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Central Audiobooks

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    True Stories and Other Rarities: Backpacking in Asia

    by Mark Gowan ...
    Narrated by Mark Gowan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 24 min

    When the lamp hit the wall we knew we needed a change. And change things we did. Very shortly afterwards we sold almost everything we owned, bought backpacks and boots and two one-way tickets to Bangkok Thailand. We didn't know when we were coming back or even where we would go but Bangkok was a start and we needed a new start. Living a quiet life in Denmark, we did what many people talked about ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

    by Eric Newby ...
    Narrated by Richard E. Grant ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 40 min

    A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute couture. Pining for adventure, Newby sent his friend Hugh Carless the now-famous cable – CAN YOU TRAVEL NURISTAN JUNE ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

    by Eric Newby ...
    Narrated by James Bryce ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 41 min

    A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute couture. Pining for adventure, Newby sent his friend Hugh Carless the now-famous cable – CAN YOU TRAVEL NURISTAN JUNE ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

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    Out of Istanbul

    A Journey of Discovery along the Silk Road

    by Bernard Ollivier ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 42 min

    Upon retirement at the age of sixty-two, and grieving his deceased wife, renowned journalist Bernard Ollivier felt a sense of profound emptiness: What do I do now? While some see retirement as a chance to cash in their chips and settle into a comfy armchair, Ollivier still longed for more. Searching for inspiration, he strapped on his gear, donned his hat, and headed out the front door to hike the ... Read more

    $33.92 CAD

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    藝術 X STEM：香港市區觀鳥行 (粵語)

    by 蔡逸俊 ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 36 min

    8條市區觀鳥路線，在鬧市中與鳥邂逅觀鳥一定要到米埔、后海灣等郊外？NO、NO、NO！面積小小的香港有超過570種雀鳥造訪，只要仔細觀察，你就會發現，無論上學、散步，還是逛街，在市區隨時都能觀鳥！本書作者走訪港島及九龍多個地點，設計出8條市區觀鳥路線，更以靈動自然的水彩畫，為大家介紹40種香港可見的留鳥及季候鳥，書中更會帶大家瞭解不同的藝術及STEM知識，除了從科學角度瞭解雀鳥習性及生態、從藝術角度欣賞牠們的羽色與姿態之外，更可跟隨作者手稿，嘗試繪畫出自己眼中的可愛小鳥！ ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Walking to Samarkand

    The Great Silk Road from Persia to Central Asia

    by Bernard Ollivier ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 10 min

    Walking to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier's stunning account of the second leg of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul, Turkey, to Xi'an, China, along the Silk Road—the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time.After crossing the final mountain passes of Turkish Kurdistan, Ollivier sets foot in Iran, keen on locating vestiges of the silk trade as he passes through Persia's ... Read more

    $33.92 CAD

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    Erica op Reis

    Reizen met verwondering

    by Erica Terpstra ...
    Narrated by Erica Terpstra ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 14 min

    Erica Terpstra schetst in haar boek 'Erica op reis' een beeld van de inspirerende en soms wonderlijke landen en culturen die ze bezoekt. Het is gebaseerd op haar gelijknamige tv-programma, waarin ze voor omroep Max de wereld verkent. Tijdens haar reizen spreekt Erica Terpstra niet alleen met de lokale bevolking, maar neemt ze ook deel aan lokale rituelen, gewoonten en gebruiken. In dit boek deelt ... Read more

    $31.70 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Winds of the Steppe

    Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

    by Bernard Ollivier ...
    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 28 min

    Taking listeners from the snows of the Pamir Mountains to the backstreets of Kashgar—a Central Asian city that could be the setting for One Thousand and One Nights—to the Tian Shan Mountains to the endless Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Bernard Ollivier continues his epic foot journey along the Great Silk Road hoping to make his way to Han China and reach ... Read more

    $33.92 CAD

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    Finding George Orwell in Burma

    by Emma Larkin ...
    Narrated by Emily Durante ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    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 mother was born in Burma, and he was shaped by his ... Read more

    $24.42 CAD

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    Schwarzwald - Deine Auszeit im Naturpark

    Erholung in Deutschlands Mittelgebirge: Wanderwege & Kirschtorte

    by Edgar Claussen ...
    Narrated by Alexander (AI) ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 18 min

    Sehnst du dich nach einer echten Auszeit inmitten unberührter Natur? Dann ist dieses Schwarzwald Hörbuch genau der richtige Begleiter für dich. Tauche ein in die faszinierende Welt eines der beliebtesten Reiseziele Deutschlands und lass den Stress des Alltags hinter dir. Dieses Hörerlebnis ist mehr als nur ein klassischer Reiseführer. Es ist deine Eintrittskarte in eine Region voller Mythen, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    I Should Have Left the Whiskey

    Cycling Asia with Heavy Baggage and Relative Density

    by Graham Field ...
    Narrated by Graham Field ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Rambling On

    Unabridged

    10 hours 41 min

    I Should Have Left the Whiskey is the first book in the Rambling On trilogy – compelling tales from a time when motorcycles were left in the shed and global exploration slowed to the pace of cycling.These diaries divulge two very different journeys in Asia: because progressing into enlightened India required some back-pedalling through darkest Thailand en route to China.After impulsively p... ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Happy Isles of Oceania

    Paddling the Pacific

    by Paul Theroux ...
    Narrated by Charlie Anson ...

    Unabridged

    24 hours 8 min

    The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly).In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately ... Read more

    $66.99 CAD

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    В шаге от рая: Правдивая история путешествия тибетского ламы в Страну Бессмертия

    by Томас Шор, Томас Шор ...
    Narrated by Вадим Чернобельский ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 35 min

    В Тибете существуют предания о Стране Бессмертия — потаенной долине, скрытой на склонах горы Канченджанга. Эта долина существует в иной реальности, где нет смерти, болезней и страданий, — но при этом она расположена в нашем мире и не нужно умирать, чтобы попасть туда. В начале 1960-х годов харизматичный лама Тулшук Лингпа вместе с тремя сотнями последователей отправился на поиски потаенной долины. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus