- History & Criticism (527)
Bestsellers
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The Art Thief
- A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
- By: Michael Finkel
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Michael Finkel
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser....
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A book that's steals your attention!
- By samy on 07-23-23
By: Michael Finkel
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The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
- By: Julia Cameron
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. In this edition, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist’s Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained....
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Waste of a credit
- By SWilly on 01-04-22
By: Julia Cameron
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All the Beauty in the World
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
- By: Patrick Bringley
- Narrated by: Patrick Bringley
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press) portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staff who spent a decade as a museum guard.
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Gallery 771
- By Jonathan Hurst on 06-10-23
By: Patrick Bringley
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Didion and Babitz
- By: Lili Anolik
- Narrated by: Lili Anolik, Emma Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work "that reads like a propulsive novel" (Oprah Daily) on the mutual attractions—and mutual antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.
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Fascinating and escapist listen
- By Alyssa on 11-17-24
By: Lili Anolik
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The Red Book
- A Reader's Edition
- By: C. G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani - editor translator
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung's later works.
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REVISED EDITION--FOOTNOTES HAVE BEEN REMOVED
- By WTom on 10-15-20
By: C. G. Jung, and others
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The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy
- How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going
- By: Austin Kleon
- Narrated by: Austin Kleon
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s an audio compilation of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work and Keep Going, the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an audience in the digital age, and stay focused, creative and true to yourself—for life....
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A boring non focus ramble
- By Kenneth Noel on 06-07-21
By: Austin Kleon
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The Art Thief
- A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
- By: Michael Finkel
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Michael Finkel
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser....
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A book that's steals your attention!
- By samy on 07-23-23
By: Michael Finkel
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The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
- By: Julia Cameron
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. In this edition, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist’s Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained....
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Waste of a credit
- By SWilly on 01-04-22
By: Julia Cameron
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All the Beauty in the World
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
- By: Patrick Bringley
- Narrated by: Patrick Bringley
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press) portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staff who spent a decade as a museum guard.
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Gallery 771
- By Jonathan Hurst on 06-10-23
By: Patrick Bringley
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Didion and Babitz
- By: Lili Anolik
- Narrated by: Lili Anolik, Emma Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work "that reads like a propulsive novel" (Oprah Daily) on the mutual attractions—and mutual antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.
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Fascinating and escapist listen
- By Alyssa on 11-17-24
By: Lili Anolik
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The Red Book
- A Reader's Edition
- By: C. G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani - editor translator
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung's later works.
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REVISED EDITION--FOOTNOTES HAVE BEEN REMOVED
- By WTom on 10-15-20
By: C. G. Jung, and others
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The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy
- How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going
- By: Austin Kleon
- Narrated by: Austin Kleon
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s an audio compilation of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work and Keep Going, the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an audience in the digital age, and stay focused, creative and true to yourself—for life....
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A boring non focus ramble
- By Kenneth Noel on 06-07-21
By: Austin Kleon
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Your Brain on Art
- How the Arts Transform Us
- By: Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
- Narrated by: Ellyn Jameson
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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What is art? Many of us think of the arts as entertainment—a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross show how activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture, and more are essential to our lives.
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Practical, even utilitarian ways of leveraging art
- By Lucy A. Pithecus on 04-07-23
By: Susan Magsamen, and others
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How to Build a Fashion Icon
- Notes on Confidence from the World's Only Image Architect
- By: Law Roach
- Narrated by: Law Roach
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning celebrity stylist and the world's only image architect Law Roach provides a groundbreaking guide to becoming your ultimate, confident self.
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His Story IS Inspiring but His Voice is Super Irritating.
- By Terina Nicole Hill on 11-17-24
By: Law Roach
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Paris in Ruins
- Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
- By: Sebastian Smee
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Incisive and absorbing, Paris in Ruins captures the shifting passions and politics of the art world, revealing how the siege and the chaos of the Commune had a profound impact on modern art, and how artistic genius can emerge from darkness and catastrophe.
