Travel audiobooks

Faithful Travelers - Abridged

By: James Dodson

Narrated by: James Dodson

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In Final Rounds, James Dodson told the poignant story of the golf trip of a lifetime with his terminally ill father. Now, armed with a fly-fishing rod and reel, he embarks with his seven-year-old daughter on an equally memorable journey across America in search of clear-running streams, swift elusive fish, and the eternal truths that only nature... Read more

Blues City - Abridged

By: Ishmael Reed

Narrated by: Ishmael Reed

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Oakland is a blues city, brawling and husky . . .

Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its twinkling sister city across the Bay, Oakland is itself an American wonder. The city is surrounded by and filled with natural beauty—mountains and hills and lakes and a bay—and architecture that mirrors its history as a Spanish mission, Gold Rush outpost,... Read more

Charles 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

Wandern ist doof - Abridged

By: Blanca Imboden

Narrated by: Ursula Maria Schmitz

Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Frankfurterin Conny hat bei einem Kreuzworträtsel zwölf Tage Ferien gewonnen. Ferien in der Schweiz. In der Urschweiz. Ferien im schwyzerischen Morschach. Der Gewinn kommt für die Hotelrezeptionistin, die gerade Liebeskummer hat, wie gerufen. Doch die Freude währt nur so lange, bis ihr klar wird: Diese Ferien sind als Wander- und... Read more

The Last River - Abridged

By: Todd Balf

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers,... Read more

Gebrauchsanweisung für das Ruhrgebiet (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Peter Erik Hillenbach

Narrated by: Stephanie Überall & Gerburg Jahnke

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das Ruhrgebiet, das ist Kulturhauptstadt, U-Turm und Zollverein, Aufbruchstimmung und Zukunft, aber auch Opel und Karstadt: gestern Stahlwerk, heute Baustelle, morgen Marina. Hier leben sie alle zusammen: Menschen, die ihre Pulle Export und ihre Packung Zigaretten "anne Bude" kaufen, die Fans aus der Südtribüne, der Oppa im Schrebergarten ebenso... 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

Who'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

Revenge - Abridged

By: Laura Blumenfeld

Narrated by: Laura Blumenfeld

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

In 1986, Laura Blumenfeld's father was shot in Jerusalem by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO responsible for attacks on several tourists in the Old City. Her father lived, but Blumenfeld's desire for revenge haunted her. This is her story.
Traveling to Israel, Blumenfeld gathers stories and methods of avengers as she plots to infiltrate... Read more

My Kind of Place - Abridged

By: Susan Orlean

Narrated by: Susan Orlean

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

New Yorker writer and author of The Library Book takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travel book.

In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conducts a tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scene in Paris to the... Read more

Quick Classics Collection: Travel - Abridged

By: Mark Twain, Jerome K. Jerome & Daniel Defoe

Narrated by: Bing Crosby, Jeremy Nicholas & Harry Andrews

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. ... Read more

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (20) - Abridged

By: Theodor Fontane

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wer mit dem Auto nordwärts aus Berlin rausfährt, ist schnell an Blumberg vorbei - verpasst somit auch einen Blick auf die frühgotische, im 13. Jahrhundert erbaute Kirche. Der Grund: Blumberg liegt quasi quer zur Ausfallstraße Richtung Norden. Rechterhand allerdings wird auch der eilige Autofahrer ein reizvolles Naturensemble registrieren: den... Read more

Moby Dick - neu erzählt - Abridged

By: ‎Herman Melville

Narrated by: Rolf Becker

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Im kommenden Spätherbst sollte ich mit einem neuen Werk fertig sein", schrieb Herman Melville 1851 seinem Verleger. "Ein Abenteuerroman, der auf gewissen wilden Legenden aus den Pottwalfanggebieten im Süden gründet, ausgeschmückt mit den eigenen persönlichen Erfahrungen des Autors aus seiner mehr als zweijährigen Zeit als Harpunier. […] Ich... Read more

African Queen - Ein Abenteuer (Gekürzte Lesefassung) - Abridged

By: Helge Timmerberg

Narrated by: Helge Timmerberg

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Afrika oder die Liebe. Was ist gefährlicher? Helge Timmerberg, Abenteurer und Globetrotter, hat den letzten ihm noch unbekannten Kontinent bereist, sieben Monate lang, von Nord nach Süd, von Ost nach West. Afrika lag vor ihm für eine Großwildjagd nach Geschichten. In den Großstädten inspizierte er die Hölle auf Erden, in der Serengeti das... Read more

Vom Ostpreußischen Gemüt - Abridged

By: Inge Mommert

Narrated by: Inge Mommert

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lieder und Gedichte in ostpreußischer Mundart. Inge Mommert liest eine Auswahl aus "Plachandern und Quiddern auf Deiwel komm raus" (Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg) sowie aus "Das Hausbuch des ostpreußischen Humors" (Rowohlt). Read more

The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic - Abridged

By: Kinky Friedman

Narrated by: Kinky Friedman

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jewboy, takes us on a rollicking, rock-and-rolling tour of his favorite city: Austin.

Maybe you want to know which restaurant President Bush rates as his favorite Austin burger joint. Or maybe you want a glimpse of Willie Nelson’s home life (hint: Willie plays a lot of golf). Perhaps you want to get the best... Read more

Fire - Abridged

By: Sebastian Junger

Narrated by: Sebastian Junger

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force;... Read more

Time's Magpie - Abridged

By: Myla Goldberg

Narrated by: Myla Goldberg

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the critically acclaimed bestselling author of Bee Season comes a travelogue through the magical and historic city of Prague - a city of vast beauty and wonderfully intimate detail. In Time's Magpie, Myla Goldberg uses her eye for the wonder of tiny objects and everyday things to put us in touch with the essence of this haunting and... Read more

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 (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

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

Paris. Hörbuch auf Französisch. - Abridged

By: Reinhard Kober

Narrated by: Virginie Demians

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Paris erkunden und gleichzeitig, die Sprachkenntnisse vertiefen. Das bietet die fremdsprachliche Ausgabe der geophon Produktion über Paris. Das Sprachniveau entspricht B2. In dem Reise-Hörbuch geht es um kleine Läden und versteckte Restaurants und die Geheimnisse der französischen Küche. Wir hören uns um auf dem Markt von Belleville und besuchen... Read more

A Handful of Honey - Abridged

By: Annie Hawes

Narrated by: Saskia Wickham

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aiming to track down a small oasis town deep in the Sahara, some of whose generous inhabitants came to her rescue on a black day in her adolescence, Annie Hawes leaves her home in the olive groves of Italy and sets off along the south coast of the Mediterranean.

Travelling through Morocco and Algeria she eats pigeon pie with a family of cannabis... Read more

Warum Russland? - Abridged

By: Diane Hielscher

Narrated by: Diane Hielscher

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Schwitzen im Proberaum einer Moskauer Rockband. Ehemalige Sowjetrepubliken, die Kabardino-Balkarien heißen. Ein Stripclub an der Wolga. Techno Clubs, in denen nichts zufällig passiert. Und das Krankenzimmer eines Moskauer Hospitals. Diane Hielscher diskutiert aus Kinderspielplätzen über die Postmoderne, tanzt mit Jugendlichen am schwarzen... Read more