Travel audiobooks
Nun soll endlich Glanzzeit sein - Abridged
By: Evelyn Roll
Narrated by: Anne Bennent
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Bühnenstar Anne Bennent leiht Evelyn Rolls Berliner Beobachtungen die Stimme und erzählt von einer Stadt, die im Aufbau und Umbruch ist und in der nichts mehr so ist, wie es einst war. Evelyn Roll, leitende Redakteurin der "Süddeuschen Zeitung" in Berlin, berichtet über die Schwierigkeiten der frisch angekommenen Bonner, blickt hinter die... Read more
View audiobookNepomuken, die auf die Brücken spucken - Abridged
By: Michael Frank
Narrated by: Martin Schwab
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In der Interpretation des Burgschauspielers Martin Schwab fügen sich Michael Franks Prager Hintergedanken zu einem kundigen Porträt der tschechischen Hauptstadt. Abseits aller gängigen Mythen und ausgetretenen Pfade nähert sich der langjährige Korrespondent der "Süddeutschen Zeitung" vor kulturgeschlichtlichem und politischem Hintergrund dem... Read more
View audiobookAtmen einstellen, bitte! - Abridged
By: Kai Strittmatter
Narrated by: Roland Koch
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Ein Volk schlägt Salto - Burgschauspieler Roland Koch liest die Reportagen des China-Korrespondenten der "Süddeutschen Zeitung" Kai Strittmatter, die mitten ins Zentrum eines Wirbelsturms führen, der in Peking keinen Stein auf dem anderen läßt und es zur staubigsten, lautesten und aufregendsten Stadt der Erde machen. Read more
View audiobookAbraham 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 audiobookNaked and Marooned
By: Ed Stafford
Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Ed Stafford—adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World Record holder for walking the length of the Amazon River—likes a challenge. Casting about for an adventure that would top the extraordinary feat he recounts in Walking the Amazon, Stafford decides to maroon himself on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. His mission: to survive for... Read more
View audiobookUnruly Places
By: Alastair Bonnett
Narrated by: Derek Perkins
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
At a time when Google Maps can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite's remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it's hard to imagine there's any uncharted ground left on the planet. In Unruly Places, Alastair Bonnett goes to some of the most unexpected, offbeat places in the world to reinspire our geographical... Read more
View audiobookDeath Valley National Park, California
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Death Valley National Park in California, is a 3.5 million acre desert preserve, boasting the hottest, driest and lowest spot in North America. Patricia Lawrence is exploring this land of extremes with park geologists. Read more
View audiobookKalevala. Das finnische Nationalepos
By: Christine Giersberg & Elias Lönnrot
Narrated by: Reinhard Kuhnert
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
as im Jahre 1835 von Elias Lönnrot aufgezeichnete Nationalepos Kalevala basiert auf mündlichen Überlieferungen der finnischen Mythologie und gehört zu den wichtigsten Werken der finnischen Literatur. Der Text des Kalevalas besteht aus 22.795 Versen in fünfzig Gesängen, auch Runen genannt. Die deutsche Übersetzung ist von Anton Schiefner und... Read more
View audiobookTravelling to Work
By: Michael Palin
Narrated by: Michael Palin
Length: 23 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
TRAVELLING TO WORK is the third volume of Michael Palin's widely acclaimed diaries. After the Python years and a decade of filming, writing and acting, Palin's career takes an unexpected direction into travel, which will shape his working life for the next 25 years. Yet, as the diaries reveal, he remained ferociously busy on a host of other... Read more
View audiobookThe Happiness of Pursuit
By: Chris Guillebeau
Narrated by: George Newbern
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A remarkable guide to the quests that give our lives meaning—and how to find your own—from the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup and 100 Side Hustles
“If you like complacency and mediocrity, do not read this book. It’s dangerously inspiring.”—A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All
When he set out to visit all of the... Read more
Too Much Information
By: Dave Gorman
Narrated by: Dave Gorman
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Nowadays, the world is full of people trying to tell us things. So much so that we have taught our brains not to pay much attention. After all, click the mouse, tap the screen, flick the channel and it’s on to the next thing. But Dave Gorman thinks it’s time to have a closer look, to find out how much nonsense we tacitly accept.
