Art audiobooks

Prolonged Brexit Impasse Causes Rising Angst In The Uk

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

European leaders agreed to delay the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union for at least a few weeks, but there is still no deal for how the withdrawal will occur. As the impasse drags on, protesters take to the streets and it's clear that “Brexiters” and “Remainers” alike are growing increasingly impatient and uneasy about their... Read more

Planet Trek fm #30 - Die ganze Welt von Star Trek - Abridged

By: Björn Sülter

Narrated by: Björn Sülter

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über Episode #30 Die zweite Staffel von "Star Trek: Discovery" geht mit "Project Daedalus" ("Projekt Daedalus") weiter. Medienjournalist und Star-Trek-Experte Björn Sülter spricht in seinem Podcast "Planet Trek fm" mit den Autoren und Übersetzern Christian Humberg und Claudia Kern sowie mit Co-Pilot Moritz Wolfart über das neue Abenteuer und... Read more

Animal Music / Tiermusik: Team of Jeremy Roht

By: Oswald Wiener & Helmut Schoener

Narrated by: Team of Jeremy

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Tiermusik: Gibt es über den blinden Trieb von Hunger, Angst und Fortpflanzung hinaus eine Lust des Animalischen am eigenen Laut? Ein Lautwerden im Dienst des Ästhetischen? Hört man Oswald Wieners Feldaufnahmen der nächtlichen Klagegesänge kanadischer Schlittenhunde (Wiener baute dazu eigens einen Recorder, der auch bei extremen Außentemperaturen... Read more

Hearing Aid

By: Michael Snow

Narrated by: Michael Snow

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Anfang der sechziger Jahre brach der Kanadier Michael Snow eine erfolgversprechende Karriere als Musiker ab, um sich von da an ausschließlich seinen anderweitigen künstlerischen Interessen widmen zu können. Bald darauf entstanden in New York seine ersten experimentellen Filme, die heute noch dem Nachdenken über Film entscheidende Anstösse... Read more

A Culinary Tradition For The Persian New Year

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Nowruz, the Persian holiday celebrating the new year, is observed in Iran and parts of Western and Central Asia. It marks the first day of the vernal equinox. Najmieh Batmanglij, author of eight cookbooks on Iranian cuisine that are widely celebrated among the Iranian diaspora, reminisces about her Iranian childhood while cooking Persian new... Read more

Manga Drawing 101

By: HowExpert & Rebecca Bauer

Narrated by: Allie James

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In this guide, you will learn many different techniques and information that is useful when drawing manga. So, taking everything into account here is the information you will learn.Some of the information that is useful to know prior to starting with drawing manga are: The history of manga What the top manga comics are What the top manga... Read more

How Residents From El Paso Feel About Border Barriers

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Amid the roiling national debate about immigration and a border wall, construction crews in El Paso, Texas, are busy replacing 20 miles of wire mesh fencing with a bollard-style structure. Border Patrol says this kind of barrier is crucial for preventing people from crossing the border illegally. Special correspondent Angela Kocherga talks to El... Read more

Can Uganda Block Ebola'S Spread From Neighboring Congo?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Eastern parts of Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering from the second-worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in history, with more than 500 dead so far. Neighboring Uganda is watching with concern as the crisis unfolds, wary of allowing Ebola to spread to its people. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on measures Uganda is... Read more

Funny Man

By: Patrick McGilligan

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 21 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane and Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light.

Oscar, Emmy,... Read more

Diverse Interpreten, Die Wahrheit über Deutschland, Pt. 13

By: Bülent Ceylan, Nektarios Vlachopoulos, René Syd...

Narrated by: Bülent Ceylan, Nektarios Vlachopoulos, René Syd...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Wahrheit über Deutschland zählt schon lange zu einer festen Größe im Programm des Kölner Labels WortArt In regelmäßigen Abständen wird hier das Beste aus aktuellen Kabarett- und Comedy-Produktionen gesammelt und auf einer Compilation zusammen gefasst! 1997 startete WortArt mit der ersten Wahrheit über Deutschland und veröffentlicht 22 Jahre... Read more

Planet Trek fm #29 - Die ganze Welt von Star Trek - Abridged

By: Björn Sülter

Narrated by: Björn Sülter

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über Episode #29 Die zweite Staffel von "Star Trek: Discovery" geht mit "If Memory Serves" ("Gedächtniskraft") weiter. Medienjournalist und Star-Trek-Experte Björn Sülter spricht in seinem Podcast "Planet Trek fm" mit dem Redakteur der deutschen Synchronisation der Serie Torsten Nobst, Autorin und Übersetzerin Claudia Kern sowie mit Co-Pilot... Read more

