Performance audiobooks

The Secret of Barnabas Collins

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

 Secret of Barnabas Collins (January 1969)

Here is another never-before-told story of the handsome, mysterious 175-year-old vampire.
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While searching for the woman who will replace his long-lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse upon him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan. The story, set in 1870, of their romance—and of the terror it... Read more

The Demon of Barnabas Collins

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The Demon of Barnabas Collins (April 1969)

The arrival of a movie company at Collinwood gives Barnabas a chance to escape Angelique’s awful curse—the curse which has made him one of the living dead.
Barnabas meets and falls in love with beautiful film star, Rita Glenn. In order to save him, she introduces him to the mysterious Dr. Moreno who has... Read more

‘Conversations With Friends' Author Sally Rooney Answers Your Questions

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Sally Rooney, author of our September pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Conversations with Friends,” and Jeff announces the October book selection. Read more

Memory is a superpower in Ta-Nehisi Coates' novel about the Underground Railroad

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

To make the case for reparations for the toll of slavery, acclaimed writer
Ta-Nehisi Coates has offered forceful advocacy and powerful data-driven
argument. With his first novel, The Water Dancer, he uses fiction to
illuminate the Underground Railroad. Coates joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss
the difference between history and myth, and his... Read more

How Chanel Miller took her story back after her rapist's lenient sentence left her feeling ‘invisible'

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

For years, she was known to the world as Emily Doe, the survivor of a
sexual assault that garnered national attention in part because her
attacker served only three months in prison, a sentence that sparked
outrage. This week, Chanel Miller is stepping into the spotlight with a new
memoir, Know My Name. Miller sits down with Amna Nawaz to tell... Read more

Brad Pitt on turning undertold stories into movies: ‘Every film needs some champion’

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

As one of the world's biggest and best-known movie stars, Brad Pitt is
spending as much time helping get films made as he is acting. His latest
project, Ad Astra, is about a journey to the far reaches of the solar
system, as well as the journey inward for a tortured soul. Pitt sits down
with Jeffrey Brown to discuss his career, and why he helps... Read more

The Red Cotton Fields

By: Michael Strickland

Narrated by: Larry Oliver

Length: 33 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The Red Cotton Fields is a story written in the tradition of great historical epics. The story begins on a Georgia plantation in the year 1850, ending on the gold fields of Australia in the year 1884. This is a story surrounding three southern families (the plantation owners, the plantation overseer's family and a Negro slave family) leading up... Read more

Binyamin Appelbaum of The New York Times, author of “The Economists’ Hour,” to discuss growth vs. inequality

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the second time in three months in a bid to keep the U.S. economy growing. What indicators are driving the recent rate reductions, and what is the larger influence of economists on U.S. fiscal and monetary policy? Judy Woodruff sits down with Binyamin Appelbaum of The New York Times, author of “The... Read more

In Cambodia, Sand Mining Is Big Business — But It Comes At A Price

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Sand mining accounts for 85 percent of all worldwide mineral extraction, a $70 billion industry. In Cambodia, the practice is big business -- but it comes with a price. The country relies upon the Mekong River for commerce and transportation, but extensive dredging to harvest sand is fundamentally changing its ecosystem and eroding its banks.... Read more

الإله يقدم إستقالته في اجتماع القمة

By: نوال السعداوي

Narrated by: مارلين شكيب

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

" الإله يقدِّم استقالته " المسرحية التي أخفتها نوال سعداوي عن الأعين عشر سنوات ثمَّ أحرق ناشرها جميع نسخها بعد أن كثر الجدل حولها ورفضت بعد ذلك جميع دور النَّشر والمطابع إعادة إصدارها خصوصًا حين تمَّ اتّهامها بالتعدّي على الذات الإلهية والأنبياء؛ لتواجه نوال السعداوي بسببها قضيةً جديدة في المحكمة أثارها الأزهر ضدّها. المسرحية من النوع الساخر... Read more

August Strindberg: Fräulein Julie

By: August Strindberg

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Strindbergs Kammerspiel handelt von Julie und dem Diener Jean. Obwohl sie gesellschaftlich über ihm steht, übt er Macht über sie aus – was unweigerlich dramatische Folgen haben wird... Ungekürzt gelesen. Read more

Heinrich von Kleist: Der zerbrochne Krug

By: Heinrich von Kleist

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Der zerbrochne Krug: Heinrich von Kleists beliebtestes Werk. Dorfrichter Adam muss über den Fall des ruinierten Gefäßes urteilen – jedoch hat er ihn selbst zerbrochen... Eine Komödie von höchster Komik! Ungekürzt gelesen. Read more

Friedrich Schiller: Die Jungfrau von Orleans

By: Friedrich Schiller

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Jungfrau von Orleans: Das Drama um die heilige Johanna und ihren Kampf für Frankreich 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 wie möglich zu präsentieren.... Read more

Today

By: Edward Stourton

Narrated by: Edward Stourton, Martha Kearney, Nick Robinson ...

