated by: Mary Joseph

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

What is it like to be known as Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's daughter?
Or to have a mother as famous as Sharmila Tagore?
Or to be recognized as Saif Ali Khan's sister?
Or as Kareena Kapoor's sister-in-law?
And where do I stand among them?
Actor Soha Ali Khan's debut book is at heart a brilliant collection of personal essays where she... Read more

Paperback Crush

By: Gabrielle Moss

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A hilarious and nostalgic trip through the history of paperback pre-teen series of the ’80s and ’90sEvery twenty- or thirty-something woman knows these books. The pink covers, the flimsy paper, the zillion volumes in the series that kept you reading for your entire adolescence. Spurred by the commercial success of Sweet Valley High and The... Read more

A Biography Of Innovations

By: R. Gopalakrishnan

Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

R. Gopalakrishnan, the bestselling author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager, explores how concepts turn into ideas, which then become prototypes, models and products. Defining thought as the ancestor of innovation; as without thought, there could be no innovation, he explores the impending questions such as - What happens next? How can you take... Read more

Someday a Bird Will Poop on You

By: Sue Salvi

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A little book with a big message . . . for when life hits us with a splat.

Someday a bird will poop on all of us. But that's okay. In a world of bad news, fake news, delays, disappointments, trash talk, and tweets, things are bound to get a little poopy.

What matters is not how big the mess is, but how well you react to it. Someday a Bird Will... Read more

Reporting Pakistan

By: Meena Menon

Narrated by: Mary Joseph

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Meena Menon was The Hindu's correspondent in Islamabad till she was expelled by the Pakistani authorities in May 2014. In spite of her truncated stay, and the restrictions placed on her movements, Menon managed to write on a range of subjects covering swathes of life in Islamabad. She spoke to people from the persecuted Ahmadi... Read more

In This Light

By: Archbishop Justin Welby

Narrated by: Thomas McGairl & Tanya Chainey

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

What a beautiful, genuine, moving book. Reminds us of what's important in life. Dip into this, and get strength for the day. For when you can feel the darkness, use this book as light.Jeremy Vine Journalist and Author A time for reflectionChristmas should be a time of peace, togetherness and celebration; yet it can leave all too many of us... Read more

Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

By: Colm Toibin

Narrated by: Colm Toibin

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From the multiple award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating look at Irish culture, history, and literature through the lives of the fathers of three of Ireland’s greatest writers—Oscar Wilde's father, William Butler Yeats's father, and James Joyce's father—“Thrilling, wise, and resonant, this book aptly unites Tóibín’s... Read more

India's Legal System

By: Fali S. Nariman

Narrated by: Sumit Kaul

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive and comprehensive view of India’s legal process and its key issuesIndia has the second-largest legal profession in the world, but the systemic delays and chronic impediments of its judicial system inspire little confidence in the common person. In India’s Legal System, renowned constitutional expert and senior Supreme Court lawyer... Read more

Problemzonen - Über das Leben, die Sehnsucht und die Liebe danach (Autorinnenlesung) - Abridged

By: Ildikó von Kürthy

Narrated by: Ildikó von Kürthy

Length: 3 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sehnsucht und Schokolade Liebe und ihr Ende, Freundschaft, Feindschaft, Elternschaft und nackte Oberarme. Problemzonen versammelt die besten Brigitte-Kolumnen von Ildikó von Kürthy. Radikal subjektive Texte, todernst und lebendig, amüsant, scharfsinnig, neurotisch und dramatisch - ein Reiseführer in die Krisengebiete des Alltags, ein Hörbuch zum... Read more

American Tantrum

By: Anthony Atamanuik

Narrated by: Anthony Atamanuik, Neil Casey, Kathy Griffin, T...

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In American Tantrum, the star of Comedy Central’s acclaimed The President Show opens the vault and releases Donald J. Trump’s presidential archives. The result is a devastatingly hilarious audiobook that gets closer to truth than any nonfiction account, voiced by the author, Anthony Atamanuik, with guests Neil Casey, Kathy Griffin, Tom Arnold,... Read more

Forever Nerdy

By: Brian Posehn

Narrated by: Brian Posehn & Patton Oswalt

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The first memoir by beloved comedian, actor, and writer Brian Posehn, hilariously detailing what it's like to grow up as and remain a nerd, with a foreword by Patton Oswalt

Brian Posehn is a successful and instantly recognizable comedian, actor, and writer. He also happens to be a giant nerd. That's partly because he's been obsessed with such... Read more