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Mozart
By: Marcia Davenport
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Realistic, moving, engrossing, and positively brilliant, this biography recreates Mozart, the man and his music, against the background of the world he lived in. For Marcia Davenport, the research and writing of Mozart was truly a labor of love, during which she retraced every journey he made, saw every dwelling (then extant) in which he had... Read more
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Lake Wobegon Loyalty Days
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the live recording of the show that played to sold-out theaters across the country. As Philip Brunelle leads the Minnesota Orchestra, Garrison Keillor does what he does best: talks, tells stories, and ponders the experience of being Lutheran. It's a gentle mix of great music and down-home humor. Includes Keillor's popular parody, "A... Read more
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My Gorgeous Life - Abridged
By: Dame Everage
Narrated by: Dame Edna Everage
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Dame Edna Everage, housewife and megastar— not to mention investigative journalist, social anthropologist, swami, and chanteuse— recounts her life and times. From her humble beginnings in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds to her marriage to Lord Norm Everage and her subsequent rise to megastardom, Everage recalls the... Read more
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Don’T Worry--Be Happy
By: Marsha Sinetar
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Using the Hansel and Gretel myth as a metaphor for life, psychologist and writer Sinetar speaks to those who are attempting to live their deepest calling in the midst of a seductive world. She emphasizes the power of a positive view without being pollyannish, and stresses how optimism is essential for the creative process to unfold. Read more
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More News from Lake Wobegon
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Successor to the best-selling News from Lake Wobegon, this collection of Garrison Keillor monologues includes 16 stories, grouped by theme: Love, Faith, Hope, and Humor. All are from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.
Contents:
Rotten Apples; O Death; The Wise Men; A Trip to Grand Rapids; Truckstop; Smokes; The Perils of... Read more
News from Lake Wobegon
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 3 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
One of the best-selling spoken audio of all time, this is the original collection of Garrison Keillor monologues. Funny and touching, these 20 stories from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion follow the seasons in Lake Wobegon.
Contents:
Spring: Me and Choir; A Day in the Life of Clarence Bunsen; Letter from Jim; Fiction
Summer:... Read more
Goldwyn - Abridged
By: A. Scott Berg
Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
Length: 3 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
In 1895, teenager Schmuel Goldfisz left the Warsaw ghetto to become Samuel Goldwyn, one of the most acclaimed producers in Hollywood history. Among Goldwyn' s films are such classics as The Pride of the Yankees, Wuthering Heights, and The Bishop' s Wife— all famous for conveying the “ Goldwyn... Read more
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Expressing the Inner Voice: Writing Your Way Through Crisis
By: Gabriele Rico
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Rico tells how through writing about deep feelings, emotions can take shape, come to the surface, and be clarified, instead of being repressed to emerge later as destructive behavior. Read more
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Hollywood Anecdotes - Abridged
By: Paul F. Boller Jr.
Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
What do legends Groucho Marx, Bette Davis, W. C. Fields, and Alfred Hitchcock have in common? They are just four of the luminaries mentioned in Hollywood Anecdotes, the definitive oral history of film's Golden Era. Educational and entertaining, here are authentic and apocryphal anecdotes about the American movie industry and various aspects of... Read more
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The Mermaid Man - Abridged
By: Marion Watson
Narrated by: AudioscapePlayers
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Viewing Hans Christian Andersen's boots and travelling bags at his museum in Denmark in 1986, triggered an idea for a script about his life to be done for Audioscape. His shyness and rather off-putting appearance did not win him many friends, yet eventually, the crown-heads of Europe solicited his presence. Millions since then, have... Read more
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Roast of the Town
By: Joey Adams
Narrated by: Joey Adams, Phyllis Diller, Soupy Sales, Norm C...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
A hilarious collection of more than 700 jokes by comedians at the top of their game!Recorded live at the Friar's Club in New York City, this collection of stand-up routines features some of the greatest American comedians at the height of their comic skills. Presented by Joey Adams— and with introductions by television legends Milton... Read more
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Writing and Creativity
By: Gabriele Rico & Gerald Rosen
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Here two writers share their own techniques for bringing forth creativity. The written word is the focus, and creativity in its totality provides the context. You will gather a rich treasure trove of insights and ideas about how to unleash your own creative potential. Read more
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“Jumping”
By: Keith Jarrett
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Phil Catalfo
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Among music lovers everywhere, Keith Jarrett is known as an artist of rare gifts. Here he brings those gifts to a captivating discussion of his work, especially the ineffable art of improvisation--or, as we termed it here, "jumping" (as in "jumping off the deep edge"). Read more
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Unleashing The Inner Writer
By: Gabriele Rico
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Have you ever harbored dreams of being a writer? You’re far from alone. Have you wrestled time and again with a seeming inability to write? You’ve got even more company there. Now help is on the way in the person of Gabriele Rico, who was Professor of English and Creative Arts at San Jose State University. In her book Writing the Natural Way,... Read more
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Turn Your Radio On: Michael Toms Is Interviewed by George Leonard
By: Michael Toms
Narrated by: George Leonard & Phil Catalfo
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Here Toms reveals his own early roots of how New Dimensions came through a series of synchronistic events. He also talks about his own spiritual background. This was a live radio program and includes calls from listeners. Read more
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Dharma Elegance
By: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Merging life with art is the central theme here as Chogyam Trungpa weaves the contemplative life together with the visionary world of the artist who resides in all of us. Read more
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Free Associating
By: Ken Nordine
Narrated by: Phil Catalfo
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a flight of fancy with Ken Nordine, one of radio's creative geniuses. He is the man who created the marvelous "Word Jazz" records of the late 1950s and whose voice has visited our homes on countless radio and TV commercials over the years. For anyone who loves radio or sound in any medium, this conversation is a must. Read more
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Magic Words
By: Robert Bly
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
We take our title from an Eskimo poem recited by Bly during this extraordinary dialogue with one of America's greatest contemporary poets. Bly brings us in touch with the deeper chords of consciousness residing in us all. Read more
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Ginsberg Remembers
By: Allen Ginsberg
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
This is one man's trip from the late l940's to the early ‘80's, with lengthy stops in the Beat ’50's, the anti-war/psychedelic ’60's, and the ineffable ’70's. Poet, mystic, consousness explorer, activist and singer, Ginsberg tells all about his activities and inspirations, from the literary trio of Blake, Burroughs and Kerouac to Tibetan Buddhism. Read more
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Shakespeare in Life
By: Stephen Lacey, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
A Shakespeare scholar and Professor of English at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, discusses the relevance of literature in terms of its psychological value. His talk is illustrated with historical and anecdotal references to the life and works of Shakespeare, the Jacobeans, Samuel Johnson, Proust and others Read more
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Meeting With a Remarkable Man
By: Peter Brook
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Listen to an extraordinary and probing conversation with the renowned filmmaker, theater producer, and director of "Lord of the Flies," "Marat-Sade," and "Meetings with Remarkable Men," based on Gurdjieff's book of the same title. Read more
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