Art audiobooks

Documentary Film

By: Patricia Aufderheide

Narrated by: Tamara Marston

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide,... Read more

The Housewives

By: Brian Moylan

Narrated by: Brian Moylan

Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From Brian Moylan, the writer of Vulture’s legendary Real Housewives recaps, a table-flipping, finger-pointing, halter-topping VIP journey through reality TV’s greatest saga…

In the spring of 2006, a new kind of show premiered on Bravo: The Real Housewives of Orange County. Its stars were tanned, taut, and bedazzled; their homes were echoey... Read more

The Renaissance

By: Jerry Brotton

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

More than ever before, the Renaissance stands out as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics, and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world.




In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton... Read more

Morowa Yejidé: Creatures of Passage

By: Morowa Yejidé

Narrated by: Mary Kay Zuravleff

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

River Bend hosted a virtual event celebrating the release of Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé. The event featured authors Morowa Yejidé and Tananarive Due in conversation with Mary Kay Zuravleff. A discussion of magical realism, horror, and contemporary Black literature. Read more

الله يرد خطاك - رحلة طلال مداح الأخيرة

By: خلف جابر

Narrated by: ماجد سليم

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

من سلسلة ألف سيرة وسيرة. كان مداح طفلًا محبوبًا، رزقه الله بلثغة خفيفة؛ جعلت الجميع يلتفون حوله كلما عاد من دروسه؛ جامعين له كل كلمة أحتوت حرف الراء؛ ليسمعوا تلك اللثغة الخفيفة التي أحبوها منه، ثم يقهقهون بعدها ويحتضنونه. لازمت العناية الإلهية الطفل في التربية والبيئة، فوضعت له في طريقه الأصدقاء الجيدين، فهوايته للفن تحتاج إلى صاحب، وقد كان؛... Read more

شكسبير.. لعنة سارق الغزلان

By: خلف جابر

Narrated by: خالد الذهبي

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

من سلسلة ألف سيرة وسيرة. وها هي Bacon تقف أمام قبر شكسبير. تقرأ الكلمات المحفورة على شاهد قبره "ليبارك الله من يحفظ هذه الأحجار ويلعن ذلك الذي يحرك عظامي"، لتجد نفسها بعد أن جاوز عمرها أربعة عقود، ترتعد فرائصها، وقد تنملت أطرافها، عاجزة أن تقترب من قبره، لا أن تنبشه كما نوت. إذ ربما انتصرت لعنة صاحب القبر، أو ربما خافت صدق مقولته، فإن لم يكن... Read more

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, In Jail or Touched Up My Nan

By: Raul Kohli

Narrated by: Raul Kohli

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Raul Kohli grew up with many heroes. All have been exposed as racists, sex pests and even vapers. From Louis CK to R Kelly to even Gandhi. But is everyone that ever lived truly a horrid bag of crap? Or are society's standards changing at a rate that humanity is just not ready for? Read more

Quarantine Session #50: Hermione Lee + Tom Stoppard

By: Hermione Lee

Narrated by: Tom Stoppard

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

To celebrate the launch of her highly anticipated biography Tom Stoppard: A Life, venerated biographer Hermione Lee interviews Stoppard himself in an affectionate and witty accompaniment to the book. The biographer and the playwright -- both knighted by the British crown -- talk through Stoppard's life from his childhood in Darjeeling, his... Read more

A Comedian's Prayer Book

By: Frank Skinner

Narrated by: Frank Skinner

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Comedian and TV and radio host Frank Skinner talking to his biggest audience yet - God.

A Comedian's Prayer Book. The title is a worry, isn't it?...

God is a tough audience as far as audible response is concerned, but at least you don't have to explain the references. In this collection of prayers, much-loved comedian, broadcaster and radio host... Read more

Artisan Sourdough Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Delicious Handcrafted Bread with Minimal Kneading

By: Emilie Raffa

Narrated by: Joseph Bader

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Easy Way to Bake Bread at HomeAll You Need Is Flour, Water and Salt to Get Started!Many bakers speak of their sourdough starter as if it has a magical life of its own, so it can be intimidating to those new to the sourdough world; fortunately with Artisan Sourdough Made Simple, Emilie Raffa removes the fear and proves that baking with... Read more

من هو الغبي، المثقف أم المتلقي؟

By: أحمد مشرف

Narrated by: أحمد مشرف

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

من هو الغبي، المثقف أم المتلقي؟ مدوان هي سلسلة مقالات فكرية قصيرة، يتناول فيها المُقدِّمون عدة مواضيع تساهم بجعل الحياة أفضل قليلًا، بعيدًا عن الدين والسياسة والقضايا الاجتماعية. نتحدث فيها عن العمل، الإنتاجية، الصحة، العلاقات والفنون. Read more

