Performance audiobooks

Short Story Press Presents The Girl On The Hill

By: Short Story Press & Dorothea Bryant

Narrated by: Sally Barron

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Young David is on his first journey away from home. Hired as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, he is flown half way around the globe to work in a pilot school teaching refugee children. Settling in and learning about the new world he lives in he meets and falls in love with beautiful Amaris, a mysteriously secretive young woman who... Read more

The Dunwich Horro - Abridged

By: H. P. Lovecraft & Bleak December

Narrated by: Robert Powell, Anthony D.P. Mann & The Bleak De...

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

H.P. Lovecraft's sinister tale of ancient evil is brought to life in a thrilling new audio adaptation starring Robert Powell (Jesus of Nazareth, The Asphyx) as Dr. Armitage, the scholar who must use the power of the dreaded Necronomicon – the “Book of the Dead” – to rid the pestilence and save mankind. A wicked tale of sorcery and tentacled... Read more

Italy’s right-wing government aims to halt tide of migrants by cracking down at ports

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Italy has borne the brunt of Europe's migration crisis as 200,000 people have landed on the nation's shores after making the perilous crossing. Now a right-wing government wants to stop the human tide, banning nonprofit search-and-rescue ships. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Sicily. Read more

The Scarlet Pimpernel

By: Baroness Orczy

Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A brand new, unabridged recording of Baroness Orczy's classic tale of adventure, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Paris, 1792. The Terror has begun. Every day, scores of the French nobility are delivered to the guillotine. Trapped in the capital, they have no way of escape.

But rumours abound of a league of young English gentlemen who are risking their... Read more

Chef!

By: Carlos Gustavo Alvarez

Narrated by: Juan Carlos Contreras Rozo

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Una historia sobre el Amor y el Perdón. Es la vida de almas que deben sobreponerse a dos de las cinco heridas: el rechazo y el abandono. Y que pueden perdonar. Se desarrolla en el ambiente de una actividad creciente en el mundo: la gastronomía. Read more

Short Story Press Presents Running Into The Rain

By: Short Story Press & Brandon Dowless

Narrated by: Matthew Thompson

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Alan and Katie, a young couple married for not quite a year, have both been consumed with work and wrapped up in starting their lives ever seen their marriage. But now, they've been given the chance to escape their busy lives for the first time since their honeymoon. Katie's father, a big-time real estate broker, has offered them the keys to a... Read more

Dangerous Assignment, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1949, NBC brought mustachioed Irish-American actor Brian Donlevy to the radio microphones as international troubleshooter Steve Mitchell in the spy series Dangerous Assignment. Mitchell worked for an un-named US government intelligence agency; whose boss, The Commissioner, dispatched him to world trouble spots.  Mitchell’s assignment was to... Read more

Fibber McGee and Molly, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio (1935-1959). The program showcased terrific comic and musical talent, headlined by its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional Midwestern town of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the... Read more

Command Performance, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Produced by Louis G. Cowan, Command Performance aired between 1942 and 1949 over the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) with a direct shortwave transmission to American troops overseas.  Performed before a live audience in Hollywood, the weekly listening military audience was estimated at 95.5 million. Troops sent in requests to hear their... Read more

Mr. President, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. President came to ABC radio in 1947 and lasted until 1953. Each half-hour drama was based on an actual incident in the life of one of the men who have held the office of President of the United States. The scripts were cleverly written in such a way as to not reveal the name of the President until the last line of dialog in the program, when... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Benji's Book

By: Short Story Press & Tara Mitchell

Narrated by: Laura Johnson

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Benji's Books is the tale of a young man who hates school and reading. He seeks refuge in a library to get out of a terrible storm. There he encounters a woman who would change his way of thinking and his life forever.Elsa, the Librarian, asks Benji to lend her a hand in putting books away. They immediately establish a strong connection and... Read more

