Art audiobooks

Praise Poems of Zulu Kings Izibongo Zamakhosi AkwaZulu

By: Sibahle Cebekhulu

Narrated by: Thwishika Cebekhulu

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Praise poems of Zulu Kings narrated in Zulu from King Mnguni to King Zwelithini Read more

My Pet Peeve

By: Renée Rodgers Barstack

Narrated by: Elizabeth Schmidt

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Molly is a lonely little girl who is looking for a friend. She lives on a farm with her mom and dad. Molly has always loved cats and wants to get a cat, but her father sneezes when he gets around cats, so he tells her she cannot have one. Molly asks and asks and asks again, but the answer is always “No.” Then one day, Molly finds a little kitten... Read more

Worth

By: Ann Champion Shaw

Narrated by: Ann Champion Shaw

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

WORTH: A Story of Favor and Forgiveness is a memoir about an African American woman that centers on a 1979 visit with Good Times actress Esther Rolle. Born into an upper middle class family in Orlando, Florida, Ann Champion experiences travel, gifts, and other benefits that come with her privileged lifestyle. After her parents' divorce, things... Read more

Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

By: Leonard Koren

Narrated by: Brian Richy

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

An updated version of the seminal 1994 classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Nearly every book with "wabi" or "wabi sabi" in the title is based on the concepts first elucidated in this book.

Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and... Read more

Cosmic Scholar

By: John Szwed

Narrated by: Paul Woodson

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

He was an anthropologist, filmmaker, painter, folklorist, mystic, and walking encyclopedia. He taught Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe about the occult, swapped drugs with Timothy Leary, sat at the piano with Thelonious Monk, lived with (and tortured) Allen Ginsberg, and argued film with Susan Sontag. He was always broke, always intoxicated,... Read more

What Color Is Goodness?

By: Emily Morrison

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the question of her cartwheeling five-year-old niece, “Emmy, What Color is Goodness?,” this poem was written to help readers find goodness in the most unexpected places.First-time author EMILY MORRISON offers a vision of kindness, acceptance, and understanding in unsettled times within this beautiful poem, featuring the delightful... Read more

Walt Disney: An American Original

By: Bob Thomas, Christopher Miller, Jeff Kurtti, Ma...

Narrated by: Jason Culp, Xe Sands, Christopher Miller, Jeff ...

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The Walt Disney Company honors its 100th anniversary in 2023. As part of the festivities, this must-have biography tells the story of Walt Disney's life— told as no other book can! Walt Disney is an American hero. From Mickey Mouse to Disneyland, he changed the face of American culture. His is a success story like no other: a man who developed... Read more

Is That True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?

By: David Sedgwick

Narrated by: Philip Darcy

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

What exactly is the purpose of the BBC nowadays - to entertain, educate and inform? But is that all? The broadcaster itself claims to be a fearless and independent provider of news tasked with ‘speaking truth to power' – a true champion of the underdog.

However, as David Sedgwick reveals in his new book the reality is somewhat different: not only... Read more

Design for How People Think

By: John Whalen, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Mitchell Dorian

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

User experience doesn't happen on a screen; it happens in the mind, and the experience is multidimensional and multisensory. This practical book will help you uncover critical insights about how your customers think so you can create products or services with an exceptional experience.

Corporate leaders, marketers, product owners, and designers... Read more

Org Design for Design Orgs

By: Peter Merholz & Kristin Skinner

Narrated by: TJ Johnson

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Design has become the key link between users and today's complex and rapidly evolving digital experiences, and designers are starting to be included in strategic conversations about the products and services that enterprises ultimately deliver. This has led to companies building in-house digital/experience design teams at unprecedented rates,... Read more

Product Leadership

By: Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson & Nate Walkin...

