Art audiobooks

Soap Making Business Startup

By: Clement Harrison

Narrated by: Vicky David

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

In Soap Making Business Startup, you will discover:
How to customize existing recipes and formulate your own to make a product that’s uniquely yours Which regulations apply to your soaps so you don’t unknowingly break any laws and risk getting shut down Simple tips to reduce your operating costs and increase your profits without sacrificing... Read more

Picasso the Foreigner

By: Annie Cohen-Solal

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 19 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Before Picasso became Picasso—the iconic artist now celebrated as one of France's leading figures—he was constantly surveilled by the police. Amidst political tensions in the spring of 1901, he was flagged as an anarchist by the security services. Though he soon became the leader of the cubist avant-garde, and became increasingly wealthy as his... Read more

See What You're Missing

By: Will Gompertz

Narrated by: Matt Addis

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Taking us into the minds of artists—from contemporary stars to old masters—See What You're Missing shows us how to look and experience the world with their heightened awareness.



Artists are expert lookers: they have learned to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on autopilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity... Read more

Is It Hot in Here

By: Zach Zimmerman

Narrated by: Zach Zimmerman

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

To see the world through comedian, writer, and The New Yorker contributor Zach
Zimmerman's eyes is to be reminded of the many ways in which love, religion, family, sex, money—or often lack thereof—lay bare our most elemental and embarrassing humanness. From meditations on heartbreak to not-so-helpful how-tos, this laugh-and-cry-out-loud essay... Read more

Gays on Broadway

By: Ethan Mordden

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Writing with his customary verve and wit, author Ethan Mordden follows the steady liberation of gay themes on the American stage. The story begins in the early twentieth century, when gay characters were virtually banned from productions. The 1920s saw a flurry of plays closed on moral grounds as well as the Wales Padlock Act, which forbade... Read more

On Marilyn Monroe

By: Richard Barrios

Narrated by: Richard Barrios

Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Marilyn Monroe has been gone for over sixty years, and yet people are still talking about her. What, exactly, is the spell she casts on so many? Stunning, exciting to watch, incredibly famous, Monroe lived a very public life and died young, with a sad suddenness. All of this is true, and yet there is so much more to her story.



On Marilyn Monroe:... Read more

Bohemians

By: David Weir

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the new conditions faced by artists and writers when the previous system of aristocratic patronage collapsed in the wake of the Age of Revolution. Without the patron system, the artist was free to move around, to seek an audience wherever fortune... Read more

Bruno Schulz

By: Benjamin Balint

Narrated by: Jamie Renell

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The twentieth-century artist Bruno Schulz was born an Austrian, lived as a Pole, and died a Jew. He was a master of twentieth-century imaginative fiction who mapped the anxious perplexities of his time; Isaac Bashevis Singer called him "one of the most remarkable writers who ever lived." Schulz was also a talented illustrator and graphic artist... Read more

Gidget

By: Pamela Robertson Wojcik

Narrated by: Siiri Scott

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Gidget: Origins of a Teen Girl Transmedia Franchise examines the multiplicity of books, films, TV shows, and merchandise that make up the transmedia Gidget universe from the late 1950s to the 1980s.



The book examines the Gidget phenomenon as an early and unique teen girl franchise that expands understanding of both teen girlhood and transmedia... Read more

Indiana Jones and Philosophy

By: unknown

Narrated by: Chloe Cannon & Jonathan Yen

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones! He's both a mild-mannered archaeology professor and an intrepid adventurer traversing the globe in search of lost artifacts. Whether seeking the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, the Sankara Stones in India, the Holy Grail in Turkey, or a mysterious crystal skull in Peru, Indy's adventures never... Read more

Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back

By: unknown

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is the Way." In Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back, the Way wends through entirely new adventures in the Star Wars galaxy far, far away: not only the films of the Skywalker saga, but also Rebels, The Bad Batch, Rogue One, Solo, and The Mandalorian. Like the creators of these films and television series, the authors in this book harness... Read more

Haunted

By: Leo Braudy

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them



Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting history behind seemingly unchanging ideas of fame, war,... Read more

The Science of Star Trek

By: Mark Brake

Narrated by: Jon Vertullo

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Star Trek is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. It has changed our cultural landscape in so many ways since it first aired in 1966. The franchise has generated billions of dollars in revenue, leading to a wide range of spin-off games, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek is noted for its social science, too, with its... Read more

The Wireless World

By: Simon J. Potter, David Clayton, Friederike Kind...

