Art audiobooks

Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous

By: Craig Ferguson

Narrated by: Craig Ferguson

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an inside look at Emmy and Peabody Award winning comedian, Craig Ferguson, as he tackles the ups and downs of time on the road, discusses his life and career, and performs his act from the HOBO FABULOUS TOUR. Read more

Living in Color

By: Tommy Davidson

Narrated by: Tommy Davidson

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Abandoned as an infant on the streets of Greenville, Mississippi, and rescued by a loving white family, Tommy Davidson spent most of his childhood unaware that he was different from his brother and sister. All that changed as he came of age in a society of racial barriers—ones that he was soon to help break. On a fledgling network, Tommy joined... Read more

How The Dallas Street Choir Grants Homeless Residents A Voice

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The mantra of the Dallas Street Choir is “homeless, not voiceless.” Some
2,000 singers have passed through the group in the last five years, seeking
support, artistic expression and community as they contend with life on the
streets. The organization also aims to raise awareness of Dallas’ growing
homelessness problem, even as the city’s economy... Read more

Stepping-Stones

By: Christine Desdemaines-Hugon

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds, are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture, demonstrating how far humankind has come and reminding us of... Read more

Tash Aw (We, the Survivors) with Chimamanda Adichie at Greenlight Bookstore

By: Tash Aw

Narrated by: Chimamanda Adichie

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Novelist Tash Aw talks with his close friend, literary superstar Chimamanda Adichie, about his newest novel We, the Survivors, touching on questions of representation (or the lack of it), the intersections of poverty and violence, and the evolving state of immigrant literature. (Recorded at the Fort Greene store on September 9, 2019.) Read more

Dragnet: Volume 1

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. This volume contains episodes of Dragnet that released between 1949 and... Read more

Dragnet: Volume 2

By: Jack Webb

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. This volume contains episodes of Dragnet that released between 1952 and... Read more

iBauhaus

By: Nicholas Fox Weber

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A rich, wide-ranging meditation on the iPhone as direct descendant of the 1930s Bauhaus, one of the twentieth century's most influential schools of art and design (summed up in Mies van der Rohe's dictum, "less is more") whose principle aim was to connect art and industry. From one of the leading authorities on the Bauhaus and modernism.

Nicholas... Read more

The Da Vinci Women

By: Kia Vahland

Narrated by: Ana Clements

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This new biographical look at Leonardo da Vinci explores the Renaissance master's groundbreaking portrayal of women which forever changed the way the female form is depicted.
Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist, and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known, however, is his revolutionary and... Read more

Short Life in a Strange World

By: Toby Ferris

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist’s work, and a moving and intimate memoir.In 2012, facing the death of his father and impending fatherhood, Toby Ferris set off on a... Read more

Die Wahrheit über Deutschland, Pt.14

By: Various Artists

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Wir haben sie alle! Die Wahrheit über Deutschland Pt. 14 ist die neueste Auskopplung der erfolgreichen Compilationreihe, die seit 1997 immer wieder aufs Neue die besten Ausschnitte aus aktuellen Comedy-und Kabarettsoloprogrammen in sich vereint. 23 Jahre, 14 famose Sampler und 2 gigantischen Boxen später steht auch die neueste Wahrheit mit... Read more

Fielding Edlow: Can't Say Slut

By: Fielding Edlow

Narrated by: Fielding Edlow

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Fielding Edlow has fought her way across the dystopian hellscape of LA to say the unspeakable about her husband, her “friends" & her 7 year-old “nightmare”. If we can’t say sl*t anymore, what are we supposed to call it…the “friendly years”? Read more

Durst - Warten auf Merlot

By: Philipp Weber

Narrated by: Philipp Weber

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Vier Tracks aus Philipp Webers Programm "DURST: Warten auf Merlot". Wer bringt Klarheit in die trüben Gewässer der deutschen Trinkkultur? Philipp Weber. Der studierte Chemiker und Biologe ist Deutschlands radikalster Verbraucherschützer und hat sich mit Leib und Leber Ihrem Wohl verschrieben. Read more

Act Your Age

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Simon Mayo, Sarah Millican, Russell Kane, Jack ...

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show that pits three comic generations against each other, presented by Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo hosts a comedic battle between three teams to find out which is the funniest generation. Will the Up and Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard be crowned as the Golden Age of Comedy?

In these eighteen episodes, the... Read more

Yearning For ‘Peace,’ When A Greek Refugee Camp Has Become Hell

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Five years into Europe's migration crisis, the conditions in the notorious
Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos are hellish. Refugee children are
especially vulnerable, facing hunger, bad sanitation and the threat of
violence. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports that angry local
residents are demanding a solution. Read more

Kevin Wilson’s Novel “Nothing To See Here” Makes Fun Of Your Child’S Meltdown

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A new, acclaimed novel takes a young child's meltdown and turns it into a
surreal satire of modern life. In "Nothing to See Here," author Kevin
Wilson uses a universal experience of parenthood to explore some incendiary
family dynamics. Wilson sits down with Jeffrey Brown for a conversation. Read more

Raising Chickens

By: Jason Howard

Narrated by: Matyas J.

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncover the best homesteading methods to help you raise healthy chickens and enjoy fresh eggs with this practical guide to modern chicken-rearing methodsDo you want to get started in raising your chickens naturally and providing fresh, organic poultry products for yourself and your family, but don't know where to begin? If yes, then this guide... Read more

The "Speechless: Different By Design" Exhibit Uses Brain Science To Inform Art

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

At the exhibition "Speechless: Different by Design," touching pieces of art
is actually encouraged. As Jeffrey Brown reports, the Dallas Museum of Art
show -- created as a collaboration between designers and brain researchers
-- explores how people interact with their surroundings and how they
communicate with each other. Read more

The Science of Storytelling

By: Will Storr

Narrated by: James Clamp

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among... Read more

In These Parts Of Greece, Crisis Is Building Between Residents And Migrants

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Amid growing unrest in Greece, the government there is temporarily halting
construction of permanent detention centers for asylum seekers. Tens of
thousands of migrants have been stranded in the country for more than four
years, since its border with Macedonia was sealed and the European Union
failed to find enough alternative destinations.... Read more

Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse (April 1970)

When Professor Anthony Collins decides to catalog his Egyptian relics at Collinwood, he brings with him the mummy of King Rehotip, who “died” over two thousand years ago. Only the professor knows that Rehotip is really in a state of suspended animation.

One night, the professor brings the... Read more

Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch (March 1970)

Warned by a gypsy witch that violent death will surround her, Roxanna Collins turns to her distant cousin, Barnabas, for help.

But Barnabas is also in trouble. For when Roxanna’s father and brother are murdered, suspicion centers on Barnabas. Even Roxanna, who feels she is under some strange... Read more

The Long History Of Presidents As Authors

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Journalist and historian Craig Fehrman has written a book called “Author in
Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote.” He
sits down with John Yang to discuss the long history of presidential
writing, the strategy of publishing a book before an important political
campaign and behind-the-scenes glimpses at presidents’... Read more

Behind the Sheet

By: Charly Evon Simpson

Narrated by: Monica McSwain, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dominique...

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An important medical breakthrough has a shameful history. In 1840's Alabama, a slave-owning doctor performs medical experiments on involuntary subjects - enslaved women - in an effort to solve the problem of fistulas, a post-childbirth anomaly. As the experiments proceed, and he gets close to a solution, the women try to survive and even find... Read more