By: Sebastian Smee
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Get the Picture
- A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
- By: Bianca Bosker
- Narrated by: Bianca Bosker
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An award-winning journalist obsessed with obsession, Bianca Bosker’s existence was upended when she wandered into the art world—and couldn’t look away....
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Rough Start - Great Conclusion
- By Anthony on 02-10-24
By: Bianca Bosker
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
- By: Mindy Kaling
- Narrated by: Mindy Kaling, Michael Schur, B. J. Novak
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress....
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If you like Mindy, you'll enjoy this listen.
- By Lisa on 01-04-12
By: Mindy Kaling
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Chasing Beauty
- The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
- By: Natalie Dykstra
- Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only masterwork paintings but tapestries, rare books, prints, porcelains, and fine furniture....
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A Very Strong Woman
- By Kathleen Mccord on 06-13-24
By: Natalie Dykstra
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Ninth Street Women
- Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art
- By: Mary Gabriel
- Narrated by: Lisa Stathoplos
- Length: 40 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times)....
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Painful pronunciation issues!
- By Curious Artist Librarian on 05-20-19
By: Mary Gabriel
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The Kingdom of Prep
- The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew
- By: Maggie Bullock
- Narrated by: Cheryl Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Once upon a time, a no-frills J.Crew rollneck sweater held an almost mystical power—or at least it felt that way. The story of J.Crew is the story of the original “lifestyle brand,” whose evolution charts a sea change in the way we dress....
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FANtastic Read!
- By Hello World on 08-16-23
By: Maggie Bullock
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Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart
- What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive
- By: Russ Ramsey, W. David O. Taylor
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives.
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Moved to tears
- By bbear on 11-09-24
By: Russ Ramsey, and others
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All That Glitters
- A Story of Friendship, Fraud, and Fine Art
- By: Orlando Whitfield
- Narrated by: Orlando Whitfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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All That Glitters is a dazzling insider’s account of the contemporary art world and the stunning rise and fall of the charismatic American art dealer Inigo Philbrick, as seen through the eyes of his friend and fellow dealer.
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Gripping
- By Anonymous User on 09-01-24
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In Such Good Company
- Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
- By: Carol Burnett
- Narrated by: Carol Burnett
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show....
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I Love Her But.....
- By OhMamaOh on 01-23-17
By: Carol Burnett
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Kubrick's Code
- An Examination of Illuminati & Occult Symbolism in Stanley Kubrick's Films
- By: Isaac Weishaupt
- Narrated by: Isaac Weishaupt
- Length: 3 hrs
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In this book, author and independent researcher Isaac Weishaupt presents conspiracy theories and analysis from Stanley Kubrick's most popular films....
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Just conspiracy theories
- By Cameron Noble on 06-16-17
By: Isaac Weishaupt
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Chromophobia
- Focus on Contemporary Issues
- By: David Batchelor
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The central argument of Chromophobia is that a chromophobic impulse—a fear of corruption or contamination through color—lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought.
By: David Batchelor
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Minor Feelings
- An Asian American Reckoning
- By: Cathy Park Hong
- Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism, this collection is vulnerable, humorous, and provocative....
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Essential
- By Realness on 03-04-20
By: Cathy Park Hong
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Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- By: David Bayles, Ted Orland
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way....
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Amazing!
- By zozobraswife on 05-10-12
By: David Bayles, and others
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Room to Dream
- By: David Lynch, Kristine McKenna
- Narrated by: David Lynch, Kristine McKenna
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family - adapted by David Lynch from the print book especially for this audio program....
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When the Idea Breaks
- By ifthenwhy on 08-06-18
By: David Lynch, and others
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Catching the Big Fish
- Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
- By: David Lynch
- Narrated by: David Lynch
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In Catching the Big Fish, internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch provides a rare window into his methods as an artist and his personal working style....
