Art audiobooks

De nidos, estrellas y girasoles

By: Mario Iván Martínez

Narrated by: Mario Iván Martínez

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Todos conocemos la obra de Vincent van Gogh, pero ¿sabes cómo fue que se inició en el arte? En una pequeña ciudad en Holanda vive el travieso Vincent van Gogh, un pelirrojo con las mejillas llenas de pecas al que le encanta meterse en problemas. Junto a su inseparable hermano Theo, pasa sus tardes buscando nidos y mirando las estrellas,... Read more

NeuroScience Fiction

By: Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

What if science fiction stopped being fiction? Developments in neuroscience are turning sci-fi scenarios into reality, and causing us to revisit some of the philosophical questions we have been asking ourselves for centuries.Science fiction often takes its inspiration from the latest science . . . and our oldest questions. After all, the two are... Read more

Cave Paintings: The History and Legacy of Prehistoric Man-made Art

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Daniel Houle

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Cave painting falls under the heading of “parietal art,” a term used to note any prehistoric art found on the walls or ceilings of caves. It includes five basic types of work, from stencils of handprints, and other hand and finer marks, to a number of abstract signs and symbols, figurative painting, engraving and relief sculpture. It also... Read more

My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle

By: Yoram Ben-Ami

Narrated by: Nat Segaloff

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

To some, she was the female Tarzan. To others, she was the sexiest pin-up of their teenage years. She was Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. The making of the 1984 movie Sheena was an adventure worthy of a behind-the-scenes book, and that’s what the film’s executive producer, Yoram Ben-Ami, has written in My Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.... Read more

How You Get Famous

By: Nicole Pasulka

Narrated by: Nicky Endres

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A “funny, poignant, dishy, and even enlightening” adventure through a tight-knit world of drag performers making art, mayhem, and dreaming of making it big, this book is “the story of America now” (Alexander Chee, The New York Times).

In How You Get Famous, journalist Nicole Pasulka raucously documents the rebirth of the New York drag scene,... Read more

Quarantine Session #74: Eyal Press + E. Tammy Kim

By: Eyal Press

Narrated by: E. Tammy Kim

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning journalist Eyal Press joined Greenlight to present his groundbreaking, urgent book Dirty Work, which illuminates the moving, sometimes harrowing stories of the people doing the work that society considers essential but morally compromised. Urging us to think about both secrecy and apathy as enabling injustice, Dirty Work reveals... Read more

Quarantine Session #75: Yiyun Li + Alexandra Schwartz

By: Yiyun Li

Narrated by: Alexandra Schwartz

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

When acclaimed author Yiyun Li and A Public Space magaine invited people to read War and Peace together at the start of the pandemic, thousands around the globe joined for an 85-day journey through Tolstoy’s epic novel. Tolstoy Together, based on this experiment, is a book about the art of reading and an invitation to the collective act of book... Read more

A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues

By: Peter Hughes

Narrated by: Peter Hughes

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From antiquity to the present day, this book offers a fascinating insight into the histories, movements and conflicts which have come to shape our world, viewed through the stories of the destruction of 21 statues. 

Confederate soldiers hacked to pieces. A British slave trader dumped in the river. An Aboriginal warrior twice beheaded. A Chinese... Read more

Todo sobre la imagen del éxito

By: Gaby Vargas

Narrated by: Gabriela Ramírez

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Viste para impactar y convencer, destaca en el arte de escuchar y conversar, demuestra clase y estilo. Este es un libro que revela los secretos de un estilo de vida que nos hará sentir a gusto en todo momento. No sólo es un manual de buenas costumbres, sino que también es un espejo en el que podemos proyectar lo mejor de nosotros mismos,... Read more

A Match Made in Venice

By: Leonie Mack

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Escape to Venice with Leonie Mack for the perfect feel-good romantic novel'Wonderfully romantic’ Sandy BarkerEscape to the breathtaking beauty of Venice – The City of Love.When pragmatic, sensible and resolutely single Deirdre York (Didi to her friends) is sent to Venice for work she is determined not to be taken in by the romantic clichés.... Read more

Inventor of the Future

By: Alec Nevala-Lee

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 18 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America’s idea of the future.During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural... Read more

Edgar Allan Poe's: The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe & Jason Markiewitz

Narrated by: Jason Markiewitz, Brennan Villados & Full Cast

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Markiewitz Audioworks Presents Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." This production is a full-cast audio dramatization (with incredible original music and magnificent sound effects) of one of the most revered stories of revenge in literary history. This adaptation takes a unique look into the crime itself and establishes a fresh... Read more

