Art audiobooks

Ancient & Prehistoric Civilizations

By: Martin K. Ettington

Narrated by: Martin K. Ettington

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

There are many civilizations which existed in pre-history and most of them are now lost to our knowledge and ken. Many of them were lost when the Oceans rose during the melting from the last Ice Age. Some were just buried and have recently come to lightIn this book we examine many of these lesser known civilizations and cities and look at some... Read more

The Finest Hours of The Second World War: Midway

By: José Delgado

Narrated by: Drew Crosby

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

MidwayAfter the naval battle in Midway the U.S.A. regain the leading drive of the war in the Pacific. Read more

Frida in America

By: Celia Stahr

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know todayMexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country... Read more

Voice Over Secrets

By: Elroy Spoonface Powell

Narrated by: Elroy Spoonface Powell

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you here because you've been told you have a 'great voice’? Are you pivoting, just starting out or have you been in the industry for a while and hit a wall? Are you feeling a little lost, isolated or struggling with consistency?

You're in the right place.

22 professionals give their best insights on the voice over industry. Bypass years of... Read more

Adventures in the Screen Trade

By: William Goldman

Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel

Length: 13 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Now available as an audiobook for the first time!

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for... Read more

Hollywood Black

By: Donald Bogle & Turner Classic Movies

Narrated by: Donald Bogle

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The films, the stars, the filmmakers-all get their due in Hollywood Black, a sweeping overview of blacks in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle.


The story opens in the silent film era, when white actors in blackface often played black characters, but... Read more

How to Make Mistakes On Purpose

By: Laurie Rosenwald

Narrated by: Laurie Rosenwald

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on Laurie Rosenwald's popular workshop, How to Make Mistakes On Purpose reveals an intuitive, entertaining way to come up with truly original ideas.
 Three generations of humans have now been molded into results-oriented workers who cannot mess up, and therefore may never innovate either. Shared software, skills, and experiences equal no... Read more

Plunder

By: Cynthia Saltzman

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Cynthia Saltzman's Plunder recounts the fate of Paolo Veronese's Wedding Feast at Cana, a vast, sublime canvas that the French, under the command of the young Napoleon Bonaparte, tore from a wall of the monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, on an island in Venice, in 1797. Painted in 1563 during the Renaissance, the picture was immediately hailed... Read more

Tacky

By: Rax King

Narrated by: Rax King

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

An irreverent and charming collection of deeply personal essays about the joys of low pop culture and bad taste, exploring coming of age in the 2000s in the age of Hot Topic, Creed, and frosted lip gloss—from the James Beard Award-nominated writer of the Catapult column "Store-Bought Is Fine”

Tacky is about the power of pop... Read more

Van Gogh and the Artists He Loved

By: Steven Naifeh

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The compelling story of how Vincent van Gogh developed his audacious, iconic style by immersing himself in the work of others, featuring paintings by Van Gogh as well as the artists who inspired him—from the New York Times bestselling co-author of Van Gogh: The Life

Vincent van Gogh’s paintings look utterly unique—his vivid palette and boldly... Read more

Murakami T

By: Haruki Murakami

Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami’s extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public.

Considered "the world's most popular cult novelist" (The Guardian), Haruki Murakami has written books that have galvanized... Read more

You Are Here (For Now)

By: Adam J. Kurtz

Narrated by: Adam J. Kurtz

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

An honest and relatable guide to figuring out where you’re headed—and feeling okay in the meantime.


When life feels uncertain, or just plain out of control, making intentional choices can help us move forward and find our way. Sometimes all it takes is a gentle nudge, but for anyone waiting for that big, obvious sign from the universe: This is... Read more

Picturing Peter Bogdanovich

By: Peter Tonguette

Narrated by: Charles Constant

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over the next decade. Riding the success of What's Up, Doc? (1972)and Paper Moon (1973), Bogdanovich became a bona fide celebrity, making regular appearances... Read more

Mae West

By: Jill Watts

Narrated by: Holly Palance

Length: 17 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by... Read more

Fast, Cheap & Written That Way

By: John Gaspard

Narrated by: Jim Cunningham, Andy Morantz, Ash Steel, Chris ...

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s like taking a Master Class in screenwriting … all in one book!Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice."I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."—Stuart... Read more

Sex On Soaps: Afternoon Love & Lust On Television Daytime Dramas

By: Matthew W. Grant

Narrated by: Jeannie Lin

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Sex On Soaps looks at love and lust on television daytime dramas. It's a must read for any soap fan, student of the genre, or anyone interested in the presentation of sexual content on television.SECTION 1 – SEX ON SOAPSEnjoying the dual role of soap fan and soap researcher, Matthew W. Grant earned his degree in Mass Communications after... Read more

Beeswing

By: Richard Thompson

Narrated by: Richard Thompson

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of 2021

“Thompson is a master showman . . .  [Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobiography would be . . . It’s both major and minor, dirge and ditty, light on its feet but packing a punch.”
—The Wall Street Journal

Now Featuring an Interview with Elvis Costello
 
In this moving, immersive,... Read more

Effective Communication Skills

By: Michael Cooper

Narrated by: Craig Hannaway

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have been struggling with communication or undermining its importance in life, this book is reawakening. It may just offer you a solution to the failures you may have been experiencing in the various realms of life.Effective communication is a discipline that has evolved. This is due to the fact communication is a means of interaction... Read more

The Official Amazing Race Travel Companion

By: Elise Doganieri

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover unique destinations and take your vacation plans to the next level with these travel ideas from the official companion to the blockbuster reality show, The Amazing Race.

For more than twenty years, The Amazing Race has introduced viewers to unique travel destinations in ninety-two countries across the globe. Pairing challenges with... Read more

My Moment

By: Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy, Chely Wright &...

Narrated by: Kristin Chenoweth, Kathy Najimy, Chely Wright, ...

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves—including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, Brandi Carlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among others.

This powerful essay collection is a... Read more

The Ballerina Mindset

By: Megan Fairchild

Narrated by: Megan Fairchild

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like.

Ballet may look glamorous and effortless to audience members, but it requires grueling discipline. It's a competitive and physically and mentally demanding career that... Read more

And the Category Is.

By: Ricky Tucker

Narrated by: Ricky Tucker

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Nonfiction

An Electric Literature “Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of 2022” Selection

A love letter to the legendary Black and Latinx LGBTQ underground subculture, uncovering its abundant legacy and influence in popular culture.

What is Ballroom? Not a song, a documentary, a catchphrase, a TV show, or an... Read more

The Club King

By: Peter Gatien

Narrated by: Braden Wright

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A behind-the-scenes look at the meteoric rise and stunning takedown of a nightclub empire, by the man who held the reins.Limelight, Tunnel, Club USA, and Palladium—the cutting-edge, insanely successful, and notoriously decadent clubs that dominated New York City’s entertainment scene, their influences reverberating around the world. Across four... Read more

The Big Goodbye

By: Sam Wasson

Narrated by: Sam Wasson

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece. Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the... Read more