Language audiobooks

Essential Italian in 2 hours with Paul Noble

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more

How to Write a Book This Weekend, Even If You Flunked English Like I Did

By: Vic Johnson

Narrated by: Wes Talbot

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

“Who Else Wants To Write a Book This Weekend?”

It’s easier than you think!

Best-selling author Vic Johnson actually wrote this book in a weekend to prove how easy it is. And he gives you step-by-step detail of everything he did, including the resources he uses to turn out content-rich books in no time at all.

How To Write a Book This Weekend is a... Read more

Daws Butler Teaches You Dialects - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws talks directly to you, demonstrating his dialect technique and entertaining you at the same time! Dialects featured include British, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Italian,... Read more

Eine Erzählung schreiben und verstehen - Abridged

By: Peter Bieri

Narrated by: Peter Bieri

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Was heißt es eine Erzählung zu schreiben und zu verstehen? Die Antworten des Schweizer Philosophen und Schriftstellers Peter Bieri (Nachtzug nach Lissabon) sind für Autoren und Leser aufschlussreich und erhellend. Was macht eine gute Geschichte aus: Handlungen und Figuren, das Thema, die Position des Erzählers, Außenansicht und Innenansicht,... Read more

V is for Vampire

By: Lesley Thompson

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

'He's great, Vera,' said Angie. When Viktor Sarav takes a job at Ballantine's, Angie and her brother Don - the young owners of the New York fashion company - are pleased. But Angie and Don's parents died in an unusual plane accident, and other strange deaths in the company follow. Is there a vampire at work at Ballantine's? Vera Donato, a... Read more

Creating Room to Read

By: John Wood

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books

What’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the... Read more

Pimsleur Italian Level 4

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

Length: 17 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Italian
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Italian — 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 you can put it... Read more

The Message of You

By: Judy Carter

Narrated by: Judy Carter

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A step-by-step handbook that teaches readers to find the extraordinary stories tucked deep within them to make a difference in the lives of others—and to get paid—as a motivational speaker

THE MESSAGE OF YOU begins with a simple belief - that your greatest speech already exists and that it has already been delivered in front of a live audience... Read more

Japan

By: Rachel Bladon

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything ancient too: beautiful palaces; high mountains and hot springs; cherry blossom in the spring; quiet gardens with water and trees. Here the past meets... Read more

The Kiss

By: Jennifer Bassett

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Love stories with a difference ... There's a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there's a man-hating aunt by the seaside, and a gunman in Texas wanting a fight. There's a white heron flying over a forest, and a messenger running between two benches in a park. And of course, there's a girl who meets a boy ... These love stories are by US... Read more

Shirley Homes and the Cyber Thief

By: Jennifer Bassett

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today's world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second... Read more

The Piano Man

By: Tim Vicary

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman finds a man on a beach. He is very cold, his clothes are wet, and he cannot speak. The woman phones for help, and an ambulance comes and takes the man to hospital. In hospital they ask the man questions, but he does not answer. He still cannot speak - or does not want to speak. Who is he, this strange man from the sea? What is his name?... Read more

Crying Wolf and Other Tales

By: Aesop & Janet Hardy-Gould

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

'Help! A wolf is eating my sheep!' What happens when a bored shepherd boy lies to the people in his village – or when he later tells the truth? What do a man and his wife do when their goose lays golden eggs? And what can two travellers learn from a bear in the woods? These three old Greek tales teach us important truths about people today. Read more

Smart Talk

By: Lisa B. Marshall

Narrated by: Lisa B. Marshall

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

- Have you ever been put on the spot and kicked yourself later for not having a substantial, confident response?

- Have you ever lost out on a promotion because you didn't get along with your colleagues or boss?

- Have you ever blanked when delivering a speech or a presentation?

Saying the right thing isn't just about feeling comfortable. It's... Read more

Space

By: Tim Vicary

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Is there anyone who has not looked at the dark sky, and the shining points of light above us, and asked themselves questions about what is out there? Where did our planet come from? When did the universe begin? Could we live on another planet? And one question above all - is there life anywhere else in space? Begin a journey into space - where... Read more

William and Kate

By: Christine Lindop

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Everybody took photos of Prince William when he first arrived at the University of St Andrews. Crowds of photographers came to the little Scottish town next to the sea and took pictures of this new student - the nineteen-year-old grandson of the Queen of England. But nobody photographed Kate Middleton on her first day at the university. She... Read more

Zombie Attack!

By: Lesley Thompson

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

'Professor Clark's work usually helps people. But this is something new.' Clark's helper - Tasha Kiara - is telling Chaz - a local TV reporter about the Professor's new serum. Then an earthquake hits Clark's California lab, and his serum brings dead bodies in the cemetery alive. Soon the zombies attack! What happens to Professor Clark? How can... Read more

The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

All the people said that the Canterville Chase was hunted, but Mr. Otis, the American Ambassador, decided however to buy it because he did not mind about ghosts. When he arrived at the Chase with his whole family, the old housekeeper led them into the library for tea. There, near the fireplace, there was a dark bloodstain. One night Mr. Otis... Read more

Leonardo Da Vinci

By: Alex Raynham

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

'What does the world look like from the moon?' 'How do our bodies work?' 'Is it possible for people to fly?' 'Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?' 'How can we have cleaner cities?' All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions. We know him as a great artist, but he was one of the great thinkers of all time, and even today,... Read more

Write That Memoir Right Now

By: Kim Brittingham

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to put your life story down in words, where do you start? Exactly what story are you hoping to tell? How are you going to fill hundreds of pages? How do you plan it out? Memoirist, blogger, and writing teacher Kim Brittingham shares her insight into getting started with your writing and crafting your memoir. Starting with the basic... Read more

Frankenstein

By: Mary Shelley & Bill Bowler

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

'My name is Victor Frankenstein.' On a ship in the Arctic, Victor Frankenstein - ill and tired - tells the story of his sad life to the British man of science, Robert Walton. He talks of his family and friends in Geneva, and of his love for beautiful Elizabeth Lavenza. He speaks, too, about the terrible creature that he made from dead body parts... Read more

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

Troy

By: Bill Bowler

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

'I see Troy in flames years from now - because Paris brings disaster to us,' Queen Hecuba says about her son. Paris's father, King Priam, wants to kills him. But Paris lives, and later loves Helen - King Menelaus's queen - from Greece. When Paris brings Helen to Troy, war begins between the Trojans and Greeks. What happens when Paris's brother... Read more

Learn German with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part 2

By: Paul Noble

Narrated by: Paul Noble

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been... Read more