Art audiobooks

Clear Seeing Place

By: Brian Rutenberg

Narrated by: Brian Rutenberg

Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

From the salt marshes and moss-draped live oaks of the South Carolina Lowcountry to the New York art world, Clear Seeing Place takes the reader behind the studio door to explore the making of a painter in intimate detail. Brimming with the joy of process and a love of art history, Brian Rutenberg reveals the places, people, and experiences that... Read more

David Sedaris' Diaries Paint a Life Spent in Observation

By: David Sedaris

Narrated by: David Sedaris & Jeffrey Brown

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Who was humorist David Sedaris before he had sold millions of books and made countless live appearances before adoring audiences? In a new book, Theft By Finding, Sedaris offers a portrait of himself as a younger artist through his personal diaries. Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author to discuss his compulsion to observe, write and perform. Read more

Hi Gorgeous!

By: Candis Cayne

Narrated by: Candis Cayne

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Trailblazing transgender actress, activist, and style icon Candis Cayne has spent a lifetime learning how to see herself for who she really is, and along the way has taught herself and others how to celebrate inner beauty as the perfect starting point for outer radiance. Drawing from her personal journey to self-acceptance and comprised of a... Read more

Fags, Mags and Bags: Series 1-4

By: Sanjeev Kohli & Donald McLeary

Narrated by: Donald McLeary, Full Cast & Sanjeev Kohli

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

First broadcast in 2007, Fags, Mags and Bags delivers shop-based shenanigans and over-the-counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. Ramesh has built his shop up over the course of 30 years, and it is a firmly entrenched feature of the local area. He is ably assisted by Dave, a forty-something underachiever who... Read more

Sarah Millican's Support Group

By: Sarah Millican

Narrated by: Full Cast & Sarah Millican

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning comedian Sarah Millican plays Sarah, life counsellor and modern day agony aunt in the collected series 1 and 2 of this BBC Radio 4 comedy.
Solving the nation's problems with her Support Group, she wants you to live life to the utmost, and she's got tons of ideas of how to help. In the same way as the busybody at the end of your... Read more

The Pride of the Yankees

By: Richard Sandomir

Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH."

On July 4, 1939, baseball great Lou Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" at Yankee Stadium and gave a speech that included the phrase that would become legendary. He died two years later and his fiery widow, Eleanor, wanted nothing more than to keep... Read more

Cinco

By: Jim Gaffigan

Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

America's king of clean comedy delivers wickedly funny jokes in his fifth hour-long special. Read more

Stay Interesting

By: Jonathan Goldsmith

Narrated by: Jonathan Goldsmith

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a life truly interesting? Is it the people you meet? The risks you take? The adventures you remember?

Jonathan Goldsmith has many answers to that question. For years he was a struggling actor in New York and Los Angeles, with experiences that included competing for roles with Dustin Hoffman, getting shot by John Wayne, drinking with... Read more

Jeff Simmermon: And I Am Not Lying

By: Jeff Simmermon

Narrated by: Jeff Simmermon

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Storyteller Jeff Simmermon’s debut album And I Am Not Lying is an oratory carnival into Simmermon’s chicken band, slaughtering kangaroos in the Australian outback, cancer, subway groceries, dinner with the Reverend Al Sharpton, dating following a surprise divorce and so much more. Read more

The Book of Dragons

By: Edith Nesbit

Narrated by: Mary Baker

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight wonderful tales of exiting dragons! Including one dragon made of ice, another that settles in in the General Post Office, and a fire-breather that flies out of a magical book and devours a whole soccer team... Charmingly eccentric stories for children and non-children (but with their inner child intact!) is what awaits the listeners here. Read more

Who Was Bob Marley?

By: Katie Ellison

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Get Up, Stand Up! for the king of reggae music!

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread the gospel of reggae music around the globe.... Read more

Who is Dolly Parton?

By: True Kelley

Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in a little cabin in Tennessee, Dolly Parton always dreamed big, and she was right to! She wrote her first song at age five and became a country music star by the time she was in her early twenties. Of course, her success didn't stop there. Dolly Parton is also an actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist whose "Imagination... Read more

Who is Stevie Wonder?

By: Jim Gigliotti

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only eleven, he had his first No.1 hit when he was thirteen. Since then he has had thirty... Read more

Who Are the Rolling Stones?

By: Dana Meachen Rau

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Follow the bad boys of rock and roll from their beginnings in London to their unparalleled success around the world.

Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still hard at work, recording and playing live to massive... Read more

Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You

By: Charles Taylor

Narrated by: A.T. Chandler

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

When we think of '70s cinema, we think of classics like The Godfather and Taxi Driver . . . but the riches found in the overlooked B movies of the time, rolled out wherever they might find an audience, unexpectedly tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America. Revisiting the films that don't make the Academy Award... Read more

Who Is Bruce Springsteen?

By: Stephanie Sabol

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon.

Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock and roll and playing guitar. After the breakup of a local band... Read more

Movies Are Prayers

By: Josh Larsen

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"Movies are our way of telling God what we think about this world and our place in it. . . . Movies can be many things: escapist experiences, historical artifacts, business ventures, and artistic expressions, to name a few. I'd like to suggest that they can also be prayers." Movies do more than tell a good story. They are expressions of raw... Read more

How To Audition For A Musical

By: HowExpert

Narrated by: Warren Brownley

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to know the secrets of those who succeed in musical theater, then check out this How to Audition for a Musical guide.In this step-by-step guide, you will learn not only the basic but improvement tips as well to surpass musical theater auditions. Learn the basics of good singing dancing and acting Know how to audition well and come... Read more

Pizza Mind

By: Sasheer Zamata

Narrated by: Sasheer Zamata

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

UCBs Sasheer Zamata’s Pizza Mind will give viewers food for thought. In this all-new stand-up special, Sasheer covers a spectrum of topics, from drugs to relationships, Disney racism to politics — nothing is off limits. This multi-talented comedian incorporates different performance elements to express her opinions and dive into her personal... Read more

Cold Comfort Farm

By: Stella Gibbons

Narrated by: Elizabeth Proud, Full Cast, Miriam Margolyes & ...

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Patricia Gallimore and Miriam Margolyes star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the classic comic novel. Strong of will and slender of ankle, 20-year-old orphan Flora Poste is blessed with every virtue save that of being able to earn her own living. Casting around for suitable relatives with whom she can make her home, Flora alights... Read more

Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge

By: Patrick Marber & Steve Coogan

Narrated by: Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front & Steve Coogan

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A-ha! Six BBC Radio 4 episodes featuring the king of chat Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan), in a series of hysterically excrutiating encounters with guests played by Rebecca Front, David Schneider, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan. Also included are two bonus programmes: a spoof behind-the-scenes feature Knowing Knowing Me, Knowing You and In... Read more

The Best of Guy Noir Collector’s Edition

By: author

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

It's a dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets, but high above the mean streets, a light burns on the 12th floor of the Acme Building, where Guy Noir—hard boiled, world-weary, yet surprisingly articulate—is trying to find the answers to life's questions. In his big swivel chair under the bare bulb beside the beat-up gray file... Read more

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate

By: Al Franken

Narrated by: Al Franken

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum -- comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.

"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual -... Read more

Ryan Higa's How to Write Good

By: Ryan Higa

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

An unconventional, irreverent, yet heartfelt memoir by Ryan Higa, one of the top creators on YouTube. With pictures! And illustrations! And, y'know, words. Read more