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Notes from the Field
By: Anna Deavere Smith & Marcus Shelby
Narrated by: Anna Deavere Smith
Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Anna Deavere Smith’s extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have experienced them. In Notes from the Field, she renders a host of figures who have lived and fought the system that pushes students of color out of the classroom and into prisons. (As Smith has put it: “Rich kids... Read More »
NPR Road Trips: Roadside Attractions
By: NPR
Narrated by: Various & Noah Adams
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Prairie Dog Town in western Kansas. The Elvis Is Alive Museum in Wright City, Missouri. The Velvet Museum (“Velveteria”) in Portland, Oregon. A 13-foot Styrofoam scale model of Stonehenge. The Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City, Kansas . . . or is it in Darwin, Minnesota?
Roadside attractions are the staples of the American road trip. Many are... Read More »
NPR Road Trips: Family Vacations
By: NPR
Narrated by: Noah Adams
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes
Abridged: No
With generous splashes of popular culture and human 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 thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve... Read More »
NPR Road Trips: National Park Adventures
By: NPR
Narrated by: Various & Noah Adams
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 »
Angels in America
By: Tony Kushner, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Bobby Cannavale & Edie Falco
Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Susan Brown, Denise Gough, Beth Malone, James McArdle, Lee Pace, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Bobby Cannavale & Edie Falco
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring the cast of the National Theatre's 2018 Broadway revival.
In this production, adapted especially for the listening experience, Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, and the entire cast recreate their acclaimed performances from the 2018 Tony Award-winning National... Read More »
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
By: Fred Rogers
Narrated by: John Lithgow & Kate Mulgrew
Length: 1 hour 22 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times Best Seller
For the first time ever, 75 beloved songs from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Children's Corner are collected in this charming treasury, sure to be cherished by generations of children as well as the millions of adults who grew up with Mister Rogers. The audiobook includes the iconic song Won't You Be My... Read More »
The Brothers Karamazov
By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrated by: John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, Arye Gross, Harry Hamlin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Joseph Mascolo, Richard Hoyt Miller, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Tom Virtue, Edward Asner, Kate Asner, Angela Bettis, Arye Gross, John Kapelos, Robert Machray, Jon Matthews, Johanna McKay, Paul Mercier, Laurel Moglen, Michael Rivkin, Peggy Roeder & Douglas Weston
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Dostoyevsky’s titanic masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov is here adapted into a spellbinding full-cast drama by playwright David Fishelson.
The passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led by their rogue of a father, who entertains himself by drinking, womanizing, and pitting his three sons against each other. The men have plenty to fight... Read More »
We Are Not the BBC
By: Susan Casanove
Narrated by: a full cast
Length: 44 minutes
Abridged: No
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 can’t 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 »
Romeo and Juliet
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Full Cast Dramatization
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY
The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies
The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Romeo and Juliet to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition.
In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare creates a tragic world in which... Read More »
Perry Mason and the Case of the Velvet Claws
By: Erle Stanley Gardner & M. J. Elliott
Narrated by: Jerry Robbins & The Colonial Radio Players
Length: 1 hour 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Thanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman. To protect the politico, Eva's ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid—only to... Read More »
The Joyce Carol Oates Collection
By: Joyce Carol Oates
Narrated by: Lisa Akey, Alastair Duncan, Anna Gunn, Annabeth Gish, Arthur Hanket, B.J. Ward, Barbara Bosson, Charles Durning, Dan Lauria, David Lee Brewer, David Schwimmer, David Selby, Don Reed, Edward Asner, Elizabeth Ward Land Erin Langston, Frank Muller, Gary Kroeger, Harold Gould, Hector Elizondo, Jean Louisa Kelly, JoBeth Williams, Joe Spano, John Savarese, Joyce Van Patten, Karen Burlingame, Keith Carradine, Kimberly Graham, Linda Kerns, Liza Weil, Marsha Mason, Nan Martin, Patrick Mason, Paul Eiding, Priscilla Pointer, Reid Bruton, Rif Hutton, Rob Shacklett, Stephanie Buckley, Stephanie Dunnam, Tegan West, Valerie Landsburg & William Schallert
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Eight highly diverse works from one of America’s most prolific and versatile authors, this collection includes an exclusive dramatization of Oates’ bestselling novel American Appetites, two comedic plays The Perfectionist and The Truth Teller, four short stories Gulf War, Black, The Key and Tone Clusters, as well as her libretto for Black Water:... Read More »
Macbeth
By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Josh Cooke, JD Cullum, Dan Donohue, Jeannie Elias, Chuma Gault, James Marsters, Jon Matthews, Alan Shearman, André Sogliuzzo, Kate Steele, Kris Tabori & Joanne Whalley
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody... Read More »
All My Sons
By: Arthur Miller
Narrated by: James Farentino, Arye Gross, Julie Harris, Mitchell Hebert, Naomi Jacobson, Barbara Klein, Paul Morella, Michaeleen O'Neil, Nathan Taylor & Jerry Whiddon
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes
Abridged: No
World War II is over and a family, mourning a son missing in action, plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. A storm blows down the tree and a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth. Based upon a true story, All My Son is a classic drama by one of America’s greatest... Read More »
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David Dean Bottrell Makes Love
By: David Dean Bottrell
Narrated by: David Dean Bottrell
Length:
Abridged: No
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of David Dean Bottrell Makes Love, starring actor-Writer-Monologist, David Dean Bottrell.