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Interesting insight into Lynch's creative process
- By Jessica on 10-11-10
By: David Lynch
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Find Your Artistic Voice
- The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
- By: Lisa Congdon
- Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Best-selling author, artist, and illustrator Lisa Congdon brings her expertise to this guide to the process of artistic self-discovery. Featuring advice from Congdon herself and interviews with a roster of established artists, illustrators, and creatives....
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Almost perfect...
- By Ana Corina on 01-16-21
By: Lisa Congdon
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Teaching to Transgress
- Education as the Practice of Freedom
- By: bell hooks
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks - writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual - writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to....
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Useful but not earthshaking
- By Lana Whited on 11-20-18
By: bell hooks
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How to Wear Everything
- A No-Nonsense Guide to Dressing
- By: Kay Barron
- Narrated by: Kay Barron
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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What we wear matters. It matters because looking and therefore feeling like yourself is essential. Clothes can make the difference between a good day and a bad day. Clothes have the power to make your mood ten times worse or one hundred times better.
By: Kay Barron
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Art Is Life
- Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
- By: Jerry Saltz
- Narrated by: Jerry Saltz, Mark Bramhall
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: Witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary listeners to fine art....
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WRONG for audio program
- By Karen Lehrer on 11-07-22
By: Jerry Saltz
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The Hare with Amber Eyes
- A Hidden Inheritance
- By: Edmund de Waal
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned like a comet” in 19th-century Paris and Vienna society....
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A vagabond through history, clutching a tiny carvi
- By SB Price on 01-19-12
By: Edmund de Waal
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The Secret Lives of Color
- By: Kassia St. Clair
- Narrated by: Kassia St. Clair
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them....
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More about pigments than social history
- By Jason Toon on 12-13-20
By: Kassia St. Clair
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How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck
- Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro
- By: Steve Stockman
- Narrated by: Steve Stockman
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook is a quick and easy guide that will make your video better instantly - whether you hear it cover to cover or just listen to a few chapters....
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Excellent!
- By Susan Mather on 02-14-14
By: Steve Stockman
New releases
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Didion and Babitz
- By: Lili Anolik
- Narrated by: Lili Anolik, Emma Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Could you write what you write if you weren’t so tiny, Joan? —Eve Babitz, in a letter to Joan Didion, 1972. Joan Didion, revealed at last… Eve Babitz died on December 17, 2021. Found in the wrack, ruin, and filth of her apartment, a stack of boxes packed by her mother decades before. The boxes were pristine, the seals of duct tape unbroken. Inside, a lost world. This world turned for a certain number of years in the late sixties and early seventies, and centered on a two-story rental in a down-at-heel section of Hollywood.
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I loved all the Hollywood references
- By caraprice on 11-21-24
By: Lili Anolik
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Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart
- What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive
- By: Russ Ramsey, W. David O. Taylor
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives. Each story from some of the history's most celebrated artists applies the beauty of the gospel in a way that speaks to the suffering and hope we all face.
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Moved to tears
- By bbear on 11-09-24
By: Russ Ramsey, and others
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Nora Ephron at the Movies
- A Visual Celebration of the Writer and Director Behind When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and More
- By: Ilana Kaplan, Jason Diamond - foreword
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Nora Ephron at the Movies offers an unfiltered look at Ephron as a champion of the rom-com and as a feminist Hollywood trailblazer. It explores her life and work by pairing detailed criticism with exclusive interviews with Ephron’s key collaborators, including Andie MacDowell and Jenn Kaytin Robinson, to add color and nuance to her life and legacy. With her singular voice, Nora Ephron flourished as a dominant force in the entertainment industry, focusing on the idiosyncrasies of romance that were universally relatable.
By: Ilana Kaplan, and others
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Background Artist
- The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong
- By: Karen Fang
- Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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You might not know the name Tyrus Wong, but you probably know many of the images he shaped, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child, Tyrus was an illegal immigrant locked up in an offshore detention center. How did he go on to a long and prosperous career drawing animation cels, storyboards, and greeting cards that shaped the American imagination?
