Travel audiobooks

Surviving the City

By: Cai Lonergan

Narrated by: Cai Lonergan

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A compilation of strategies and hard-earned lessons to ease any English teacher or traveler into life in a Chinese city, as well as a few stories that reveal the nature of the beast. There are so many things to understand about Chinese cities and their different cultures, and this book is meant to focus on encouraging travelers to enjoy all of... Read more

Eat, Gay, Love

By: Calum McSwiggan

Narrated by: Calum McSwiggan

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spring of 2012, Calum finds himself single again after his relationship of six years comes to an end.

Heartbroken, unhappy and unsure of what to do next, he leaves the hometown he has been in all his life to embark on a journey that takes him all around the world, from teaching in a school on the outskirts of Rome to exploring the sex... Read more

How to Become an English Teacher in China

By: Cai Lonergan

Narrated by: Cai Lonergan

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

After I spent eight years teaching, owning schools and traveling, I compiled the lessons I learned into a book with nothing but the facts(alright, and a couple fun stories) about becoming and succeeding as an English teacher in the world's largest English-teaching market today. All of the wonderful, convincing whys and the practical hows a... Read more

A Short History of Russia

By: Mark Galeotti

Narrated by: Mark Galeotti

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A Library Journal 2020 Title to Watch

"Terrific - and an amazing achievement to cover so much ground in such a short and wonderfully readable book." -Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads
 
Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's fascinating history to illuminate its... Read more

In the Land of Good Living

By: Kent Russell

Narrated by: Kent Russell

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A wickedly smart, funny, and irresistibly off-kilter account of an improbable thousand-mile journey on foot into the heart of modern Florida, the state that Russell calls "America Concentrate."

In the summer of 2016, Kent Russell--broke, at loose ends, hungry for adventure--set off to walk across Florida. Mythic, superficial, soaked in... Read more

The New Parisienne

By: Lindsey Tramuta & Joann Pai

Narrated by: Lindsey Tramuta

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In a follow-up to the popular The New Paris, Lindsey Tramuta explores the impact that the women of Paris have had on the rapidly evolving culture of their city
 
The New Parisienne focuses on one of the city’s most prominent features, its women. Lifting the veil on the mythologized Parisian woman—white, lithe, ever fashionable—Lindsey Tramuta... Read more

The Bloody British

By: Paul Hawkins

Narrated by: Stewart Crank

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you ready to meet The Bloody British? For fans of Very British Problems, Douglas Adams and Bill Bryson, it's the perfect gift for the socially awkward oddball in your life.
Being British isn't easy. Especially if you live abroad, where your countrymen aren't exactly famous for, well, blending in. As his beloved homeland goes Brexit bananas,... Read more

Aber du bist doch behindert

By: Sven Marx

Narrated by: Markus Mager

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

49.000 km auf dem Fahrrad, 29 Länder, 20 Hauptstädte, 4 Kontinente, 1 Audienz beim Papst Das Paradies auf Erden ist für jeden Menschen etwas anders – zum Glück. Für Sven Marx und seine Frau Annett hatte das Paradies mit Wasser zu tun, was wohl der Grund dafür war, dass sie mit ihrem Sohn nur 50 Meter vom Roten Meer entfernt lebten. Nach einem... Read more

The Poetry of Strangers

By: Brian Sonia-Wallace

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

It might surprise you who’s a fan of poetry — when it meets them where they are.Before he became an award-winning writer and poet, Brian Sonia-Wallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign that said “Poetry Store” and discovered something surprising: all over America, people want poems. An amateur busker at first, Brian asked countless... Read more

Tiny Pieces of Us

By: Nicky Pellegrino

Narrated by: Jane McDowell

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

'Heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for Life

My heart is less than 1% of my body, it weighs hardly anything; it is only a tiny piece of me, yet it is the part everyone finds most interesting.

Vivi Palmer knows what it's like to live life carefully. Born with a heart defect, she was given a second chance after a transplant, but has... Read more

Travel and Living in an Rv

By: Daniel McGrath

Narrated by: Peter Prova

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Do You Want To Take Your Family On An Adventure? Try RVing! Would you love to spend a few days and nights at a beautiful lake or at the edge of a mighty forest?Are you planning a family vacation that’s fun and affordable and will teach your kids something about nature?Or maybe you’d love to become a full-time traveler while taking some of your... Read more

Messi

By: Guillem Balague

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Length: 27 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

'I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi' Diego Maradona

FULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2022 WORLD CUP TRIUMPH & MESSI'S TRANSFER TO INTER MIAMI

As Lionel Messi raised the World Cup triumphantly into the air, the world watched on in awe. Messi's final peak conquered; his final dream achieved.... Read more

Sunny Days and Sea Breezes

By: Carole Matthews

Narrated by: Laura Kirman

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Winner of the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award

'A life-affirming story full of joy and hope' CATHY BRAMLEY

'A sun-filled, fun-filled wonderful escapist adventure' MILLY JOHNSON

When does time out become the time of your life?

