Travel audiobooks

Eiger Dreams

By: Jon Krakauer

Narrated by: Philip Franklin

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant victories and hardships more brilliantly than Jon Krakauer. . In this collection of thirteen of his finest essays and reporting – including the essay, “Is Yosemite Going To The Dogs” – Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo... Read more

L'Appart

By: David Lebovitz

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-Pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one's life. Includes dozens of new recipes.
 
When David Lebovitz... Read more

Nourished

By: Lia Huber

Narrated by: Lia Huber

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A noted entrepreneur, food writer, and recipe developer serves up an evocative adventure story abouther quest to find healing, meaning, and a place at the table.
 
Hunger comes to us in many forms, writes Lia Huber—we long to be satisfied not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. Nourished invites readers on Huber’s... Read more

The Life of a Scilly Sergeant

By: Colin Taylor

Narrated by: Kris Dyer

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor, read by Kris Dyer.

‘Policing is like this everywhere but not everywhere is Scilly’

Meet Sergeant Colin Taylor, he has been a valuable member of the police force for over twenty years, five of which have been spent policing the ‘quiet’ Isles of Scilly, a... Read more

The Road to Sleeping Dragon

By: Michael Meyer

Narrated by: David Shih

Length: 13 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1995, at the age of twenty-three, Michael Meyer joined the Peace Corps and, after rejecting offers to go to seven other countries, was sent to a tiny town in Sichuan. Knowing nothing about China, or even how to use chopsticks, Meyer wrote Chinese words up and down his arms so he could hold conversations, and, per a Communist dean's orders,... Read more

Flâneuse

By: Lauren Elkin

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of the cultural critic Lauren Elkin. In her wonderfully gender-bending new book, the flâneuse is a "determined, resourceful individual keenly attuned to the creative... Read more

I Hear She's a Real Bitch

By: Jen Agg

Narrated by: Jen Agg

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A sharp and candid memoir from a star in the restaurant world, and an up-and-coming literary voice.


Toronto restaurateur Jen Agg, the woman behind the popular The Black Hoof, Cocktail Bar, Rhum Corner, and Agrikol restaurants, is known for her frank, crystal-sharp and often hilarious observations and ideas on the restaurant industry and the world... Read more

Vom Angsthasen zum Abenteurer

By: Nima Ashoff

Narrated by: Nima Ashoff

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Wir haben Angst, eine falsche Entscheidung zu treffen. Wir fürchten uns vor der Zukunft, leben Selbstzweifel oder klammern uns an die Meinungen anderer Leute. Angst ist ein Gefühl, das jeder von uns kennt. Es wird von körperlichen Symptomen begleitet und kann die unterschiedlichsten Formen annehmen, etwa als Platzangst, Verarmungsangst, Angst... Read more

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1839, two years after graduating from Harvard, Henry David Thoreau and his older brother, John, took a boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John’s sudden death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion during his stay at Walden Pond. Modern readers have... Read more

How to Read Nature

By: Tristan Gooley

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Nobody wakes up in the morning and decides to shut down their senses and stumble through each day in an oblivious bubble, and yet some people end up having much richer experiences than others. In this guidebook, natural navigator Tristan Gooley strives to reawaken our senses to help us understand and deepen our personal experience of nature. His... Read more

To the New Owners

By: Madeleine Blais

Narrated by: Laura Copland

Length: 8 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. 2.2 miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack—it had no electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect.



Sitting on Tisbury Great... Read more

Russia

By: Abraham Ascher

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise introduction to Russian history.