Length: 20 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Today is the sound of history being made - live on air.


In an era of fake news, echo chambers and new fault lines in global politics, millions of listeners turn to BBC Radio 4's Today programme each morning to help them make sense of the world around them.

The first ever book from the iconic programme marks six decades of BBC Radio 4's Today... Read more

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue 18

By: BBC Radio Comedy

Narrated by: Full Cast & Jack Dee

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Four more extended episodes from the awardwinning BBC Radio 4 series, specially compiled by producer Jon Naismith

‘ISIHAC is still unmissable. It remains the most thrillingly anarchic panel show in any media you care to name’ Simon Mayo, Mail on Sunday

‘The funniest comedy quiz show of them all’ Sue Arnold, The Observer

Another collection of... Read more

Oslo

By: J.T. Rogers

Narrated by: Anthony Azizi, Josh Bitton, Edita Brychta, JD C...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

1993. In this rollicking take on modern diplomacy, a Norwegian social scientist and his diplomat wife are determined to try a new tactic to break the long-standing deadlock of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A secret back channel in Norway leads to unexpected breakthroughs as negotiators find common ground. When the political becomes... Read more

Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers: Series 1 and 2

By: Andy Hamilton

Narrated by: Andy Hamilton

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Series 1 and 2 of Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers, the much-loved Andy presents a collection of potentially misremembered anecdotes.

He’s been working in comedy for over 40 years and there’s a lot of reminiscing he can do…using comic observation and personal anecdotes he will explore each theme, examining how much (or how little) things have... Read more

Celeste Ng And Maxine Hong Kingston Answer Your Questions About "The Woman Warrior"

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Celeste Ng, author of “Little Fires Everywhere,” and Maxine Hong Kingston, author of "The Woman Warrior," join Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about our August pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. Ng selected “The Woman Warrior,” which was published by Kingston in 1976. Plus, Jeff announces the September book... Read more

Managing School Stress By Bringing Yoga Into The Classroom

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The back-to-school period can mean a stressful transition for students, parents and teachers alike. To help them manage that anxiety, the nonprofit program Y.O.G.A. for Youth is bringing techniques for mindfulness and relaxation to the classroom. Damien Henson of Student Reporting Labs has the story. Read more

You Are My Friend

By: Aimee Reid

Narrated by: Lesa Lockford, Bronson Pinchot, Pete Cross & Ma...

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Although he was often sick and had trouble making friends as a child, his mom and grandfather encouraged him to ask for help and explore the world. With their support, he... Read more

Barnabas Collins

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Barnabas Collins (November 1968)

Barnabas Collins, the 175 year-old vampire, is introduced in this story of gothic suspense.

Your blood will grow cold as you read the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins first arrived in Collinwood. You’ll chill to the full horror of the real truth about Barnabas—a secret so... Read more

The Curse of Collinwood

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The Curse of Collinwood (May 1968)
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Upset over the death of Ernest Collins, Victoria begins to believe that phantoms are haunting her. Are they figments of her imagination? As the threats to her life become very real, she is forced to accept the horrifying truth.

The strange figures are not phantoms but the bodies of Derek and Esther Collins,... Read more

A Scientific Approach To Evaluating Global Anti-Poverty Programs

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In Ethiopia, over a quarter of the population survives on less than two dollars a day. International organizations and foreign governments provide funds to address the rampant poverty in this country and others, but little data is available to assess the effectiveness of such programs. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one... Read more

Die Dame mit dem Hündchen

By: Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow

Narrated by: Werner Wilkening

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow: Die Dame mit dem Hündchen gesprochen von Werner Wilkening. Zu den bekanntesten Werken Tschechows gehört ganz sicher dieser Prosatext aus dem Spätwerk des Autors. In seiner 1899 erschienenen Erzählung zeigt sich Anton Tschechow auf der Höhe seines Könnens. Zwei Wochen schon weilt der Moskauer Bankangestellte... Read more