Art audiobooks
The St. Valentineโs Day Murder - Abridged
By: Peter Davis
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Itโs Valentineโs Day, but events turn less than romantic when one of the members of a dating site is murdered. Can detective Jean-Pierre LePoulet find the killer?Recorded in front of an audience at the New Diorama Theatre, The St. Valentineโs Day Murder stars Neil Frost, Mike Garnell, Debbie Bearelle, Philp Noth, Laura Marsall, Jade Allen, Laura... Read more
View audiobookStage Fright - Abridged
By: Lynn Howes
Narrated by: Abi Titmuss & a full cast
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Stage Fright by Lynn Howes, directed by Emma TaylorA savagely funny satire on celebrity and theater that garnered five-star reviews at its world premiere, Stage Fright charts the struggle for supremacy between three actors appearing in a play together: old friends Peter and Charles, and Geraldine, the young and vulnerable actress they have... Read more
View audiobookThe Mighty Carlins - Abridged
By: Collin Doyle
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 1 hour 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
On the anniversary of his wifeโs death, Leo Carlin and his two sons come together for their traditional night of sharing the good and not-so-good memories of the dearly departed Mrs. Carlin. Beers are drunk. Plans are hatched. Secrets are revealed.The Mighty Carlins is a black comedy that celebrates a family at its worst.Starring Shane Rimmer,... Read more
View audiobookBlood and Stone - Abridged
By: Marty Ross
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Based on the true story of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, perhaps one of the greatest mass murderers of all time, a woman who tortured and killed over 600 young women for their bloodToo noble to be executed, in 1610 the โBloody Lady of Cachticeโ was bricked up in a set of rooms in her own castle in Slovakia. Why then should the young and beautiful... Read more
View audiobookWe Are the BBC - Abridged
By: Susan Casanove
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 59 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Rob Sterling Davies is on the crest of a wave: a celebrated scriptwriter, actor, television personality, the new doyen of Just a Minute, and apparently, Stephen Fryโs new best friend. But all isnโt quite as it seems, and when Stephen discovers that Robโs BAFTA-winning script was stolen, he undertakes to expose Rob for the fraud he is.We Are the... Read more
View audiobookWe Are Not the BBC - Abridged
By: Susan Casanove
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This story is a lighthearted look at the radio drama production process as seen by the members of an amateur dramatics society in a sleepy suburb of Swansea.It canโt be difficult to make your own play for radio, can it? And with a LAMDA-trained professional actor at the helm, surely nothing could go wrong. After their attempt at Mike... Read more
View audiobookEmails Abroad - Abridged
By: Julia Messenger & Shirley Mawer
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Emails Abroad is a play based on travels abroad relayed by e-mails between an ingenuous first-time traveler and her disillusioned home-bound sister. It culminates in their role-reversal, with the possibility of closure, a tragic end, or a new beginning.Starring Maggie Turner and Robin Miller Read more
View audiobookBen Rosenfeld: The Russian Optimist
By: Ben Rosenfeld
Narrated by: Ben Rosenfeld
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Ben Rosenfeld creates smarter comedy for smarter people. The Russian Optimist blends his familyโs experience as Russian Jewish immigrants in America with his philosophical beliefs, political observations, and unique characters. Read more
View audiobookNo Great Magic
By: Fritz Leiber
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes
Abridged: No
No Great Magic fits into author Fritz Leiber's dizzying view of history as a battlefield in constant change. He explores the idea in his "Change War" novel, The Big Time, and this work is part of the action. It works by itself as the tale of poor Greta, a girl taken in "like a pet" by a company of Shakespearean actors. She lives in the dressing... Read more
View audiobookThe Chapter Ends
By: Poul William Anderson
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 1 hour 1 minute
Abridged: No
The Chapter Ends is a sci-fi story set tens of thousands of years in the future. What is the primary concern here is quite simply the end of human habitation on Earth and some serious decision making on what to do next... The author makes some very interesting and deep observations about human and cultural evolution. Read more
View audiobookUncle Remus Returns
By: Joel Chandler Harris
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 2 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from southern African - Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and Jean de la Fontaine's stories. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him... A... Read more
View audiobookThe Biography of a Grizzly
By: Ernest Thompson Seton
