Art audiobooks

The Platinum Age of Television

By: David Bianculli

Narrated by: David Bianculli

Length: 23 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Television shows have now eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art of our time. This new book by one of our finest critics explains—historically, in depth, and with interviews with the celebrated creators themselves—how the art of must-see/binge-watch television evolved.

Darwin had his theory of evolution, and David Bianculli... Read more

How To Podcast

By: HowExpert

Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to learn the basics about podcasting, then get "How To Podcast" by someone who has real life experience doing podcasts.In the "How To Podcast" guide, you will find a number of skills and techniques related to podcasting, including:• How to develop a solid niche and create the product that people want.• How to choose theme music,... Read more

Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back - Abridged

By: Neil Gaiman

Narrated by: Adrian Lester, Bernard Cribbins, Don Warrington...

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: Yes

Paterson Joseph stars as the Marquis de Carabas in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's spin-off short story, set in the magical world of Neverwhere.

Returning us to London Below, this enchanting tale continues the story of one of the most colourful characters from Neverwhere – the cool, charming, resourceful... Read more

Kokain - Abridged

By: Walter Rheiner

Narrated by: Ulrich Tukur, Marc Bator, Helmut Krauss & Isabe...

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Stern des Expressionistischen Dichters Walter Rheiner verglühte 1925 in Berlin. Einsam und verlassen starb er im Alter von nur dreißig Jahren an einer Überdosis Morphium in einer Absteige in der Berliner Kantstraße. Das hektische Berlin der zwanziger Jahre verschlang diesen 'Düsteren Dichter', wie er selbst sich sah, fast spurlos. Walrer... Read more

NPR Road Trips Collection

By: NPR

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

With frequent stops at pop culture meccas, and unforgettable encounters with humans of singular interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them—and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the... Read more

Boy & Going Solo

By: Roald Dahl

Narrated by: Full Cast & Patrick Malahide

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl's gripping autobiographical stories.

These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl’s real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius.

Boy Dahl’s childhood was one of excitement, wonder, terror and... Read more

Shardlake: Sovereign

By: CJ Sansom

Narrated by: Bryan Dick, Full Cast & Justin Salinger

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the third novel in C. J. Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime series featuring hunchback lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.

Autumn, 1541. Henry VIII, accompanied by his young bride Catherine Howard, has embarked on a Great Progress from London to York, to establish his power and authority... Read more

Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

Narrated by: Emma Fielding & Stephen Fry

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Fry narrates this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the famous Victorian comic novel.

Orphan Becky Sharp and wealthy Amelia Sedley are best friends at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. On leaving school, ambitious, social-climbing Becky looks for a rich man to support her, while the sweet-natured Amelia meets her old friend... Read more

Alanatomy

By: Alan Carr

Narrated by: Alan Carr

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Alanatomy. Written and read by Alan Carr.

It must seem strange to you that I've called a book Alanatomy.

For anyone who has taken the time to see my stand-up performances or watched my chat show, 'Chattyman', knows that my body has hardly been kind to me - in fact there've been... Read more

Aim High in Creation!

By: Anna Broinowski

Narrated by: Emma Fenney

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

When Anna Broinowski learned that fracking had invaded downtown Sydney, she had a brilliant idea: she would seek guidance for a kryptonite-powerful anti-fracking movie from the world's greatest propaganda factory, apart from Hollywood. After two years of trying, she was allowed to make her case in Pyongyang and was granted full permission to... Read more

Dolce Vita Confidential

By: Shawn Levy

Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

From the ashes of World War II, Rome was reborn as the epicenter of film, fashion, creative energy, tabloid media, and bold-faced libertinism that made "Italian" a global synonym for taste, style, and flair. A confluence of cultural contributions created a bright, burning moment in history: it was the heyday of fashion icons such as Pucci and... Read more

Screen Saver

By: Nat Segaloff

Narrated by: Nat Segaloff

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

How do the most glamorous people in Hollywood behave when they’re not in Hollywood? They run the gamut, and Nat Segaloff followed them for twenty-five years. He started in the staid and stuffy—but also politically tinged and rapidly evolving—city of Boston, then picked up the trail in Los Angeles. In Screen Saver: Private Stories of Public... Read more

The Missing Matisse

By: Pierre H. Matisse

Narrated by: Jean Brassard

Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

An artful journey of discovery in the search for true identity and truthBorn into a famous family of artists, Pierre Matisse grew up immersed in the artistic life of Paris and the French Riviera, spending time with some of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The man he knew as his... Read more

Synergy

By: Keith Reddin

Narrated by: Rosalind Chao, Jeffrey Donovan, Richard Kind, A...

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

For most people, an afternoon trip to the dentist is the very definition of hell. When Debs routine dentist appointment turns out to be a meeting with Lucifer himself, she bargains her way back to living with a promise to secure a certain number of souls. Naturally, she begins her scavenger hunt in the corporate sector—the Disney Corporation to... Read more

But Not For Me

By: Keith Reddin

Narrated by: Timothy Carhart, Harry Groener, Gary Houston, L...

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Keith Reddin's examination of the early career of Richard Nixon. Set in a suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel, a paranoid Dick Nixon is an idealistic young congressman who is ambivalent about resorting to a monumentally underhanded “dirty trick”. This was orchestrated by Nixon's conniving campaign official Roy Day against his Democratic opponent,... Read more

25 Conversation Starters

By: Dre Baldwin

Narrated by: Dre Baldwin

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Conversation is simple and easy. We share things with others, and others share things with us. It doesn't always work out this simply, of course, but this is who we are at our cores. Humans are social creatures; we share. Verbal communication played a significant role in all your biggest life achievements. The sexiest guy or girl you've dated.... Read more

To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

By: Lawrence Levy

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success.

“Hi, Lawrence?” the caller asked. “This is Steve Jobs. I saw your picture in a magazine a few years ago and thought we’d work together someday.”

After Steve Jobs was unceremoniously dismissed from Apple, he turned his attention to a little-known graphics art company that he... Read more

Classic Radio Spotlights: Jack Webb - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Jack Webb & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jack Webb (1920–1982) was a popular American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter. He started out in the entertainment industry in comedy but achieved his first success playing the title character in the radio show Pat Novak, for Hire. His greater success came from his role as Los Angeles Police Department sergeant Joe Friday... Read more

Night Beat, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: Frank Lovejoy & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This radio drama stars Frank Lovejoy in twelve half-hour episodes that aired in 1950, during the golden age of radio.Among several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age, Night Beat was a cut above the others. It was the story of Randy Stone, a hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the... Read more

Suspense, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Cary Grant, Robert Young & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962, and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Often referred to as “Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills” it focused on suspenseful thrillers starring the... Read more

The Man Called X, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve exciting episodes of international intrigue from the golden age of radio.“Wherever there is mystery, adventure, intrigue, in all the strange and dangerous places in the world, there you will find the man called X!” Debonair British actor Herbert Marshall stars as FBI secret agent Ken Thurston, “the man who crosses the ocean as... Read more

Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Paul McGrath, Boris Karloff & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told a story of ghosts, murderers, and lunatics. Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC radio’s Blue Network in January 1941 and featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history as an organist hit a dissonant chord, a... Read more

Norwegian Wood

By: Lars Mytting

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson–like thriller; it's a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more than a year. Norwegian Wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of... Read more

55 Daily People Skills

By: Dre Baldwin

Narrated by: Dre Baldwin

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

It's happened to me, too. A lack of connections has cost me opportunities. Knowing the right people - who knew and liked me - has helped me many times as well. It seems random, but what if we could get some control over these occurrences? What if you could develop and strategically use skills for connecting with people? What if you could then... Read more