The Book of Art for Young People

By: Agnes Ethel Conway

Narrated by: Taylor Pepper

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Product text: In The Book of Art for Young People Agnes Ethel Conway provides an overview of the history of art from the 13th to the 19th century. Excerpt from the book: "Almost the pleasantest thing in the world is to be told a splendid story by a really nice person. If I might choose the person to tell me the kind of story I like to listen... Read more

The Dangers Of Our ‘New Data Economy,' And How To Avoid Them

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Roger McNamee was an early investor in Facebook and still holds a stake in the social media giant--but he’s also become a vocal critic of its practices, especially around how it handles user data. McNamee offers his humble opinion on why as consumers, we need to stop being passive and take control of how we share our personal information. Read more

With ‘Mutual Air,' This California Artist Leverages The Sounds Of Science

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Despite increasingly dire assessments about the outlook for climate change, it can be difficult to remain mindful of our environment’s health on a daily basis. Jeffrey Brown traveled to the Bay Area to meet Rosten Woo, a Los Angeles-based artist whose work offers an unexpected way to become more aware of pollution as we go about our lives: by... Read more

At U.S.-Mexico Border, Migrants Seeking Legal Entry Are Stranded In Hazardous ‘Limbo’

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Much of President Trump’s rhetoric over immigration focuses on the people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. But what is the situation for the thousands who wait on a daily basis to enter through legal means? In the second installment of our two-part series, Amna Nawaz crosses the border into Mexico to see firsthand how the existing U.S.... Read more

Handmade

By: Gary Rogowski

Narrated by: BJ Harrison

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In an era when there are countless competing claims on one's attention, how does one find the internal focus to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. The discipline of working with one's hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete... Read more

In Miniature

By: Simon Garfield

Narrated by: Adrian Scarborough

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans’ peculiar fascination with small things—and what small things tell us about our larger world.

“[Simon Garfield is] an exuberant truffle-hound of the recondite and delightful factoid.” —Sunday Times (London)

Simon Garfield writes books that shine a... Read more

And Then Mama Said…

By: Tumi Morake

Narrated by: Tumi Morake

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Tumi Morake modeled her public persona on her mother, a charming and contentious woman who used her big, bold voice to say what others were afraid to utter. It’s the personality that Tumi took on stage in the mostly male space of stand-up comedy, and the one that gave her the courage to join a white, Afrikaans radio station and comment about... Read more

At U.S.-Mexico Border, Migrants Seeking Legal Entry Are Stranded In Hazardous ‘Limbo’

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Much of President Trump’s rhetoric over immigration focuses on the people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. But what is the situation for the thousands who wait on a daily basis to enter through legal means? In the second installment of our two-part series, Amna Nawaz crosses the border into Mexico to see firsthand how the existing U.S.... Read more

How Surge In Family Border Crossings Is Complicating Enforcement

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Yuma sector of the southwestern Arizona border, Border Patrol officials are observing dramatic shifts in the migrant populations they apprehend. In the past, a majority of migrants caught crossing illegally were single men. Now 90% of those apprehended are Central American families and unaccompanied children. Amna Nawaz reports on how... Read more

Author Marlon James On Never Outgrowing The Magical

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Marlon James is best known for writing literary fiction, including “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” which won the prestigious Man Booker Prize. But his latest book, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” draws on a lifelong love of comics and fantasy. James sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss why he still seeks "a sword and some sorcery" and the... Read more

Eternal

By: David Gere

Narrated by: C.J. Grey

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Eric Richards was living as close to a normal life as one could hope for. With a successful excavation business; Sara, his gorgeous archaeologist wife; and twin five-year-old boys, Michael and David, life was good. That was until he would be confronted with a decision to join in a fight that was not his own. A war had raged for ages behind the... Read more

Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel: The Complete Series 1-3

By: Nat Perrin & Arthur Sheekman

Narrated by: Frank Lazarus, Full Cast & Michael Roberts

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC radio recreation of the Marx Brothers’ lost shows, starring Michael Roberts and Frank Lazarus


‘For me this BBC version is a flattering improvement!’ Nat Perrin, co-creator of the original 1932 Marx Brothers Radio series


First broadcast on America’s NBC network between 1932-33, Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel charted the exploits of shady... Read more

La edad de la penumbra

By: Catherine Nixey

Narrated by: Neus Sendra

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Repleto de historias, este audiolibro es la rara y perfecta combinación entre una historia extremadamente divertida y una tesis valiente y sólida, además de un llamamiento a la tolerancia. Entre los mejores títulosde 2017 según The Telegraph, The Spectator, The Observer, The Times y la BBC. «Mordaz y documentado, el libro palpita a un ritmo... Read more