Performance audiobooks

Can Italian Tourism Industry Survive The Pandemic?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Italy is emerging from its COVID-19 nightmare into what is usually its
busiest season for tourism. The industry normally brings in 13 percent of
the country’s $2 trillion GDP. But there is no normal this year, and most
tourists are not coming -- sparking fears that the pandemic will cause
lasting economic damage. Special correspondent Malcolm... Read more

After Italy’s Pandemic Nightmare, Economy Falters — And Poverty Spreads

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The global economy is likely to take a massive hit from the pandemic, and
the World Bank warns poverty levels will rise as a result. It’s already
happening in Italy, Europe's third-largest economy. The country suffered a
devastating human toll from coronavirus, and now an estimated 1 million
additional Italians are unable to afford their basic... Read more

Harlequin

By: Denise Matthews

Narrated by: A.J. Carter

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Adam Potter returned to Cargo City wanting to start a new life after recovering from a bad breakup with his cheating ex-boyfriend. Adam bought a three-story building opening his own detective agency. Hiring a flirtatious college student for an assistant.Adam’s first case fell from a tree. Patrick Valdez is a blue-blood aristocrat who loves to... Read more

Tales from Shakespeare

By: Tina Packer

Narrated by: Tina Packer

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Legendary actress and Shakespearean expert Tina Packer takes all the fear out of understanding Shakespeare by adapting ten of The Bard’s most famous plays into easily understood short stories, retold in modern language. Her introduction provides the listener with easy-to-digest information about Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s life and... Read more

How The First Black Head Of A Major Publishing House Wants To Change The Industry

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In the wake of protests against systemic racism in the U.S., many
industries are reexamining past practices and facing questions about their
own racial biases. One new effort puts a spotlight on the world of
publishing. Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Simon & Schuster’s Dana
Canedy, the first Black person to head a major publishing house,... Read more

Classic Radio’s Comedy Duos, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The golden age of radio featured many of the greatest comedy teams of all time, and this collection features the best of the best!This eight-hour collection includes the greatest comedy teams of the golden age of radio and features Abbott & Costello, Ozzie & Harriet, Amos ‘n’ Andy, The Bickersons, Burns & Allen, Martin & Lewis,... Read more

The Life of Riley, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: William Bendix & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Riley’s penchant for turning mere trouble into near disaster through his well-intentioned bumbling was often aided or instigated by his best friend, Jim Gillis … and radio listeners howled with laughter!Created by Irving Brecher, the popular family sitcom The Life of Riley featured the comic misadventures of Chester A. Riley, an inept... Read more

You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Groucho Marx & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life!Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George... Read more

Our Miss Brooks, Vol. 3 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eve Arden stars as Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in one of the most popular comedy shows of all time.Our Miss Brooks was a situation comedy show heard on radio and seen on television and films. It starred Hollywood film and New York stage veteran Eve Arden, who had specialized in playing the wisecracking friend to the... Read more

You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Groucho Marx

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life!Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George... Read more

Storia di una capinera

By: Giovanni Verga

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Protagonista del romanzo è Maria, una diciannovenne rimasta orfana di madre in tenera età e rinchiusa all'età di sette anni in un convento di Catania, costretta a diventare monaca di clausura per motivi di indigenza economica famigliare (il padre è un «modestissimo impiegato»). A causa dell'epidemia di colera che nel 1854 colpì la città... Read more

Ms. Collins: The Therapist--A 1978 Erotcia Romance Story

By: Jsovirall

Narrated by: Mario Ricketts

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A women's fiction hot Interracial story. Ms. Collins did it again. Her heroism made a difference in society. She imagined that everything was a wreck in her life. Ms. Collins has been a therapist for over fifteen years and she cherished helping her patients. One of her patients was Patrick Wilder—A man who had a strange personality. He was... Read more

Anton Tschechow: Die Möwe

By: Anton Tschechow

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Das wohl berühmteste Drama von Anton Tschechow, das nach wie vor Dauergast in den Theaterhäusern ist. Konstantin Treplev will Schriftsteller werden. Doch Unterstützung erfährt er keine, weder von seiner Mutter noch von seiner Geliebten Nina. Als diese Treplev für den erfolgreichen Autoren Trigorin verlässt, nimmt das Unglück seinen Lauf. Read more

