Art audiobooks

Worlds Elsewhere

By: Andrew Dickson

Narrated by: Andrew Dickson

Length: 20 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays—more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern... Read more

Greatest Conspiracy Theories

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

As you know, there are many of such events which became part of those conspiracies that many people believe in and most of the people don’t. Well, what do you think people should believe in these? At first everyone does actually because obviously it interests you so much but most of them get verified as wrong at the end, not all of them but most... Read more

Mike Polk, Jr.: Baseless Arrogance

By: Mike Polk, Jr.

Narrated by: Mike Polk, Jr.

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A Cleveland favorite, Mike Polk, Jr.'s Baseless Arrogance blends stand-up and music into hilarity that has garnished 50 million+ YouTube hits, numerous national TV appearances, and a dedicated legion of fans. Read more

In the Psychiatrist's Chair

By: Dr Anthony Clare

Narrated by: Barbara Cartland, Dr Anthony Clare, Edwina Curr...

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve editions of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 interview series presented by Dr Anthony Clare.

A master of incisive interrogation, Dr Anthony Clare became renowned for In the Psychiatrist's Chair. From 1982 until 2001 he conducted in-depth interviews with prominent people from different walks of life, inviting them to answer penetrating... Read more

Jane Eyre - Abridged

By: Rachel Joyce & Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by: Amanda Hale, Full Cast & Tom Burke

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Amanda Hale and Tom Burke star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, adapted by Rachel Joyce.

Orphan Jane learns at an early age that self-control is the surest means of retaining self-respect in adversity. It is a lesson that serves her well in the years ahead as she endures the misery of... Read more

The Auctioneer

By: Simon de Pury & William Stadiem

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Just as William Goldman, the ultimate screenwriter, took us inside Hollywood, Simon de Pury, the ultimate art player, will take us inside an even more secretive business, whose staggering prices, famous collectors, and high crimes are front page news almost every day. The former Chairman of Sotheby's Europe, the former owner of Sotheby's rival... Read more

Boston Blackie, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Richard Kollmar, Maurice Tarplin & Jan Miner

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are original broadcasts of the old-time radio show featuring amateur detective Boston BlackieCreated by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a master safecracker and hardened criminal who served time in a California prison. Rehabilitated, he decided to use his knowledge of the underworld to fight crime as an amateur detective. Known as “an... Read more

The Great Gildersleeve, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: a full cast & Harold Peary

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character appearing each week on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show. On August 31, 1941, Gildersleeve landed his own situation comedy, The Great Gildersleeve, becoming radio’s first spin-off.Gildersleeve moved from the town of Wistful Vista, where Fibber McGee and Molly lived, to Summerfield, where... Read more

The Damon Runyon Theatre, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Damon Runyon was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of New York City’s Broadway that grew out of the Prohibition era. He created a little world of characters that live on even today in such classic movies as Little Miss Marker and Guys and Dolls, both based on Runyon’s stories.Actor Alan... Read more

Fort Laramie, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Raymond Burr & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fort Laramie was an adult-oriented Western radio series that aired Sunday afternoons on the CBS radio network in 1956. Produced and directed by Gunsmoke’s Norman Macdonnell, this realistic Western drama depicted life at Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails, as well as a staging point for various military... Read more

Classic Radio Spotlights: Lucille Ball - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Lucille Ball

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection showcases Lucille Ball’s amazing spectrum of radio work, from comedy to mystery and everything in between. As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy’s enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running television program I Love Lucy. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but exasperated husband... Read more

Citizen Kane

By: Harlan Lebo

Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

With the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane in May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the full story of Orson Welles's masterpiece film. The book explores Welles's meteoric rise to stardom in New York and the real reason behind his arrival in Hollywood and unprecedented contract with RKO Studios for total creative control. It also delves into the... Read more

Her Again

By: Michael Schulman

Narrated by: Eliza Foss

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep—the “Iron Lady” of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three—that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.In 1975 Meryl Streep, a promising young... Read more

Peggy Guggenheim

By: Francine Prose

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art.One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time,... Read more

Boston Blackie: Amnesia Victims

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Arthur Burke woke up this morning in a strange office with a lump on his head and he has no idea where he’s been for the last three weeks. Burke has read the story of the murder of George Digby in the morning paper and is afraid that he had something to do with it. Burke calls Blackie to help him find out. Read more

Boston Blackie: Mary Disappears

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Shorty’s been arrested by Inspector Friday for sticking up a gas station and even though he told them it was a guy named Donald Bolton Shorty has ended up in Jail. Inspector Friday informs Mary to tell Blackie that Shorty’s guilty and he’s to keep his nose out of this case. Read more

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

Narrated by: Armando Duran

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras-skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities-came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population... Read more

The Road Home

By: author

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Some say a place is home when you know where all the roads go. Over in Lake Wobegon, all the roads take you there, and it's never been any different. And what you learn along the way is that—quicker than any road sign or street map or pair of shiny red shoes—all you really need is a story to get you from here to there. A story about an ordinary... Read more

Boston Blackie: TV Poisoning

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A man about to expose a criminal on Television is poisoned by a glass of water. Three other people, however, drank the water without ill effects! Boston Blackie and Mary Wesley seem to be settling in to watch a TV show with Inspector Faraday. As the set warms up they see Inspector Faraday and three other men seated around a table. Mary comments... Read more

Boston Blackie: The Masters Diamond

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

At a swank dinner party, the Masters diamond disappears, and Mrs. Masters has been murdered. Read more

Boston Blackie: Atkins, Jewel Theif

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Peggy Williams' pearl necklace has gone missing from her safe and Boston Blackie was at the scene of the crime, so of course in Faraday’s book he’s the prime suspect. But the insurance company thinks it may be staged for a false insurance claim. Read more

Boston Blackie: Murder at the Movies

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A movie star is shot while in a trunk, but no bullet went through the trunk and the bullet wasn't inside the trunk either. The commercials for Champagne Velver beer heard on this program and the others following were not part of the original network broadcast, nor even an integral part of the Ziv syndication discs. The commercials were found on... Read more

Boston Blackie: The Disappearing Body

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

There's a dead body in Blackie's apartment. After Blackie is lured out with a decoy telephone call, the body disappears. Then, stolen pearls find their way into Blackie's safe! Mary and Blackie return home early from the pictures to find a corpse in the dining room. While Blackie tries to explain to Mary that he knows nothing about the body,... Read more

Boston Blackie: Simmons Construction Murder

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Falling for his friend's girl, he fails to reckon with an unusual roommate. The young man was tall tanned and impressive. There wasn’t a guest at Mrs. Parkford-Smith’s cocktail party who would deny that his presence had livened the affair considerably. The hostess especially appreciated Mr. Derek Marlow, his gentle flattery and his absurdly... Read more