Newly updated on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, it covers the growing political tensions between Russia and its neighbors, and the mounting divergence between Russian... Read more

The Comfort Food Diaries

By: Emily Nunn

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A former New Yorker editor chronicles her journey to heal old wounds and find comfort in the face of loss through travel, friends and family, and home-cooked meals in this memoir “full of warm, bracing honesty…humor and paradox…and sprinkled liberally with the type of recipes that will make book club members say, ‘I could make that!’” (Booklist,... Read more

Wrecking Ball: A Big Lad From a Small Island - My Story So Far

By: Billy Vunipola

Narrated by: Nathan Turner

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Wrecking Ball is a captivating and humorous memoir by Billy Vunipola, one of the stars of England's recent rugby renaissance, and will be enjoyed by those who have read the recent autobiographies by Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O'Driscoll, Dan Carter and Paul O'Connell.

Standing at 6 feet 2 inches and weighing almost 20 stone, Billy is a rampaging and... Read more

Viajar para Trascender (Travel as Transformation)

By: Gregory V. Diehl

Narrated by: Xavi Parellada

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

De vivir en una camioneta en las calles de San Diego, a cultivar chocolate con las tribus indígenas en Centroamérica, a enseñar en Oriente Medio y a hacer voluntariado en África, el autor de éxitos de ventas Gregory V. Diehl ha seguido un camino mundano y poco convencional. Dejando su casa en California cuando era adolescente, pasó a vivir y... Read more

The Pursuit of Italy

By: David Gilmour

Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan

Length: 19 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? These questions are asked and answered in a number of ways in this engaging, original consideration of the many histories that contribute to the brilliance—and weakness—of Italy today.



David Gilmour's ex­ploration... Read more

Border

By: Kapka Kassabova

Narrated by: Corrie James

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria, from where she emigrated as a girl twenty-five years previously, to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece. When she was a child, the border zone was rumored to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall, and it swarmed with... Read more

Beyond the Castle

By: Jody Jean Dreyer

Narrated by: Jody Jean Dreyer

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

When the credits roll and you've left the park, when your Disney day is over, how do you take the magic with you into your everyday work and life?Jody Jean Dreyer worked for the Walt Disney Company for 30 years and in Beyond the Castle she shares one-of-a-kind stories and insights into what sets the Disney experience apart, as well as secrets to... Read more

Mirror to Damascus

By: Colin Thubron

Narrated by: Seán Barrett

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Described by the author as simply "a work of love", Mirror to Damascus provides an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well as being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemorial layers of culture and... Read more

Irresistible to Tourists, has Venice Become Unwelcoming to its Inhabitants?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Venice has long been a city of trade and travelers, but Venetians now feel tourism is squeezing them out. The city is currently losing about 1,000 residents every year as the cost of housing rises and mass tourism poses a threat to food, culture and the Venetian way of life. Special correspondent Christopher Livesay reports on what's behind the... Read more

Adventure Junkie

By: Howie Junkie

Narrated by: How-To Junkie

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Adventure Junkie":

Howdy friend, who wants "to be adventurous, get rid of boredom, and make life interesting,"

Life must really suck for you if you're reading this - and I don't mean that in any disrespectful or rude way. I'm simply saying your life is probably not as exciting or interesting as... Read more

The Honey Farm on the Hill

By: Jo Thomas

Narrated by: Rachel Atkins

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

JO THOMAS' HEART-WARMING NEW NOVEL SUNSET OVER THE CHERRY ORCHARD IS AVILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

Jo Thomas's irresistible novel transports you straight to the mountains of Crete. A gorgeous, sun-filled new read from the author of THE OYSTER CATCHER, THE OLIVE BRANCH, and LATE SUMMER IN THE VINEYARD.

We never forget the one who got away.

Eighteen... Read more

The Old Patagonian Express

By: Paul Theroux

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 16 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip. Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the... Read more

Traveling Junkie

By: Howie Junkie

Narrated by: How-To Junkie

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Traveling Junkie":

Howdy friend, who wants "to travel for vacation on a budget,"

Let me guess, you are looking for a getaway. By getaway, I mean vacation. Ah yes, the vacation that you've been dreaming about all year. Well you certainly deserved to! After all, what's the point of living and not... Read more