Art audiobooks

Brad Pitt on turning undertold stories into movies: ‘Every film needs some champion’

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of the world's biggest and best-known movie stars, Brad Pitt is
spending as much time helping get films made as he is acting. His latest
project, Ad Astra, is about a journey to the far reaches of the solar
system, as well as the journey inward for a tortured soul. Pitt sits down
with Jeffrey Brown to discuss his career, and why he helps... Read more

Immersive and Addictive Technologies

By: Man with a Cat

Narrated by: Man with a Cat

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and its associated public bodies.In this report the Committee builds on the newly established principle of ‘online harms’ by considering potential... Read more

The Ride of a Lifetime

By: Robert Iger

Narrated by: Jim Frangione & Robert Iger

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir of leadership and success: The CEO of Disney shares the ideas and values he embraced while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies and inspiring the people who bring the magic to life.

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult... Read more

Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention

By: Alonzo Bodden

Narrated by: Alonzo Bodden

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"Last Comic standing" star Alonzo Bodden tackles the absurdity of pop culture and the decline of western civilization in this hilarious 2010 New York stand-up concert. Read more

Huhtikuu

By: Saima Harmaja

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Tulen kuoleman varjon maasta.Tulen iltaan vaaleaan.Näen mykkänä: vihreä huntuon tullut ja kietonut maan.Ja on tuulta ja tuoksua lauhaa,ja linnunlaulua soi,– kun omassa rinnassanisydän kuoleva vaikeroi."Saima Harmajan herkkä esikoisrunokokoelma "Huhtikuu" julkaistiiin runoilijan ollessa vain 19-vuotias. Harmajan kuvaukset nuoruuden... Read more

Her Last Breath

By: Alison Belsham

Narrated by: Candida Gubbins

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

'A fine new voice' DAILY MAIL

The body count is rising...and the clock is ticking.

When a young woman is attacked and left fighting to survive in hospital, the police are pulled into a race against time to save her life. But just 24 hours later, she dies and a deadly tattoo is discovered on her body.

And when another young woman disappears,... Read more

Mujeres que cuentan - S01E05

By: Mujeres que cuentan

Narrated by: Teresa Viejo & Amarna Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Mujeres que cuentan" es un diálogo, una conversación constructiva, una manera positiva de hablar sobre cómo poner nuestro granito de arena para cambiar el mundo. Este es un espacio no solo para que se escuchen nuestras voces, sino para escucharnos entre nosotras. "Mujeres que cuentan" se opone al conocido mansplaining, pero no para crear una... Read more

Mujeres que cuentan - S01E04

By: Mujeres que cuentan

Narrated by: Lourdes Mohedano & Amarna Miller

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mujeres que cuentan" es un diálogo, una conversación constructiva, una manera positiva de hablar sobre cómo poner nuestro granito de arena para cambiar el mundo. Este es un espacio no solo para que se escuchen nuestras voces, sino para escucharnos entre nosotras. "Mujeres que cuentan" se opone al conocido mansplaining, pero no para crear una... Read more

Mujeres que cuentan - S01E03

By: Mujeres que cuentan

Narrated by: Cuentos Rosales & Amarna Miller

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mujeres que cuentan" es un diálogo, una conversación constructiva, una manera positiva de hablar sobre cómo poner nuestro granito de arena para cambiar el mundo. Este es un espacio no solo para que se escuchen nuestras voces, sino para escucharnos entre nosotras. "Mujeres que cuentan" se opone al conocido mansplaining, pero no para crear una... Read more

Mujeres que cuentan - S01E01

By: Mujeres que cuentan

Narrated by: Ana Milán & Amarna Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Mujeres que cuentan" es un diálogo, una conversación constructiva, una manera positiva de hablar sobre cómo poner nuestro granito de arena para cambiar el mundo. Este es un espacio no solo para que se escuchen nuestras voces, sino para escucharnos entre nosotras. "Mujeres que cuentan" se opone al conocido mansplaining, pero no para crear una... Read more

Mujeres que cuentan - S01E02

By: Mujeres que cuentan

Narrated by: Marilín Gonzalo & Amarna Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Mujeres que cuentan" es un diálogo, una conversación constructiva, una manera positiva de hablar sobre cómo poner nuestro granito de arena para cambiar el mundo. Este es un espacio no solo para que se escuchen nuestras voces, sino para escucharnos entre nosotras. "Mujeres que cuentan" se opone al conocido mansplaining, pero no para crear una... Read more

