Art audiobooks

The Noel Coward BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Noel Coward

Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Full Ca...

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Seven BBC radio full-cast productions of Noël Coward’s classic plays – plus bonus material including a profile of Coward and extracts from his diaries

Renowned for his wit, style and sophistication, Noël Coward was one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century. His plays, set in the glittering world of high society in which he lived,... Read more

How Trump’s tariffs changed the fates of these two factories

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

How are President Trump's tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum affecting manufacturers and workers? At two different Missouri factories, there are two very different stories. Mid Continent Steel and Wire, which makes nails, has already eliminated 100 jobs. But about 60 miles away at Magnitude 7 Metals, the reopened aluminum smelter is back up... Read more

Fear of Flying

By: Erica Jong

Narrated by: Full Cast, Julianna Jennings, Kevin Shen & Max ...

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The radio premiere of Erica Jong's uninhibited feminist classic about female sexuality.

Isadora Wing has been married to psycho-analyst Bennett for five years. But she has become restless and yearns for men, for solitude, and for the perfect, guiltless, ‘zipless f**k’.

Having overcome her fear of flying to travel to a conference in Vienna with... Read more

Disgraced

By: Ayad Akhtar

Narrated by: Geoffrey Arend, Behzad Dabu, Hari Dhillon, Same...

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Amir has left his Pakistani heritage behind in an attempt to make partner at his corporate law firm, but his wife Emily doesn’t share his negative feelings about Islam—she’s encouraged Amir to help with the case of a controversial imam. When they throw a dinner party for Amir’s colleague Jory and her husband Isaac, the hard truths revealed lead... Read more

Discovering Great Plays

By: Leonard Peikoff

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a series of lectures by Leonard Peikoff and edited by Marlene Trollope, Discovering Great Plays provides the ability to understand, judge, and savor the values offered by great drama. Listeners will discover plot-theme as the key to a play; see Antigone as a great heroine and Iago as the darkest villain in literature; learn about the... Read more

Transforming Harry

By: John Alberti & P. Andrew Miller

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell & Esther Wane

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age is an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. The movie version of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's... Read more

Nobody's Girl Friday

By: J. E. Smyth

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style, led their unions, climbed to the top during the war, and fought the... Read more

Sassi

By: Angelo Parisi

Narrated by: Lorenzo Loreti

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Angelo Parisi è nato a Potenza il 16/11/78. Ha pubblicato per la Giulio Perrone Editore la raccolta poetica "Serratura sommersa", le sillogi "Versipelle, "Banana Spleen". Ha pubblicato la raccolta di racconti "Nero. 24 rintocchi a mezzanotte" per il Gruppo Albatros, Il Filo. Il racconto "L'equilibrio degli angeli" in versione digitale sui... Read more

The Big Picture

By: Ben Fritz

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and commerce of filmIn the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle, while writers and producers lift their best techniques... Read more

Finding His Voice - Abridged

By: George Zarr

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From award-winning writer, director, and producer George Zarr comes a tale of suspense and mystery featuring a full cast, engaging sound effects, and music.The voice-over business intensifies into a deadly game of cat and mouse between three people. The hunter and the hunted crisscross through the worlds of film, radio, and television—until... Read more

Why does one of the most needed jobs pay so poorly?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

With about 10,000 baby boomers retiring every single day, home care is one of the fastest growing, most needed occupations in America. But there's a problem: The current median pay is just $10.49 per hour. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on why these vital workers get paid so little. Read more

The Doctor is In - Abridged

By: George Zarr

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From award-winning writer, director, and producer George Zarr comes a tale of suspense and mystery featuring a full cast, engaging sound effects, and music.A physician from Minneapolis, well-versed in metaphysics, mysteriously barges into the lives of an unsuspecting couple, leaving them in doubt as to whether their weird guest is really a... Read more

Italy’s right-wing government aims to halt tide of migrants by cracking down at ports

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Italy has borne the brunt of Europe's migration crisis as 200,000 people have landed on the nation's shores after making the perilous crossing. Now a right-wing government wants to stop the human tide, banning nonprofit search-and-rescue ships. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Sicily. Read more