By: Karen Fang
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Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
- By: Paul Kidby
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Colin Morgan
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is a celebration of Discworld art and a brilliant homage to the decades-long collaboration between artist Paul Kidby and Sir Terry Pratchett that takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the great creative partnerships. It shows how the Discworld was brought to visual life—from the earliest sketches to the final magnificent masterpieces—and how Pratchett and Kidby were influenced by art and pop culture, fusing them into the Discworld universe.
By: Paul Kidby
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A Christmas Overture
- How Ebenezer Became Scrooge
- By: S.R. Buckel
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Before his astonishing redemption, before he terrorized London's rich and poor alike with his stingy Bahs and caustic Humbugs, Scrooge was Ebenezer. Who and what shaped this brilliant, haunted boy? Well, they are all here. From his mercurial father and beloved sister to fanciful Fezziwig and lovely Belle, to good Frederick Scrooge to Jacob Marley himself, witness the infamous miser's origin, in all its Christmassy and sinister glory! A Christmas Overture, written in the style and spirit of Charles Dickens' legendary A Christmas Carol, covers the years before 'Jacob Marley was dead', with ...
By: S.R. Buckel
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Didion and Babitz
- By: Lili Anolik
- Narrated by: Lili Anolik, Emma Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Could you write what you write if you weren’t so tiny, Joan? —Eve Babitz, in a letter to Joan Didion, 1972. Joan Didion, revealed at last… Eve Babitz died on December 17, 2021. Found in the wrack, ruin, and filth of her apartment, a stack of boxes packed by her mother decades before. The boxes were pristine, the seals of duct tape unbroken. Inside, a lost world. This world turned for a certain number of years in the late sixties and early seventies, and centered on a two-story rental in a down-at-heel section of Hollywood.
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I loved all the Hollywood references
- By caraprice on 11-21-24
By: Lili Anolik
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Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart
- What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive
- By: Russ Ramsey, W. David O. Taylor
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives. Each story from some of the history's most celebrated artists applies the beauty of the gospel in a way that speaks to the suffering and hope we all face.
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Moved to tears
- By bbear on 11-09-24
By: Russ Ramsey, and others
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Nora Ephron at the Movies
- A Visual Celebration of the Writer and Director Behind When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and More
- By: Ilana Kaplan, Jason Diamond - foreword
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Nora Ephron at the Movies offers an unfiltered look at Ephron as a champion of the rom-com and as a feminist Hollywood trailblazer. It explores her life and work by pairing detailed criticism with exclusive interviews with Ephron’s key collaborators, including Andie MacDowell and Jenn Kaytin Robinson, to add color and nuance to her life and legacy. With her singular voice, Nora Ephron flourished as a dominant force in the entertainment industry, focusing on the idiosyncrasies of romance that were universally relatable.
By: Ilana Kaplan, and others
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Background Artist
- The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong
- By: Karen Fang
- Narrated by: Caroline McLaughlin
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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You might not know the name Tyrus Wong, but you probably know many of the images he shaped, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child, Tyrus was an illegal immigrant locked up in an offshore detention center. How did he go on to a long and prosperous career drawing animation cels, storyboards, and greeting cards that shaped the American imagination?
By: Karen Fang
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Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
- By: Paul Kidby
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Colin Morgan
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is a celebration of Discworld art and a brilliant homage to the decades-long collaboration between artist Paul Kidby and Sir Terry Pratchett that takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the great creative partnerships. It shows how the Discworld was brought to visual life—from the earliest sketches to the final magnificent masterpieces—and how Pratchett and Kidby were influenced by art and pop culture, fusing them into the Discworld universe.
