Art audiobooks

Self-awareness is key to self-sufficiency at this job training program

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

For workers trying to break the generational cycle of poverty, keeping a job can be as important as getting the job in the first place. As part of our series Chasing the Dream, John Yang reports on a program called Cara in Chicago that teaches the personal attributes and soft skills needed to succeed. Read more

Save the Cat!

By: Blake Snyder

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Here's what started the phenomenon: the bestseller, for over fifteen years, that's been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business. Save the Cat is just one of many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying, others... Read more

Neal Brennan: 3 Mics

By: Neal Brennan

Narrated by: Neal Brennan

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Wicked one-liners and soul-baring confessions converge in this uniquely intimate stand-up special from "Chappelle's Show" co-creator Neal Brennan. Read more

On Color

By: David Scott Kastan

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Our lives are saturated by color. We live in a world of colors, and color marks our psychological and social existence. But for all color’s ubiquity, we don’t know much about it. Authors David Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing offer a fresh and imaginative exploration of one of the most intriguing and least-understood aspects of everyday... Read more

I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing

By: A. D. Jameson

Narrated by: A. D. Jameson & Holter Graham

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A. D. Jameson celebrates the triumph of geekdom in I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing, an insightful and irreverent journey through the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero pop-culture cinematic icons whose legions of fans have put them at the top of the box office over and over.

Star Wars, Marvel superheroes, The Lord of the... Read more

Know Thyself

By: Ingrid Rossellini

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018

A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance

     "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient Greece, specifically in Delphi,... Read more

Otaku 101

By: HowExpert & Jessica Roar

Narrated by: Stephanie Quinn

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

If you're like many people just getting into anime and manga, you may be wondering how to join the culture. This audiobook is specially designed to help you get into the Otaku culture by informing you about all the different parts of it in an informative manner. Authored by an industry worker and enthusiast, this audiobook is professionally made... Read more

Advice to Youth

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Larry G. Jones

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Mark Twain wrote this essay when asked to share something with America’s youth. Though he begins in a serious tone, his advice quickly takes a turn for the satirical: “Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don’t, they will make you.” In a similar tone, he goes on to address the... Read more

Ignatius Farray: Ignatius'

By: Ignatius Farray

Narrated by: Ignatius Farray

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

El homónimo Ignatius comienza con el español Ignatius Farray abriéndose a la audiencia sobre haber sido diagnosticado recientemente con una afección cardíaca. Ignatius se pregunta si la comedia conduce a problemas de salud, alcoholismo y familias disfuncionales, y se maravilla de la capacidad de los comediantes para tomar cualquier tragedia de... Read more

Malastrega

By: Eliana Olivotto

Narrated by: Cristina Gianni

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Malastrega: Lo scenario di questa fiaba è il bosco, un mondo tra il fantastico ed il reale dove ogni senso è colpito. L' olfatto è catturato dalla fragranza balsamica dei pini e delle resine, dai piacevoli aromi di erbe e di fiori, dalle essenze preparate dai folletti, segreti abitanti del bosco, dall' erba appena falciata, dal profumo di fieno... Read more

Communication in Marriage

By: Rina Mcnally

Narrated by: Janelle Bigham

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Communicate with clarity and confidence Use communication skills to improve marriage Improve awareness; think more clearly and communicate more concisely Know how to effectively communicate with partner You will be able to identify communication mistakes you and your partner are making which are leading to tension and arguments. You will learn... Read more

Robin

By: Dave Itzkoff

Narrated by: Dave Itzkoff & Fred Berman

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a prologue and epilogue read by the author.

From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, comes the definitive audiobook biography of Robin Williams – a compelling portrait of one of America’s most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.

From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy... Read more

Love the Home You Have

By: Melissa Michaels

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

What if the house of your dreams is the home you have? Meet Melissa Michaels, creator of the popular blog The Inspired Room and the best contentment coach you'll ever meet. With humor and candor Melissa reveals how to transform your rooms (and your life) from plainly livable to fabulously lovable.



Like a perfectly overstuffed chair, Melissa's... Read more

Stealing the Show

By: Joy Press

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Female writers, directors, and producers have radically transformed the television industry in recent years. Shonda Rhimes, Lena Dunham, Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, Mindy Kaling: These extraordinary women have shaken up the entertainment landscape, making it look like an equal opportunity dream factory.



But things weren't always this rosy. It took... Read more

The Creative Path

By: Carolyn Schlam

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Creative Path is an inquiry into the creative process from philosophical, psychological, spiritual, and practical points of view. In this welcoming work on the creative process, Carolyn Schlam encourages the listener to embark upon his or her own journey of discovery, identity, and wonder through art. The author started her career in art... Read more

Wajatta: Casual High Technology

By: Wajatta

Narrated by: Wajatta

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Wajatta (pronounced wa-Ha-ta), as the name suggests, is a mash-up of the artist’s last names. Having grown up with similar musical influences, Austrian-born Tejada and German-born Watts draw from their love of urban, electronic music. Exploring the intersection between influences and innovation, the two describe Wajatta's music as “electronic... Read more

The Girl

By: Michelle Morgan

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

With an in-depth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl details how The Seven Year Itch created an icon and sent the star on an adventure of self-discovery and transformation from a controlled wife and contract player into a businesswoman and unlikely feminist whose power is still felt today.

When Marilyn... Read more

Celestial Bodies

By: Laura Jacobs

Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of ballet

As much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad -- in Russia, Italy, and France. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura... Read more

The Animated Marx Brothers

By: Matthew Hahn

Narrated by: Nat Segaloff

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

To many people, the Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators plucked their personas from their first appearances in The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and caricatured them in countless animated appearances in theatrical cartoons. Their animated likenesses have since been wisecracking in television... Read more

Wonder Woman Psychology

By: Travis Langley & Mara Wood

Narrated by: Todd McLaren & Stephanie Bentley

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

For seventy five years, Wonder Woman has served as an inspiration to people everywhere. Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth examines this powerful superhero—who was created by famous psychologist William Moulton Marston—through twenty chapters, including some very special interviews and the previously unpublished memoir of Elizabeth... Read more

Paul Rodriguez: The Here and Wow

By: Paul Rodriguez

Narrated by: Paul Rodriguez

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, veteran comedian Paul Rodriguez hits the stage to give you his perspectives on life. From being peer pressured into believing in God to claiming to be the village idiot, Paul will make you sit back and laugh! The special was taped in downtown Los Angeles at the Palace Theater. Read more

Anything You Can Imagine

By: Ian Nathan

Narrated by: Tristram Wymark

Length: 22 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive history of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast & crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be done, through the highs and lows of making the films, to fan adoration and,... Read more

Dinner

By: Moira Buffini

Narrated by: David Hounslow, Harriet Walter, Nicholas Farrel...

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A deliciously black satirical comedy about the dinner party from hell.

The fastidious host, Paige, decides to throw a dinner party in honour of her husband Lars, who is celebrating the success of his pop psychology book, Beyond Belief. She carefully plans a surprise menu that will mark the occasion, and anxiously checks with the waiter she has... Read more

The Museum of Curiosity: Series 9-12

By: John Lloyd

Narrated by: Jo Brand, John Lloyd, Noel Fielding & Romesh Ra...

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Professor John Lloyd and Curators Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, Romesh Ranganathan and Sally Phillips as they plunge down the badger hole of ignorance in a search for the universe's most mind-boggling oddnesses.

The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing... Read more