Robin Williams

By: Emily Herbert

Narrated by: Marston York

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

With his twinkling eyes, boundless energy and unrivalled natural wit, Robin Williams was the comedian who brought laughter to a generation.Through roles in cherished films such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, Aladdin and Hook, he became the genial face of family comedy. His child-like enthusiasm was infectious, sweeping viewers away. Allied to his... Read more

The Secret History of Magic

By: Peter Lamont & Jim Steinmeyer

Narrated by: Rory Barnett

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

If you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt, with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The history of magic is full of such... Read more

Los Petalos de la Muerte

By: Elizabeth Spann Craig & Freddy Moyano

Narrated by: Freddy Moyano

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this easy-reader mystery, Spanish students will be able to increase their vocabulary while solving mysteries with amateur detective Myrtle Clover. Each chapter is designed to immerse readers into the Spanish language while enjoying a best-selling murder mystery. This workbook contains 100 useful words and expressions in Universal Spanish. Read more

Muddy

By: Michael Mahin

Narrated by: Damany Jackson

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told. When Grandma Della said the blues wouldn't put food on the table, Muddy didn't listen. And when record producers told him that no one wanted to listen to a country boy playing country blues, Muddy ignored them as well. This tenacious streak carried Muddy from the hardscrabble fields of... Read more

Nektarios Vlachopoulos, Niemand weiß, wie man mich schreibt

By: Nektarios Vlachopoulos

Narrated by: Nektarios Vlachopoulos

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Texte des ehemaligen Deutschlehrers und heutigen Slampoeten und Humoristen Nektarios Vlachopoulos zeichnen sich durch Geschwindigkeit, Präzision und absurden Humor aus. In seinem ersten Soloprogramm mischt er das Beste aus acht Jahren Bühnenerfahrung mit vergnüglichen Alltagsgeschichten und peinlichen Improvisationen. Ein Live-Mitschnitt der... Read more

Die Ella Fitzgerald Story - Biografie - Abridged

By: Thomas Tippner

Narrated by: Omid-Paul Eftekhari

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Am 15. Juni 1996 verstummte für einen kurzen Augenblick die Welt. Die Königin des Jazz, Ella Jane Fitzgerald, hatte für immer die Augen geschlossen. Eine Frau, die die Welt mit ihrer Drei-Oktaven-Stimme bewegt hatte. Die Frau, die von ganz unten kam, und sich in die Herzen der Menschen sang. Ihr Leben war wie der wahr gewordene amerikanische... Read more

Die Louis Armstrong Story - Biografie - Abridged

By: Thomas Tippner

Narrated by: Omid-Paul Eftekhari

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

"Ich denke, ich hatte ein wunderschönes Leben. Ich hatte keine Wünsche, die ich mir nicht erfüllen konnte, und ich habe nahezu alles erreicht, weil ich dafür hart gearbeitet habe." So beschreibt Louis Armstrong kurz vor seinem Tod im Alter von 69 Jahren seinen Lebensweg. Das Lebenswerk des "Satchmo", wie er liebevoll genannt wurde,... Read more

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

By: John Callahan

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1972, at the age of 21, John Callahan was involved in a car crash that severed his spine and made him a quadriplegic. A heavy drinker since the age of 12 (alcohol had played a role in his crash), the accident could have been the beginning of a downward spiral. Instead, it sparked a personal transformation. After extensive physical therapy, he... Read more

The Inspector Chen Mysteries

By: Qiu Xiaolong

Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Dan Li, Daniel York, Full Ca...

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry.

Through thrilling crime drama, these nine mysteries paint a portrait of modern life in communist China, depicting traditional Shanghai... Read more

Fight Club

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Narrated by: Elaine Cassidy, Full Cast, Patrick Kennedy & Sa...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

First there was the insomnia.
Then there were the support groups that helped him sleep.
Then Marla Singer turned up, muscled in on ascending bowel cancer and ruined everything.
Then he met Tyler Durden.
Then came Fight Club.

Fight Club is the psychological story of a man's descent into an underground world of violence. Mild mannered... Read more

Kevin Young Intertwines Personal And Public History

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, Brown, Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider world. Jeffrey Brown reports. Read more