By: Paul Kidby
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A Christmas Overture
- How Ebenezer Became Scrooge
- By: S.R. Buckel
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Before his astonishing redemption, before he terrorized London's rich and poor alike with his stingy Bahs and caustic Humbugs, Scrooge was Ebenezer. Who and what shaped this brilliant, haunted boy? Well, they are all here. From his mercurial father and beloved sister to fanciful Fezziwig and lovely Belle, to good Frederick Scrooge to Jacob Marley himself, witness the infamous miser's origin, in all its Christmassy and sinister glory! A Christmas Overture, written in the style and spirit of Charles Dickens' legendary A Christmas Carol, covers the years before 'Jacob Marley was dead', with ...
By: S.R. Buckel
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Over to You
- Letters Between a Father and Son
- By: John Berger, Yves Berger
- Narrated by: Peter Noble, Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Written between 2015-16, with color images of well-known old masters and contemporary art as well as some of the Bergers’ own drawings and watercolors, Over to You is an informal back and forth not unlike the ping-pong games father and son used to play in the barn of their house. It begins when John—who is in a Parisian suburb—sends Yves—who is in Haute Savoie—an envelope of reproductions of art that have moved him. And so they begin to reveal their thoughts looking at a Goya, Watteau, Twombly, Joan Mitchell, Durer, Caravaggio, Manet, and Euan Uglow, among many others.
By: John Berger, and others
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Loving Bravely
- A Memoir Miraculous Near Death of a Girl, Abducted, Shot During War, and Sung Back to Life by an African Woman
- By: Robin Aisha Landsong
- Narrated by: Robin Aisha Landsong
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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This beautifully honest account of survival and restoration carries the potency to revitalize each of us. This book holds inspiration for worldwide compassionate action and celebrates what Loving Bravely truly means.
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A sensorial journey that restores and heals
- By L. Kitchings on 11-09-24
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Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures
- Accidentally Wes Anderson
- By: Wally Koval, Amanda Koval, Wes Anderson - foreword
- Narrated by: Seamus McMahon, Jeff Goldblum - contributor
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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For lovers of travel, design, and exploration, AWA presents a brand-new collection of real-world places that seem plucked from the films of Wes Anderson, and the stories that bring each location to life. You’ll venture to Antarctica through the treacherous Drake Passage, make a stop in lesser-known Jincumbilly, Australia (where platypuses outnumber people), discover the bridge in Wisconsin that went to nowhere, and drop into the most peculiar umbrella shop in London.
By: Wally Koval, and others
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Albertus
- The Biography of a Typeface (ABC of Fonts Series)
- By: Simon Garfield
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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Albertus, first carved on a bronze tablet in the 1930s by German Jewish refugee Berthold Wolpe, has proved to be one of the most enduring handcrafted typefaces in the world. It is at once modern and timeless, authoritative and whimsical—renowned as the typeface of London Street signs, David Bowie albums, and Star Wars movie posters. In this unique celebration, bestselling author Simon Garfield charts the story of the creation of Albertus, its innumerable and vibrant uses, and the erratic brilliance of its designer, as recounted by Wolpe's children.
By: Simon Garfield
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Acts of Resistance
- The Power of Art to Create a Better World
- By: Amber Massie-Blomfield
- Narrated by: M.L. Sanchez
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? In this exhilarating and deeply inspiring work, Amber Massie-Blomfield considers the work of artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers—such as Gran Fury, Billie Holiday, Alexis Wright, Claude Cahun, Rick Lowe, and Joseph Beuys—alongside collectives, communities, and organizations that have used protest sites as their canvas and spearheaded political movements.
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Human Nature
- A brief essay
- By: James J. Caterino
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 mins
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A brief essay by James J. Caterino, the author of Reviews and Essays, 50 Films, Watch the Skies, Why I Don't Drink, and much more.
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Anatomy of the Body
- The Art of Human Physiology (Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 10)
- By: Micholas James
- Narrated by: Alene Sorensen
- Length: 37 mins
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The Anatomy Series of 2001 was made in a quantity of eighty panels, taking three weeks to complete. The set considered the landscape of the human physical system. The panels were worked on flat, painting twelve at a time in rotation. They were laid out on an old framed work which also served as a container for the pool of colour washed over the textured surface. Two inch square wooden cubes were used to stack the panels in small towers to dry out.