In the newly revised 2019 version of the show, David Dean Bottrell performed his highly-acclaimed comic storytelling show that the Los Angeles Times called "hysterical" and SoCal Public... Read More »
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My Name Is Lucy Barton (Dramatic Production)
By: Elizabeth Strout & Rona Munro
Narrated by: Laura Linney
Length:
Abridged: No
Presenting an original audiobook performance of the stage production of My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Academy Award and Tony nominee Laura Linney.
Praised as "deeply affecting" and "heartbreaking" by The Guardian (UK), this is a faithful adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout's bestselling novel of the same name.... Read More »
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Pressure
By: David Haig
Narrated by: Jonathan Cake, Josh Cole, Sarah Drew, Mike McShane, James Morrison, Darren Richardson, Andre Sogliuzzo & Matthew Wolf
Length: 1 hour 42 minutes
Abridged: No
A Scottish meteorologist locks horns with his American counterpart as both men try to convince General Dwight D. Eisenhower that they can accurately predict the atmospheric conditions needed to launch the greatest amphibious assault in the history of mankind - the D-Day invasion.
Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater... Read More »
BOGAAZAN!
By: Akira Hayasaka adapted by Ichiko Flynn & Robert Solomon
Narrated by: June Angela, Francois Chau, Shizuko Hoshi, Jim Ishida, Dana Lee, James Saito, Shaun Shimoda, B.D. Wong & Keone Young
Length: 53 minutes
Abridged: No
As the Japanese battleship Yamato steams towards the island of Okinawa in the closing months of World War II, a naval officer on board makes an unexpected discovery among the stores of rice, leeks, and pickled radishes. A child has stowed away there, hoping to return to her mother on Okinawa. His reluctant decision to protect her prompts a... Read More »
The Shakespeare Book
By: DK
Narrated by: Roger May
Length: 16 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the perfect study guide to the complete works of Shakespeare, covering everything from the romantic comedy of Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy Macbeth, alongside his Elizabethan history plays, sonnets, and other poems.
With detailed plot summaries and an in-depth analysis of the major characters and themes, this is a brilliant, innovative... Read More »
Talk Radio’s America
By: Brian Rosenwald
Narrated by: Christopher Grove
Length: 12 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
The cocreator of the Washington Post's Made by History blog reveals how the rise of conservative talk radio gave us a Republican Party incapable of governing and paved the way for Donald Trump. Radio hosts form a deep bond with their audience, which gives them enormous political power. Unlike elected representatives, however, they must entertain... Read More »
The Whistler: Bullet Proof
By: Kenneth Harvey
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 28 minutes
Abridged: No
William Conrad plays a detective named, Conrad. The country’s largest news magazine wrote him up under crime described him as massive, soft spoke and methodical. Howard Martine was all of these and more. He was a man who believed in a planned existence whether it was business, matrimony or murder. Howard Martine never took chances… Read More »
The Whistler: Blind Impulse
By: Sherman Marks
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The woman's husband is disappointed enough to get a whistleresque idea while atop a mule going down the Grand Canyon! Steve was in his glory. Never in his wildest dreams had he ever believed a thing like this could come to pass. Here they were, just the two of them at Carol Crandall’s special table at the Top of The Mark in San Francisco.... Read More »
The Weird Circle: The Warning
By: R.P. Gillies
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Esther was lying in bed half asleep when the clock struck midnight and a voice spoke to her. It sounded to her like her bother Tom and it warned her that her husband Charles must not go to the house of Waverley that it would bring death and sorrow. Esther begged her husband not to go to the house tonight even though he was going to find out what... Read More »
The Weird Circle: The Returned
By: Edgar Allen-Poe
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A man's first wife returns from the dead for a horrible revenge. Read More »
The Weird Circle: Rapicini's Daughter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrated by: Full Cast
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: No
A good story about an actor who commits murder and then tries to convince the police that he's insane Read More »
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