Art audiobooks

The Leader's Journey

By: Donna Lichaw

Narrated by: Donna Lichaw

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

No one gives you a manual for how to be a great leader. Enter leadership expert Donna Lichaw. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, design thinking, and her years of experience coaching business leaders from the likes of Amazon, Disney, Google, and Mastercard, Lichaw's tried-and-true leadership development methods will empower you to activate... Read more

The Zen of Art

By: Carolyn Schlam

Narrated by: Sara Van Beckum

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Zen of Art starts with the premise that making art is akin to what happens when wind engages with a set of chimes. The chance encounter of source and instrument generates a song that enriches and elevates the moment. Author and artist Carolyn Schlam draws a parallel with what she calls the "Zen of Art"-the process of allowing creative... Read more

The Original Method Actors: The Lives and Legacies of James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Mary Rossman

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

It would be no exaggeration to say that James Dean has been more mythologized than any other actor in history, a development due more to his off-screen personality and conduct than the films he actually starred in. Much of Dean’s appeal derives from his humble and ordinary origins, and audiences are drawn to the romance of the Indiana farm boy... Read more

The 27 Club: The Lives and Legacies of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

It is rare in the world of music for a general consensus to form over who was the best at anything. Many would call The Beatles the greatest rock band, but it’s easy to find strongly opinionated dissenters. However, when it came to playing a guitar and laying the soundtrack for the psychedelic era, just about everyone agrees there was Jimi... Read more

The Write Stuff

By: James Walton

Narrated by: James Walton, Sebastian Faulks, Stephen Fry, Si...

Length: 18 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Highlights from the light-hearted literary quiz chaired by James WaltonThe Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and... Read more

Lucian's Dialogues Volume 4 (Unabridged)

By: Lucian of Samosata Lucian of Samosata

Narrated by: Melinda Miller

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In the fourth volume of Lucian's Dialogues, the celebrated satirist turns his sharp wit to the gods, philosophers, and literary figures of his time. With his signature blend of humor and skepticism, Lucian exposes the hypocrisy and absurdity of those who claim to possess wisdom and virtue. From the pompous Zeus to the self-righteous Cynics, no... Read more

In My Humble Opinion: My So-Called Life

By: Soraya Roberts

Narrated by: Sharmila Devar

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A smart, engaging investigation of the show that brought real teens to TV My So-Called Life lasted only 19 episodes from 1994 to 1995, but in that time it earned many devoted viewers, including the showrunners who would usher in the teen TV boom of the late ’90s and the new millennium. With its focus on 15-year-old Angela Chase’s search for her... Read more

Hollywood Pride

By: Alonso Duralde

Narrated by: Alonso Duralde

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

For generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be discreet about their lives but—make no mistake—they were everywhere, both in front of and behind the camera. On the eve of the twentieth century, in Thomas Edison’s laboratory, one of the earliest attempts at a sound film depicted two men dancing together as a third plays... Read more

Gentlemen of the Shade: My Own Private Idaho

By: Jen Sookfong Lee

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Gus Van Sant’s film and the ’90s cult of the alternative Gus Van Sant’s 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. Gentlemen of the Shade examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the... Read more

National Treasure: Nicolas Cage

By: Lindsay Gibb

Narrated by: Moniqua Plante

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebration of Nicolas Cage ― the man and the meme Nicolas Cage: leading man or character actor? Action hero or goofball comedian? Internet joke or one of the greatest actors of his generation? Beyond the gif bait and easy punchline, Nicolas Cage continually frustrates easy categorization or understanding. In National Treasure, pop culture... Read more

City of Light, City of Shadows

By: Mike Rapport

Narrated by: Paul Daintry

Length: 14 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A top historian offers a new history of Paris’s Belle Époque, the luminous age of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, but also of social unrest and violent clashes over what it meant to be French

From the wrought ironwork of the Eiffel Tower to the flourishing art nouveau movement, the Belle Époque is remembered as a golden age for... Read more

Museum Worthy

By: Elizabeth Campbell

Narrated by: Holly Adams

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Art looting is commonly recognized as a central feature of Nazi expropriation. After the war, the famed Monuments Men (and women) recovered several hundred thousand pieces from the Germans' makeshift repositories. Well publicized restitution cases, such as that of Gustav Klimt's luminous painting featured in the film Woman in Gold, illustrate... Read more

Baseball: The Movie

By: Noah Gittell

Narrated by: Noah Gittell

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises. Film, America's other national pastime, which magnifies and... Read more

