Art audiobooks

Beneath the Dragonwood Trees: In the Beginning

By: Margot Elaine Jones

Narrated by: Margot Elaine Jones, Charles Moselle, Buffy For...

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Entertain the whole family with this original, orchestrated, magical adventure!
Imagine meeting up with some of your favorite fairy tale characters in an enchanted forest that casts a spell of mayhem, mischief, magic and fun.
A musical fairy tale, Beneath the Dragonwood Trees: In the Beginning - the first in theBeneath the Dragonwood Trees... Read more

Octavio Solis on growing up a ‘skinny brown kid' on the U.S.-Mexico border

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a “skinny brown kid” in El Paso in his memoir “Retablos”. Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite the pledge of allegiance. Jeffrey Brown also talks with Solis about his work consulting for the Disney film... Read more

Astounding

By: Alec Nevala-Lee

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

An Economist Best Book of the YearA Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2018""Enthralling…A clarion call to enlarge American literary history.” — Washington Post“Engrossing, well-researched… This sure-footed history addresses important issues, such as the lack of racial diversity and gender parity for much of the genre’s history.” — Wall... Read more

Blowing the Bloody Doors Off

By: Michael Caine

Narrated by: Michael Caine

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Now in his 85th year, Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this "engrossing" memoir that "shines with positive energy" (Library Journal, starred review).

One of our best-loved actors, Michael Caine has starred in over 100 films in his six-decade career, spanning classic movies like Alfie, Zulu,... Read more

I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends

By: Kelsey Miller

Narrated by: Amber Benson & Kelsey Miller

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An InStyle 10 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down This October
SIX FRIENDS THAT BECAME A FAMILY.
A TELEVISION SHOW THAT BECAME A PHENOMENON.
Today, Friends is remembered as an icon of ’90s comedy and the Must See TV years. But when the series debuted in 1994, no one anticipated the sensation it would become. From the first wave of Friends mania to... Read more

Ernest Hemingway: Artifacts From a Life

By: Michael Katakis

Narrated by: Michael Katakis

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Intimate and illuminating, this is the story of American icon Ernest Hemingway's life, compiled by the steward of the Hemingway estate and featuring contributions by his son and grandson.

For many people, Ernest Hemingway remains more a compilation of myths than a person: soldier, sportsman, lover, expat, and of course, writer. But the actual... Read more

Two-Dimensional Man

By: Paul Sahre

Narrated by: Paul Sahre

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In Two-Dimensional Man, Paul Sahre shares deeply revealing stories that serve as the unlikely inspiration behind his extraordinary thirty-year design career. Sahre explores his mostly vain attempts to escape his "suburban Addams Family" upbringing and the death of his elephant-trainer brother. He also wrestles with the cosmic implications... Read more

As Europe battles over border policy, migrants flood to Spain

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Three years into the migration crisis, Europe remains as divided as ever about how to handle the influx of people arriving illegally from Africa. Spain has overtaken Italy as their main entry point, in part because of its more welcoming stance toward immigrants. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on the treacherous route migrants must... Read more

Dieter Nuhr, Nuhr Box 3

By: Dieter Nuhr

Narrated by: Dieter Nuhr

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Wer ihn nicht kennt, hat alles verpennt! Wer Dieter Nuhr noch immer nicht kennt, sollte sich spätestens jetzt seine CD Box 3 gönnen. Genauso wie auf den beiden Vorgängern, sind auch hier seine letzten Erfolgsprogramme gebündelt erhältlich. Kabady oder Comerett, egal wie man es auch nennen möchte, Dieter Nuhr weiß, wie es geht. Überaus... Read more

Poet Phil Kaye Remembers his Grandfather and Reimagines Traditional Masculinity

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Phil Kaye is a Japanese-American poet and filmmaker and co-director of "Project Voice," an organization that partners with schools to bring poetry into the classroom. He shares one of his poems, "Surplus," for a brief but spectacular take on his grandfather, Cheerful Al, and the limitations of "traditional masculinity." Kaye's latest book Date... Read more

In Desperate Quest to Reach U.S., Central American Migrants Fear Gangs, Police

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Around 3,000 Hondurans are currently traveling through Guatemala on their way to the U.S. President Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border if the caravan isn't stopped. But migrants say they fear not just deportation, but threats from violent gangs and police during the journey north. Special correspondent Danny Gold, embedded with... Read more

