Art audiobooks

What Is Art?

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Geoffrey Blaisdell

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What Is Art? is the result of fifteen years’ reflection on the nature and purpose of art.Tolstoy claims that all good art is related to the authentic life of the broader community and that the aesthetic value of a work of art is not independent of its moral content. The book is noteworthy not only for its famous iconoclasm and compelling attacks... Read more

Red Star over Hollywood

By: Ronald Radosh & Allis Radosh

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Until now, Hollywood’s political history has been dominated by a steady stream of films and memoirs decrying the nightmare of the Red Scare and how it victimized political innocents. But Ronald and Allis Radosh tell for the first time the “backstory” behind this myth. They show how the Soviet Comintern targeted the film capital in the late... 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 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

When Janey Comes Marching Home

By: Laura Browder

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, yet in today's wars, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless. More than in any previous conflict in our history, American women are engaging with the enemy, suffering injuries, and even sacrificing their lives in the line of duty.When Janey... Read more

The Beautiful Fall

By: Alicia Drake

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 16 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion’s most beloved luminaries—Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusive enfant... Read more

Dear Theo

By: Vincent van Gogh

Narrated by: Clive Chafer

Length: 21 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Each night, when the hours of painting and drawing were over, Vincent van Gogh put pen to paper and poured out his heart through letters to his beloved brother Theo, his confidant and companion. No thought was too small, no element of his craft too insignificant, no happening too trivial. It was all scrupulously recorded and shared. In these... Read more

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

By: Stephen Rebello

Narrated by: Richard Powers

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is a gripping, behind-the-scenes look inside the classic suspense shocker Psycho—and the creative genius who revolutionized filmmaking.First released in June 1960, Psycho altered the landscape of horror films forever. But just as compelling as the movie itself is the story behind it.Stephen Rebello brings to life the creation of one of... Read more

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

Lady Bird Johnson

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady was written, produced, directed, and narrated by veteran NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua. One of the most licensed audiobooks on The Public Radio Exchange and iTunes, it is Bevilacqua's award-winning audio documentary examining the challenges and achievements of... Read more

Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, others & Wynton Marsalis

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and... 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

The Laugh Makers

By: Robert L. Mills

Narrated by: Robert L. Mills

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's golden age—a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs—sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book... Read more

Making Masterpiece

By: Rebecca Eaton

Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The Emmy Award–winning producer of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! reveals the secrets to Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and its other hit programs.For more than twenty-five years and counting, Rebecca Eaton has presided over PBS's Masterpiece Theatre, the longest-running weekly prime-time drama series in American history. From the runaway hits... Read more

Austin Mahone: Just How It Happened

By: Austin Mahone

Narrated by: Alex Constancio & Cameron Bowen

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The official Austin Mahone book!

See how Austin went from being a kid from a small town in Texas singing and having fun on YouTube with his friends to headlining his own shows around the world. Complete with exclusive photos and stories from his childhood as well as lots of behind-the-scenes fun, Austin's first official book will give you the... Read more

How Not to Make a Short Film

By: Roberta Marie Munroe

Narrated by: Roberta Marie Munroe

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning short filmmaker in her own right. So she knows a thing or two about... Read more

The Andy Cohen Diaries

By: Andy Cohen

Narrated by: Andy Cohen

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A year in the whirlwind life of the beloved pop icon Andy Cohen, in his own cheeky, candid, and irreverent words.

As a TV Producer and host of the smash late night show Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has a front row seat to an exciting world not many get to see. In this dishy, detailed diary of one year in his life, Andy goes out on the... Read more

The Whistler, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Bill Forman & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The Whistler was one of radio's top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. The Whistler was an ominous narrator who opened each episode with, "I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the... Read more

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 1

By: Hollywood 360 & CBS Radio

Narrated by: Bob Bailey & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, "the man with the action-packed expense account." For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story... Read more

Showbiz Politics

By: Kathryn Cramer Brownell

Narrated by: Pam Ward

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Conventional wisdom holds that John F. Kennedy was the first celebrity president, in no small part because of his innate television savvy. But as Kathryn Brownell shows, Kennedy capitalized on a tradition and style rooted in California politics and the Hollywood studio system. Since the 1920s, politicians and professional showmen have developed... Read more

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

By: Peter Korn

Narrated by: Traber Burns

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer and maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at... Read more

Is That Thing Diesel?

By: Paul Carter

Narrated by: Paul Carter

Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? Was he f**k! With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a... Read more

Fish Tales

By: Paul Salmon

Narrated by: Paul Salmon

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

There's another side to AFL legends such as Jason Dunstall, Shane Crawford and James Hird - not to mention Kevin Sheedy's little quirks... Have you heard the story about the time Sheeds had to play the part of one of the Three Little Pigs? Or how hysterical chickens found their way into Bomber Thompson's new car during training? Who put white... Read more

A Shorter History of Australia

By: Geoffrey Blainey

Narrated by: Humphrey Bower

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events which have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport, the suspicion of the tall poppy, the rivalries of Catholic and... Read more