The Art of Dying

By: Peter Schjeldahl

Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker’s art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, “The Art of Dying,” in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some improvement, and so, he wrote, “These extra... Read more

Johnny Carson

By: Henry Bushkin

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.” – Janet Maslin, “Ten Favorite Books of the Year,” New York Times
“Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of The Tonight Show or none because they had to go to bed early on school nights. From 1962 to... Read more

The Conscious Lovers (Unabridged)

By: Richard Steele

Narrated by: Theodore Barfield

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In the bustling streets of 18th-century London, love and reason collide in Richard Steele's captivating novel, "The Conscious Lovers." Meet Bevil, a virtuous gentleman torn between his heart's desire and societal expectations. As he navigates the complexities of love, he encounters Lucinda, a woman of wit and independence, who challenges his... Read more

Una bonita casualidad

By: Giselle Amorós

Narrated by: Entre Libros Editorial LXL

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Candela y su equipo tienen en el punto de mira a un narcotraficante que opera en la Costa Brava y va extendiéndose cada vez por más territorio. Cuando creen tenerlo y dan el golpe de gracia, se topan con alguien que no esperan, y menos aún de la forma en la que lo hacen. Patrick la deja KO sin tocarle un pelo, y lo que ella no aprecia en un... Read more

A Tribute To Mike Pinder

By: Geoffrey Giuliano

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

I first met Mike Pinder when the interview you are about to hear was conducted in the mid-1990s. Tt was generally known that Mike was very spiritually evolved and able to mirror his deep realizations through his incredible music both as a solo artist and with the Moody Blues. As an interviewer, I was taken by the sincerity, depth, and breadth... Read more

Sources

By: Uta Hagen

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Uta Hagen, one of the great ladies of the American theatre wrote a deeply personal memoir of her life, from her childhood in Germany to the present. Sources is Miss Hagen’s lyrical account of the special ways love of nature is intertwined with love of art in her life, providing a rare glimpse of the off-stage life of an actress.



Originally... Read more

The Soul of Russia

By: Morris Berman

Narrated by: Todd Belcher

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Ecstasy, witchcraft, bewilderment—these ten loving vignettes on scandalous corners of Russian culture, by one of our most seasoned cultural critics, are a tribute to imperishable art even in our catastrophic time.” (Caryl Emerson, professor emerita of Slavic languages and literatures, Princeton University)

In terms of literature, music, and... Read more

1975 - Emergency - Nerukkadi nilai Prakadanam

By: R. Radhakrishnan

Narrated by: VVR

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

இந்தியாவில் நெருக்கடி நிலை பிரகடனம் செய்யப்பட்டு 48 ஆண்டுகளாகிவிட்டன. இன்று ஜனநாயகம், சர்வாதிகாரம், பாசிசம் போன்ற சொற்கள் அர்த்தம் புரியாமலேயே அன்றாடம் புழங்கும் சொற்களாகிவிட்டன. ஆனால் இம்மூன்றின் உண்மையான பரிமாணத்தையும் ஒரே சமயத்தில் மக்கள் உணர்ந்த தருணம் அது. நெருக்கடி நிலை அறிவிப்புக்கு முன்னும் அதுபோன்ற நாள் வந்ததில்லை. அதற்குப் பின்னும்... Read more

La (petite) histoire de 100 (grandes) marques

By: Guillaume, Raphaël Fischer, Turcat

Narrated by: Marc Duquenoy

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Saviez-vous que l’apéritif Dubonnet et le cachou Lajaunie ont été créés par des pharmaciens ? L’histoire des marques réserve bien des surprises : les Gauloises ont d’abord été des cigarettes hongroises : le créateur de Banania est mort ruiné après avoir tiré sur son associé : le budget de lancement du stylo Bic était modestement de 50.000 € : la... Read more

Staging America

By: Jeffery Kennedy

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 27 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Provincetown Players created a revolution in American theatre, making room for truly modern approaches to playwriting, stage production, and performance. In Staging America, Jeffery Kennedy gives listeners the unabridged story in a meticulously researched and comprehensive narrative that sheds new light on the history of the Provincetown... Read more

How To Raise Backyard Chickens

By: Tammy Pasquarella

Narrated by: Steve Knupp

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of backyard chicken farming with Tammy Pasquarella’s entertaining and informative book, ‘How to Raise Backyard Chickens.’ This eggscellent guide is packed with practical advice and a touch of feathery fun to make your chicken-raising journey truly eggstraordinary! Join Pasquarella as she cracks open... Read more