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Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother
By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Narrated by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director’s life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black. Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is, "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable... Read more
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The Queens of Animation
By: Nathalia Holt
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, "richly detailed" story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures).
From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt... Read more
A Month in Siena
By: Hisham Matar
Narrated by: Hisham Matar
Length: 3 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return comes a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND EVENING STANDARD
After finishing his powerful memoir The Return, Hisham Matar, seeking solace and pleasure, traveled to Siena, Italy. Always... Read more
The Lady from the Black Lagoon
By: Mallory O'Meara
Narrated by: Mallory O''Meara & Mallory O'Meara
Length: 9 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
2019 SCIBA Book Award Winner for Biography
A Hugo and Locus Award Finalist
Winner of the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award
The Los Angeles Times Bestseller
A Thrillist Best Book of the Year
A Book Riot Best Book of 2019
One of Booklist’s 10 Best Art Books of the Year
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick—one of... Read more
Wasteland
By: W. Scott Poole
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Historian and Bram Stoker Award nominee W. Scott Poole traces the confluence of history, technology, and art that gave us modern horror films and literature.In the early twentieth century, World War I was the most devastating event humanity had yet experienced. New machines of war left tens of millions killed or wounded in the most grotesque of... Read more
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Daemon Voices
By: Philip Pullman
Narrated by: Philip Pullman & Simon Mason
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling.
One of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling authors of our time now gives us a book that... Read more
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
By: Lenny Bruce
Narrated by: Ronnie Marmo
Length: 9 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
During the course of a career that began in the late 1940s, Lenny Bruce challenged the sanctity of organized religion and other societal and political conventions; he widened the boundaries of free speech. Critic Ralph Gleason said, "So many taboos have been lifted and so many comics have rushed through the doors Lenny opened. He utterly changed... Read more
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Walk Through Walls
By: Marina Abramovic
Narrated by: Marina Abramovic
Length: 14 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.”
In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an... Read more
The Porcelain Thief
By: Huan Hsu
Narrated by: Huan Hsu
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family’s hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before.
In 1938, when the Japanese arrived in Huan Hsu’s great-great-grandfather Liu’s Yangtze River hometown of Xingang, Liu was forced to bury his valuables, including a vast collection of... Read more
The Playbook
By: James Shapiro
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, by the acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro
From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were seen by thirty million (or nearly one in... Read more
Glorious Lessons
By: Richard Brookhiser
Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment
John Trumbull (1756–1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand—he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his... Read more
The Call to Serve
By: Jon Meacham
Narrated by: Jon Meacham
Length: 2 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of George H. W. Bush’s birth, this visually stunning chronicle features never-before-published photos and memories celebrating the forty-first president’s vision of leadership as service to country—curated by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham.
Lavishly illustrated, The Call to Serve is an... Read more
Врата мгновения. Рассказ.
By: Edward Nemirovsky
Narrated by: Edward Nemirovsky
Length: 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Автор использует элементы реальных событий и персонажей, но при этом вводит вымышленные или малоизвестные детали. Автор выступает в качестве главного героя и рассказывает историю, основанную на своих личных впечатлениях и опыте. Этот жанр позволяет автору играть с границами между реальностью и вымыслом, создавая уникальную историю. Read more
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The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 26-29
By: Brian Cox & Robin Ince
Narrated by: Robin Ince & Brian Cox
Length: 12 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Four fantastic series of the multi-award-winning science/comedy show
Brian Cox and Robin Ince return to take a witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the mysteries of the universe in these four series. Joining them for some hot science and flagrant comic nerdery are a panel of eggheads and entertainers, all eager to take a deep dive... Read more
Say Hello to My Little Friend
By: Nat Segaloff
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
When Brian DePalma's operatically violent and profane Scarface debuted in 1983, the film drew almost as much fire as the relentless gunfire in the film itself. The movie was a remake of 1932's Scarface—revamped for a new era of drugs, sex, and graphic violence. Attacked as both a celebration of cocaine-fueled excess and a condemnation of it, the... Read more
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The Leader's Journey
By: Donna Lichaw
Narrated by: Donna Lichaw
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
No one gives you a manual for how to be a great leader. Enter leadership expert Donna Lichaw. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, design thinking, and her years of experience coaching business leaders from the likes of Amazon, Disney, Google, and Mastercard, Lichaw's tried-and-true leadership development methods will empower you to activate... Read more
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Token Supremacy
By: Zachary Small
Narrated by: Gabby Beans
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times investigative reporter wades into the murky, pixelated waters of the multibillion-dollar NFT market—the virtual casino that sprang up overnight in 2020 and came crashing down, with all its celebrity hucksters, just two years later. A vibrant and witty exploration of the increasingly blurry line between art and money, artist and... Read more
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Here for the Wrong Reasons
By: Annabel Paulsen & Lydia Wang
Narrated by: Mara Wilson & Lindsey Dorcus
Length: 11 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Krystin knows exactly what she wants: a husband, a horse, and a place to hang all her competitive rodeo blue ribbons. But when none of the eligible bachelors in Montana end up being right for her, she turns to reality TV. On Hopelessly Devoted, Krystin will compete against dozens of other women for the heart of this season’s Hopeless Romantic,... Read more
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Girls
By: Kirsty Capes
Narrated by: Amber Gadd & Ryan Laughton
Length: 13 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
*Don't miss the searing, dazzling and unforgettable new novel from the Women's Prize longlisted author of CARELESS - pre-order now!*
'Every word has the touch of a genius' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH
'A pin-sharp, propulsive story' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'Bold, brilliant, shocking and shattering' CHRIS WHITAKER
Everyone has heard of Girls.
But what happened... Read more
The Write Stuff
By: James Walton
Narrated by: James Walton, Sebastian Faulks, Stephen Fry, Si...
Length: 18 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Highlights from the light-hearted literary quiz chaired by James WaltonThe Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and... Read more
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Gentlemen of the Shade: My Own Private Idaho
By: Jen Sookfong Lee
Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Gus Van Sant’s film and the ’90s cult of the alternative Gus Van Sant’s 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. Gentlemen of the Shade examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the... Read more
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The Art of Dying
By: Peter Schjeldahl
Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker’s art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, “The Art of Dying,” in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some improvement, and so, he wrote, “These extra... Read more
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Museum Worthy
By: Elizabeth Campbell
Narrated by: Holly Adams
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Art looting is commonly recognized as a central feature of Nazi expropriation. After the war, the famed Monuments Men (and women) recovered several hundred thousand pieces from the Germans' makeshift repositories. Well publicized restitution cases, such as that of Gustav Klimt's luminous painting featured in the film Woman in Gold, illustrate... Read more
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National Treasure: Nicolas Cage
By: Lindsay Gibb
Narrated by: Moniqua Plante
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
A celebration of Nicolas Cage ― the man and the meme Nicolas Cage: leading man or character actor? Action hero or goofball comedian? Internet joke or one of the greatest actors of his generation? Beyond the gif bait and easy punchline, Nicolas Cage continually frustrates easy categorization or understanding. In National Treasure, pop culture... Read more
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