Art audiobooks

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

Get Paid to Take Digital Photos

By: Brenda Stephens

Narrated by: Jim Mertz

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

You're reading this because you have two passions in life. First, you love taking photos. You probably carry your camera everywhere with you, just waiting for a chance to snap a candid shot that tells a little story. That's the art of photography and, if you're reading this, you have a passion for that art.But then there's your passion for... Read more

Chinedu Unaka: Mostly Kidding

By: Chinedu Unaka

Narrated by: Chinedu Unaka

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Chinedu is a comedian, actor and a writer, best known for his stand up appearances on television, around the United States, and internationally. He was a finalist in NBC's Stand up for Diversity competition and later starred in a HBO short The Big Chop after getting casted in his first TV series on The Mindy Project. He has now turned his... Read more

Dan Rather (What Unites Us) with Katy Tur at Greenlight Bookstore

By: Dan Rather

Narrated by: Katy Tur

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary journalist Dan Rather launches the paperback edition of his book What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotisms in conversation with fellow news correspondent Katy Tur, in an evening focused on American ideals, journalistic integrity, and great storytelling. (Recorded at St. Joseph’s College on September 3, 2019.) Read more

Isabel Allende's Newest Historical Novel Tells Familiar Story Of Refugee Life PBS NewsHour

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"A Long Petal of the Sea," a new historical novel by renowned writer Isabel
Allende, draws upon events spanning from the Spanish civil war to the 1973
coup in her native Chile -- and with resonance for the experience of
refugees today. Allende sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss how she
drew on facts to tell her story, and why her last three... Read more

The Last Lone Inventor

By: Evan I. Schwartz

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In a story that is both of its time and timeless, Evan I. Schwartz tells a tale of genius versus greed, innocence versus deceit, and independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. Many men have laid claim to the title "father of television," but Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius behind what may be the most influential invention of our... Read more

Caravaggio

By: Francine Prose

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Francine Prose's life of Caravaggio evokes the genius of this great artist through a brilliant reading of his paintings. Caravaggio defied the aesthetic conventions of his time; his use of ordinary people, realistically portrayed—street boys, prostitutes, the poor, the aged—was a profound and revolutionary innovation that left its mark on... Read more

India's Effort To Clean Up Sacred But Polluted Ganga River

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The Ganga River, known as the Ganges under British rule, is one of the most
revered waterways in the world -- and also among the most polluted.
Stretching from the Himalayan foothills to the Bay of Bengal, it provides
water to nearly half a billion people, more than any other river in the
world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports... Read more

This Philadelphia Art Exhibit Pushes The Envelope With Designs For The Future

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What will the future look like? That’s the big question posed by a new
exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Eighty designers from around
the world have put their imaginations to work, leveraging both anxiety and
excitement over the possibilities offered by innovation and new technology.
Jeffrey Brown reports. Read more

Ben Rosenfeld: Don't Shake Your Miracle

By: Ben Rosenfeld

Narrated by: Ben Rosenfeld

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Ben Rosenfeld is a quirky immigrant whose comedy can be best described as “playfully dark, seriously smart.” Ben’s comedy blends his family’s experience as Russian Jewish immigrants in America with his philosophical beliefs, political observations and unique characters. Join him as shares hilarious stories about his newfound fatherhood. Read more

Carla Collins: Recovering Nudist

By: Carla Collins

Narrated by: Carla Collins

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Carla Collins is an award-winning comedian, actress, television host and writer. A gifted stand-up, she has been hailed by the press as "Canada's Tina Fey" and the "Queen of Comedy". She returns to the stage in her new stand up special to bring engaging fun to everyone! Comedy". She returns to the stage to bring engaging fun to everyone! Be... Read more

26.2 Miles to Happiness

By: Paul Tonkinson

Narrated by: Paul Tonkinson

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents 26.2 Miles to Happiness written and read by Paul Tonkinson.

WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2021 – SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR

The hilarious trials and tribulations of stand-up comedian Paul Tonkinson as he attempts to beat the much lauded 3-hour mark at the London Marathon.

