Art audiobooks

All Things Joe Bev

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Bud Abbott, Leonard Maltin, Jan...

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio is a collection of sixteen short audio features created for public radio by veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev).1. "A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua" – Joe Bevilacqua goes on a search for other people with his name and discovers some uncanny coincidences.2. "Father's Day" – Joe... Read more

Radio Tales for the Road, Vol. 1

By: Barbara Bernstein

Narrated by: Barbara Bernstein

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Radio Tales for the Road is an ongoing series of transformational journeys through time, space, and memory, written, produced, and narrated by Barbara Bernstein.Combining storytelling, documentary audio, radio drama, and original music, Radio Tales are vivid recollections of the Summer of Love, the Days of Rage, discovering the wilderness, and... Read more

Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Don't miss this new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, this is a must-listen. Read more

Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Stan Freberg & June Foray

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations, here is volume two of Rare Daws Butler. Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg’s greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Host Joe... Read more

Daws Butler Teaches You Dialects - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws talks directly to you, demonstrating his dialect technique and entertaining you at the same time! Dialects featured include British, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Italian,... Read more

Rare Daws Butler - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Stan Freberg, a full cas...

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg's greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Here is a hilarious collection of rare, never-before-released Daws Butler comedy recordings... Read more

Streets of Staccato - Abridged

By: Victor Gates & W. Ralph Walters

Narrated by: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters & a full cast

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the first episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty "70s cop show with a modern sense of humor," Sgt. Staccato and his men battle it out with stinky pirates as Father Kelly from Belfast tags along. Craziness ensues as events lead to an epic showdown at Mr. B's Ballroom. Extras include: – Staccato's Police Blotter #1: Interview with Ralph... Read more

Streets of Staccato - Abridged

By: Victor Gates & W. Ralph Walters

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the second episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty "70s cop show with a modern sense of humor," Chief Kilvinski gives Staccato a new assignment saving a wayward woman from porn magnate Huge Heffer. Staccato decides to fight fire with fire with ... naked turnip juggling?Included extras:– Staccato's Police Blotter #3: Interview with Mindy... Read more

From Moonshine to Armadillos - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Kenneth Threadgill, others & Wi...

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this hour-long program outlining the history of Threadgill's and Armadillo World Headquarters, their contribution to the birth of the Austin music scene, and their influence on the Nashville sound and country rock."This program offers a soup to nuts history of Austin's growth into the live... Read more

Kiss

By: Aileen Weintraub

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

I wanna rock and roll all night are the words that fans shout at KISS concerts. Self-proclaimed hottest band in the land, KISS rocks stadiums and albums. Their upbeat anthem Rock and Roll All Nite rocketed them to stardom. Fans can t get enough of their loud, showy, and flashy concerts. Read about the band members and how they formed KISS, the... Read more

Sherlock Holmes: Three Tales of Avarice

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Edward Hardwicke

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Avarice gets top billing in "The Adventure of the Priory School," "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," three masterfully crafted cases from one of the greatest mystery writers of all, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring that most celebrated sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.In "The Adventure of the Priory... Read more

Jimi Hendrix

By: Edward Willett

Narrated by: Ezra Knight

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Willett pens a biography covering all the high and low points in the short life of the man "Rolling Stone" magazine called the greatest rock guitarist of all time: Jimi Hendrix. Read more

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic

By: Michael McCreary

Narrated by: Michael McCreary

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn’t “look” autistic. But, as he’s quick to point out in this memoir, autism “looks” different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary... Read more

Women of Hope

By: Joyce Hansen

Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author Joyce Hansen gives voice to 13 amazing African American women who have overcome adversity to make their mark in history. Each of these women will capture your heart and mind as you listen to their inspiring life stories. Hear about the life of acclaimed actress Ruby Dee and 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker. Meet the... Read more

Hopper

By: Tom Folsom

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

James Dean to Hopper
"I saw what you did today. Today you were great."Jack Nicholson to Hopper
"We're geniuses, you know that?
Isn't it great to be a genius?"The chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. The prophetic madman in the jungle in Apocalypse Now. The terrifying psychopath in Blue Velvet. The kid gone wrong in Rebel Without a Cause. The... Read more

Rita Moreno

By: Rita Moreno

Narrated by: Rita Moreno

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico  to Hollywood legend—and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.

Born Rosita Dolores Alverio in the idyll of Puerto Rico, Moreno, at age five, embarked on a harrowing sea... Read more

Jigsaw Series 1

By: BBC

Narrated by: Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema & Tom Craine

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning stand-up comedians Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema combine their talents to piece together six rapid-fire and surreal sketch shows, full of silly, clever, dark sketches. Produced by Colin Anderson. Read more

Baseball Forever!

By: Jason Turbow & John Miley

Narrated by: Bob Costas

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

John Miley has compiled the most comprehensive audio account of baseball history in existence—a vast and wildly entertaining assemblage of game tapes from throughout the sport's history. His archive contains classic moments, like the Shot Heard 'round the World, and amazing feats, like Carl Hubbell striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie... Read more

The Grapes Of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Robert Sheehan, Michelle Fairley & Zubin Varla

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land in tatters. And life is set to get much... Read more

Sue Scott

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“She speaks fluent prairie.”—New York Times

Sue Scott has taken her talents from the stage to the airwaves doing “funny voices on the radio” with A Prairie Home Companion since 1992. A vocal talent without compare, at any moment she can be garrulous, gracious, sassy, sinful, prim and proper, worldly and wise.

Sue Scott: Seriously Silly collects... Read more

Nineteen Eighty-Four

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that... Read more

Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 4

By: John Finnemore

Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, John Finnemore...

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether it's dealing with a stuffed sheep, an angry princess or a rogue fruit tray, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult.

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, MJN... Read more

Homage To Catalonia

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Joseph Millton

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

George Orwell's classic account of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, dramatised for radio by Mike Walker. Produced by Kate McAll.In 1936 Eric and Eileen Blair were making ends meet by running a small village shop in Wallington and growing vegetables. Eric had recently sent 'The Road to Wigan Pier' to Victor Gollancz, hoping it would... Read more

The Road Back Home

By: Sid Waddell

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

'I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...'

So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid... Read more