Art audiobooks

Get Happy

By: Gerald Clarke

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 16 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit—and demons—until now.

From her tumultuous early years as a child performer to her tragic... Read more

The Brothers Mankiewicz

By: Sydney Ladensohn Stern

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 15 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Herman J. (1897–1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane and shared the picture’s only Academy Award. Joe earned the second pair of his four Oscars for writing and directing All About Eve, which also won Best Picture.

Despite... Read more

At Greek Refugee Camp, There Are Few Defenses Against Covid-19 Threat

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Human rights activists and medical nonprofits are calling on the Greek
government to evacuate overcrowded refugee camps on islands in the Aegean
Sea, where an outbreak of COVID-19 would likely cause humanitarian
catastrophe. Concerns are especially grave regarding Moria camp on the
island of Lesbos. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports. Read more

Gänsehaltung leicht gemacht

By: Kristof Wohlscheidt

Narrated by: Henriette McCarthy

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Gänsehaltung leicht gemacht: Grundlagen, um Gänse artgerecht zu haltenFragst Du Dich, welche Mythen und Sagen es über Gänse gibt?Überlegst Du Dir, Gänse anzuschaffen?Willst Du die artgerechte Haltung von Gänsen erlernen?
Lerne in diesem hilfreichen Ratgeber... ... wissenswerte Informationen zur Gans ... was die Anatomie der Gänse ausmacht ...... Read more

Kapriolen - Der satirische Rück- und Ausblick von Urban Priol

By: Urban Priol

Narrated by: Urban Priol

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Kapriolen - Der satirische Rück- und Ausblick von Urban Priol, 22. März 2020 Read more

Mary Prankster: Live At The Ottobar

By: Mary Prankster

Narrated by: Mary Prankster

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

After a twelve-year absence, beloved Charm City cult hero Mary Prankster returned to the stage for one night only for this sold-out 2017 performance, celebrating the 20th anniversary of legendary Baltimore punk club, the Ottobar By turns profane and poignant, witty and wise, Prankster showcases the incisive lyrics and raucous energy that made... Read more

Lindy West (Shrill) at Greenlight Bookstore

By: Lindy West

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The inimitable Lindy West (author of Shrill) owns the stage at St. Joseph’s College for a reading from her new book The Witches Are Coming and a frank and hilarious talk on women (and men) in media and politics, internet trolls, abortion stories, and more. (Recorded at St. Joseph’s College on November 7, 2019) Read more

Shutdown Of U.S.-Mexico Border Leaves Migrants In Limbo And In Danger

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

President Trump recently announced strict new border controls, citing
concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Officials will now turn away most
migrants entering the country from the U.S.-Mexico border -- including
people coming legally and fleeing violence. Jean Guerrero of KPBS spoke to
families stuck in limbo at the country’s busiest land... Read more

¿Qué estás mirando?

By: Will Gompertz

Narrated by: Julio Lorenzo

Length: 14 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Amantes del arte, escépticos y desconcertados: esta historia del arte moderno es para vosotros ¿Qué es el arte moderno? ¿Por qué se ama o se odia? ¿Y por qué es siempre tan exageradamente caro? Will Gompertz, director de Arte de la BBC, exdirector de la Tate Gallery de Londres y uno de los mayores expertos del mundo, ha escrito una deslumbrante... Read more

Heartbeat and Beyond

By: John Fairley & Graham Ironside

Narrated by: John Fairley, Clive Jones, Alan Hardwick, Chris...

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1968 a group of young people took over a derelict trouser factory in a rundown part of Leeds and set about producing programmes that were to define the British television world of the late 20th Century.
These included the investigative documentary series First Tuesday, Darling Buds of May, Whickers World, Dont Ask Me and Heartbeat.
At the same... Read more

The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall & David Chase

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 18 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones. As TV critics for Tony... Read more

The Office

By: Andy Greene

Narrated by: Holter Graham, P.J. Ochlan, Oliver Wyman, Ari F...

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first century, told by its creators, writers, and actors
 
When did you last hang out with Jim, Pam, Dwight, Michael, and the rest of Dunder Mifflin? It might have been back in 2013, when the series finale aired . . .... Read more

Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost (May 1970)

When the jury of which Roger Collins is chairman finds Harriet Barnes guilty of murder, she swears vengeance on the entire Collins family, then kills herself.

