Travel audiobooks

Krokodile im Gepäck

By: Lasse Schmidt

Narrated by: Matthias Lühn

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Krokodile im Gepäck Kaum ist das Kapitel Schule abgeschlossen, lässt sich Lasse Schmidt auf das Abenteuer Australien ein. Gepackt vom Reisefieber, mit wenig Geld aber viel Humor, bereist er auf eigene Faust den roten Kontinent. Aus dem Inhalt: Seine Lust am Reisen treibt Lasse Schmidt an und er entdeckt ein Australien, das mehr zu bieten hat als... Read more

Carsick

By: John Waters

Narrated by: John Waters

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Carsick is the New York Times bestselling chronicle of a cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdo.

John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "I'm Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and... Read more

Another Great Day at Sea

By: Geoff Dyer

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

From a writer “whose genre-jumping refusal to be pinned down [makes him] an exemplar of our era” (NPR), a new book that confirms his power to astound readers.
 
As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance of a residency aboard an aircraft carrier. Another Great... Read more

An Experience Definitely Worth Allegedly Having

By: Edith Zimmerman, Carrie Frye, Maria Bustillos, ...

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Danny Campbell

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An Experience Definitely Worth Allegedly Having is a collection of essays on travel selected by Edith Zimmerman, the founder of the colorfully offbeat women’s website The Hairpin. Like The Hairpin, these essays are funny, weird, adventurous, and moving. There are stories about following a mysterious stranger’s maps in Mexico, attending endless... Read more

Stringer

By: Anjan Sundaram

Narrated by: Neil Shah

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In the powerful travel-writing tradition of Ryszard Kapuscinski and V. S. Naipaul, a haunting memoir of a dangerous and disorienting year of self-discovery in one of the world's unhappiest countries. Read more

The Snow Leopard - Abridged

By: Peter Matthiessen

Narrated by: Peter Matthiessen

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas...

IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the... Read more

Under Magnolia

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Frances Mayes

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region’s powerful influence on her life.


The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in... Read more

Touching The World - Abridged

By: Cathy Birchall

Narrated by: Bernard Smith

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

TOUCHING THE WORLD is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18 year old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed... Read more

Spaziergang durch Lissabon

By: Sascha Lübbe

Narrated by: Harry Kühn & Ulrike Hübschmann

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Kleine, verwinkelte Häuser, von denen der Putz bröckelt; alte Straßenbahnen, die laut klappernd Hügel hinauf- und hinunterächzen und über allem ein ganz besonderes Licht - für viele die ersten Dinge, die sie mit Lissabon verbinden. Aber die portugiesische Hauptstadt ist mehr als das. Die Bewohner und Bewohnerinnen von Lissabon zeigen uns ihre... Read more

Savage Harvest

By: Carl Hoffman

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story.Despite exhaustive searches, no trace of Rockefeller was ever found. Soon after his disappearance,... Read more

Dschingis Khans Tochter - Abridged

By: Manfred S. Schulze

Narrated by: Manfred S. Schulze

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Es war täglicher Kampf, es gab Entbehrungen und Einsamkeit: Der Preis für seinen Ausbruch aus geregeltem Leben, aus der Sicherheit westlicher Zivilisation. Was steuerte ihn? Was entschädigte ihn immer wieder nach haarsträubenden Erlebnissen am Rande der Verzweiflung? War auch diese so intensive Begegnung in exotischer Ferne ein Geschenk... Read more

Jakobsweg Sagen und Legenden

By: Christine Giersberg

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Wer den Jakobsweg erlebt hat, weiß von seiner Mystik und der Faszination, die Jahr um Jahr tausende Pilger anzieht. Der Weg nach Santiago de Compostela ist voller Abenteuer. Und so begegnen den Pilgern auf der Reise viele Geschichten, Sagen, Mythen und Legenden. Von den wundersamsten Legenden, die sich auf diesem heiligen Weg ereignet haben... Read more

Train

By: Tom Zoellner

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again.

From the frigid Trans-Siberian Railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic maglev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring... Read more

Anything Worth Doing

By: Jo Deurbrouck

Narrated by: Jo Deurbrouck

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

2012 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERAnything Worth Doing tells the unforgettable true story of larger-than-life whitewater raft guides Clancy Reece and Jon Barker, two men who share a love of wild rivers and an unbending will to live life on their terms, no matter the cost.Clancy’s motto, ‘Anything worth doing is worth overdoing,’ leads them... Read more

All For You

By: Sheila O'Flanagan

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Sheila O'Flanagan's No. 1 bestseller ALL FOR YOU is a wonderfully engaging read not to be missed by fans of Lisa Jewell and Jane Green. 'A good summer read' Heat

Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award

As TV's favourite weather forecaster, Lainey is good at making predictions. But what she doesn't foresee is that her own life is... Read more

Explore Park in the Shenandoah Valley

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys tour Explore Park in the Shenandoah Valley, Roanoke, Virginia. On the Blue Ridge Parkway, Explore Park’s visitors' center is open, the Living History Tour, the subject of this Audio Journey is currently closed. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series Read more

Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown Virginia

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Jamestown Settlement Living History site in Jamestown Virginia. On the banks of the James River, 17th century history is told with artifacts and stories. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series. Read more

Nevada Historical Society Museum Reno, Nevada

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Nevada Historical Society Museum, Reno Nevada. We discover 15,000 years of Nevada History. Read more

African Americans in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore The Life of African Americans in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. The first capital of the colonies, Colonial Williamsburg tells the story in the years preceding and during the American Revolution. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series. Read more

Cornell Ornithology Lab Part 1, Ithaca New York

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Cornell Ornithology Lab, Ithaca New York. The Cornell Bird Lab is one of the largest nature research and conservation organizations in the world. This important non-profit organization protects, studies, and records the sounds of birds and other animals around the world. Part 1 of 2 part series. Read more

Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, Santa Rosa California

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa California. It was here that the famous horticulturalist Burbank developed most of his 800 varieties of vegetables, flowers and trees. Read more

Mammoth Cave National Park, Louisville Kentucky

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Mammoth Cave National Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest and most diverse cave system with over 350 surveyed miles. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Music by Jason Serfling Read more

Pamunkey Indian Museum

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Pamunkey Indian Museum in King William, Virginia with basket weaver and curator, Joyce Palemoon Krigsvold. Pamunkey Indians now number one hundred people, of a once very large and powerful tribe on the east coast of USA since the Ice Age. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series. Read more

St. John’s Church, Richmond Virginia

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore St. John’s Church in Richmond Virginia. St. John’s Church is one of the most important buildings in the American Revolution. It was here that the 2nd Virginia Convention was held in March 1775 with over 100 revolutionaries attending, including George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. Four hundred years of history across... Read more