Full Spectrum

By: Adam Rogers

Narrated by: Michael Crouch

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

"Informative and entertaining...Rogers is a seasoned raconteur, unreeling an eons-spanning tale with skill." —Wall Street Journal

A lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world, from the best-selling author of Proof: The Science of Booze

From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced... Read more

Talk Art

By: Russell Tovey & Robert Diament

Narrated by: Jerry Saltz, James Corden, Russell Tovey & Robe...

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"All we wanted to do was make art accessible, non-academic, non-elitist, gossipy and fun" - Russell Tovey, quoted in the New York Times

Engaging, informative and open to everyone, Talk Art established itself as the must-listen cultural podcast in both the UK and the US, and it has now garnered 1.5 million downloads. With infectious enthusiasm,... Read more

Lies meinen Text! - Wilfried malmsheimert, Jochen schmicklert

By: Wilfried Schmickler & Jochen Malmsheimer

Narrated by: Wilfried Schmickler & Jochen Malmsheimer

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Was trägt uns durch die Pandemie? Allein die Kraft der Poesie." (J. Malmsheimer) Jochen Malmsheimer und Wilfried Schmickler, zwei Meister des Kabaretts, finden sich bei diesem ersten Texte- und Stimmentausch aus der neuen WortArt-Reihe "Lies meinen Text!" zu einem höchst unterhaltsamen Zweierlei zusammen, wenn der eine die Texte des anderen... Read more

The mugal empire

By: Parvesh singh

Narrated by: Parvesh singh

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Mughal, Mogul or Moghul Empire, was an early modern empire in South Asia. For some two centuries, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus basin in the west, northern Afghanistan Read more

Nick Rado: On Trend

By: Nick Rado

Narrated by: Nick Rado

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

On-Trend: Conforming to the latest fashion; or in Nick’s case, a sarcastic summary of how being married to a yoga instructor has changed his life from a sports watching, beer drinking kiwi bloke to a world of essential oils, occasional chairs and emotional goal setting. The special was filmed in New Zealand, one of the few countries in the world... Read more

Quarantine Session #49: Priyanka Champaneri + Grace Talusan

By: Priyanka Champaneri

Narrated by: Grace Talusan

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Priyanka Champaneri presents her new book The City of Good Death, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, in conversation with a past winner of the prize, Grace Talusan. In their discussion of Priyanka's novel set in Varanasi, India, a tale full of memory, ritual, and the uncanny, the two authors talk about personal and... Read more

The story of ravana

By: Deepak dalal

Narrated by: Deepak dalal

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Ravana was a demon king of Lanka and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana and its adaptations Read more

Billie Eilish

By: Billie Eilish

Narrated by: Billie Eilish, Maggie Baird & Patrick O'Connell

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary recording artist Billie Eilish walks us through personal highlights and moments from the book as she reflects on photos from her life and career - both on and off the stage - for the first time in this fascinating audio accompaniment.

Billie Eilish is a 21st-century global pop phenomenon. Uncompromising and unapologetic, between her... Read more

The New Radio Adventures of Gunsmoke, Vol. 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

William Conrad stars as US Marshal Matt Dillon in radio’s greatest adult Western series, Gunsmoke—the story of the violence that moved west with young America—and the story of a man who moved with it.“Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that’s with a US Marshal and... Read more

The Cavalcade of America, Vol. 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Cavalcade of America dramatized the greatest events in American history and featured the biggest names in Hollywood!In 1935, the DuPont Company chose to enhance its image by dramatizing great events in American history to an audience of millions each week on The Cavalcade of America. The dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly... Read more

Ladies of Suspense, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Suspense … Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution … until the last possible moment!Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred... Read more

The Adventures of Frank Race, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

After the war, most OSS Agents returned home to their normal lives, but for Frank Race, he became a troubleshooter and insurance investigator. Enjoy sixteen of his exciting radio adventures!World War II changed the lives of many Americans. People moved from civilian careers to often radically different lives in the military. The Office of... Read more

Classic Radio's Comedy Duos, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Golden Age of radio featured many of the greatest comedy teams of all time, and this collection features the best of the best!This sixteen-episode collection includes the greatest comedy teams of the Golden Age of radio and includes Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Abbott & Costello, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Fibber McGee &... Read more