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes
Abridged: No
An astonishing tale of the wildlife from a bear's perspective! The listener gets a real insight into the challenges and delights of the everyday life of a grizzly named Wahb, having been orphaned from his mother and sibling to a hunter, our hero has to survive alone in the rugged but beautiful mountains of Wyoming... Read more
View audiobookA Slave Is a Slave
By: Henry Beam Piper
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
A Slave Is a Slave is a story by sci-fi master H. Beam Piper, published in 1962. A slave based society is overtaken by a bigger power that outlaws slavery... "Something everybody owns, nobody owns, MykhylEschkhaffarobjected.'Oh, no, Mykhyl; it will belong to everybody,' KhreggorChmidd told him earnestly. 'But somebody will have to take care of... Read more
View audiobookArm of the Law
By: Harry Harrison
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Arm of the Law is a 1958 story by sci-fi pro Harry Harrison. The cops in a backwater station on Mars get more than they bargained for in the form of a new ROBOT recruit - sent to them from earth in a box... All kinds of complications, danger and even fun ensue! Read more
View audiobookThe Misplaced Battleship
By: Harry Harrison
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The Misplaced Battleship is a sci-fi short story by author Harry Harrison, published in 1960. James Bolivar DiGriz, alias "Slippery Jim" and "The Stainless Steel Rat", is a fictional character and the protagonist of a series of comic science fiction novels by the same author. "Slippery Jim" is the listener's wonderfully sly, funny and... Read more
View audiobookThe Devil in Iron
By: Robert E. Howard
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Abridged: No
The Devil in Iron is one of the original Conan the Cimmerian (a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian) books, published in 1934. The plot concerns the resurrection of a mythical demon due to the theft of a sacred dagger, and an unrelated trap - in the lovely form of a noble born sensational beauty called Octavia - that lures Conan to the island fortress... Read more
View audiobookThe Ambulance Made Two Trips
By: Murray Leinster
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A 1960 sci-fi tale but also a pulp fiction and amusing fantasy story (the tale itself fluctuates between these styles) by master Murray Leinster. A gangster is controlling a town through violence and menace...until a dry cleaning establishment chips in for the good guys, resulting in very peculiar events to say the least! Read more
View audiobookThe Children's Life of the Bee
By: Maurice Maeterlinck
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 2 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Published in 1901, The Children's Life of the Bee, by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature; is a wonderfully informative and poetic in-depth look at what exactly goes on in a hive, with insightful observations on its fascinating characters such as the drones, the workers and, of course, the queen... Read more
View audiobookTriplanetary
By: E. E. Smith
Narrated by: Edward Miller
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Triplanetary is a science fiction novel and space opera by author E. E. Smith, published in 1948. It consists of two parts. The first explains the series background, which consists of a conflict between the evil Eddorians and the benevolent Arisians. This conflict is carried out throughout the history of an oblivious humankind on Earth. The... Read more
View audiobookHow To Draw Faces
By: HowExpert & Therese Barleta
Narrated by: Ginger Roll
Length: 47 minutes
Abridged: No
If you want to know how to draw realistic faces quickly and easily from start to finish, then get the "How To Draw Faces" step-by-step guide.You can become a better artist by getting this step-by-step guide. In this book, you will discover how to draw realistic faces.- Impress your friends and loved ones with your new realistic drawing skills.-... Read more
View audiobookWho Was Claude Monet?
By: Ann Waldron
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized and he struggled financially. With over one hundred black-and-white illustrations, this book... Read more
View audiobookHow to Talk Dirty and Influence People
By: Lenny Bruce
Narrated by: Ronnie Marmo
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed... Read more
View audiobookWho Is Bob Dylan?
By: Jim O'Connor
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A singer-songerwriter, musician, and artist, Bob Dylan is an American icon. In the past five decades, Dylan's work has influenced everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie to rapper Eminem. Young music lovers will be fascinated by this great artist's life! Read more
View audiobookGeorge Lucas
By: Brian Jay Jones
Narrated by: Jay Snyder
Length: 18 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
The essential biography of the influential and beloved filmmaker George Lucas.
On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George Lucas, the movie originally called The Star Wars... Read more