Skip to main content
Search Button
New Zealand Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

Reference & Language Audiobooks

If you like Reference & Language Audiobooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 38921 Results
Skip side bar filters

  • Audiobook

    Conversational Phrases Japanese Audiobook

    Level 1 - Absolute Beginner

    by JapanesePod101.com, Innovative Language Learning ...
    Narrated by JapanesePod101.com ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Conversational Phrases Japanese

    Unabridged

    4 hours 18 min

    Are you trying to learn Japanese…but having trouble speaking?Do you struggle coming up with your own Japanese sentences?Are you tired of not understanding how Japanese grammar works?If you answered yes to any of these questions, …...then the Conversational Phrases Audiobook, Level 1 - Absolute Beginner is for you!In this beginner-level Audiobook, you will master over 25 common sentence patterns ... Read more

    $39.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Think Faster, Talk Smarter

    by Matt Abrahams ...
    Narrated by Matt Abrahams ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 11 min

    Stanford lecturer and host of the #1 business podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams, reveals the secrets to finding the right words when it counts.Communication is crucial to success in life and business. However, it is not just big speeches that matter: it is also those critical, spur-of-the-moment situations for which we cannot prepare.A prospective client asking unexpected questions ... Read more

    $41.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    日花閃爍：台語的美麗詞彙&一百首詩

    by 温若喬 ...
    Narrated by 温若喬 ...
    Series series 新人間

    Unabridged

    4 hours 10 min

    是日花，也是字花上媠上入心的詩冊有聲書全書由作者台語、華語親聲朗讀IG 10萬追蹤ohtaigi學台語　作家温若喬首部詩集Threads人氣系列「台語裡獨有的美麗詞彙」延伸百首成冊日花（ji̍t-hue），指陽光穿過雲間或葉縫、於地面等處形成碎花般的光影。「出日花仔」，曾是這座島嶼對天賜流光的美麗呼喊。新生代詩人温若喬作品起因於某天下午在公園散步時，看見午後陽光穿過樹葉縫隙，一閃一閃的光影令她屏息，後來終於知道，台語將如此美景稱為「日花」，從此沉浸於1931年《台日大辭典》、《教育部台語辭典》與各式日常語料中，探尋鮮為人知的美麗台語詞彙，引以成詩。一百首詩，是綺麗美景，也是人間七情的溫柔暖語。任何語言皆是有俗有雅，這本詩集，顛覆人們對台語只能流俗的既有想像。台語的細緻與典雅、繽紛與生動，皆蘊藏在其豐富的用語及聲韻中，... ... Read more

    $24.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Maori Made Easy

    For Everyday Learners of the Maori Language

    by Scotty Morrison ...
    Narrated by Scotty Morrison ...

    Unabridged

    29 hours 57 min

    Let te reo Maori advocate and expert Scotty Morrison teach you the basics of the Maori language in easy 30-minute lessons - anywhere, anytime.Scotty's bestselling Maori Made Easy books and workbooks in print have already helped over 100,000 people on their journey to learn te reo Maori.Now, the same great resource is available in audio, voiced by the author himself.By committing just 30 minutes at ... Read more

    $45.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    The Reversal

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Narrated by Peter Giles ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Mickey Haller Series

    Unabridged

    11 hours 32 min

    Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this ... Read more

    $43.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Beginner Level French Short Stories

    A Collection of 30 Easy Tales to Learn French Vocabulary

    by Fluency Pro ...
    Narrated by Fred Eric Ngangue ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 13 min

    Learning a new language can seem like an impossible task, but with the help of Beginner Level French Short Stories, you'll feel confident and proud of your abilities in no time! With interesting stories to help you remember key vocabulary, you'll feel like you're improving quickly! Even if you have very little experience with the French language, this book will help you get started and make the ... Read more

    $29.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Bullet Journal Method

    Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

    by Ryder Carroll ...
    Narrated by Ryder Carroll ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTransform your life using the Bullet Journal Method, the revolutionary organisational system and worldwide phenomenon.The Bullet Journal Method will undoubtedly transform your life, in more ways than you can imagine’ Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle MorningIn his long-awaited first book, Ryder Carroll, the creator of the enormously popular Bullet Journal organi... ... Read more

    $34.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Tsqelmucwílc

    The Kamloops Indian Residential School―Resistance and a Reckoning

    by Celia Haig-Brown, Garry Gottfriedson, Randy Fred ...
    Narrated by Sarah Gervais ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    In May 2021, the world was shocked by news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetrating radar confirmed the vestiges of children as young as three on this site of the infamous residential school system, which systematically removed children from their families and brought them to the ... Read more

    $39.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The War on Drugs

    A History

    Narrated by Barry Abrams ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 13 min

    Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the United States government has spent over a trillion dollars fighting a losing battle. In recent years, about 1.5 million people have been arrested annually on drug charges—most of them involving cannabis—and nearly 500,000 Americans are currently incarcerated for drug offenses. Today, as a response to the dire human and ... Read more

    $50.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The Wedding People

    The hilarious and moving million-copy bestseller

    by Alison Espach ...
    Narrated by Helen Laser ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 37 min

    The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction'Best read of the year' THE TIMES'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN'Sharp, funny and a joy to read' OBSERVERPhoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing he... ... Read more

