Art audiobooks

Audience of One

By: James Poniewozik

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive cultural history that captures a fractious nation through the prism of television and the rattled mind of a celebrity president



In the tradition of Neil Postman's masterpiece Amusing Ourselves to Death, Audience of One shows how American media have shaped American society and politics, by interweaving two crucial stories. The first... Read more

Hitler's Last Hostages

By: Mary M. Lane

Narrated by: Mary M. Lane

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Adolf Hitler's obsession with art not only fueled his vision of a purified Nazi state--it was the core of his fascist ideology. Its aftermath lives on to this day.

Nazism ascended by brute force and by cultural tyranny. Weimar Germany was a society in turmoil, and Hitler's rise was achieved not only by harnessing the military but also by... Read more

Сальвадор Дали

By: Вера Калмыкова

Narrated by: Илья Пашнин

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

О Сальвадоре Дали знают даже те, кто далек от искусства. Ле- генда XX века, неразрешимая загадка столетия. Кем он был? Безумным художником? Агрессивным социопатом? Алчным обманщиком, готовым водить людей за нос ради денег?.. Или создателем собственного видимого мира, полного противоречий и недосказанностей? Мира, центром которого была Гала... Read more

Turner Sparks: Live from the Friars Club

By: Turner Sparks

Narrated by: Turner Sparks

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Turner Sparks' debut comedy album is a one-of-a-kind New York experience recorded in front of a live audience from The Milton Berle Room inside the Friars Club in New York City. Listen to Turner Sparks: Live From The Friars Club on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora, Tidal and more! Read more

Don't Look Back In Anger

By: Daniel Rachel

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong, David John, Dean Williamson,...

Length: 18 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by Paul McGann, Louise Brealey, Tania Rodrigues, Shvorne Marks, Jot Davies, David John, Dean Williamson and Charles Armstrong. Introduced by Daniel Rachel, and featuring audio-exclusive extracts from Daniel's source interviews.

The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not... Read more

Today

By: Edward Stourton

Narrated by: Edward Stourton, Martha Kearney, Nick Robinson ...

Length: 20 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Today is the sound of history being made - live on air.


In an era of fake news, echo chambers and new fault lines in global politics, millions of listeners turn to BBC Radio 4's Today programme each morning to help them make sense of the world around them.

The first ever book from the iconic programme marks six decades of BBC Radio 4's Today... Read more

Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen

By: Lenny Henry

Narrated by: Lenny Henry & Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Lenny Henry presents this groundbreaking BBC radio series exploring a century of black British theatre, TV and film

In this fascinating ten-part series, Lenny Henry traces the long and painful road that black Britons have travelled on stage and screen, from the overt racial discrimination of the 19th Century, via the thinly veiled slurs that... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 18

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Full Cast & Jack Dee

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Four more extended episodes from the awardwinning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith

‘ISIHAC is still unmissable. It remains the most thrillingly anarchic panel show in any media you care to name’ Simon Mayo, Mail on Sunday

‘The funniest comedy quiz show of them all’ Sue Arnold, The Observer

Another collection of... Read more

DSLR Photography for Beginners

By: Brian Black

Narrated by: Andrew Helbig

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Who Else Wants to Take Mind Blowing Pictures?
* * * Limited Time Bonus Inside! * * *

If you want to stand out from the crowd and capture all those magic moments for posterity, you have come to the right place. Most guides to Digital SLR photography will overwhelm you with jargon, but you and I both know that's not what photography is all... Read more

A Shadow on the Lens

By: Sam Hurcom

Narrated by: John Telfer

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Postmaster looked over my shoulder. As I turned to look I saw a flicker of movement from across the street. I felt unseen eyes peer at me.
He walked away without another word. I watched as he climbed onto his bicycle and sped away down the street. I turned back and looked over my shoulder.
Someone had been watching us.

1904. Thomas Bexley,... Read more

Diary of a Lone Twin

By: David Loftus

Narrated by: Ben Allen

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A heart-rending memoir of love, loss and the unique relationship twins share.