Narrated by: Mitchell Dorian

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In today's lightning-fast technology world, good product management is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage. Yet, managing human beings and navigating complex product roadmaps is no easy task, and it's rare to find a product leader who can steward a digital product from concept to launch without a couple of major hiccups. Why do some... Read more

UX Research

By: Brad Nunnally & David Farkas

Narrated by: Charlie Krone

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

One key responsibility of product designers and UX practitioners is to conduct formal and informal research to clarify design decisions and business needs. But there's often mystery around product research, with the feeling that you need to be a research Zen master to gather anything useful. Fact is, anyone can conduct product research. With... Read more

Horror Noire

By: Robin R. Means Coleman

Narrated by: Julienne Irons

Length: 17 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror from the 1890s to present day.

In this second edition, Robin R. Means Coleman expands upon the history of notable... Read more

Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop

By: Nat Segaloff & Mallory Lewis

Narrated by: Nat Segaloff, Mallory Lewis & Lamb Chop

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

For over forty years, ventriloquist Shari Lewis and her sassy hand puppet Lamb Chop were the most beloved team in children's television. Together with her other puppets Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy, Shari raised three generations of kids and struggled to stay relevant in an industry that was constantly changing. In this audiobook, cowritten and... Read more

Tell Them It's A Dream Sequence: And Other Smart Advice from Top Filmmakers

By: John Gaspard

Narrated by: John Gaspard

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Is it your dream to make feature films?Get advice on how to do that by some of the best in the business! It’s like going to film school without ever leaving home.Valuable Lessons on Making a Successful Feature Film. Includes great tips and ideas from:  Steven Soderbergh (“sex, lies & videotape”) Roger Corman (“Little Shop of... Read more

Charlie Chaplin vs. America

By: Scott Eyman

Narrated by: Phil Thron

Length: 13 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman.

Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the... Read more

To the Temple of Tranquility...And Step On It!

By: Ed Begley Jr.

Narrated by: Ed Begley Jr.

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Beloved actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. shares hilarious and poignant stories of his improbable life, focusing on his relationship with his legendary father, adventures with Hollywood icons, the origins of his environmental activism, addiction and recovery, and his lifelong search for wisdom and common ground.   Ed Begley Jr. is... Read more

Sondheim

By: Stephen M. Silverman

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. "Aside from Sondheim's own exceptional books...this may be the best coffee-table volume devoted to his work."(Shelf Awareness) Brimming with insights from a veritable Who's Who of... Read more

Lena Horne

By: Donald Bogle

Narrated by: Donald Bogle

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Donald Bogle, the award-winning author of Hollywood Black and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood’s first African American movie goddess.

Lena Horne’s life and career are truly remarkable in American film history. She was the first Black performer to become a... Read more

Charlie Brown's Christmas Miracle

By: Michael Keane

Narrated by: Allan Robertson

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made it on to television.

Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate... Read more

No Crying in Baseball

By: Erin Carlson

Narrated by: Mia Hutchinson Shaw

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The inside story of how A League of Their Own—one of the most beloved baseball movies of all time—developed from an unheralded piece of American history into a perennial cinematic favorite. Featuring exclusive interviews and behind the scenes memories from the original cast and creators.No Crying in Baseball is a rollicking, revelatory deep dive... Read more

The World Is Yours

By: Glenn Kenny

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew.

An unflinching confrontation of humanity’s dark side, Brian De Palma’s crime drama film Scarface gave rise to a cultural revolution upon its release in 1983. Its impact was unprecedented, making globe-spanning waves as a defining portrait of the... Read more

Hitchcock's Blondes

By: Laurence Leamer

Narrated by: Sharmila Devar

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic director Alfred Hitchcock that finally puts the dazzling actresses he cast in his legendary movies at the center of the story.

Alfred Hitchcock was fixated—not just on the dark, twisty stories that became his hallmark, but also by the blond... Read more

Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties

By: Foster Hirsch

Narrated by: Foster Hirsch

Length: 36 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set against the boom of the post–World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age—and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts

“The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood.” —Booklist

“Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expansive, penetrating.”... Read more