Art audiobooks

Boston Blackie: Murder With An Alibi

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

John Blake seems to have committed the perfect crime. He has killed Thomas Evers, just as he told Blackie that he would. Blake also has a perfect alibi and seems to be making a fool out of Blackie! John Blake, a student of crime has come urgently to see Blackie. He wants to know why a murderer is always caught? Blackie replies “that’s easy... Read more

Boston Blackie: The Masters Diamond

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

At a swank dinner party, the Masters diamond disappears, and Mrs. Masters has been murdered. Read more

Boston Blackie: Atkins, Jewel Theif

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Peggy Williams' pearl necklace has gone missing from her safe and Boston Blackie was at the scene of the crime, so of course in Faraday’s book he’s the prime suspect. But the insurance company thinks it may be staged for a false insurance claim. Read more

Boston Blackie: Murder at the Movies

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A movie star is shot while in a trunk, but no bullet went through the trunk and the bullet wasn't inside the trunk either. The commercials for Champagne Velver beer heard on this program and the others following were not part of the original network broadcast, nor even an integral part of the Ziv syndication discs. The commercials were found on... Read more

Boston Blackie: Simmons Construction Murder

By: Jack Boyle

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Falling for his friend's girl, he fails to reckon with an unusual roommate. The young man was tall tanned and impressive. There wasn’t a guest at Mrs. Parkford-Smith’s cocktail party who would deny that his presence had livened the affair considerably. The hostess especially appreciated Mr. Derek Marlow, his gentle flattery and his absurdly... Read more

History of Cinema

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Cinema can be defined as the art of performed act, intended to entertain an audience. Most people think of cinema as being of a very recent origin. In its true entirety, cinema is however, an ancient entity that has existed with us since 3 millennia at least. It could have existed prior to beginnings of our organised societies and settlements at... Read more

Rant in E-Minor: Variations

By: Bill Hicks

Narrated by: Bill Hicks

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Rant in E-Minor: Variations is Bill Hicks’ most brilliant album in its raw form with no music interludes. The original release was compiled from multiple shows in Austin, Texas and other locations; this version is one of those Austin evenings, October 24th, 1993. It contains Hicks’ classic material, never-before-heard bits, and some new twists... Read more

Art Theory

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Art theory has great prominence since bygone era. Many people are fond of art and in fact artists are taking the art form to portray their views on any particular situation, trend, or a topic. The art theory was refined in the twentieth century by adding many other art forms. This visual language has huge demand since ages. People are exhibiting... Read more

Hamilton

By: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter

Narrated by: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda, now streaming on Disney+ with the original... Read more

The Vanishing Velázquez

By: Laura Cumming

Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016

“As compelling and entertaining as a detective novel” (The Economist), the incredible true story—part art history and part mystery—of a Velázquez portrait that went missing and the obsessed nineteenth-century bookseller determined to prove he had found it.

When John... Read more

History of Art

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

What we know of Art History today actually has its roots back to the 19th century, but what the study is about, dates back to the ancient world. The art historians depend on the semiotics, formal analysis, iconography and psychoanalysis for understanding the history of a piece of art. After the World War II when photographic imitation and... Read more

History of Opera

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Tracy Tupman

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Blending music, dance, visual arts and drama seamlessly to create one of the most interesting things that millions of audiences enjoy is what opera is all about. Its 400 year old history is rich with instances of rise and fall of opera.With its roots in the Renaissance period, opera gradually spread across the world and today it has become a... Read more

A Guide to Coastal Wildlife

By: Brett Westwood & Stephen Moss

Narrated by: Brett Westwood & Phil Gates

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An entertaining guide to some of our commonest and most curious coastal wildlife.

Brett Westwood is joined by naturalist Phil Gates in this informative and entertaining guide to a variety of common coastal wildlife. Recorded in early summer along the coast of Northumberland, each programme focuses on a different habitat – rock pools, sandy... Read more

Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Comedies

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast, Geraldine McEwan, Miriam Margolyes &...

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Three classic radio productions from the BBC archives starring Nigel Hawthorne, Miriam Margolyes, Geraldine McEwan and a host of celebrated acting talent.

These three legendary plays, performed by some of the best-known theatrical actors of the 20th Century, are the perfect way to commemorate England's greatestdramatist.

The Taming of the Shrew:... Read more

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme: Series 5

By: John Finnemore

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Finnemore

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

John Finnemore's Double Acts Series 1 is the winner of the Writers Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and the Comedy.co.uk awards for Best Radio Sketch Show!

The complete fifth series of BBC Radio 4’s award-winning sketch show, written by and starring the writer of Cabin Pressure.

'One of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some... Read more

Don't Go to Jail!

By: Saul Goodman & Steve Huff

Narrated by: Fred Berman

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Got the long arm of the law around your neck?
Does Lady Justice have her eye on you?
Were you set up at a lineup?
Saul Goodman can help!

There are some crazy laws out there. Did you know that in New Mexico there’s a law that says “idiots” can’t vote? Or that Massachusetts still has a ban on Quakers and witches? Or that in Georgia it’s illegal to put... Read more

Doty Meets Coyote

By: Thomas Doty

Narrated by: Thomas Doty

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Doty Meets Coyote is an audio tapestry of traditional and original Native American stories from the American West told by master storyteller Thomas Doty.It is Thomas Doty’s work as a storyteller to not only perpetuate the Old Time myths with integrity but to add new stories to the collective basket of folklore, just as tellers before him have... Read more

Guilty as Charged

By: Steve-O

Narrated by: Steve-O

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From his humble beginnings as a circus clown, to his career as a star of the monster hit Jackass, comedian, author, and all-around lunatic, Steve-O has done it all and then some. Loaded with more of the outrageous stunts you've come to love him for, this is more than just a hilarious comedy special — in Guilty as Charged, Steve-O holds nothing... Read more

The Lux Radio Theatre, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the longest running—and most extravagant—shows from radio’s golden age. The show featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host for the lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of... Read more

Philo Vance, Detective, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Philo Vance is a fictional character featured in numerous crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine published in the 1920s and 1930s, and who was later revived on radio and in film and television. During that time, Vance was immensely popular. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish, dandy, a New York bon vivant with a highly intellectual... Read more

Rogue’s Gallery, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Dick Powell & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rogue’s Gallery was an old-time radio program starring Dick Powell as Richard Rogue, a private detective who trailed luscious blondes, protected witnesses, and did whatever else detectives do to make a living. What set this show apart from others in the genre was that midway through every episode, Rogue would invariably end up getting knocked... Read more

Mr. District Attorney, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mr. District Attorney came to radio in 1939 and focused on a crusading DA named Paul Garrett. Created, written, and directed by former law student Ed Byron, the series was inspired by the early years of New York governor Thomas E. Dewey. It was Dewey’s public war against racketeering which led to his election as governor and enabled him to run... Read more

X minus One, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: various performers & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Countdown for blastoff … X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one … Fire! From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you’ll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds.”Thus began each episode of X minus One, a... Read more

The Recollections of Turner Ashbey

By: Brian Price

Narrated by: Brian Price

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 2096, and the eighty-three-year-old Turner Ashbey has seen a lot in the turbulent twenty-first century: the rising oceans, the Eastern Migration, the Stay Put, the Digital Undoing, the Tax Indentures, and of course, the collapse and dissolution of the United States Federal Government into, finally, one hundred and thirteen “ephemeral... Read more