More than thirty years ago, David Loftus’s cherished identical twin, John, passed away. Ever since, a day hasn’t passed without David feeling the loss. In 1987, after recovering from a brain tumour, John contracted meningitis and found himself back in hospital for... Read more

The Show Won't Go On

By: Jeff Abraham & Burt Kearns

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. From the comedy magician who dropped dead on live television to the amateur thespian who expired during a play called The Art of Murder, the book is a celebration of lives both famous and... Read more

THE IDEA: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage, or Fiction

By: Erik Bork

Narrated by: Erik Bork

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

THE IDEA is a manual for conquering the most important part of the writing process—the first part. Most writers (and most screenwriting and fiction writing books) rush past the process of choosing a story idea, and focus primarily on the writing of it. And this is the biggest reason most projects don’t move forward in the marketplace: agents,... Read more

Fashionopolis

By: Dana Thomas

Narrated by: Dana Thomas

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent's Best Fashion Book on Sustainability*

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it

What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are... Read more

Hope, Never Fear

By: Callie Shell

Narrated by: Callie Shell

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning photographer Callie Shell presents an intimate and moving portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama and the presidency that made history. This unique look behind the curtains spans more than eight years, following the journey from the Obama's family home in Chicago to the most powerful house in the United States.

An in-depth... Read more

Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum

By: Dr. Seuss

Narrated by: Samira Wiley

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A never-before-published Dr. Seuss book about creating and looking at art!
 
Based on a manuscript and sketches discovered in 2013, this audiobook is like a visit to a museum—with a horse as your guide!
 
Explore how different artists—including Picasso, George Stubbs, Rosa Bonheur, Alexander Calder, Jacob Lawrence, Deborah Butterfield, Franz... Read more

Oslo

By: J.T. Rogers

Narrated by: Anthony Azizi, Josh Bitton, Edita Brychta, JD C...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

1993. In this rollicking take on modern diplomacy, a Norwegian social scientist and his diplomat wife are determined to try a new tactic to break the long-standing deadlock of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A secret back channel in Norway leads to unexpected breakthroughs as negotiators find common ground. When the political becomes... Read more

Twelve Conversations David Bohm - Abridged

By: J.Krishnamurti

Narrated by: J.Krishnamurti

Length: 18 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1. What is truth and what is reality - 18 May 1975 Duration: 70 minutes • What is truth and what is reality? • Anything that thought thinks about or reflects upon or projects, that is reality. And that reality has nothing to do with truth. • The art of seeing is to place reality where it is, and not move that in order to get truth. You... Read more

La vida es una danza

By: Antonina Canal

Narrated by: Alondra García

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Este Libro es una expresión de mi alma. Este libro es una extensión de mi alma, mi misión de vida, mi más grande pasión y felicidad que es bailar, porque ¡la vida es una danza! Desde muy pequeña, le pedí mucho al Universo que me mostrara mi camino, mi misión y propósito de estar aquí, quería dedicar mis días a algo que realmente llenara mi... Read more

Los jardines de Bomarzo

By: Hella S. Haasse & Hella Hesse

Narrated by: Karla Hernández

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Orsino Orsini, ilegítimo, deforme y con un solo ojo, cuya esposa fue seducida por el Papa Alejandro VI, construyó un 'parque de sexo y violencia' para así poder reflejar sobre este su odio (hacia el papa, su infiel esposa y un mundo que se rehúsa a aceptarlo). Mientras Haasse intenta interpretar el simbolismo del parque con sus veinte... Read more

Jeff Dunham: Don't Come Home for Christmas

By: Jeff Dunham

Narrated by: Jeff Dunham

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Don't Come Home for Christmas is the first album from Jeff Dunham. It was released on November 4, 2008. Two songs were taken from the Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, "Jingle Bombs" and "Roadkill Christmas". Both songs were remastered from the album. Read more

Finding An Antidote to the Attention Economy

By: Jenny Odell

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. Odell encourages us to contemplate the attention economy and notice how it is dominating cultures worldwide and how to... Read more

Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers: Series 1 and 2

By: Andy Hamilton

Narrated by: Andy Hamilton

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Series 1 and 2 of Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, the much-loved Andy presents a collection of potentially misremembered anecdotes.

He’s been working in comedy for over 40 years and there’s a lot of reminiscing he can do…using comic observation and personal anecdotes he will explore each theme, examining how much (or how little) things have... Read more

Ekstasen der Zeitenmischung

By: Klaus Theweleit

Narrated by: Klaus Theweleit

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Zeitenmischung: Gleichzeitigkeit der Zeiten… alles wird zur Gegenwart, schmilzt zusammen, das Vergangene und das Zukünftige: Ekstase! Ezra Pound, die Stimme 'Radio Roms', ruft uns zu aus dem Irrenhaus und brüllt seiner Nymphe Hilda Doolittle ins Ohr… und dann die Gedichte "handgeschrieben auf Schafs- oder Ziegenleder, Orpheus' feinstem... Read more