Along the way, we are introduced... Read more

A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away

By: Paul Hirsch

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 15 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away is a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years by Paul Hirsch, a film editor who worked on more than forty features.Starting with his work on Carrie, Hirsch gives insight into the production process, touching upon casting, directing, cutting, and scoring.... Read more

Remarkable Books

By: DK

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen as Gordon Griffin narrates Remarkable Books, telling you all about the most famous books of all time while marvelling at the stories behind them. Over 75 of the world's most celebrated, rare, and seminal books are examined and explained in this stunning audiobook.

Remarkable Books is a unique encyclopedia spanning the history of the... Read more

Sweetest Fruits

By: Monique Truong

Narrated by: Rebecca Madita Hundt, Henni Jörissen, Barbara P...

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Truong hat einen grandiosen, vielstimmigen Roman des Reisens und des Sich-Neuerfindens vorgelegt. Er überschreitet Grenzen um Grenzen und wird sich doch in Ihr Herz eingraben." Anthony Marra, Autor von "Die niedrigen Himmel" Das spannende und ungewöhnliche Leben des Schriftsellers Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) zwischen Griechenland, Irland,... Read more

The Wrong Kind of Women

By: Naomi McDougall Jones

Narrated by: Naomi McDougall Jones

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A brutally honest look at the systemic exclusion of women in film—an industry with massive cultural influence—and how, in response, women are making space in cinema for their voices to be heard.

Generation after generation, women have faced the devastating reality that Hollywood is a system built to keep them out. The films created by that system... Read more

Gropius

By: Fiona MacCarthy

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 19 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings—Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Amb—but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko Maki: countless masters were once disciples at the Bauhaus in Berlin and at Harvard. Between 1910 and 1930, Gropius was at the center of European... Read more

How This Philanthropist Hopes To Boost Mid-Career Women Artists

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The work of women artists makes up only 3 to 5 percent of major museums'
permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe. Many of these artists
struggle financially -- but Susan Unterberg is trying to change that. For
decades, the artist has supported her female peers as an anonymous
benefactor. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Unterberg to discuss why... Read more

Susan Straight (In the Country of Women) and Emily Bernard (Black is the Body) at Greenlight Bookstore

By: Susan Straight

Narrated by: Emily Bernard

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Two highly celebrated authors tell the story of race and gender in America through their exquisitely written memoirs. Award-winning author Susan Straight’s memoir, In the Country of Women, is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. Straight writes of the hardships and... Read more

Theatre Studies: The Basics

By: Robert Leach

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Now in a second edition, 'Theatre Studies: The Basics' is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre. The practical and theoretical dimensions of theatre – from acting to audience – are woven together throughout to provide an integrated introduction to the study of drama, theatre and performance. Topics covered include: dramatic... Read more

Biblioteca Studio Ghibli: El viaje de Chihiro

By: Marta García Villar

Narrated by: María de Ancos Rivera

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

El viaje de Chihiro es la obra maestra de Studio Ghibli y la película de animación del siglo XXI más valorada por el público y la crítica del todo el mundo. Con una recaudación espectacular en su país de origen y más de treinta galardones a sus espaldas, se alza como el largometraje más redondo en la filmografía de Hayao Miyazaki y uno de los... Read more

"Heart Berries" Author Terese Marie Mailhot Answers Your Questions

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Terese Marie Mailhot, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York
Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader
questions on “Heart Berries,” and Jeff announces the February book
selection. Read more

Eso nunca funcionará

By: Marc Randolph

Narrated by: Luis Pinazo

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

En el año 2000, Marc Randolph y Reed Hastings pasaban por uno de sus peores momentos personales. La empresa en la que habían invertido todos sus ahorros, esfuerzos y dos años de trabajo estaba a punto de naufragar. Su idea de crear una empresa de alquiler de DVD por correo sin multas por retornos tardíos, a pesar de su éxito moderado, se... Read more

Whitehall 1212: The Man Who Murdered His Wife

By: Wyllis Cooper

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

A woman's body is found covered with quicklime. Mrs. Hope Russell seems to have been murdered by her husband...but he was really killed by the Luftwaffe! Read more