Language audiobooks

Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years

By: Geoffrey Nunberg

Narrated by: Francis J. Spieler & Kate Udall

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

It first surfaced in the gripes of GIs during World War II and was captured early on by the typewriter of a young Norman Mailer. Within a generation it had become a basic notion of our everyday moral life, replacing older reproaches like lout and heel with a single inclusive category—a staple of country outlaw songs, Neil Simon plays, and Woody... Read more

Just My Type

By: Simon Garfield

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where do they come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman, the cool anonymity of Arial, or the irritating levity of Comic Sans (and the movement to... Read more

The Pun Also Rises

By: John Pollack

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack—a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton—explains why such wordplay is significant: It both... Read more

This Book Is Overdue!

By: Marilyn Johnson

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Buried in information? Cross-eyed over technology? From the bottom of a pile of paper and discs, books, e-books, and scattered thumb drives comes a cry of hope: Make way for the librarians! They want to help. They're not selling a thing. And librarians know best how to beat a path through the googolplex sources of information available to us,... Read more

Carpe Diem

By: Harry Mount

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In this lighthearted guided tour of Latin, journalist and former Latin tutor Harry Mount breathes life back into the greatest language of all, drawing on everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to Angelina Jolie's tattoos. Filled with fascinating tidbits and humorous asides, Carpe Diem will delight the word lovers who made Eats, Shoots and... Read more

Enough Said

By: Mark Thompson

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

There’s a crisis of trust in politics across the Western world. Public anger is rising, and faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling. Antipolitics, and the antipoliticians, have arrived. In Enough Said, president and CEO of the New York Times Company, Mark Thompson, argues that one of the most significant causes of the... Read more

There's Room For Me Here

By: Janet Allen & Kyle Gonzalez

Narrated by: Kate Forbes & Ruth Ann Phimister

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

What do you do with your students who can't--or won't--read and write? In this practical book, award-winning teachers, Janet Allen and Kyle Gonzales share classroom-tested strategies for motivating and helping young people to become literate. Read more

Cuentos Cortitos para cada estacion

By: Rene Veron & Pepe Atalah

Narrated by: Various

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Fun stories in Spanish for children (and grown ups too!). Lots of music and sound effects will make them your favorites! It may help children studying Spanish to develop listening skills, vocabulary and their creativity. Hope you like them!

Historias divertidas en español para niños (¡y también para adultos!). ¡Mucha música y efectos de sonido... Read more

Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a Day

By: Edie Schwager

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Would you like to find new, exciting words to use in your speech and writing? Would you like to be a fascinating conversationalist? Would you like to be a Scrabble expert?

Better Vocabulary In 30 Minutes a Day offers a lively and entertaining method for adding a more impressive list of words to your everyday speech, and for learning how to use... Read more

How Fiction Works

By: James Wood

Narrated by: James Adams

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation.Raging widely from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings, Woods... Read more

Rapid Spanish (European), Vols. 1–3

By: Earworms Learning

Narrated by: Marlon Lodge & Beatriz Toscano

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Earworms MBT is a revolutionary accelerated technique that takes the hard work out of learning a new language. By repeatedly listening to melodies specially composed with rhythmic repetitions of Spanish and English, you will pick up essential words and phrases that will not only be on the tip of your tongue but burned deeply into your long-term... Read more

Stage Fright

By: Dianna Booher, Tony Alessandra, Patricia Fripp,...

Narrated by: various authors

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The fear of public speaking is the most common dread any of us will ever face. In fact, it’s the number one phobia on the planet! Yet the ability to communicate effectively in front of a crowd is the one most important skill to have if you want to advance your career. Being able to master your fear of public speaking and control your stage... Read more

Frantumaglia

By: Elena Ferrante

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The writer known as Elena Ferrante has taken pains to hide her identity in the hope that readers would focus on her body of work. But in this volume, she invites us into her workshop and offers a glimpse into the drawers of her writing desk—those drawers from which emerged her three early standalone novels and the four installments of the... Read more

The No-Fail Meeting

By: Omar Periu

Narrated by: Omar Periu

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

No matter what career you choose, you will either attend meetings or conduct meetings. Meetings are a vital component of the success of any group or organization. Unfortunately, they have earned a bad reputation because so many meetings are considered little more than time robbers. That’s because the meeting organizer or presenter didn’t have... Read more

Pimsleur Korean Levels 1-2

By: Pimsleur

Length: 33 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Korean
Whether you want to travel, communicate with friends or colleagues, reconnect with family, or just understand more of what’s going on in the world around you, learning Korean will expand your horizons and immeasurably enrich your life.

The best part is that it doesn’t have to be difficult or take... Read more

Talk to Anyone

By: Chris Widener, Brad Worthley, Larry Iverson, Ja...

Narrated by: Chris Widener, Brad Worthley, Larry Iverson & v...

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In networking situations, anyone can feel awkward at one time or another—even those charismatic extroverts who look like they are having all the fun! But that awkward experience doesn’t have to be yours—not anymore. Talk to Anyone gives you all the tools and techniques you need to master the art of networking.Through this finely tuned system for... Read more

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

By: Gordon D. Fee & Mark L. Strauss

Narrated by: Don Reed

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word?How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and... Read more

Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary

By: William D. Mounce

Narrated by: William D. Mounce

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio download contains all the Greek words found in the vocabulary sections of Basics of Biblical Greek by William D. Mounce, presented in the order of the lessons. Students can therefore listen to and learn their vocabulary words while they are working in the house, driving, walking, and the like. Read more

Transformational Speaking

By: Gail Larsen

Narrated by: Gail Larsen

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Today's challenging times call for passionate visionaries who are authentic and articulate communicators. Speaking coach and consultant Gail Larsen presents a proven program that liberates the "speaker within" and transforms even the reluctant orator into an agent of change.While most programs on public speaking focus on a polished presentation... Read more

The Successful Novelist

By: David Morrell

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"Like listening to a beloved brother. I found the acute observations and his narrative philosophy more valuable for the new writer than the contents of any 100 other texts."-Dean Koontz"The Successful Novelist is the vehicle you want if you plan to drive your way to successful fiction."-Joe R. LansdaleDavid Morrell, bestselling author of First... Read more

The Language Instinct

By: Steven Pinker

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 18 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling... Read more

Out Front

By: Deborah Shames

Narrated by: Mary Dilts

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Every Woman Has a Voice—Now, Make It HeardNow, more than ever, the business, social and political landscape is ripe for women to accomplish their goals. Women are entering law, medical, and graduate school in equal numbers to men. Two women are running for the highest office in the United States.Women are steadily showing up in powerful... Read more

Write Better Right Now

By: Mary-Kate Mackey

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In almost any career, you must know how to write—even if it’s not part of your job description. But if you are a reluctant writer, producing even the simplest memo may be a struggle.Write Better Right Now is the springboard to get you ahead in any job, passion project, or situation that requires writing skills. No matter what you are called upon... Read more

Tao of Charlie Munger

By: David Clark

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Words of wisdom from the late Charlie Munger—Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway—collected and interpreted with an eye towards investing by David Clark, coauthor of the bestselling Buffettology series.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1924, Charlie Munger studied mathematics at the University... Read more