Cultish
By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
“One of those life-changing reads that makes you see— or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of FollowersThe author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate... Read more
View audiobookWordslut
By: Amanda Montell
Narrated by: Amanda Montell
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met CassidyA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images for... Read more
View audiobookOn Writing
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, Joe Hill & Owen King
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him... Read more
1000 Words
By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Jami Attenberg, Kamali Minter, Joy Osmanski & A...
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A USA TODAY Bestseller
A Washington Post Bestseller
Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer’s guide features encouraging essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg Wolitzer, and Carmen Maria Machado.
In 2018,... Read more
The Science of Storytelling
By: Will Storr
Narrated by: James Clamp
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among... Read more
View audiobookBefore and After the Book Deal
By: Courtney Maum
Narrated by: Courtney Maum
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Everything you've ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide by acclaimed author Courtney Maum. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book has over 150 contributors from all walks of the industry, including... Read more
View audiobookI Came All This Way to Meet You
By: Jami Attenberg
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Best Book of the Year by: Time * New Yorker * Sunday Times (UK)From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity—and how it saved her life. In this brilliant, fierce, and funny memoir of transformation, Jami Attenberg—described as a “master of modern fiction”... Read more
View audiobookSeveral Short Sentences about Writing
By: Verlyn Klinkenborg
Narrated by: Verlyn Klinkenborg
Length: 4 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It’s the harmful debris of your education—a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing on years of experience as a writer and teacher of writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg offers an approach to writing that will change the way you work and... Read more
View audiobookLiving the Artist's Way
By: Julia Cameron
Narrated by: Eliza Foss
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
"Eliza Foss performs this powerful audiobook in a mature-sounding voice she modulates with skill" —AudioFile on The Listening Path
Discover the revolutionary new Artist’s Way tool, from "the Queen of Change" (New York Times)
In her internationally bestselling book, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron shared with her millions of readers the three main... Read more
Where the Past Begins
By: Amy Tan
Narrated by: Amy Tan & Daniel Halpern
Length: 14 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals herself in a way she never has before, delving into her childhood, adolescence, family history, beginnings as a writer and professional life to explore the answers to questions of purpose and meaning that we all ask ourselves as we get... Read more
View audiobookEmpire of Illusion
By: Chris Hedges
Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
We now live in two Americas. One—now the minority—functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other—the majority—is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. To this majority—which crosses social class lines, though the poor are... Read more
View audiobookPimsleur Polish Level 1 Lessons 1-5
By: Pimsleur
Narrated by: Pimsleur
Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Polish
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Polish — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so you can put it into... Read more
From Where You Dream
By: Robert Olen Butler
Narrated by: Robert Olen Butler
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author "shares his insights into—and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Robert Olen Butler, author of Perfume River, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and A Small Hotel, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University—his version of... Read more
Learn Italian in Your Car
By: Pro Language Learning
Narrated by: Pro Language Learning
Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Learn How to Speak Italian Like a Native in No Time Through These Fun and Interactive Exercises.
Dear listener,
Learning other languages can be a very dull activity – if you don't have this guide to show you the fun way how to do that, of course. This guide combines fun activities, which makes learning more enjoyable and more memorable. It's... Read more
How Dead Languages Work
By: Coulter H. George
Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
Length: 13 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
This volume celebrates six such languages—Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew—by first introducing listeners to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how Homer's Greek shows signs of oral... Read more
View audiobookPimsleur Spanish Level 1
By: Pimsleur
Narrated by: Pimsleur
Length: 18 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Spanish
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Spanish — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so you can put it... Read more
Writing Archetypal Character Arcs
By: K.M. Weiland
Narrated by: Sonja Field
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The Six Transformational Character Arcs of the Human LifeReady to take your story’s character arcs and themes to the next level? This latest book from veteran writing teacher and story theorist K.M. Weiland ventures far beyond the popular and pervasive Hero’s Journey to explore six important archetypal character arcs, representing key moments of... Read more
View audiobook3 Hours to Learn Italian for Travel
By: Bennett Ashford
Narrated by: UPDATE
Length: 5 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Learning Italian is Easier Than You Think, Taking About 3 Hours to Learn The Basics For Travel!Hello, my name is Bennett, and welcome to 3 Hours to Learn Italian for Travel, where you will learn Italian quickly, easily, and in a short period of time.Whether you have finally decided to learn Italian, something you’ve always wanted to do, or you... Read more
View audiobookStory Like You Mean It
By: Dr. Dennis Rebelo
Narrated by: Asa Siegel
Length: 5 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Each of us has a story to share, a mixture of lived experiences—planned and unplanned—that come together and give our existence shape and identity. But in a world where we rely on screens and images for communication and self-expression, do we truly know how to tell our story?
Do you know how to tell yours?
In Story Like You Mean It, Dr.... Read more
Learn Hebrew - Level 5: Advanced Hebrew, Volume 1
By: Innovative Language Learning
Narrated by: HebrewPod101.com
Length: 3 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Want to immerse yourself in the Hebrew language and speak at a native level?
Curious about Israel and the culture?
Then this Audiobook is for you!
With Advanced Hebrew, you get Hebrew-only lessons and learn the all about the country, culture, history, folklore, arts and popular destinations. Along the way, you'll pick up sophisticated expressions... Read more
Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An essential volume for generations of writers young and old. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this modern classic will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. Anne Lamott is "a warm, generous, and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps" (Los Angeles Times).
“Superb... Read more
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
By: John Koenig
Narrated by: John Koenig
Length: 4 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. “ —The Washington Post
A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the... Read more
Dreyer's English
By: Benjamin Dreyer
Narrated by: Benjamin Dreyer & Alison Fraser
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness
“Essential (and delightful!)”—People
We all write, all the time: books, blogs,... Read more
27 Essential Principles of Story
By: Daniel Joshua Rubin
Narrated by: Daniel Joshua Rubin
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”––Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West Wing
A master class of 27 lessons, drawn from 27 diverse narratives, for novelists, storytellers, filmmakers, graphic designers, and more. Author Daniel... Read more