Language audiobooks

Hollywood

By: Janet Hardy-Gould

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Hollywood - nine big white letters against the Hollywood Hills. Every year millions of people come from all over the world and look up at this famous sign. Why do they come? They come to see the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and to see the hand and foot prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. They come to visit Universal Studios, and... Read more

German Culture Capsules

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential Insights into German Culture!

Culture Capsules gives you the understanding you need to be at ease with German manners, customs, and ways of life. Germany is a land of ancient castles and modern architecture; it has given the world masterpieces of music, philosophy, and theater, as well as many important scientific insights. Just as a... Read more

Chinese Culture Capsules

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential Insights into Chinese Culture!

Culture Capsules gives you the understanding you need to be at ease with Chinese manners, customs, and ways of life. China, the world's most populous country, is a vast land of artistic treasures and ancient philosophy that is rapidly acquiring mastery of modern technology. Just as a well-traveled friend... Read more

French Indispensables

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!

Don't be afraid to speak French! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal... Read more

French Culture Capsules

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential Insights into French Culture!

Culture Capsules gives you the understanding you need to be at ease with French manners, customs, and ways of life. French food, fashion, language, and art set a standard for excellence that is recognized around the world. Just as a well-traveled friend might give you advice about the best restaurants Paris... Read more

Japanese Culture Capsules

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential Insights into Japanese Culture!

Culture Capsules gives you the understanding you need to be at ease with Japanese manners, customs, and ways of life. Japan is a land where ancient social and cultural traditions coexist with the most modern technology in a unique manner. Just as a well-traveled friend might give you advice about the best... Read more

Italian Culture Capsules

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential Insights into Italian Culture!

Culture Capsules gives you the understanding you need to be at ease with Italian manners, customs, and ways of life. Italy is a land of ancient ruins, cathedrals, and culture; it has given the world great masterpieces of music, art, and architecture, as well as many memorable foods. Just as a well-traveled... Read more

La Dieta che Uccide - Easy Italian Reader (Italian Edition)

By: Alfonso Borello

Narrated by: Alfonso Borello

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio book is in Italian.La storia che state per leggere é scritta con un vocabolario ridotto per facilitare la lettura agli studenti d'Italiano con una conoscenza media della lingua. E' comunque interessante e non del tutto noiosa per lettori a qualsiasi livello. Read more

Louder Than Words

By: Benjamin K. Bergen

Narrated by: Benjamin K. Bergen

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning—a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things—from your new labradoodle... Read more

German Indispensables

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!

Don't be afraid to speak German! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal... Read more

Spanish Culture Capsules

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Essential Insights into Spanish Culture!

Culture Capsules gives you the understanding you need to be at ease with Spanish manners, customs, and ways of life. Spain is a land of music, dance, bullfights, world-famous museums and churches, as well as delectable foods. Just as a well-traveled friend might give you advice about the best restaurants... Read more

Italian Indispensables

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!

Don't be afraid to speak Italian! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal... Read more

Spanish Indispensables

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!

Don't be afraid to speak Spanish! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal... Read more

Czech Indispensables

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!

Don't be afraid to speak Czech! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal... Read more

Portuguese Indispensables

By: Audio-Forum

Narrated by: Audio-Forum

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Your Personal Conversational Survival Kit!

Don't be afraid to speak Portuguese! Even if you can't always remember extensive vocabulary and complicated grammar, these indispensable phrases and expressions will help you carry on conversations in common situations. Learn these 50 essential phrases and expressions, and they will become your personal... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Curly-Haired Company

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Xiuye Zhang

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Xie was recently hired by the Curly Haired Company. For a significant weekly allowance, he was required to sit in an office and copy articles from a book, while in the meantime his assistant looked after his shop. He had answered an advertisement in the paper and although hundreds of people applied, he was the only one selected because of... Read more

The Swiss Family Robinson

By: Johann David Wyss & Alex Raynham

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

'There's going to be a storm,' Father told Fritz. 'Find your brothers and bring them to our room.' A Swiss family are going to Australia when their ship sinks in a storm. After that, Mother, Father, Fritz, Hans, Ernst, and little Franz must make their home on a Pacific Island. Like Robinson Crusoe, they have many exciting times on the island,... Read more

The Human Body

By: Alex Raynham

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

You’re fast asleep, and nothing is happening. Or is it? In fact, your body is hard at work. Your lungs are taking oxygen from the air, and your heart is pumping blood round your body. Millions of pieces of information are travelling backwards and forwards to your brain all the time. Muscles are repairing themselves, and in your lymph nodes... Read more

The Country of the Blind

By: H. G. Wells

Narrated by: Xiuye Zhang

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” repeats in Chen Fangyuan’s mind after he finds himself trapped in a valley holding a community of people for whom a disease eliminated their vision many generations before and no longer have a concept of sight. Chen Fangyuan quickly finds that these people have developed their other senses... Read more

Pimsleur Chinese (Mandarin) Level 4

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 17 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Mandarin Chinese
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Mandarin Chinese — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so... Read more

The Redemption Of The Soul Of A Writer

By: Alan Kaufman

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Kaufman grew up in the Bronx, the Jewish son of a Holocaust survivor. He recounts a most poignant tale of his trek to follow the footsteps of his mother’s escape from the Nazis. His two traveling companions are inexplicably sons of Nazis. With disarming candidness, he shares his story of sinking into alcoholism and his road to sobriety and writing. Read more

The Cat

By: John Escott

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan does all Natalie's stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman's Hollywood home, they both go after him. Natalie drives fast. 'Be... Read more

Freakishly Easy French

By: Mark Frobose

Narrated by: Mark Frobose

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn to speak authentic French from a charming and talented 16-year-old American high school student and her certified, trained and degreed native French teacher. This delightful program will leave you smiling and speaking and understanding more authentic French than many other programs that cost 10 times the money. Read more

How to Talk to Anybody, Anytime, Anywhere

By: Chris Widener

Narrated by: Chris Widener

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Leadership and influence author Chris Widener teaches a simple three-step process to make sure you're always prepared to talk to anybody, anytime and anywhere.Have you ever felt like you don't know what to say in a social situation? Is small talk not your thing? If so, then this is the perfect program to equip you with the skills you need to be... Read more