The Most Notorious Art Thefts of the 20th Century: The History and Legacy of Recent Attempts to Steal Valuable Artwork

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Colin Fluxman

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Hans Memling, a painter from Flanders, is the holder of an unfortunate record. He painted a triptych, The Last Judgment, commissioned by Medici banker Angelo Tani. The paintings were intended for a new chapel in Fiesole in Tuscany, near the city of Florence.[1] However, in April 1472, the ship on which they were being transported from Bruges to... Read more

How to Create a Personal Brand in 10 Steps

By: Michael Finney

Narrated by: Michael Finney

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The process of creating a personal brand begins with assessing our strengths and passions. You might have already begun or even determined what aspects you would like to be identified with professionally. This workbook will take you through the phases of generating the assets you will need to establish a presence and build awareness for your... Read more

globo arte october 2021 Issue

By: Globo Arte team

Narrated by: Parshwika Bhandari

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Hi guys this is the OCTOBER 2021 Magazine issue, which contains artists interviews to inspire artists, and so much more to help the artist in their art career,it contains artist interviews, art-related topics articles and so much more Read more

May Tomorrow Be Awake

By: Chris Martin

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An author and educator’s pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry—a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the spectrum and explores how we use language to express our seemingly limitless interior lives.
Adults often find it difficult to communicate with... Read more

Guillermo del Toro: Su cine, su vida y sus monstruos

By: Leonardo García Tsao

Narrated by: Beto Moreno & Sergio Mejía

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

«La obra singular de Guillermo del Toro lo ha convertido en un cineasta clave de fin del siglo pasado y principios del presente.» -del prólogo de Felipe Cazals En una amena conversación informal junto a su amigo Leonardo García Tsao, crítico de cine con una larga trayectoria , Guillermo del Toro recorre en estas páginas sus tempranas... Read more

Gioconda descodificada

By: Christian Gálvez

Narrated by: Carlos Moreno Palomeque

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Cuál es la verdadera identidad que se esconde tras el cuadro más famoso del mundo? Existen al menos cinco referencias históricas reales que certifican la existencia de un retrato femenino de manos de Leonardo da Vinci. Un encargo que, al parecer, nunca entregó. Sin embargo, a la hora de identificar a la modelo de la Gioconda, las palabras de... Read more

Quarantine Session #76: Jai Chakrabarti + Brigid Hughes

By: Jai Chakrabarti

Narrated by: Brigid Hughes

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Jai Chakrabarti graced our virtual stage to launch his debut novel, A Play for the End of the World--an unforgettable love story set in early 1970's New York and rural India, a provocative exploration of the role of art in times of political upheaval, and a deeply moving reminder of the power of the past to shape the present. Chakrabarti, joined... Read more

Quarantine Session #77: Qian Julie Wang + Charles Yu

By: Qian Julie Wang

Narrated by: Charles Yu

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

In a heartrending and deeply moving evening, two Asian-American literary luminaries, Qian Julie Wang and Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown) welcomed Wang’s incandescent debut, Beautiful Country--an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking... Read more

Quarantine Session #78: Mina Stone + Urs Fischer

By: Mina Stone

Narrated by: Urs Fischer

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Mina Stone, author of the cult-favorite Cooking for Artists, joined Greenlight (virtually!) to launch her stunning new cookbook, Lemon, Love & Olive Oil—featuring 80 Mediterranean-style recipes rooted in the traditions passed to her by preceding generations. Stone learned to cook from her Yiayia, who taught her that food doesn’t have to be... Read more

Quarantine Session #79: Caoilinn Hughes + Diane Cook

By: Caoilinn Huges

Narrated by: Diane Cook

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning authors Caoilinn Hughes and Diane Cook took to the Greenlight virtual stage to discuss their recent novels, The Wild Laughter (winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award 2021) and The New Wilderness (shortlisted for the 2020 Man Booker Prize). Along with exploring shared themes of legacy, climate change, “generational... Read more

Everything, Beautiful

By: Ella Frances Sanders

Narrated by: Subhadra Newton

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Eating the Sun and Lost in Translation, a gorgeously illustrated love letter to everything that is beautiful, and a manifesto for those who are struggling to remember or recognize what beauty is

People are increasingly baffled as to what they can call beautiful, what they should call beautiful, and... Read more

Milkcrate Monologues

By: Ron Johnson Jr.

Narrated by: Ron Johnson Jr.

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Fall of 2013, the School of Arts and Culture in California debuted a new course—Hiphop Theatre. The students were surprised to find parallels between modern Hiphop music and classic theatre plays by William Shakespeare.

Rap and Hiphop music, just like any other music, is a form of art. It is also the go-to form of expression for the... Read more