Travel audiobooks
Under the Tuscan Sun - Abridged
By: Frances Mayes
Narrated by: Frances Mayes
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword
“This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy, loving a house and, always, the... Read more
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (03) - Abridged
By: Theodor Fontane
Narrated by: Gunter Schoß
Length: 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Als das "vielleicht schönste Landschaftsbild" bezeichnete Fontane den Blick von der Bollersdorfer Höhe auf Buckow mit der umliegenden Hügellandschaft und dem Schermützelsee. Mit 45 Metern ist er einer der tiefsten Seen Brandenburgs und birgt noch immer viele Geheimnisse, soll man Fontane und den Buckowern glauben. Tracks: 1 Buckow und die... Read more
View audiobookWanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (07) - Abridged
By: Theodor Fontane
Narrated by: Gunter Schoß
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Vier "Gebilde von Menschenhand", so Fontane, bereichern die Ufer des Schwielowsees. Caputh und Petzow gehören dazu... und zusammen "wie Buda-Pest oder wie Köln und Deutz... Schönheit der Lage ist beiden gemeinsam", meinte der Dichter, billigt aber dem Paretzer ländlichen Ensemble Überlegenheit zu. So hat Lenné geschickt eine Bucht des... Read more
View audiobookPalladian Days - Abridged
By: Sally Gable & Carl I. Gable
Narrated by: Sally Gable
Length: 5 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
A chronicle of an influential villa by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio that brings a sense of discovery to the Italian countryside and its larger national history. • “If a vacation in Italy this summer just isn’t going to make the cut, this book might be the next best thing.” —Chicago Tribune
In 1552, in the countryside outside Venice, the... Read more
The Ride of Our Lives - Abridged
By: Mike Leonard
Narrated by: Mike Leonard
Length: 4 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Mike Leonard is a lucky man. It’s not everyone who gets parents like Jack and Marge. At eighty-seven, Jack is a pathological optimist with an inexhaustible gift of gab. Marge, Jack’s bride of sixty years, though cut from the same rough bolt of Irish immigrant cloth, is his polar opposite–pessimistic and proud of it. What was their son, Mike,... Read more
View audiobookWanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (01) - Abridged
By: Theodor Fontane
Narrated by: Gunter Schoß
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Bad Freienwalde gilt als ältester Badeort Brandenburgs und trägt dies nach Theodor Fontane auf "Schritt und Tritt zur Schau". Dass es ein märkisches Bad ist und als solches in allem jene Leichtbegnüglichkeit zeigt, die noch immer ein Grundzug des märkischen Wesens bildet, erfuhr Fontane verstärkt bei seinen Besuchen ab 1850, hatte sich doch sein... Read more
View audiobookAssassination Vacation - Abridged
By: Sarah Vowell
Narrated by: Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Stephen King & Dave...
Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
New York Times bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates and contributor to NPR’s This American Life Sarah Vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence, from Washington DC to Alaska, to better understand our nation’s ever-evolving political system and history.
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and... Read more
Abraham zwischen den Welten - Abridged
By: Thorsten Schmitz
Narrated by: Helmut Berger
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In Helmut Bergers Interpretation der Ansichten aus Israel wird das Porträt eines pulsierenden Landes voller Widersprüche zwischen unbändiger Lebenslust und religiösem Eifer lebendig. Thorsten Schmitz, Korrespondent der "Süddeutschen Zeitung", beobachtet einen orthodoxen Rabbiner beim Surfen, folgt den Spuren des religiösen Fanatismus in... Read more
View audiobookNo Shortcuts to the Top - Abridged
By: Ed Viesturs & David Roberts
Narrated by: Ed Viesturs
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.
For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to the Top is as much... Read more
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (08) - Abridged
By: Theodor Fontane
Narrated by: Gunter Schoß
Length: 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Schon von weitem grüßt die Silhouette mit den beiden Kirchen und der Mühle. Werder ist altes Kulturland. Obst- sowie Weinanbau und Fischen waren seit altersher die Haupterwerbszweige der auf einer Insel gelegenen Stadt. Die Werderschen aber sollen unzugängliche Leute sein. Bei Fontane ist aber auch anderes zu hören. Und auch die jährlich... Read more
View audiobookDowntown - Abridged
By: Pete Hamill
Narrated by: Pete Hamill
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In Downtown, Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the island's southern tip to Times Square, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in New York with a passionate history of its most enduring places and people. Read more
View audiobookNeither Here Nor There - Abridged
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to travel writing as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. Travelling with Stephen Katz—also his wonderful sidekick in A Walk in the Woods—he wanders from Hammerfest in the far north, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. As he makes his way round this incredibly... Read more
View audiobookBeschreibung der sogenannten Sächsischen Schweiz - Abridged
By: Manfred Schober & Wilhelm Lebrecht Götzinger
Narrated by: Katrin Martin & Frank Alexander Kunz
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In seinem 1812 unter dem Titel "Schandau und seine Umgebungen - oder Beschreibung der sogenannten Sächsischen Schweiz" veröffentlichten Werk schildert der Pastor Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger (1758-1818) neben Historischem Interessantes über Flora, Fauna, Topographie und Topologie der Gegend. Götzinger-Kenner Manfred Schober führt in das Leben... Read more
View audiobookIn 80 Tagen um die Welt - Abridged
By: Jules Verne
Narrated by: Philipp Moog
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Der reiche Engländer Phileas Fogg sorgt im ganzen Land für Aufsehen: Er wettet, dass er es schafft, in 80 Tagen um die Welt zu reisen, und setzt dabei sein ganzes Vermögen aufs Spiel. Niemals kann das gelingen, meinen seine Freunde. Doch Fogg veranlasst seinen Diener zum Packen der nötigsten Sachen und schon sitzen beide im Zug Richtung Dover.... Read more
View audiobookAdventure Capitalist - Abridged
By: Jim Rogers
Narrated by: Jim Rogers
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Drive . . . and grow rich!
