Travel audiobooks

Triumph Of The Absurd

By: Uwe Siemon-Netto

Narrated by: Steve Miller

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Almost half a century ago, a young reporter from Germany arrived in still-glamorous Saigon to cover the Vietnam War over a period of five years. In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people. He praises the beauty, elegance and feistiness of their women. He describes blood-curdling Communist atrocities... Read more

Out of Africa & Shadows on the Grass

By: Isak Dinesen

Narrated by: Susan Lyons

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Out of Africa:
In this audiobook, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who... Read more

Allein unter Juden

By: Tuvia Tenenbom

Narrated by: Stefan Krause

Length: 15 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Ende 2012 erschien Tuvia Tenenboms furioser Reisebericht Allein unter Deutschen, der heftig diskutiert wurde und monatelang auf der Bestsellerliste stand. Nach seiner Deutschland-Tour hat sich Tenenbom 2013 auf Entdeckungsreise durch Israel begeben. Dreißig Jahre nachdem er seine Heimat in Richtung USA verlassen hat, kehrte er, der Sohn eines... Read more

I Left My Tent in San Francisco

By: Emma Kennedy

Narrated by: Emma Kennedy

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

It's 1989, and Emma and her best friend Dee head to the USA to make their fortune. But completely inept and virtually unemployable, they discover that they can't even get a job in McDonald's.

Forced to travel from California to New York with only pennies in their pockets, they bounce from scrape to scrape, surviving on their wits and the kindness... Read more

The Tent, the Bucket and Me

By: Emma Kennedy

Narrated by: Emma Kennedy

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

For the 70s child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves.

For Emma... Read more

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

By: Paul Theroux

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 24 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in his classic The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and... Read more

Gironimo!

By: Tim Moore

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The 1914 Giro d’Italia was the most difficult bike race in history; eighty-one riders started and only eight finished. Now Tim Moore is going to attempt it himself, and he’s committed to total authenticity.Twelve years after Tim Moore toiled around the route of the Tour de France, he senses his achievement being undermined by the truth about... Read more

My Paris Dream

By: Kate Betts

Narrated by: Kate Betts

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style

“You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.”

As a young woman, Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own in a... Read more

The Italians

By: John Hooper

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

John Hooper's marvellously entertaining and perceptive new book is ideal for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Looking at the facts that lie behind - and often belie - the stereotypes, his revealing book sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life: football and Freemasonry, sex,... Read more

Around the World in 50 Years

By: Albert Podell

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 12 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a breakdown atop the Peak of Death, came within seconds of being... Read more

Natural Born Heroes

By: Christopher McDougall

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere. 

After running an ultramarathon through the Copper Canyons of... Read more

A-Z of Hell: Ross Kemp’s How Not to Travel the World

By: Ross Kemp

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Ross Kemp's fascinating guide of the worst places in the world.

Want to know where to discover the perfect sunset in Fiji? How about a tropical paradise in St Lucia, or one of the world’s beautiful natural wonders in the Alps?

Well this is NOT the book for you.

But if you want to know about meeting transvestite prostitutes in a South African... Read more

Skyfaring

By: Mark Vanhoenacker

Narrated by: John Moraitis

Length: 12 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In Skyfaring, airline pilot and flight romantic Mark Vanhoenacker shares his irrepressible love of flying, on a journey from day to night, from new ways of mapmaking and the poetry of physics to the names of winds and the nature of clouds. Here, anew, is the simple wonder and transcendent joy of motion, and the remarkable new perspectives that... Read more

Eine Reise durch Thailand

By: Sascha Lübbe & Matthias Morgenroth

Narrated by: Matthias Scherwenikas & Marianne Graffam

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Thailand ist ein Land voller Kontraste und Töne, Stimmen und Klänge, und wer sich auf die Vielfalt einlässt, wird eine faszinierende Welt erleben. Sascha Lübbe und Matthias Morgenroth sind auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise gegangen: Sie sind mit dem Fahrrad in Bangkok durch Chinatown gefahren, haben mit Mönchen über den Buddhismus gesprochen... Read more

So fühlt sich Freiheit an - Eine Reise durch Australien (Ungekürzt)

By: Jens Ohrenblicker

Narrated by: Jens Wenzel

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Im September 2002 sagte Jens Ohrenblicker Deutschland für ein Jahr Lebewohl und brach mit seiner Freundin zu einer ganz besonderen Reise auf: Ein Jahr lang wollten sie Australien erkunden und sich durch Gelegenheitsjobs die Reisekasse aufbessern. In einem Rückblick auf die aufregendste Zeit seines Lebens erzählt er Geschichten, die mal... Read more

How To Make Better Tips As A Waiter, Waitress, Or Bartender

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Juan Molinari

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This book could be the key to maximizing your tip earnings and outshining your fellow waitstaff. Drawing from my extensive experience as a waiter, I've compiled a wealth of practical advice on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to boosting your tips. Inside, you’ll find a comprehensive list of dos and don’ts, along with strategies for... Read more

Between the Sunset and the Sea

By: Simon Ingram

Narrated by: Robbie MacNab

Length: 18 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

‘I watched the mirror for a last view, for now, of the frozen mountains of Glen Coe. As the road bent and the outline of Buachaille Etive Mor slid into sight, I did what I always did, and always would. I felt for that flutter of awe and that indefinable, unmistakable quickening of the pulse.’ In the late 18th century,... Read more

Meet Me in Atlantis

By: Mark Adams

Narrated by: Andrew Garman

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu sets out to uncover the truth behind the legendary lost city of Atlantis. A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second, stranger... Read more

The Villa Girls

By: Nicky Pellegrino

Narrated by: Harriet Carmichael

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

THE VILLA GIRLS is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a holiday together somewhere sunny. Despite life taking them in very different directions, their snatched days in the sun in little hidden villas are crucial to them all. Escape, celebration,... Read more

Landmarks

By: Robert Macfarlane

Narrated by: Roy McMillan

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, read by Roy McMillan

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE

From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS

'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and... Read more

Uganda Be Kidding Me

By: Chelsea Handler

Narrated by: Chelsea Handler

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this uproarious collection of travel essays, Chelsea Handler sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever.

On safari in Africa, it's anyone's guess as to what's more dangerous: the wildlife or Chelsea. But whether she's fumbling the seduction of a guide by not knowing where tigers live... Read more

Wide-Open World

By: John Marshall

Narrated by: John Marshall

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

His twenty-year marriage was floundering. His two teenage kids were lost in cyberspace most of the time. He felt disconnected from his work, his family, his life. Which is when he had an idea: Let's volunteer our way around the world. John Marshall had read about the growth of voluntourism, and frankly, it was the only kind of extended trip he... Read more

Journeys Home

By: Andrew McCarthy

Narrated by: Traber Burns, Patrick Lawlor, Adam Verner, Shau...

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his quest to uncover his family's Irish history, while twenty-five other prominent writers tell... Read more

Bly vs Bisland

By: Nellie Bly & Elizabeth Bisland

Narrated by: Karen Commins & Melissa Reizian Frank

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the publication of Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days in 1873, Americans had an increasing interest in travel. World travel was becoming even easier with the faster steamships of the day. In 1888, Nellie Bly, a feisty, investigative reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World newspaper, pitched a story idea of... Read more