Travel audiobooks

One Dry Season

By: Caroline Alexander

Narrated by: Lisette Lecat

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

With richly evocative images and wonderfully entertaining anecdotes, Caroline Alexander transports you to the dense interior of equatorial Gabon. In One Dry Season, she chronicles her adventures as she makes her way alone through dangerously primitive territory. When she first read of Victorian explorer Mary Kingsley's travels in the French... Read more

The Longest Way Home

By: Andrew McCarthy

Narrated by: Andrew McCarthy

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Unable to commit to his fiancée of nearly four years—and with no clear understanding of what’s holding him back—Andrew McCarthy finds himself at a crossroads, plagued by doubts that have clung to him for a lifetime. Something in his character has kept him always at a distance, preventing him from giving himself wholeheartedly to the woman he... Read more

Sailing Alone around the World

By: Joshua Slocum

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. A little over three years and forty-six thousand miles later, the proof was complete. This is Slocum’s own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic... Read more

The Merde Factor

By: Stephen Clarke

Narrated by: Tom Allen

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

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Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream, and doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going très wrong:

He's stuck in an apartment so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen.

His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national... Read more

Schweizer Sagen und Legenden

By: Christine Giersberg

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Apfelschuss von Wilhelm Tell und der Rütlischwur sind zwei der bekanntesten Geschichten aus der Schweiz. Uve Teschner erzählt in dieser Lesung weitere 18 ausgewählte Sagen und Legenden der Schweiz. Vermutlich gab es bereits 5.300 v. Chr. bei Gächlingen (Schaffhausen) erste landwirtschaftliche Siedlungen. Entdeckungen an den Schweizer... Read more

In 80 Tagen um die Welt - Abridged

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Philipp Moog

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Der reiche Engländer Phileas Fogg sorgt im ganzen Land für Aufsehen: Er wettet, dass er es schafft, in 80 Tagen um die Welt zu reisen, und setzt dabei sein ganzes Vermögen aufs Spiel. Niemals kann das gelingen, meinen seine Freunde. Doch Fogg veranlasst seinen Diener zum Packen der nötigsten Sachen und schon sitzen beide im Zug Richtung Dover.... Read more

Into Africa

By: Sam Manicom

Narrated by: Sam Manicom

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A liberating motorcycle journey through Africa with descriptions of the amazing people and places, the joy of big skies and the open road, and the sometimes harrowing events that would shape destiny.Into Africa tells the story of a novice motorcyclist who takes on the challenge of riding the length of the continent just because, 'it seemed like... Read more

Hong Kong

By: Jan Morris

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Hong Kong is the world's most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. Through firsthand reportage, world-renowned travel writer Jan Morris takes... Read more

Blue Water, Green Skipper

By: Stuart Woods

Narrated by: Stephen Collins

Length: 6 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small ponds to the big sea?

Now with a new afterword that looks back at how one transatlantic race changed his... Read more

Chasing the Monsoon

By: Alexander Frater

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the inspiring story of how one man realized his dream of witnessing firsthand the most dramatic of meteorological events: the Indian monsoon.Alexander Frater spent the first six years of his life on a South Pacific island, where his father, the only doctor within a thousand square miles, encouraged his fascination and respect for the... Read more

Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder

By: Dave Barter

Narrated by: Simon Whistler

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder is an anthology of thirty articles written by an amateur cyclist over a period of ten years. The collection exhibits the madness that engulfs those who descend into cycling obsession, celebrating the average cyclist living in a world defined by the pros. The writings range from fanciful musings concerning... Read more

Have Mother, Will Travel

By: Claire Fontaine & Mia Fontaine

Narrated by: Claire Fontaine & Mia Fontaine

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Glamour magazine called Come Back, the first nonfiction collaboration by Claire and Mia Fontaine, the “best mother-daughter memoir,” while the New York Times Book Review praised it as, “a testament to the power of the love.” The Fontaines are back with Have Mother, Will Travel, a beautiful, thoughtful, insightful, inspiring book that brilliantly... Read more

The Dark Side of Disney

By: Leonard Kinsey

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Dark Side of Disney reveals all of the tips, tricks, scams, and stories that THEY don't want you to know about! Unabashedly unafraid of offending the family-oriented audiences catered to by other Disney travel guides, author Leonard Kinsey gives intrepid travelers access to the seamy, raunchy, and often hilarious underbelly of Walt Disney... Read more

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance®

By: Robert M. Pirsig & Peter Flannery

Narrated by: James Purefoy & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An odyssey into life’s challenging questions during an unforgettable summer motorcycle trip

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance became an instant bestseller upon its publication in 1974. A powerful examination of how we live, as well as a... 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

The Sweet Life in Paris

By: David Lebovitz

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly belongings into three suitcases, he arrived, hopes high, at his new apartment in... Read more

Pine Ridge Reservation South Dakota

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Oglala Sioux elder, Johnson Holy Rock speaks with Patricia Lawrence about the Black Hills of South Dakota and why the tribe will not cash the check the US Federal Government gave them to pay for their sacred mountains. And we speak with Chief Oliver Red Cloud, 85 year old grandson of Chief Red Cloud, one of the signers of the Fort Laramie... Read more

Tamastslikt Cultural Center Pendleton Oregon

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton Oregon. This 35,000 square foot cultural center is a working monument to the past, present and future of three native tribes of south eastern Oregon. Tamástslikt celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Tribes. It means turning something over. The... Read more

Itasca State Park, Minnesota

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore the (disputed) headwaters of the Mississippi River with park rangers. A trail takes us to a spring coming out of the ground in the Minnesota mountains. The spring forms a pool before gliding from the rocks to become the mighty Mississippi River, most people believe. Itasca is a derivative of two Greek words, true and... Read more

Yosemite National Park in Spring

By: Patricia L Lawrence

Narrated by: JD Streeter

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Audio Journeys explore Yosemite National Park, California via a tram. Spring is a great time to visit Yosemite; when birds and wildflowers flowers abound. Our tour guide tells us about rock climbers, Miwok natives, the swift flowing Merced River and other superlatives of Yosemite. One of the oldest parks in the nation, Yosemite was make a... Read more

America, You Sexy Bitch

By: Meghan McCain & Michael Ian Black

Narrated by: Meghan McCain & Michael Ian Black

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In the summer of 2011, McCain and Black embarked on a balls-out, cross-country tour. Along the way, they spoke to politicians, gun lovers, abortion-rights advocates and opponents, gay parents, flag burners, Muslims, poker players, Tea Partiers, Minutemen, veterans, teen moms, bikers, fast food workers, and a hooker or two. They toured the White... Read more

NPR Road Trips: Fairs and Festivals

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Step right up as the gates swing open at fairgrounds across the USA. This delightful collection explores the unique joys of the public gatherings that take place in cities and small towns, when people of all stripes and sizes meet to gawk at cows, ponder seed art, get hypnotized, compete in husband-calling contests, and eat virtually anything on... Read more

A Walk for Sunshine

By: Jeff Alt

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure. This entertaining journey includes bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bedmates, and hilarious food cravings. Alt walked more than five million steps in tribute to his brother, who has cerebral palsy and lives in a home called Sunshine. This trail... Read more

Steven Raichlen’s Martha’s Vineyard

By: Steven Raichlen

Narrated by: Steven Raichlen

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Join celebrated PBS TV host and New York Times bestselling author, Steven Raichlen, for a personal guided tour of Martha's Vineyard, including his favorite places to shop for the freshest seafood and best local produce. This original companion audio to Raichlen's debut novel, Island Apart, takes us right into Steven's kitchen as he brings the... Read more