The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In AdventureCapitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed “the Indiana Jones of finance” by Time magazine, proves... Read more
The Savvy Traveller Survival Guide - Abridged
By: Peter John
Narrated by: Gill Mills
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Travel is one of our favourite activities. From the hustle of bustle of the mega-cities to sleepy mountain towns to the tranquillity and isolation of tropical islands, we love to get out there and explore the world.But globe-trotting also comes with its pitfalls. Wherever there are travellers, there are swindlers looking to relieve individuals... Read more
View audiobookCharles Kuralt's America - Abridged
By: Charles Kuralt
Narrated by: Charles Kuralt
Length: 4 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album!
All New Journeys From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of A Life On The Road
I keep thinking I will find something wonderful just around the bend.
Ever since October 1967, when he set off in a battered motor home to explore America and talk to its people, Charles Kuralt has been one of our... Read more
The Last Decent Parking Place in North America - Abridged
By: Tom Bodett
Narrated by: Tom Bodett
Length: 2 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Bodett offers his keen, unforgettable observations of the lives of the peopleof Homer, Alaska, who "just ended up there, and stayed." Read more
View audiobookWho's Gonna Drive You Home? - Abridged
By: Charles Brickfield
Narrated by: Charles Brickfield
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Adapted from the 2015 book Bad Uber, an unintentional antiwork novel. A true account of leaving a worthy career to join the gig economy.As the Uber phenomenon takes over London with its minicab booking app, destroying the trade of the world-famous black cab, trampling history under wheel and smashing prices, Charles Brickfield brings us the life... Read more
View audiobookThe Ordnance Survey Great British Treasure Hunt - Abridged
By: Ordnance Survey
Narrated by: Nigel Pilkington
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Are you ready to set out on a puzzle adventure around Britain from your own front room?
Can you solve the fiendish clues and make your way from map to map on the trail of a mysterious treasure?
Do you have what it takes to follow in the footsteps of history?
The bestselling puzzle phenomenon is back with a whole new twist on the treasure hunt.... Read more
The Stories from The Italian Country Table - Abridged
By: Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Narrated by: Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, author of The Splendid Table and host of PRI's award winning radio program of the same name, is a master at transporting her readers and listeners into the fascinating world of the Italian countryside. In Stories from The Italian Country Table, Lynne brings to life her adventures in rural Italy.
Stories from The Italian... Read more
100 Länder, 100 Frauen, 100 Räusche - Abridged
By: Michael Berndt & Rainer Schäfer
Narrated by: Sebastian Pappenberger
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: Yes
Michael Berndt führt ein beschauliches Leben im ländlichen Sachsen. Er absolviert eine Metzgerlehre, nach der Arbeit trifft er sich gerne mit Freunden und Bekannten in der Kneipe, wo die Stammtischgespräche nicht selten in Unmut über die unerwünschten Fremden umschlagen, die einem ja doch nur die Arbeit wegnähmen. Michael Berndt sieht das... Read more
View audiobookWanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (Gesamtausgabe) - Abridged
By: Theodor Fontane
Narrated by: Gunter Schoß
Length: 19 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In den "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg" lehrt uns Theodor Fontane das Land und seine Geschichte kennen und lieben. Deren ungebrochene Faszination beruht auf der Mischung aus genauer Beschreibung, kulturhistorischem Hintergrund und literarischer Ausdruckskraft des Erzählers Fontane. Als Hörbuch des Unterlauf & Zschiedrich... Read more
View audiobookWanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (15) - Abridged
By: Theodor Fontane
Narrated by: Gunter Schoß
Length: 46 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Kloster Chorin, zurecht als Perle der norddeutschen Backsteingotik bezeichnet, gilt als bedeutendste und bekannteste Ruine der Zisterzienser, "Trümmer, die kaum Trümmer sind" wie Fontane meint. Dafür sprechen auch die bekannt gewordenen alljährlich stattfindenden Sommerkonzerte mit weltberühmten Orchestern und Solisten. Die Zisterzienser in... Read more
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