Travel audiobooks

Travels in the interior of Africa in 1795 by Mungo Park, the explorer - Abridged

By: Mungo Park

Narrated by: Paul Edwards

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Classic tales and stories are an fundamental part of children's development, as they awaken imagination and bring essential teachings. These stories inspire children through important archetypes and symbolic imagery; they will bring them into a journey in fantastic worlds, full of possibilities and wonders. This specially designed compilation... Read more

Wanderungen 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

Bill Bryson Collector's Edition - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 17 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Notes from a Small Island
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary that... Read more

Die Harzreise - Abridged

By: Heinrich Heine

Narrated by: Martina Gedeck

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Ich will viel reisen und viel sehen. Das befördert die Poetery¿" Diesen Gedanken im Kopf macht sich der junge Heinrich Heine im Herbst 1824 auf die Reise quer durch den Harz. Vier Wochen lang wandert er von Göttingen über Goslar und den Brocken bis nach Ilsenburg und wieder zurück. 1826 veröffentlicht er in seinem ersten "Reisebild" eine... 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

A Walk in the Woods - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body
 
“The best way of escaping into nature.”—The New York Times 
 
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to... Read more

The Call of the Weird - Abridged

By: Louis Theroux

Narrated by: Louis Theroux

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Read by the author, this is Louis Theroux's hilarious and thought-provoking journey through weird America.

For 10 years, Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the... Read more

Adventure 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

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (04) - Abridged

By: Theodor Fontane

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Ein rätselvolles Eiland, eine Oase, ein Blumenteppich inmitten der Mark" war die Pfaueninsel für Fontane. Der Kammerherr und Chemiker Kunckel soll hier seinerzeit versucht haben, Gold herzustellen - Buntglas war das Ergebnis. Näheres darüber bei Fontane, auch mehr über adlige Liebschaft und Liebe nicht nur zu Landschaft und Kunst. Tracks: 1... 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

Main Hanuman - Abridged

By: Pawan Kumar

Narrated by: Ranvijay Pratap Singh

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lord Hanuman is one of the most integral part of the epic Ramayana, and is worshipped entire country. The fated encounter of Lord Ram and Hanuman in the epic teaches one many things, but seldom do we see a story written from the perspective of the latter. This new book bridges this very gap by making Hanuman the protagonist! Written in an... Read more

Wanderungen durch Böhmen und Bayern - Abridged

By: Adalbert Stifter

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Adalbert Stifter gilt als Meister der detaillierten Beschreibung symbolisch oft überzeichneter Landschaften. Böhmen und Bayern sind der bevorzugte Gegenstand seiner Landschaftsbeschreibungen. Dort spielen die Handlungen der Erzählungen "Das Heidedorf" und "Der Hochwald" sowie des Romans "Witiko". Aus diesen drei Werken hat der Unterlauf... Read more

So You Think You Know CANADA, Eh? - Abridged

By: Marianne Jennings

Narrated by: Melinda Wade

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How well do you REALLY know Canada? Did you know: Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen? That hockey is NOT the official national sport of Canada? The Canadian passport contains hidden images? Canada could have been named Britannia or Borealia? Parts of Canada are as cold as Mars? A Canadian pharmacist invented peanut butter? If you're Canadian,... Read more

Flying with Confidence - Abridged

By: Patricia Furness-Smith

Narrated by: Patricia Furness-Smith

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fearful flyers need fear no more! This soothing hour-long relaxation programme, read by top psychologist and flying expert Patricia Furness-Smith, provides proven techniques for controlling anxiety, claustrophobia and panic. To be used both before and during flights to help you feel confident and in control from take off to landing, it... Read more

Out of Africa - Abridged

By: Isak Dinesen

Narrated by: Julie Harris

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"When I was a young girl, it was very far from my thoughts to go to Africa, nor did I dream then that an African farm should be the place in which I should be perfectly happy."After the failure of her coffee farm, Karen Blixen returned to Denmark, where she wrote this classic account of her experiences. Out of Africa is a celebration of her life... Read more

Into Thin Air - Abridged

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Jon Krakauer

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top.  No one had... Read more

A Soldier's Promise - Abridged

By: First Sgt. Daniel Hendrex

Narrated by: Lee Sellars

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An uplifting story of unlikely friendship and hope during the Iraq War.

After the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, First Sergeant Daniel Hendrex was dispatched along with his unit, Dragon Company, to Husaybah, a small town bordering Syria in the Sunni-dominated Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Their mission was to plug the bottleneck at the border... Read more

Out of the Frying Pan - Abridged

By: Keith Floyd

Narrated by: Keith Floyd

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Keith Floyd’s exuberant personality, as much as his cooking skills, has made him a favourite both as bestselling author and as television presenter. But here, for the first time, he tells his own story – and it is full of surprises. An idiosyncratic, splendid autobiography of a well known personality, and the discovery of a writing... Read more

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (24) - Abridged

By: Theodor Fontane

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Als eines der größten und vornehmsten jener alten Wendendörfer, die lange vor der Urbarmachung die sumpfige Niederung des Oderbruchs im weiten Winkel umspannte, beschrieb Fontane das Schloß Gusow. Hier im in seiner Anlage auf das 17. Jahrhundert zurückgehende Schloß lebte von 1661 bis 1695 Georg von Derfflinger, berühmter... Read more

Noa Noa - Abridged

By: Paul Gauguin

Narrated by: Achim Höppner

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Paul Gauguin war der erste europäische Künstler, der auf der Suche nach der Ursprünglichkeit des Lebens und der Kunst das Abendland verließ und sich einer "primitiven" Kultur zuwandte. In "Noa Noa" schildert der Maler sein Leben auf der Südseeinsel Tahiti, dem Land seiner Sehnsucht. Achim Höppner, mit Ausbildung an Kunstakademie,... Read more

Push the Rock - Abridged

By: R.W. Long

Narrated by: R.W. Long

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Living the American Dream at the pinnacle of his life, R.W. Long had it all: a loving family, a promising career, and a multitude of blessings. All of this was cut short with the diagnosis of an incurable disease. In the prime of life, he lost nearly everything he had worked for and felt he was given a life sentence and incarcerated in his own... Read more

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (22) - Abridged

By: Theodor Fontane

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Falkenberg und Malchow sind inzwischen Teile Berlins, zu Fontanes Zeiten fuhr man noch nach ¿auswärts¿. Ihm waren in Malchow die Pfarre und in Falkenberg die Spuren derer von Humboldt interessant. Im Dorf Kienbaum, am Ausgang der Liebenberger Heide, zur Linken des Flüßchens Löcknitz gelegen, beschäftigten ihn die märkischen... Read more

Downtown - 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