Jodie Jackson is all at sea, in every sense.

On a ferry bound for the... Read more

Eine Landratte möchte Seemann werden

By: Manfred Schulze

Narrated by: Manfred Schulze

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Auf jedem Schiff treibt der Klabautermann seinen Schabernack. Er hat ein grünes Gesicht und blaue Zähne, erzählen die alten, abergläubischen Seeleute. Mit Hammerschlägen warnt er die Mannschaft bei Gefahr, wenn ihn niemand sehen kann. Mit schabenden Geräuschen verabschiedet er sich von den verlorenen Seeleuten, bevor er das sinkende Schiff... Read more

Rolling Fields

By: David Trueba

Narrated by: Nicholas Gauci

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD

'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful' Mail on Sunday

Dani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died.

Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind... Read more

French Like Moi

By: Scott Dominic Carpenter

Narrated by: Scott Dominic Carpenter

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

FRENCH OR FAUX?When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishaps—not to mention all those lectures about cheese! It turns out that nothing in the City of Light can be taken for granted, where even... Read more

The Meaning of Travel

By: Emily Thomas

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

How can we think more deeply about our travels?



This was the question that inspired Emily Thomas's journey into the philosophy of travel. Part philosophical ramble, part travelogue, The Meaning of Travel begins in the Age of Discovery, when philosophers first started taking travel seriously. It meanders forward to consider Montaigne on otherness,... Read more

Reports from Hell

By: Chas Smith

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A gonzo ride through war-torn Yemen as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell and Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair, could provide. Follow Smith and his misfit band of merrymakers as they search for the true origins of Al Qaeda and endeavor to ride the unsurfed waves... Read more

Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest

By: Mark Horrell

Narrated by: Philip Battley

Length: 11 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

As he teetered on a narrow rock ledge a yak’s bellow short of the stratosphere, with a rubber mask strapped to his face, a pair of mittens the size of a sealion’s flippers, and a drop of two kilometres below him, it’s fair to say Mark Horrell wasn’t entirely happy with the situation he found himself in.He had been an ordinary hiker who had only... Read more

Campervan Kama Sutra

By: John Perrier

Narrated by: John Perrier

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

This true story tells of one family’s hilarious journey through Australia’s rugged outback countryside.Our intrepid adventurers work their way through numerous mishaps, including, but not limited to, an ill-advised river crossing, an inappropriately packed roof rack and some truly horrible singing.During their journey they stumble across a... Read more

The Hamptons - The Delaplaine 2020 Long Weekend Guide

By: Andrew Delaplaine

Narrated by: Andrew Delaplaine

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in The Hamptons where the uber-rich sand uber-famous gather every summer. Updated throughout the year, you'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
“This book showed me you don’t have to be Steven Spielberg or the Clintons to have a good time in the Hamptons.”... Read more

Rainy Days for the Harpers Girls

By: Rosie Clarke

Narrated by: Polly Edsell

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The next book in the series from the bestselling author Rosie Clarke of The Harpers Emporium and The Mulberry Lane Series.There are hard times ahead for the Harpers Girls...1914 Oxford Street, LondonIt is two years since Harpers Emporium opened its doors and life is good for Sally and Ben Harper as they look forward to the arrival of their first... Read more

Around the World in 80 Trains

By: Monisha Rajesh

Narrated by: Monisha Rajesh

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Around the World in 80 Trains written and read by Monisha Rajesh.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK
SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD


'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what... Read more

Der Salzpfad

By: Raynor Winn

Narrated by: Jutta Speidel

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"Haben wir einen Plan?" "Natürlich, wir wandern, bis wir aufhören zu wandern, und vielleicht finden wir unterwegs so etwas wie eine Zukunft."  "Das ist ein guter Plan." Raynor und Moth, seit 32 Jahren ein Paar, verlieren durch zwei Schicksalsschläge in kürzester Zeit alles, ihre Farm in Wales, ihre Lebensgrundlage, ihre Gewohnheiten, ihr... Read more