Arthur Schnitzler: Reigen

By: Arthur Schnitzler

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Bühnenstück Schnitzlers, das 1920 in Berlin uraufgeführt wurde, löste aufgrund seines erotischen Inhalts einen der größten Theaterskandale des 20. Jahrhunderts aus. Lange durfte es nicht auf die Bühne gebracht werden – hier als ungekürzte Lesung! Read more

Lady Romeo

By: Tana Wojczuk

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award
Finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction
Finalist for the Marfield Prize

For fans of Book of Ages and American Eve, this “lively, illuminating new biography” (The Boston Globe) of 19th-century queer actress Charlotte Cushman portrays a “brisk, beautifully crafted life”... Read more

River of Angels

By: Abbe Rolnick

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

River of Angels, set on a tropical island in the Caribbean, reveals the multiple facets of life condensed within a small town. The story examines individuals caught between the world of conventional society and the world that speaks to an individual's true self. Through the lives of a prostitute, a healer, an entrepreneur, a beggar, and two... Read more

In Britain, Fears That Reopened Pubs Will Drive More Virus Spread

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

In Britain, pubs reopened over July 4th weekend after nearly three months
of coronavirus lockdowns. Patrons expressed their desire to get out and
socialize after the long period of isolation, and business owners took
special precautions to prepare. But many revelers ignored appeals for
social distancing, and police had to disperse drunken... Read more

Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse (November 1970)

Is the sign of Scorpio the mark of death?   
                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Terror reigns at Collinwood when several patients at a nearby... Read more

Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent (December 1970)

Professor Gerald Collins returns to Collinwood from an archaeological expedition to Mexico with several crates of animals—giant rats poisonous snakes and rare lizards. His daughter, Irma, turns to Barnabas for help. She fears her father also brought back a Quetzalcoatl, the terrible, cursed... Read more

Morbus Leben

By: Hank Zerbolesch

Narrated by: Hank Zerbolesch

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Odium und Robert Rossi retten ein Leben. Auf der Suche nach Rache findet Odium einen menschlichen Trumpf. Zusammen mit dem Anwalt entführt er ihn, bis er sich ausspielen lässt. Mit Hanks Hilfe lassen Tasso und Modou eine Leiche verschwinden, während sich die mysteriöse Frau von Hauptkommissar Franke vernehmen lässt. Sie bestätigt seine... Read more

Eugenia Grandet

By: Honoré De Balzac

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

La storia di Eugénie è ambientata a Saumur, piccolo paesino della campagna francese. Il padre di Eugénie, che in città è conosciuto come papà Grandet, è un vecchio vignaiuolo arricchitosi grazie all'eredità paterna fatta fruttare tramite giusti investimenti finanziari, ha un fiuto infallibile per gli affari e ad una proverbiale avarizia, che... Read more

Author Lauren Wilkinson Answers Your Questions About ‘American Spy’

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Lauren Wilkinson, author of our June pick for the NewsHour-New York Times
book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions
about “American Spy.” Read more

Pramila Jayapal On Her Path To Congress And Creating Political Change

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, was elected to
Congress in 2016. She is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive
Caucus and has become a leader in pushing the party on issues such as
Medicare for All. Now Jayapal has a new book out, titled “Use the Power You
Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political... Read more

Beja

By: Dr Ken Jenkins

Narrated by: Dr Ken Jenkins, Chipo Chikara & Michael Kudakwashe

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

I’m loving it. (J.Q. – United Kingdom) Beautifully written (J.M. – USA) Wow! So Impressive! So riveting! (S.A. – Harare) I’m loving your book. Thank you! Can I share with a friend? (A.S. – Cape Town) Ali and Salma are Beja people, living in the hauntingly beautiful hills by the Red Sea in North Africa. They belong to a nomadic tribe that time... Read more