Soon, Celia Dalton, a guest at Collinwood, starts suffering strange spells. Each time she does, someone at Collinwood is violently... Read more

Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin (June 1970)

Carolyn Stoddard is knocked unconscious when the sports car she and Barnabas are riding in skids on a patch of ice. She regains consciousness in Collinwood with Barnabas and Quentin Collins at her side—but the year is 1870! And Collinwood is being terrorized by a savage killer. Carolyn... Read more

Author Ann Patchett On What To Read While Staying Home

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

As Americans stay home to try to reduce the spread of the novel
coronavirus, we wanted to provide suggestions for how to fill that time.
Author Ann Patchett joins Jeffrey Brown to offer book recommendations for
this strange time, including "War and Peace," "Here for It" and "The Night
Watchman." Read more

Tammy Pescatelli: Way After School Special

By: Tammy Pescatelli

Narrated by: Tammy Pescatelli

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Tammy went back to her hometown and performed at her high school. It's easy to make strangers who found you in success laugh, but how about people who knew you before puberty? In an 80s flashback, this former captain of the cheerleaders became the most likely to make you laugh! Read more

Sateen jälkeen

By: Saima Harmaja

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Suunnaton kuuaavoilta heijastuu.Siinnossa pettävän kevään se kultana väikkyy.Siintäen läikkyyaaltoja rantaan ja taivaan himmeys hentovain yhä tummentuu, kun varjojen lentokäy yli maan."Saima Harmajan runokokoelma "Sateen jälkeen" julkaistiin Harmajan ollessa vain 22-vuotias. Rakkaus ja luonnon kauneus nousevat teoksessa pääosaan – ja välillä... Read more

Coronavirus Pandemic Finally Hits Home For The United Kingdom

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In the United Kingdom just days ago, the attitude toward the novel
coronavirus pandemic was “keep calm and carry on.” Now, however, the stakes
are higher -- and the national feeling more grim. Prime Minister Boris
Johnson has ordered pubs and restaurants to close and residents to work
from home. He’s also promising billions in relief. Special... Read more

Economist Ken Rogoff On Whether the U.S. Has Ever Experienced A Crisis Like This One

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The coronavirus pandemic is causing immense economic damage. The number of
Americans filing for unemployment benefits has surged as businesses
nationwide close down and are forced to lay off workers. Has the country
ever experienced anything like this? Paul Solman talks to Harvard
University economist Ken Rogoff, whose book “This Time is... Read more

Daphne Sounds Expensive

By: Jason Forbes, Phil Wang & George Fouracres

Narrated by: Full Cast, George Fouracres, Jason Forbes & Phi...

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete series 1 and 2 of the BBC radio comedy show, written and performed by sketch trio Daphne

‘Consistently funny and surprising’ The Telegraph

Join critically-acclaimed sketch trio, Daphne, as they pull out all the stops in a dazzling array of peculiar characters, wacky scenarios, curious observations, minor altercations and major... Read more

The Whole Picture

By: Alice Procter

Narrated by: Alice Procter

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Should museums be made to give back their marbles? Is it even possible to 'decolonize' our galleries? Must Rhodes fall?

How to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter, creator of the Uncomfortable Art Tours, provides a guide for... Read more

Foot Work

By: Tansy E. Hoskins

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of STITCHED UP: 'Makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolution' Emma Watson

'A superb primer on everything that is wrong with our world - and how we can start to change it' NEW INTERNATIONALIST

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM?

In 2018, 66.3 million pairs of shoes... Read more

Yo-Yo Ma On Encouraging ‘Songs Of Comfort’ Amid Global Crisis

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s most renowned and beloved musicians, is trying
to provide comfort in this time of crisis. Ma has been posting videos of
himself performing short pieces and encouraging other musicians -- of all
levels -- around the world to join him in offering “Songs of Comfort.” Ma
joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the project and... Read more

Broken Glass

By: Alex Beam

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of the intimate relationship that gave birth to the Farnsworth House, a masterpiece of twentieth-century architecture—and disintegrated into a bitter feud over love, money, gender, and the very nature of art.

“An intimate portrait . . . alive with architectural intrigue.”—Architect Magazine

In 1945, Edith Farnsworth asked the... Read more