Art audiobooks

Life and Laughing

By: Michael McIntyre

Narrated by: Michael McIntyre

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The riveting, poignant and remarkably honest biography from Britain's biggest comedy star, Michael McIntyre, brought to you by Penguin.

His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time.
Now he hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and has won the British Comedy Award for Best... Read more

Through Thick and Thin - Abridged

By: Gok Wan

Narrated by: Gok Wan

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In a short space of time, Gok Wan's infectious energy and charisma have made him an essential and much-loved part of Britain's TV landscape. He dominates the Channel 4 schedules with no less than three shows: How to Look Good Naked, Gok's Fashion Fix and Miss Naked Beauty, has published bestselling style guides to go with them, and he is also a... Read more

NPR More Funniest Driveway Moments

By: NPR

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Most NPR listeners have experienced at least one “driveway moment”: You’re so captivated by a story, interview, or essay you’re hearing on the radio that you sit in your driveway, motor running, to hear it all the way through. Even if the ice cream is melting in the trunk. 
 
The latest collection of this best-selling series features memorable... Read more

Here We Go Again - Abridged

By: Betty White

Narrated by: Betty White

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A memoir of Betty White's first five decades on television—as irreverent and irresistible as the beloved actress herself—filled “with inspiring cheerfulness” (The New York Times).

Betty White first appeared on television in 1949 and went on to have one of the most amazing careers in TV history, starring in shows such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show... Read more

Appointment With Fear

By: Valentine Dyall & Various

Narrated by: Full Cast, Marius Goring, Marjorie Westbury & V...

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Four gripping episodes from the famous 1940s BBC Radio horror series. Includes: 'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allen Poe (18 September 1943); 'The Speaking Clock' by John Dickson Carr (13 April 1944); 'The Clock Strikes Eight' by John Dickson Carr (18 May 1944); 'And the Deep Shuddered' by Monckton Hoffe (20 November 1945). ... Read more

Johnners' Trivia Test Match

By: Brian Johnston

Narrated by: Brian Johnston, Tim Rice, Various & Willie Rushton

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Brian Johnston, aka ‘Johnners’, the BBC’s long-time cricket commentator, is the umpire in this test of wit and general knowledge, as two teams try to score the highest number of runs under his watchful eye. In these four episodes, team captains Tim Rice and Willie Rushton are joined by Stephen Fry, Paul Merton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer,... Read more

The Very Best of Bob and Ray

By: Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Before Bob & Ray, comedians told jokes. After Bob & Ray, they told stories. When they first got together in 1946 on WHDH-AM Boston, no one guessed that their subtle, intelligent, deadpan brand of humor would revolutionize the comedic landscape.

With a gift for an improvisation and a keen understanding of the absurd, Bob Elliott and Ray... Read more

When Our Faith Falters

By: Julia Cameron

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Most all of us have experienced times of spiritual confusion and disconnection from Divine Presence. Where do we turn when we've lost our faith and are overwhelmed by feelings of loneliness? Cameron has gone through such times, and here she reflects on how to rediscover what has spiritually inspired her, and helped release her from an artistic... Read more

It's The Questions Not The Answers That Make Life Exciting

By: Jonathan Stedall

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a filmmaker, Stedall has worked with people from all walks of life, including scientists, artists and poets. He has found it quite exciting to come at the question of "where is heaven?" from many different angles and perspectives. Read more

Patti LuPone

By: Patti LuPone

Narrated by: Patti LuPone

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary Patti LuPone is one of the theatre’s most beloved leading ladies. Now she lays it all bare, sharing the intimate story of her life both onstage and off--through the dizzying highs and darkest lows--with the humor and outspokenness that have become her trademarks.

With nearly 100 photographs, including an 8-page four-color insert,... Read more

The ABC Murders

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt, Philip Jackson & Simon...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Ascher, a poor, elderly shopkeeper, is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard, a young waitress, is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, collector of Chinese art, clubbed to death in Churston. Only in Doncaster does the pattern vary: the man found stabbed in the Regal Cinema is called George Earsfield. ... Read more

Appointment With Death

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed? It's the only solution.' Even when on holiday in Jerusalem - the so-called City of Peace - Hercule Poirot can't seem to escape the strains of death and murder. His first evening at the King Solomon Hotel finds the above phrase floating into his room from outside. What does it mean? Who is... Read more

At Bertram's Hotel

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, June Whitfield, Maurice Denham & Siâ...

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Marple is being treated to a few days' holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram's Hotel - a dignified, establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. It is a place where sedate upper-class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple... Read more

The Body In Library

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jack Watling, June Whitfield & Pauli...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a pleasant doze when suddenly her dreams take a strange turn. The housemaid Mary is telling her that there is a body in the library... When she wakes up, she finds that it is true. But who is the strange young blonde dressed in an evening gown who is lying strangled on the library hearth... Read more

Cards On The Table

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Donald Sinden, Full Cast, John Moffatt & Stepha...

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot, along with three other luminaries from the world of crime detection, is invited to dinner by the renowned London socialite Dr Shaitana. Also on the guest list are four members of what Shaitana calls his Black Museum - a collection of murderers who have each succeeded in 'getting away with it'. An elegant dinner is followed by a... Read more

Death In The Clouds

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt & Philip Jackson

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

To distract himself from his fear of flying, Hercule Poirot observes his fellow passengers on the noon flight from Le Bourget to Croydon. On his right sits a pretty young woman, clearly very aware of the handsome man opposite her; ahead of him is a nervous aristocrat and her maid; and across the aisle is a writer of detective novels, troubled by... Read more

Death On The Nile

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Linnet Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a devoted husband, she has everything anyone could wish for. But as the happy couple set out on an idyllic honeymoon cruise on the Nile, storm clouds are gathering... Linnet's former friend, Jacqueline de Bellefort, follows her and Simon wherever they go and... Read more

Hallowe'en Party

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, John Moffatt & Stephanie Cole

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels. One of the teenagers, Joyce Reynolds,... Read more

Lord Edgware Dies

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

'Monsieur Poirot, somehow or other I've just got to get rid of my husband!' No sooner had she uttered the words than Lady Edgware's husband was dead, brutally stabbed in the neck. The evidence against her is overwhelming, the case cut and dried. But what is the truth behind it all? What enemies lurked in the background of the victim's life?... Read more

Mrs McGinty's Dead

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The gruesome death of Mrs McGinty provokes Superintendent Spence to seek the help of his old ally Hercule Poirot. The victim's young lodger has been found guilty and is due to hang. But Spence is not convinced by the circumstantial evidence which influenced the verdict. So, at considerable personal discomfort, Poirot goes down to the sleepy... Read more

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story that made Agatha Christie famous, and which was also one of her own favourites. It begins when the wealthy Mrs Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose, one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious, for local rumour has it that she poisoned her husband and was in love with Roger... Read more

Murder On The Links

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jeremy Clyde & John Moffatt

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

When Poirot arrives in France, following an urgent appeal for help, he finds he is too late. His client, a South American millionaire, has been stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly dug open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room. Her wrists are badly... Read more

Peril At End House

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot and his good friend Captain Hastings are enjoying a well-deserved break on the Cornish Riviera. Wandering along the terrace of the Hotel Majestic on the first morning of their stay, Poirot literally falls at the feet of a pretty, dark-haired girl and, much to Hastings' delight, insists that she join them for a cocktail. The girl... Read more

Taken At The Flood

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Full Cast & John Moffatt

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1940s London, Hercule Poirot is cornered by the club bore and learns of a mysterious death - one which sets him off on one of his most intriguing cases. When Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Cloade's relatives are desperate to get their hands on his money, and Rosaleen begins... Read more