Travel audiobooks

Finding George Orwell in Burma

By: Emma Larkin

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she has come to know all too well the many ways this police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. The connection between George Orwell and Burma is not simply metaphorical, of course; Orwell's... Read more

Exploration Fawcett

By: P. H. Fawcett

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The mystic and legendary British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett disappeared in the unknown and unexplored territory of Brazil’s Mato Grosso in 1925. For ten years he had wandered the forests and death-filled rivers in search of a fabled lost city. Finally, convinced that he had discovered the location, he set out for the last time with... Read more

Saarbrücken Sagen und Legenden

By: Christine Giersberg

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Saarbrücken, seit 1947 Landeshauptstadt des Saarlandes, entstand 1909 aus den Städten Saarbrücken, St. Johann und Malstatt-Burbach. Das Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist die prächtige, imposante Ludwigskirche, eine der bedeutendsten barocken evangelischen Kirchen Deutschlands. Die Ursprünge Saarbrückens reichen bis in die vorrömische Zeit zurück. Damals... Read more

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself

By: David Lipsky

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain & Danny Campbell

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING JASON SEGAL AND JESSE EISENBERG, DIRECTED BY JAMES PONSOLDT

An indelible portrait of David Foster Wallace, by turns funny and inspiring, based on a five-day trip with award-winning writer David Lipsky during Wallace’s Infinite Jest tour
 
In David Lipsky’s view, David Foster Wallace was the best young writer in... Read more

NPR Road Trips: Family Vacations

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them—and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve... Read more

In Rio steht ein Hofbräuhaus - Reisen auf fast allen Kontinenten (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Wigald Boning

Narrated by: Wigald Boning

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wigalds witzige Welterfahrungen. Rio ist wie Gisele Bündchen mit Mundgeruch und Paris macht auch mit verbundenen Augen Spaß - diese und viele andere höchst interessante Erkenntnisse gewann Wigald Boning auf seinen vielen Reisen nach Nah und Fern. Er fotografierte Telefonzellen in Tiflis und wurde von thailändischen Fans in Bangkok ehrfürchtig... Read more

Every Day in Tuscany

By: Frances Mayes

Narrated by: Frances Mayes

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
 
Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in... Read more

Augsburger Sagen und Legenden

By: Marco Kirchner

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Hätt' ich Venedigs Macht und Augsburger Pracht, Nürnberger Witz, Straßburger Geschütz und Ulmer Geld, wär' ich der Reichste in der Welt. Dieses Sprichwort aus dem 16. Jahrhundert schwärmt von der Stadt Augsburg. Zwischen Lech und Wertach gelegen, war Augsburg schon immer eine Stadt der Superlative. Im Jahr 15 v. Chr. unter Kaiser Augustus als... Read more

Konstanzer Sagen und Legenden

By: Christine Giersberg

Narrated by: Mathias Bauer

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Konstanz am Bodensee ist eine reizvolle, weltoffene, historische Stadt. Die Landschaft und der Blick über den See bis zu den Voralpen begeistern jährlich tausende Besucher. Die Konstanzer sind zu recht stolz auf ihre Stadt und ihre abwechslungsreiche Geschichte. Im ersten Jahrhundert v. Chr. siedelten Kelten im Gebiet der heutigen Niederburg;... Read more

The Routes of Man

By: Ted Conover

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the hopes and fears of those who travel them. With his marvelous eye for detail and his contagious enthusiasm, Ted Conover explores... Read more

The Tree Where Man Was Born

By: Peter Matthiessen

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic volume, Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully and magically portrays the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years: the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator... 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

Stuttgarter Sagen und Legenden

By: Katharina Hammann & Kristina Hammann

Narrated by: Michael Nowack

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Gründungszeit der heutigen Großstadt geht zurück ins Jahr 945. Herzog Liudolf von Schwaben errichtete am Neckar ein Pferdegestüt, den Stutengarten, von dessen Name sichoffenbar auch das heutige Stuttgart ableitet. Im Laufe der Zeit erblühte der Stutengarten und gedieh seinem Besitzer, dem Herzog Luitolf von Schwaben, zu großem Vorteil.... Read more

Spiral Jetta

By: Erin Hogan

Narrated by: JoAnna Perrin

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and... Read more

My River Chronicles

By: Jessica DuLong

Narrated by: Jessica Dulong

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2001, journalist Jessica DuLong ditched her dot-com desk job for the diesel engines of a rusty antique fireboat, the John J. Harvey, and the storied waters of the Hudson. My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson tells the story of this mechanic's daughter and Stanford graduate who had left her blue-collar upbringing behind... Read more

K2

By: Ed Viesturs & David Roberts

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top

At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in... Read more

Esslinger Sagen und Legenden

By: Christine Giersberg

Narrated by: Heiner Giersberg

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Esslingen ist eine der wenigen Städte Deutschlands, die im zweiten Weltkrieg von nennenswerten Zerstörungen verschont blieb und sich ihren ursprünglichen mittelalterlichen Charme bewahren konnte. Deshalb verfügt die Stadt noch über viele mittelalterliche Sehenswürdigkeiten. Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung Esslingens stammt aus dem Jahr 777, als... Read more

Autumn Rambles: New England

By: Hunter Publishing

Narrated by: Lesley Keene

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook presents 14 routes to explore New England during the autumn, covering hidden side roads and hiking trails, shops, scenic areas, and historic sites. A listing is included of fairs, festivals, places of interest and accommodation, with telephone numbers and addresses. Read more

Growing Up, Growing Old and Going Fishing at the End of the Road - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A collection of short stories from The Big Garage on Clear Shot chronicles the offbeat lives of the colorful inhabitants of The End of the Road, a small town in Alaska. Read more

The Last Decent Parking Place in North America - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bodett offers his keen, unforgettable observations of the lives of the peopleof Homer, Alaska, who "just ended up there, and stayed." Read more

The Better Part of the Road - Abridged

By: Tom Bodett

Narrated by: Tom Bodett

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The author of The End of the Road and Small Comforts returns to his fictional Alaska town, The End of the Road, to present more unforgettable stories about its colorful inhabitants and their doings. Read more

The Possibility of Everything

By: Hope Edelman

Narrated by: Hope Edelman

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Motherless Daughters, here is the real-life story of one woman’s search for a cure to her family’s escalating troubles and the leap of faith that took her on a journey to an exotic place and a new state of mind.In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her... Read more

Andrew Zimmern visits Singapore

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more

The Bizarre Truth

By: Andrew Zimmern

Narrated by: Andrew Zimmern

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in... Read more