Art audiobooks

Halfway To Hollywood - Abridged

By: Michael Palin

Narrated by: Michael Palin

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor),... Read more

Collections of Nothing

By: William Davies King

Narrated by: Robert Pavlovich

Length: 5 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Nearly everyone collects something, even those who don’t think of themselves as collectors. William Davies King, on the other hand, has devoted decades to collecting nothing—and a lot of it. With Collections of Nothing, he takes a hard look at this habitual hoarding to see what truths it can reveal about the impulse to accumulate. Part... Read more

NPR Favorite Driveway Moments

By: NPR

Narrated by: Ensemble Cast

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Hosts and listeners select their favorite stories from the National Public Radio archives, celebrating life, love, hope—and cookies.

Every NPR listener has had at least one “driveway moment” and probably more. You’re so captivated by a story on All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Morning Edition, News & Notes, or another NPR program that... Read more

Journey Of A Lifetime

By: Alan Whicker

Narrated by: Alan Whicker

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career. "You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional and private lives blend exactly."Alan Whicker, 2007 This sumptuous book to... Read more

Archives of the Centuries

By: Roberto Trujillo

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to create a library-in particular, a research library worthy of Stanford University? Robert Trujillo has been developing special collections at Stanford for more than three decades. In this interview he shares the fascinating story of how the vast literary resources we rely on are generated. Read more

New Meaning to "Playtime"

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Arts education is typically not a staple of some heartland communities, so for nearly 40 years the Missoula Children's Theatre has been giving disadvantaged children an opportunity to discover their inner thespian. Jeffrey Brown reports. Read more

Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: John Gielgud & Ralph Richardson

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries—twelve timeless classics performed as radio theater, linked by violin music interludes.

The great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street, with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion, Dr. Watson, and Orson Welles as the nefarious... Read more

One Less Bitter Actor

By: Markus Flanagan

Narrated by: Markus Flanagan

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Nothing is more frustrating than talent unrealized, and every actor struggles with bitterness when they aren't working to their full potential. One Less Bitter Actor offers sage, pragmatic, anxiety-calming advice on how to succeed in acting from one who has. Markus Flanagan offers encouraging, highly useful pointers on such vital matters as: Read more

Torchwood The Sin Eaters

By: Brian Minchin

Narrated by: Gareth David-Lloyd

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Searching for the source of a bizarre Rift reading, Gwen, Jack and Ianto find a corpse on the beach, his face covered in hundreds of tiny cuts. Watching from the shadows is a man in black... The Reverend Hayward thinks he has found a way to take away people’s sins. The trouble is his special baptisms tend to take away their lives, too, for the... Read more

Lukas' Tagebuch - Live

By: Jan Böhmermann

Narrated by: Jan Böhmermann

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"Jan Böhmermann, erzählt anhand der geheimen Lukas-Tagebücher den raketenhaften Aufstieg von Lukas: Vom Bankdrücker bei den Bayern über den Nationalmannschaftsliebling und Ballack-Klatscher bis hin zum Retter des 1. FC Köln - nur in Lukas' Tagebuch steht, wie es wirklich war! Wegen seiner Quatschserie Lukas' Tagebuch wurde Jan Böhmermann... Read more

Lynn Nottage: Ruined

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Playwright Lynn Nottage talks to Jeffrey Brown about her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Ruined, set during Congo's civil war. Read more

Theater Sprouted From Garage

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theater won a 2009 Tony Award as one of the nation's best regional theaters. Jeffrey Brown explores the theater's history and humble beginnings. Read more

Traveller

By: Michael Katakis

Narrated by: Michael Katakis

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"How could I have known then with no maps acquired and my bags not yet packed that my journey had already begun? ...The tools of a traveler are compass and map. They calculate distances covered and destinations sought but cannot measure the consequences of experiences on a human heart," writes Michael Katakis in his introduction.

Traveller is... Read more

Just William's Luck

By: Richmal Crompton

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this full-length Just William novel, William and the Outlaws decide to form the Knights of the Square Table, 'rightin' wrongs' for a minor fee ('Small wrongs: sixpence. Big wrongs: one shillin'.) In their quest to earn enough money to become tramps, they stop at no amount of do-gooding, embarking on a plan to marry off their older brothers.... Read more

When the Silver Screen Shines With Truth

By: Dorothy Fadiman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From her first documentary about the light of spirit in every faith, Ms. Fadiman has dedicated her work to shedding light on provocative and touching stories of social justice, human rights, personal tragedy, and triumph. Read more

Censorship

By: Brian Jennings

Narrated by: Jesse Boggs

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Freedom of speech. It is our most cherished privilege as Americans, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution since 1791.

But our current presidential administration threatens to sharply curtail or silence altogether the freedom of expression that distinguishes America from the average dictatorship. What is under direct attack?... Read more

Paul Newman

By: Shawn Levy

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 16 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[This] absorbing, affectionate portrait manages to bring [Newman] back to us. . . . Paul Newman leaves readers with a surprisingly cheering message. If the rest of us can’t aspire to having Newman’s life, we can at least take inspiration from the way he lived his.”—The Washington Post

“A graceful tribute to a... Read more

Paul Newman - Abridged

By: Shawn Levy

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[This] absorbing, affectionate portrait manages to bring [Newman] back to us. . . . Paul Newman leaves readers with a surprisingly cheering message. If the rest of us can’t aspire to having Newman’s life, we can at least take inspiration from the way he lived his.”—The Washington Post

“A graceful tribute to a... Read more

Dick Barton - Special Agent! (BBC Radio Crimes)

By: Edward J. Mason

Narrated by: Full Cast & Noël Johnson

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Captain Richard Barton, late of the Commandos, made his radio debut on the Light Programme in 1946 and quickly went on to become Britain's most popular hero. For years the nation tuned in to hear the famous signature tune, Devil's Gallop, herald another cliff-hanging adventure for the smooth, crime-busting Barton and his friends Snowey and Jock.... Read more

The Maltese Falcon (BBC Radio Crimes)

By: BBC Audio

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jane Lapotaire, Nickolas Grace, Pete...

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam’s partner, Miles Archer, to... Read more

John Arlott's Cricketing Wides, Byes And Slips!

By: Various

Narrated by: John Arlott & Peter Baxter

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The imagery and wit of an incomparable broadcaster is captured here in a unique collection of historic, and humorous, moments from the twentieth century. From the 1940s we hear about Bradman’s last test, from the 50s Compton’s highest Test Score, from the 60s Trueman’s 300th Test wicket and Boycott’s first ton, and then the 70s with Arlott’s... Read more

Even More Pretty Good Jokes

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Even more of a good thing: the latest collection of knee-slappers, toe-tappers, and groaners from A Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows.

Did you hear the one about the paranoid dyslexic? He always thought he was following someone. . . . Why did ancient Romans close down the Coliseum? The lions were eating up the prophets. . . .

Jokes are made for... Read more

NPR Road Trips: National Park Adventures

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Grand Canyon National Park is one of the planet’s Seven Natural Wonders, with 4.4 million visitors each year. Who keeps them safe, fed, and happy? When the wind blows at White Sands National Monument, legend says the centuries-old ghost of a Mexican maiden appears in the shifting sands. In Yosemite National Park, there’s a guy who tracks road... Read more

NPR Road Trips: Postcards from Around the Globe

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet Colin Angus and Julie Wafael, who spent two years circumnavigating the globe using their hands and feet. Turn on the radio in Katmandu and hear music from the 70s. Learn how robot jockeys are solving a human rights problem in Dubai. (It has to do with camel races.) Get ready for carnival in Rio. And walk through old Beijing before it’s... Read more