Suspicious... Read more
Death Valley, The Name
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: JD Streeter
Length: 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Death Valley National Park is the lowest and the hotest place in North America. Patricia Lawrence explores Death Valley to find out about the name, the borox industry and the historic inn. Read more
View audiobookLake Tahoe California
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Lake Tahoe, situated in both California and Nevada, is the largest alpine lake in North America, and the second deepest lake in the USA. Patricia Lawrence is exploring California's Lake Tahoe, first from a charter fishing boat, then the shore and and we wrap up at a history museum. Read more
View audiobookWildthings and Vision Quest Ranch
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: JD Streeter
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Wildthings and Vision Quest Ranch is home to elephants, tigers, and other wild animals from around the world. Guests can getup close and interact with and care for some of the animals. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Wildthings with foundering president Charlie Sammut. Read more
View audiobookTracy Aviary
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
The Tracy Aviary is a perfect place for visitors to get up close and learn about birds from the USA and around the world. Patricia Lawrence and Douglas Roycroft are exploring this world class private aviary, open to the public since 1938, with knowledgeable aviary staff. Read more
View audiobookIn a Rocket Made of Ice
By: Gail Gutradt
Narrated by: Lorna Raver
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman’s volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia—a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles.
Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children’s Community. Begun... Read more
Mission Ridge Ski Resort
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence & EJ Barney
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Mission Ridge Ski Resort near Wenatchee Washington is one of the most popular ski destinations in the world. It’s also a 1944 crash site of a B-24 bomber on a secret mission. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Mission Ridge, she assends on a tram up the tall mountain and decends in a courtesy toboggan. Read more
View audiobookUnder Asian Skies
By: Sam Manicom
Narrated by: Sam Manicom
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Sam Manicom set off from the UK aiming to spend a year riding the length of Africa on a motorcycle; as told in his first book, Into Africa. This challenging first year was such fun that, in spite of a 17 bone fracture accident, being arrested, and being shot at, he decided not to head for home as planned. He finds passage on a container ship... Read more
View audiobookPrehistoric California
By: Patricia L Lawrence
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Archeology meets paleontology on the Sonoma Coast of California where State Parks archeologist, Breck Parkman and others have made discovers of the existence of Columbian mammoths, and saber tooth tigers, as the last ice age melted and humans moved in 15,000 years ago. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Sonoma State Park and Goat Rock Park with... Read more
View audiobookWherever the River Runs
By: Kelly Minter
Narrated by: Renee Ertl
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The least of these have the most to give.In Wherever the River Runs, Kelly Minter invites us on a journey down a river teeming with piranhas and caimans, as well as machete-wielding mothers, heroic jungle pastors, faith-filled children, and miracles too seldom experienced in our part of the world. Kelly’s honest and engaging narrative pulls back... Read more
View audiobookPerforming Animal Welfare Society
By: Patricia L Lawrence & Star Decker
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Since 1987 the Performing Animal Welfare Society has been providing a safe loving home to wild animals that have been abused in captivity. Star Decker is in Galt California, exploring PAWS with co-founding director, the late Pat Derby. Read more
View audiobookShadows in the Vineyard
By: Maximillian Potter
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romanée-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an... Read more
View audiobookShadows in the Vineyard
By: Maximillian Potter
Narrated by: Donald Corren
Length: 8 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine.
In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an... Read more
Hawaiian Maritime Culture
By: Patricia L Lawrence & Jessica Spain
Narrated by: Patricia L Lawrence
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Audio Journalist Jessica Spain is in Hawaii exploring the Maritime Culture as she sails in a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe. Read more
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