    $49.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Breath

    Improve your health and wellbeing by discovering the lost art of breathing

    by James Nestor ...
    Narrated by James Nestor ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 56 min

    Narrated by James Nestor.THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEAS HEARD ON STEVEN BARTLETT'S 'DIARY OF A CEO'There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.In Breath, a book that has changed ... Read more

    $29.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    A Song for the Dark Times

    The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

    by Ian Rankin ...
    Narrated by James Macpherson ...
    Series Audiobook 23 - A Rebus Novel

    Unabridged

    11 hours 1 min

    From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.'THE TIMES* * * * *'He's gone...'When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two day... ... Read more

    Was $43.99 NZD Now $12.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    A Heart Full of Headstones

    The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS

    by Ian Rankin ...
    Narrated by James Macpherson ...
    Series Audiobook 24 - A Rebus Novel

    Unabridged

    11 hours 42 min

    THE BRAND NEW REBUS THRILLER FROM THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE MUST-READ NOVELS OF THE YEAR.'I loved it - Rebus is one of fiction's greatest creations' MARIAN KEYESJohn Rebus stands accused: the once legendary detective is on trial, facing the rest of his life behind bars.How does a hero turn villain?Or have times changed, and the rules with them?Detective Inspector Siobhan C... ... Read more

    Was $49.99 NZD Now $12.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    A Leadership Fable

    by Patrick Lencioni ...
    Narrated by Charles Stransky ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 43 min

    After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and nothing excited her more than a challenge. What she could not have known when she accepted the job, ... Read more

    $29.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    The Dark Hours

    Inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime series BALLARD

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver ...
    Series series Ballard and Bosch

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCHA CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS. AND ONE THAT'S JUST BEGUN...**'An authentic, topical and terrifying thriller: one of Michael Connelly's very best'THE TIMES'Yet another superb thriller from a writer at the top of his game'SUNDAY ... ... Read more

    $43.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Desert Star

    Inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime series BALLARD

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver ...
    Series series Ballard and Bosch

    Unabridged

    9 hours 37 min

    THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCHSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET. OTHERS YOU CAN'T FORGIVE.Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance to revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is she must first unravel an unsolved murder, or lose this opportunity of a lifetime...<st... ... Read more

    $43.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    The Waiting

    Inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime series BALLARD

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Narrated by Christine Lakin, Madison Lintz, Titus Welliver ...
    Series series Ballard and Bosch

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game."MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES****IN COLD CASES,IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU.IT'S THE WAITING.LAPD D... ... Read more

    $58.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Midnight and Blue

    The Instant Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller - 'Unmissable' (Mick Herron)

    by Ian Rankin ...
    Narrated by James Macpherson ...
    Series Audiobook 25 - A Rebus Novel

    Unabridged

    10 hours 22 min

    The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.'Rebus in jail and better than ever ... Surprising, gripping and witty. Rankin has taken the police procedural and transformed into an epic character study of a man and his city ... Nobody does it better.'THE TIMES* * * * *JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A... ... Read more

    Was $58.99 NZD Now $12.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    How to Change Your Mind

    The New Science of Psychedelics

    by Michael Pollan ...
    Narrated by Michael Pollan ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 41 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness, written and read by Michael Pollan.When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as ... Read more

    $27.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Just F*cking Do It

    Stop Playing Small. Transform Your Life.

    by Noor Hibbert ...
    Narrated by Noor Hibbert ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    'NOOR HIBBERT IS A FORCE OF NATURE AND HER BOOK IS A CANDID, NO-BULLSH*T BLUEPRINT FOR LIVING YOUR MOST AMAZING LIFE. INVIGORATING AND INSPIRING!' Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ckJUST F*CKING DO IT will take you on a mind-altering journey of self discovery and personal transformation using an approach which combines psychological ... Read more

    $39.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    Pimsleur Spanish Level 1 Lesson 1

    Learn to Speak, Understand, and Read Spanish with Pimsleur Language Programs

    by Pimsleur ...
    Narrated by Pimsleur ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Pimsleur Digital

    Unabridged

    31 min

    The Pimsleur® Method has worked for millions all over the world. Totally portable; simple to use; Pimsleur works so you don’t have to. Spanish Level 1, Lesson 1 contains 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. The lesson contains full ... Read more

    Free

  • Audiobook

    Cultish

    The Language of Fanaticism

    by Amanda Montell ...
    Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 21 min

    “One of those life-changing reads that makes you see—or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of Followers“At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, Cultish is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that you don't realize you're in one till it's too late.”—Refinery29.comThe New York Times-bestselling author of The Age of ... Read more

    $49.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    The Internet Con

    How to Seize the Means of Computation

    by Cory Doctorow ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 6 min

    When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extaction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the ... Read more

    $0.99 NZD

  • Audiobook

    The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

    by Joel F. Harrington ...
    Narrated by Jame Gillies ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 39 min

    Based on the rare and until now overlooked journal of a Renaissance-era executioner, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington's The Faithful Executioner takes us deep inside the alien world and thinking of Meister Frantz Schmidt of Nuremberg, who, during forty-five years as a professional executioner, personally put to death 394 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured many hundreds more. ... Read more

    $29.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus