Art audiobooks

Armstrong And Miller Children's Hour

By: Alexander Armstrong & Ben Miller

Narrated by: Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller & Guests

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Pompous critics and culture journalists Martin Bain-Jones (Armstrong) and Craig Children (Miller), present a frightfully clever culture show, a wry look at the fringes of popular music. They’re hip, they’re happening – so they say – and in these four episodes they discuss Boy Bands (Peter Andre would be in a band if he had any mates), Middle... Read more

NPR Sound Treks: Animals

By: NPR

Narrated by: Jon Hamilton

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From rainforests to deserts, mountains to plains, the sea to the sky, animals raise their voices in an eclectic and thrilling chorus. This collection celebrates the unique calls of the keel-billed toucan, Guatemalan coatimundi, hammerhead bat, Central African elephant, urban katydid, and many more intriguing creatures whose sounds we seldom... Read more

NPR Sound Treks: Adventures

By: NPR

Narrated by: Jon Hamilton

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience a refreshing adrenaline rush on this NPR guided tour of the ultimate in outdoor fun: Whether whitewater rafting on the Hudson River, mountain climbing in the Himalayas, kayaking in Alaska, airboarding in Oregon’s Cascade mountains, or bungee jumping in Australia, each story is an amazing sound adventure—and a great escape.

The NPR... Read more

Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up Series 1

By: Kevin Anderson & Jo Caulfield

Narrated by: Jo Caulfield

Length: 1 hour 48 minutes

Abridged: No

She came, she saw, she criticised. Yes, this is the complete 4-part series where Jo Caulfield, 'the funniest female stand-up on Radio 4' presents her glorious mixture of bitchy friendliness, waspish likeability and foot-in-mouth populism - but always with charm. In the series, Jo is, as ever, failing to Shut Up about - love, marriage, dating,... Read more

Magical, Combustible Words

By: Phil Cousineau

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

You'll love Cousineau's stories of the long journeys his favorite words have taken to find their way into our lives, and the provocative nuances hidden in the origins of others. You'll even find clues to how you can stop procrastinating, and finally finish that novel you've been working on, if only you can find the words. Read more

A Life in Comedy

By: Garrison Keillor

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In April 2002, Garrison Keillor gave three live performances at the Yale Repertory Theatre, reading from a variety of his published and unpublished stories, novels, and essays. The award-winning radio personality and man behind the Lake Wobegon phenomenon presented his original musings on the life and times in which we live. Presenting one man,... Read more

Worst Laid Plans at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

By: Alexandra Lydon & Laura Kindred

Narrated by: Tymberlee Hill, Suz, Alexandra Lydon, Casey Wil...

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

“When bad sex happens to good people, there is no recourse like full disclosure,” is the motto of Worst Laid Plans, a comedy show staged at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, the highly influential comedy organization co-founded by Amy Poehler. True stories of terrible sex imparted by the brave survivors who lived to tell, Worst Laid Plans is... Read more

Journey into Space: The Host

By: Charles Chilton

Narrated by: Alan Marriott, Chris Pavlo, David Jacobs, Full ...

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A further BBC Radio episode of the classic science fiction series created by Charles Chilton.

In this exciting adventure, Jet Morgan and his crew receive a distress call from an abandoned space freighter. But when they board the ship, Jet and Doc discover a digitised personality locked inside the ship's computer - one with a deadly intent. The... Read more

Charles Paris: The Dead Side of the Mic

By: Simon Brett & Jeremy Front

Narrated by: Suzanne Burden, Full Cast, Charlotte Green & Bi...

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Actor and reluctant sleuth Charles Paris is facing chaos on the domestic front. He's lodging with his ex-wife Frances, and now their pregnant daughter has moved in as well. It's all a bit much....

So he is over the moon when he lands a job on the BBC Radio Rep - but the ink is barely dry on his contract when a murder takes place in Broadcasting... Read more

Lives of the Artists

By: Kathleen Krull

Narrated by: John C. Brown & Melissa Hughes

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this entertaining, informative collection, listeners will discover the idiosyncrasies—sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic—of twenty famous artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Peter Bruegel, Sofonisba Anguissola, Rembrandt van Rijn, Katsushika Hokusai, Mary Cassatt, Vincent Van Gogh, Käthe Kollwitz, Henri Matisse, Pablo... Read more

God Is Not One

By: Stephen Prothero

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 14 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each tradition seeks to solve. Delving into the different... Read more

NPR Road Trips: Family Vacations

By: NPR

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them—and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you’ve... Read more

When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead

By: Jerry Weintraub

Narrated by: Jerry Weintraub

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary deal maker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him--the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the wilds of Alaska, or the hills of Hollywood--he has found... Read more

Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life

By: Mike Golic & Mike Greenberg

Narrated by: Mike Golic & Mike Greenberg

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Every morning more than three million listeners tune in to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio—mostly to hear the Mikes’ (Golic and Greenberg) riotous back-and-forth on everything from why baseball managers should dress like real people to how to lose a fight with the wife with dignity. In Mike and Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life, the... Read more

This Time Together

By: Carol Burnett

Narrated by: Carol Burnett

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible.

Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its remarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time... Read more

Contested Will

By: James Shapiro

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

For nearly two centuries, the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays has been challenged by writers and artists as diverse as Sigmund Freud, Mark Twain, Henry James, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, Malcolm X, and Sir Derek Jacobi. How could a young man from rural Warwickshire, lacking a university education, write some of the greatest works in... Read more

The Twilight Zone Companion, Second Edition

By: Marc Scott Zicree

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 16 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Twilight Zone Companion is the complete, five season (1959-64) show-by-show guide to one of television's greatest series. Zicree's well-written account is fascinating reading for even the casual fan. Coverage of each episode includes plot synopsis, Rod Serling's opening narration, behind-the-scenes stories from the original artists who... Read more

Your Intuitive Mind Could Save the World

By: Claudio Naranjo, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Claudio Naranjo shares stories from his lifelong journey, and the teachers who molded his mind and his spirit. He explains the origins of the patriarchal attitudes that led to the violence, oppression, and greed that plague the world today, and identifies the consequences of our dependence on reason at the expense of instinct. Read more

Tammy Wynette

By: Jimmy McDonough

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Tammy Wynette was one of the great female singers of the twentieth century, an artist who could plumb the darkest corners of her heart and transform private grief into public drama. Bestselling biographer Jimmy McDonough tells the story of the small-town girl who grew up to be the woman behind the microphone and whose meteoric rise led to a... Read more

The Country Wife

By: William Wycherley

Narrated by: Full Cast, Jonathan Pryce & Maggie Smith

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Considered too obscene to be staged in its original form for nearly 200 years, William Wycherley’s bawdy comedy tells the tale of Mr Horner - a notorious rake who spreads the false rumour that he is impotent in order to gain free access to other men’s wives. When he meets the young, innocent Margery Pinchwife, the ‘country wife’ of the title,... Read more

Two Ronnies

By: Various

Narrated by: Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Two Ronnies was one of Britain's most successful comedy sketch shows, and dominated the TV schedules for sixteen years between 1971 and 1987. This compilation of classics from the much-loved show includes the sketches 'The Strange Case of Mrs. Mace', 'Plain Speaking', 'Grublian', 'Dr. Spooner Re-Visited', 'A Doctor’s Life' and 'About a... Read more

Time And The Conways (Classic Radio Theatre)

By: J.B. Priestley

Narrated by: Full Cast, Marcia Warren & Stella Gonet

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Time and the Conways follows the fortunes of one family over a period of years, and offers a moving perspective on the abstract nature of the past, present and future. It is 1919, the War is over and the Conway family are celebrating their daughter Kay's 21st birthday. But her sudden premonition of their lives in 1937 casts a shadow over their... Read more

Brian Johnston Down Your Way: Favourite People And Places Vol. 1

By: Brian Johnston

Narrated by: Brian Johnston & Guests

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Down Your Way was one of the most popular programmes on radio and spanned six decades. Every week the presenter would visit towns and villages throughout the UK, discovering fascinating people and places. Brian Johnston presented the series for fifteen years and 733 programmes. For this recording, his son Barry has selected the most eccentric,... Read more

Dick Barton The Mystery Of The Missing Formula - Abridged

By: Edward J. Mason

Narrated by: Toby Stephens

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Where has George Cameron disappeared to? What deadly formula has he discovered? Why is his daughter Lucy in such terrible danger? And why was the meek chemist Tibbs so ruthlessly killed? The fate of the country lies in the hands of one man... Dick Barton – Special Agent! Captain Richard Barton, late of the Commandos, made his radio debut on... Read more