Art audiobooks

Science...For Her!

By: Megan Amram

Narrated by: Megan Amram

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“One of the funniest—and most subversive—books of the year” (Esquire): Megan Amram, a writer for Parks and Recreation, delivers a politically, scientifically, and anatomically incorrect “textbook” that will have women screaming with laughter, and men dying to know what the noise is about.

“Laugh-out-loud funny…an exuberantly scathing takedown of... Read more

I Must Say

By: Martin Short

Narrated by: Martin Short

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“Short’s endearing memoir is, of course, funny, but it’s also a rare thing: the tale of a genuine human being who’s thrived on planet Hollywood.” — Washington PostIn this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite... Read more

American Titan

By: Marc Eliot

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, “the Duke,” John Wayne.As he did in his bestselling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc Eliot digs deep beneath the myth in this revealing look at the most... Read more

Hope

By: Richard Zoglin

Length: 17 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in 1903, and until his death in 2003, Bob Hope was the only entertainer to achieve top-rated success in every major mass-entertainment medium, from vaudeville to television and everything in between. He virtually invented modern stand-up comedy. His tours to entertain US troops and patriotic radio broadcasts, along with his all-American,... Read more

Modern Man

By: Anthony Flint

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible biography of the most important architect of the twentieth century.Modern Man is a riveting biography of Le Corbusier—a man who invented new ways of building and thinking. Modern Man is a penetrating psychological portrait of a true genius and constant... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Western Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: various performers

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest Western shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, including many first episodes from their series. You'll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, John Dehner as the man called Paladin on Have Gun—Will Travel, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on The Roy Rogers Show, Gene Autry on... Read more

Classic Radio’s Greatest Mystery Shows, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Richard Widmark, Orson Welles, Peter Lorre, Wil...

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This collection contains twelve of the greatest mystery shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You'll hear Richard Widmark starring in Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Orson Welles in The Black Museum, Peter Lorre in Mystery in the Air, William Conrad in The Whistler, Ernest Chappell in Quiet, Please, Everett Clarke in Lights Out, Harry... Read more

Ophira Eisenberg: Bangs!

By: Ophira Eisenberg

Narrated by: Ophira Eisenberg

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Ophira Eisenberg is the hilarious host of NPR's hit trivia comedy show Ask Me Another, a regular host and storyteller at The Moth, and a stand-up comedian based in Brooklyn, NY – but originally from Canada. Ophira's new comedy album, Bangs!, recorded at the intimate Brooklyn mainstay, Union Hall, showcases her unique ability to seamlessly move... Read more

Jeff Garcia's Low Budget Madness

By: Jeff Garcia

Narrated by: Jeff Garcia

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Shot live at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, CA, Jeff Garcia's Low Budget Madness is packed with hilarious sketches that will leave you in stitches and remind you why audiences all over the world can't get a enough of Jeff Garcia! Read more

Charlie Chaplin

By: Peter Ackroyd

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A brief yet definitive new biography of one of film's greatest legends, perfect for readers who want to know more about the iconic star but who don't want to commit to a lengthy work.He was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one of the most recognizable of Hollywood faces, even a hundred years after his first film. But what of the... Read more

De Niro

By: Shawn Levy

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 21 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ICON

There's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time. His work, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, is unparalleled. Mean Streets, the Godfather Part II, Taxi Driver, the Deer Hunter, and Raging Bull all dazzled... Read more

The Woman I Wanted to Be

By: Diane von Furstenberg

Narrated by: Diane von Furstenberg

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most influential, admired, and colorful women of our time: fashion designer and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg tells the most personal stories from her life, about family, love, beauty and business: “It’s so good, you’ll want to take notes” (People).

Diane von Furstenberg started with a suitcase full of jersey dresses and an idea... Read more

Pretty Fly

By: Chris Turner

Narrated by: Chris Turner

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Turner's intelligent wordplay and improvised freestyle raps have established him as one of the best up-and-coming comics on the international circuit. Pretty Fly, recorded at The Hollywood Improv, is an impressively crafted masterpiece that is extremely quick-witted and clever. Read more

The Life and Loves of a He Devil

By: Graham Norton

Narrated by: Graham Norton

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly twenty years. He is loved across the nation for his delight in the peculiar and for his ability to find humour and a common ground in all that life brings.

The Life and Loves of a He Devil is Graham's funny and honest memoir on the... Read more

One Lucky Bastard

By: Sir Roger Moore

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood. Of course, he's an actor who has starred in films that have made him famous the world over; but he is also a tremendous prankster, joker, and raconteur. Despite the fact that he is widely known as one of the nicest guys in the business, on and off the... Read more

J.M.W. Turner

By: Peter Ackroyd

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In this second volume in the Ackroyd’s Brief Lives series, bestselling author Peter Ackroyd brings us a man of humble beginnings, crude manners, and prodigious talents, the nineteenth-century painter J. M. W. Turner.

Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London in 1775. His father was a barber, and his mother came from a family of London... Read more

Dr. Katz Live

By: Dr. Katz

Narrated by: Dr. Katz & Various Narrators

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist was a wildly successful, innovative, and hilarious show on Comedy Central that ran for six seasons. In it, Jonathan Katz performed as the therapist to a host of big name comics coming to terms with their neuroses. The amazing cast also included Laura Silverman and Jon Benjamin as regulars, and the show... Read more

Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast & Jamie Parker

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Jamie Parker stars as the Prince of Denmark in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast production.

At the Castle of Elsinore in Denmark, the court is uneasy. The king of Denmark has recently died and the throne has been claimed by the king's brother, Claudius.

Prince Hamlet, still in mourning for his father, distrusts Claudius and believes that what... Read more

Chris Franjola: The Shallow End

By: Chris Franjola

Narrated by: Chris Franjola

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

On his debut comedy album The Shallow End, Chris Franjola, relives his experiences on the road with tales of blood-smeared hotels and the world’s most unusual strip club. A writer and performer on E!’s hit show Chelsea Lately, Franjola has starred on the critically acclaimed scripted comedy series After Lately and is the host of the Sons of... Read more

We Need to Talk About . . . Kevin Bridges

By: Kevin Bridges

Narrated by: Kevin Bridges

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of We Need to Talk About... Kevin Bridges.

Aged 17, Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time and brought the house down. He only had a five-minute set but he discovered he really could earn a living from making people laugh.

Kevin began life as a shy, nerve-ridden school-boy.... Read more

Vivienne Westwood

By: Vivienne Westwood & Ian Kelly

Narrated by: Paula Wilcox

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world.

For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating... Read more

Auf meinem Diwan wird Österreich lebendig

By: Berta Zuckerkandl

Narrated by: Karin Lischka

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Berta Zuckerkandl war die letzte große "Salonnière" Wiens im Glanz der Jahrhundertwende. Ihre Beziehungen erstreckten sich in die Welt der Literatur, der bildenden Kunst, der Musik, des Theaters, der Mode, der Medizin, der Philosophie und der hohen Politik. In ihren Aufzeichnungen finden sich Telefongespräche, Briefwechsel und Anekdoten, die... Read more

Leonardo's Brain

By: Leonard Shlain

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other... Read more

The Ugly Renaissance

By: Alexander Lee

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 15 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating and counterintuitive portrait of the sordid, hidden world behind the dazzling artwork of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and more 

Renowned as a period of cultural rebirth and artistic innovation, the Renaissance is cloaked in a unique aura of beauty and brilliance. Its very name conjures up awe-inspiring images of an... Read more