Narrated by: Alex Wyndham

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

The Wireless World sets out a new research agenda for the history of international broadcasting, and for radio history more generally. It examines global and transnational histories of long-distance wireless broadcasting, combining perspectives from international history, media and cultural history, the history of technology, and sound studies.... Read more

The Portraitist

By: Steven M. Nadler

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A biography of the great portraitist Frans Hals that takes the listener into the turbulent world of the Dutch Golden Age.



Frans Hals was one of the greatest portrait painters in history, and his style transformed ideas and expectations about what portraiture can do and what a painting should look like.



Hals was a member of the great trifecta of... Read more

Musical Theatre For Dummies

By: Seth Rudetsky

Narrated by: Seth Rudetsky

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover what goes on behind the curtains of your favorite musical



Do you want to know more about the fascinating history of Broadway musicals, the stars of yesterday and today, and what goes on behind the curtain of a musical production? In Musical Theatre For Dummies, Broadway insider Seth Rudetsky takes you backstage and reveals everything you... Read more

500 Quotes of Humour

By: Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, George Bernard Shaw,...

Narrated by: Brad Carty

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection guaranteed to put a smile on your face, '500 Quotes of Humour' features the sharp wit and wisdom of the likes of Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, Groucho Marx, and Woody Allen. Some of the leading figures in their fields, these writers, actors, comedians, physicists, and playwrights are responsible for some of the... Read more

500 Quotes to Stimulate Creativity

By: Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Antoine de ...

Narrated by: Brad Carty

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

'500 Quotes to Stimulate Creativity' is the ideal read for anyone struggling to get their artistic juices flowing. From Shakespeare to Einstein, this collection is sure to provide interesting reflections on a plethora of topics from some of the greatest minds known to man. Packed with memorable maxims from writers, poets, scientists, and... Read more

500 Quotes: an Original Selection

By: Carl Jung, Marcus Aurelius, Leonardo da Vinci, ...

Narrated by: Brad Carty

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

'500 Quotes: an Original Selection' is a cherry-picked collection of quotes from some of the most important figures in history.Covering topics such as freedom, politics, art, science, and personal development, this is an inspiring read. Whether you dip in and out of it or devour it from cover to cover, this book has something for everyone.- Read more

El peón que renació

By: Angy Skay

Narrated by: Luis Pinazo & Anna Mestre

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Arcadiy Bravo estuvo bajo el brazo de Anker Megalos en una vida equivocada. Tiempo atrás, su instructor asesinó a su familia y lo secuestró, de manera que pasó a ser un huérfano encerrado en las paredes de una fortaleza donde adiestraban a niños para ser los mejores asesinos. Por aquellos entonces, creó un vínculo especial con el mejor asesino... 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

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

Tender Buttons

By: Gertrude Stein

Narrated by: Kary Wilson

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Tender Buttons consists of multiple poems covering the everyday mundane, Stein's experimental use of language renders the poems unorthodox and their subjects unfamiliar. It is renowned for its Modernist approach to portraying the everyday object and has been lauded as a "masterpiece of verbal Cubism". Its first poem, "A Carafe, That Is a Blind... Read more

Uli das UFO Folge 1: Das Uforennen

By: Fabian Bruck & Franziska Bruck

Narrated by: Fabian Bruck, Sasha Bornemann, Carolin Guhl, St...

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Willkommen in der Welt von Triangelienius! Habt Ihr euch nicht mal gefragt, ob wir alleine im Universum sind? Unzählig viele Galaxien, Planeten und Sonnen die da draußen Ihren Platz haben. Ich kann euch sagen, dass sind wir nicht! Hunderte Millionen von Lichtjahren von der Erde entfernt, gibt es einen kleinen Planten namens "Alienus" der... Read more