Rebel Artists

By: Kari Herbert

Narrated by: Victoria Schätzle

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Rebel Artists" ist ein Buch über 15 Frauen aus aller Welt, die sich als Künstlerinnen Respekt verschafften. Sie mussten gegen Vorurteile und für ihre Rechte kämpfen. Aber sie ließen sich durch nichts und niemanden von ihrer Kunst abbringen. Frida Kahlo kennen alle als starke, mutige Malerin. Doch auch viele weitere Frauen verdienen Beachtung:... Read more

Binyamin Appelbaum of The New York Times, author of “The Economists’ Hour,” to discuss growth vs. inequality

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the second time in three months in a bid to keep the U.S. economy growing. What indicators are driving the recent rate reductions, and what is the larger influence of economists on U.S. fiscal and monetary policy? Judy Woodruff sits down with Binyamin Appelbaum of The New York Times, author of “The... Read more

The Ancient Egyptian Metaphysical Architecture

By: Moustafa Gadalla

Narrated by: Susie Hennessy

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This book reveals the Ancient Egyptian knowledge of harmonic proportion, sacred geometry, and number mysticism, as manifested in their texts, temples, tombs, art, hieroglyphs, ...etc., throughout their known history. It shows how the Egyptians designed their buildings to generate cosmic energy, and the mystical application of numbers in Egyptian... Read more

A Life in Movies

By: Irwin Winkler

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, and Creed. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have won twelve.



In A Life in Movies, his charming and insightful memoir,... Read more

In Cambodia, Sand Mining Is Big Business — But It Comes At A Price

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Sand mining accounts for 85 percent of all worldwide mineral extraction, a $70 billion industry. In Cambodia, the practice is big business -- but it comes with a price. The country relies upon the Mekong River for commerce and transportation, but extensive dredging to harvest sand is fundamentally changing its ecosystem and eroding its banks.... Read more

Blues

By: John Hersey

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From the revered Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and writer, comes his National Bestseller on one of the world’s oldest and most popular activities, fishing. Presented in narrative form as a conversation between a Fisherman and the Stranger, Hersey draws upon his own experiences and passion as the fisherman reflects on the age old sport,... Read more

Generation Friends

By: Saul Austerlitz

Narrated by: Barrett Leddy

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Friends, published for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the show's premiere. Howyoudoin’?

In September 1994, six friends sat down in their favorite coffee shop and began bantering about sex, relationships, jobs, and just about everything else. A quarter of a century later, new fans are still finding their... Read more

I've Seen the Future and I'm Not Going

By: Peter McGough

Narrated by: Peter McGough

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Brilliantly funny, frank, and shattering, this is the bittersweet memoir by Peter McGough of his life with artist David McDermott. Set in New York’s Lower East Side of the 1980s and mid-1990s, it is also a devastatingly candid look at the extreme naiveté and dysfunction that would destroy both their lives.
 
Escaping the trauma of growing up gay... Read more

Downton Abbey

By: Emma Marriott

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The official tie-in audiobook for Downton Abbey, the full-length feature film.Downton Abbey: The Official Film Companion is a stunning memento, bringing the world and the characters of our favorite fictional country house to life. Featuring spectacular photographs from the production, interviews with the cast and crew, and a look into the... Read more

Noah Gardenswartz: White Men Can't Joke

By: Noah Gardenswartz

Narrated by: Noah Gardenswartz

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Noah Gardenswartz: White Men Can't Joke will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, Google Play and more starting September 13, 2019. Read more

Bridgett Davis (The World According to Fannie Davis) with James Hannaham at Greenlight Bookstore

By: Bridgett Davis

Narrated by: James Hannaham

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Bridgett M. Davis offers an homage to an extraordinary parent in her memoir The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers. She discusses the book (and complicated mothers) with James Hannaham, author of the novel Delicious Foods. (Recorded at the Fort Greene bookstore on February... Read more

Do Sing: Reclaim your voice. Find your singing tribe

By: James Sills

Narrated by: James Sills

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Singing is one thing, but singing together is something else. Powerful and uplifting, group singing creates deep human connections and benefits our wellbeing. And it's fun.

Vocal leader James Sills believes that group singing has the power to change lives. It is a joyful expression of our humanity that gives us purpose, encourages us to be fully... Read more

Fake Photos

By: Hany Farid

Narrated by: Steve Menasche

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, and other dictators routinely doctored photographs so that the images aligned with their messages. They erased people who were there, added people who were not, and manipulated backgrounds. They knew if they changed the visual record, they could change history. Once, altering images required hours in the darkroom;... Read more