Travel audiobooks

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

A Ásia é logo ali - Abridged

By: Vários Autores

Narrated by: Adriana Sousa & Geraldo Côrtes

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Ásia é Logo Ali é um convite para embarcar em uma viagem cultural pelas principais festividades que iluminam e celebram a diversidade do continente asiático. Conheça de perto o vibrante Festival das Lanternas na China, o intenso Thaipusam na Malásia, o exótico Songkran na Tailândia e outras celebrações que refletem a rica herança cultural, os... Read more

Safari ohne Geld - Abridged

By: Richard Wunderer

Narrated by: Richard Wunderer

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Leise seufzend durchblätterte der Polizist in Casablanca meine Papiere. "Leute wie Sie machen uns Sorgen", sagte er. "Ihr Pass ist ja ein ganzes Bilderbuch von Stempeln. Was wäre, würde jeder so reisen wie Sie?" Ohne zu überlegen antwortete ich: "Es gäbe keinen Krieg mehr!" Daraufhin reichte er mir fest die Hand, lächelte und ließ mich fahren. 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

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

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (09) - Abridged

By: Theodor Fontane

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rauen, die Markgrafensteine und Pieskow waren Orte, die Fontane auf seiner Fahrt in das Land Beeskow-Storkow besuchte. Und natürlich den Scharmützelsee, der wie die nahezu an die hundert andere Seen wegen seiner guten Wasserqualität zu einem Besuch in das Land Beeskow-Storkow einlädt, "ein wenig gekannter Winkel, der nichtsdestoweniger seine... Read more

I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body.

After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens—as he later put it, "it was... 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

The Lady and the Panda - Abridged

By: Vicki Croke

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine... Read more

Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (12) - Abridged

By: Theodor Fontane

Narrated by: Gunter Schoß

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Beim Anblick des Großen Stechlin in der Ruppiner Schweiz mag man leicht wie Fontane empfinden: geheimnisvoll, einem Stummen gleich, den es zu sprechen drängt; einer von den Vornehmen, die große Beziehungen unterhalten. Tief und klar ist dieser See. "Und Launen hat er, und man muß ihn ausstudieren wie eine Frau." Also nicht nur für Taucher sollte... 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

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

Nice to meet you, Köln - Abridged

By: Nilz Bokelberg

Narrated by: Nilz Bokelberg

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mit Autor und Moderator Nilz Bokelberg auf Entdeckungstour in seiner Heimatstadt Köln. Warum lieben die Kölner ihren Dom so sehr? Wie feiert man Karneval richtig? Welches Kölsch sollte man trinken und wo schmeckt es am besten? Wo und mit wem flirtet es sich besonders gut? Und woher kommt eigentlich die gute Laune der Kölner? Diese und... Read more

Panola Explores the World at Christmas - Abridged

By: Denise C Moore Contreras

Narrated by: Denise C Moore Contreras

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

IntroductionIn ‘Panola Explores the World at Christmas,’ we meet Panola, a bright and imaginative 12-year-old with a love for science, maps, and exploration. Rooted in her African American and Dominican heritage, Panola’s story is one of curiosity and dreams. As her family celebrates their traditional Noche Buena, Panola dreams of embarking on... Read more

Streifzüge durch das Rügenland - Abridged

By: Johann Jacob Grümbke

Narrated by: Bernhard Schütz

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Vor allem groß zeigte sich hier das baltische Meer, das die Farbe des grauen Himmels angenommen hatte und die Hälfte des Gesichtskreises gegen Norden umspannte, seitwärts zur Rechte Jasmunds überwaldete Uferhöhen, links das Hiddenseer Hochland und in der Ferne die Insel Möen, … dann die Ansicht landeinwärts über Wittow nach Rügen hin – welch... Read more

The Idle Traveller - Abridged

By: Dan Kieran

Narrated by: David Holmes

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dan Kieran was deputy editor of The Idler magazine from 2000–2010 before he turned his attention to writing books and slow travel articles for The Times, the Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and the Observer. He created a reputation for himself as the only travel writer who doesn’t fly, preferring much slower means of transportation instead.... Read more

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

The Great Alone - Abridged

By: Tim Voors

Narrated by: BJ Genten

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Time is precious. The world is waiting. Rediscover yourself. The Great Alone is the epic adventure of a relatable explorer. Why does a 44-year-old father leave his family for six months to walk 4,286 km across America on the Pacific Crest Trail? What effect does it have on his marriage? on his children? and on himself? Following his... 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

A Year in Provence - Abridged

By: Peter Mayle

Narrated by: Peter Mayle

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More than 40,000 listeners have enjoyed this story on cassette. Now anyone who's ever dreamed of getting away from it all can enjoy the charms and challenges of A Year in Provence on CD!
Peter Mayle and his wife had been to Provence as tourists. They had dreamed of one day trading the long, gray winters and damp summers of England for the blue... 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

Hallowed Ground - Abridged

By: James M. McPherson

Narrated by: James M. McPherson

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks us through the site of the bloodiest and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans: the Battle of Gettysburg.

The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective... Read more

Ostpreußische Erinnerungen - Abridged

By: Inge Mommert

Narrated by: Inge Mommert

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lieder, Gedichte, Episoden aus Ostpreußen. Inge Mommert vermittelt in ihren Erinnerungen liebenswerte, zum Schmunzeln anregende Bilder des Lebens in den Orten ihrer Kindheit und Jugend. Read more

Geschichten aus Thailand - Abridged

By: Günther Ruffert

Narrated by: Henk Flemming

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kein Thai wird je verstehen, warum sich diese verrückten Europäer möglichst nackt in die pralle Sonne legen, wo doch in Thailand jedes kleine Kind schon lernt, dass man sich der sengenden Tropensonne so wenig wie möglich aussetzt. Umgekehrt fällt es den Europäern schwer, die für Thais so selbstverständlichen und allgegenwärtigen Geister zu... Read more