Elis and John Present the Holy Vible

By: Elis James & John Robins

Narrated by: Elis James & John Robins

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

'Elis and John are my go-to place when I need a bloody good laugh. Properly funny!' Sarah Millican
Comedians Elis James and John Robins have captured the hearts and minds of a generation, and it's time those hearts and minds had a book. Or an audiobook, that not only features extra nuggets and riffs that are too hot for the printed page, but also... Read more

Nonprofit Helping Low-Income Patients Describes Itself As ‘Match.Com Meets The Peace Corps’

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Physician shortages, as well as cost and distance, can make specialty care prohibitive for many low-income patients. A nonprofit aims to tackle those challenges by utilizing telehealth technology and retiring, volunteer doctors. Special correspondent Cat Wise explores “The MAVEN Project.” Read more

Creating Things That Matter

By: David Edwards

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards―world-renowned inventor; Harvard professor of the... Read more

Creating Things That Matter

By: David Edwards

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Most things we create will not matter. This audiobook is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.

Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this audiobook, David Edwards—world-renowned inventor; Harvard professor of... Read more

Monsters of the Week

By: Zack Handlen & Todd VanDerWerff

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Length: 21 hours

Abridged: No

In 1993, Fox debuted a strange new television show called The X-Files. Little did anyone suspect that the series would become one of the network’s biggest hits—and change the landscape of television in the process. Now, on the occasion of the show’s twenty-fifth anniversary, TV critics Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff unpack exactly what made... Read more

At this college, academic excellence requires passion for the social good

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

At New Jersey’s Rutgers University, a new honors program for undergraduates is redefining academic excellence. Students accepted into the highly competitive Honors Living Learning Community (HLLC) study critical social issues and prove their commitment to becoming “change-makers." While the program is small, its early outcomes have been... Read more

Overshare

By: Rose Ellen Dix & Rosie Spaughton

Narrated by: Rose Ellen Dix & Rosie Spaughton

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Rose and Rosie are known for their candid and hilarious YouTube videos... but now they are taking oversharing to a whole new level. Discussing sexuality, revealing secrets and empowering others, OVERSHARE is a book packed with Rose and Rosie's unique take on friendships, fame, mental health and LGBT issues.

As visibly out members of the LGBT... Read more

Native Guard

By: Author

Narrated by: Thomas Neal Antwon Ghant, January LaVoy, Nicole...

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on Natasha Trethewey’s collection of poems, The Alliance Theatre’s production of Native Guard is both an elegy to her mother and a journey into Mississippi’s Civil War history. In poetry and song, she reflects on her mother’s passing while contemplating the former slaves who became soldiers in a regiment known as the Native Guard.... Read more

Why we need to stop sharing American Dream success stories

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Why would author Casey Gerald want people to stop highlighting success stories like his own? Gerald says he grew up on “the wrong side of the tracks” and went on to Harvard Business school. But he says celebrations of the American Dream distract from reality, letting society off the hook for failing to give all children a fair shot. Gerald... Read more

Why we need to stop sharing American Dream success stories

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Why would author Casey Gerald want people to stop highlighting success stories like his own? Gerald says he grew up on “the wrong side of the tracks” and went on to Harvard Business school. But he says celebrations of the American Dream distract from reality, letting society off the hook for failing to give all children a fair shot. Gerald... Read more

Sebastian Pufpaff, Krassvieldrinpaket 2012 - 2018

By: Sebastian Pufpaff

Narrated by: Sebastian Pufpaff

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Das einzigartige Pufpaff Krassvieldrinpaket beinhaltet unerhörtes, ungehörtes und bisher vernachlässigtes. Der Künstler zeigt sich endlich von seiner menschlichen Seite, die von den drei großen G unserer Zeit dominiert wird: Freiheit, Spaß und Zeit für sich und andere. Frei nach dem Motto: Auch fünf Streifschüsse erlegen den Hirsch, ist... Read more

Rohingya Mother Remembers Her Rapists Every Time She Holds Her Baby

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s a horrific byproduct of the Rohingya flight to Bangladesh: babies who are the product of rape, born to refugees who were assaulted by the Myanmar military. Compounding the trauma, their community views the women as dishonored. Special correspondent Tania Rashid reports on mothers living in hiding. Judy Woodruff talks about the crisis with... Read more

True Indie

By: Don Coscarelli

Narrated by: Don Coscarelli

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

From Don Coscarelli, the celebrated filmmaker behind many cherished cult classics comes a memoir that's both revealing autobiography and indie film crash course.

Best known for his horror/sci-fi/fantasy films including Phantasm, The Beastmaster, Bubba Ho-tep and John Dies at the End, now Don Coscarelli’s taking... Read more