Short Story Press Presents Jumping Candlestick

By: Short Story Press & Ruth Pettite

Narrated by: Liz A. Miller

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Angelique wants nothing more than to meet her personal Prince Charming. She becomes involved in a domestic case, and the officer in the case takes a liking to her stern attitude and brilliance in domestic law.Frederick comes back after being shunned and verbally excused from this teacher’s presence. She is aware of everything, except that he is... Read more

The Life of Riley, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Created by Irving Brecher, The Life of Riley starred William Bendix as Brooklyn-born Chester A. Riley, a family man who worked as an airplane riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California. The stories were usually set at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill-timed intervention into minor problems. His... Read more

Rocky Jordan, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart’s character “Rick Blaine” from the classic film, Casablanca, Rocky Jordan was banished by enemies from St. Louis and relocated to Cairo, Egypt. Now living in Northern Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates his gin joint (the Café Tambourine) and finds an assortment of mystery and intrigue while unwillingly... Read more

Don Carlos von Schiller

By: Friedrich Schiller

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Don Carlos: Das Drama um den spanischen Thronfolger, seinen Vater, seine geliebte Stiefmutter und den Marquis von Posa ist noch heute ein Klassiker auf den Bühnen – und vor allem im Klassenzimmer. In diesem Hörbuch wird das GESAMTE Stück UNGEKÜRZT vorgetragen, inklusive der Sprecherangaben und Bühneninformationen, um das Werk so verständlich... Read more

Fight Club

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Narrated by: Elaine Cassidy, Full Cast, Patrick Kennedy & Sa...

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

First there was the insomnia.
Then there were the support groups that helped him sleep.
Then Marla Singer turned up, muscled in on ascending bowel cancer and ruined everything.
Then he met Tyler Durden.
Then came Fight Club.

Fight Club is the psychological story of a man's descent into an underground world of violence. Mild mannered... Read more

The Inspector Chen Mysteries

By: Qiu Xiaolong

Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Dan Li, Daniel York, Full Ca...

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry.

Through thrilling crime drama, these nine mysteries paint a portrait of modern life in communist China, depicting traditional Shanghai... Read more

Short Story Press Presents The Tronik Gambit

By: Short Story Press & Salim Farhat

Narrated by: Dean Eby

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Tronik Gambit is the story of a rag-tag group of air pirates. Like their older, sea-borne brethren, they spent years terrorizing aerial shipping, raiding ships on the seas with float-planes, and robbing towns and remote outposts on land, and using their machines to make the fastest getaways imaginable and were a huge thorn in the side of the... Read more

Gunsmoke, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers and that’s with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of … GUNSMOKE!”Radio westerns were aimed at kids until 1952 when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves.  Produced for adult listeners, the stories were grim, the deaths brutal and life on the plains... Read more

Amos n' Andy Show, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll made their radio debut January 12, 1926, as the comedic, blackface characters Sam 'n' Henry. On March 19, 1928 they introduced Amos 'n' Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest running programs in radio history. During the height of its popularity, almost the entire country listened to... Read more

Boston Blackie, Collection 2

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Author, Jack Boyle, created the modern Robin Hook-like character, Horatio Black, known to friend and foe as Boston Blackie.  Blackie was a reformed jewel thief and safecracker, constantly suspected of crimes he did not commit and forced to play the role of detective to clear his name.  His girlfriend, Mary Wesley, assisted Blackie from time to... Read more

Cloak and Dagger, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the book, Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of the O.S.S. by Corey Ford and Alistair McBain, the radio version of these fascinating true stories kept listeners on the edge of their seats. To helm the series, NBC brought in Wyllis Cooper who had created Lights Out and Quiet Please. Cooper collaborated with British crime journalist... Read more

The Columbia Workshop, Collection 1

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The Columbia Workshop aired on CBS radio from 1936 until 1947. Created by Irving Reis, it was an experimental platform with no boundaries for what radio had to offer. In its debut broadcast it noted that The Columbia Workshop dedicates itself to the purposes of familiarizing you with the story behind radio, both in broadcasting, as well as in... Read more

Kevin Young Intertwines Personal And Public History

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, Brown, Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider world. Jeffrey Brown reports. Read more