By: Micholas James
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Andy Warhol
- The Pop Art Phenomenon
- By: Leo Lexicon
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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Andy Warhol was a visionary artist whose innovative techniques and revolutionary ideas forever changed the landscape of modern art and culture. A multifaceted figure, he excelled in blending creativity, commercialism, and sheer brilliance to redefine the boundaries of art. This book invites the reader to rediscover Warhol's life, exploring his motivations, his groundbreaking works, and the legacy of his artistic genius. From the birth of Pop Art to his iconic images of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's Soup Cans, Warhol's journey is a testament to the transformative power of innovation and ...
By: Leo Lexicon
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Uma coisa por outra
- By: Supersônica Edições, Mariana Beltrão, Anna Costa e Silva, and others
- Narrated by: Daniela Thomas, Alberto Tassinari, Antônio Malta, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Uma coisa por outra é uma experiência de escuta que tem como ponto de partida doze obras de Carlito Carvalhosa. Convidamos artistas, curadores, pesquisadores e críticos próximos a seu trabalho a audiodescrever uma obra e falar a partir dela – como ela lhe toca, em que contexto foi criada, quais histórias carrega. Ao substituir a experiência visual pelo uso das palavras faladas, esse exercício, que existe nas bordas entre o documental e o imaginativo, provoca um inédito estado de percepção para quem descreve a obra e também para quem escuta.
By: Supersônica Edições, and others
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カラー版 名画を見る眼Ⅰ――油彩画誕生からマネまで
- By: 高階 秀爾
- Narrated by: 平川 正三
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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名作はどのように生まれたのだろうか? 本書は,西洋絵画の本質について一歩進んで理解したいとする人びとの願いに応えて執筆された,西洋美術鑑賞の手引きである.一枚の絵に隠された芸術家の意図,精神性を探りながら歴史を一望する.
By: 高階 秀爾
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The Psychology of the Witcher
- Never Lost, Always Found
- By: Anthony Bean
- Narrated by: Erik Lawrence
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Dive deep into the intricate minds of The Witcher's characters and explore the fascinating intersection of psychology and fantasy in "The Psychology of The Witcher." Uncover the secrets behind the complex motivations and behaviors of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and other iconic characters in this captivating exploration of the acclaimed fantasy series.
By: Anthony Bean
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Fewer, Better Things
- The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
- By: Glenn Adamson
- Narrated by: Glenn Adamson
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In this delightful exploration of craft in its many forms, curator and scholar Glenn Adamson explores how raw materials, tools, design and technique come together to produce objects of beauty and utility.
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Very personalized
- By Prize on 11-19-24
By: Glenn Adamson
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Haunted Beyond the Darkness
- Behind the Screams at Waverly Hills Sanatorium
- By: Erik Angelini
- Narrated by: Michael Whitlock
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Set within the ominous confines of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a Gothic structure renowned worldwide for its paranormal phenomena, Beyond the Darkness offers a chilling step by step account of the trials endured, from unwavering determination and a boundless imagination starving to create, to the daunting challenges surmounted, it unveils the relentless pursuit to create an unforgettable haunted attraction in a genuinely terrifying setting.
By: Erik Angelini
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What Are Museums For?
- What Is It For?
- By: Jon Sleigh
- Narrated by: Anand Jagatia
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative? In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of everything they do.
By: Jon Sleigh
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The Capitalist and the Critic
- J. P. Morgan, Roger Fry, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- By: Charles Molesworth
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art began an ambitious program of collection building and physical expansion that transformed it into one of the world’s foremost museums, an eminence that it has maintained ever since. Two men of singular qualities and accomplishments played key roles in the Met’s transformation—J. P. Morgan, America’s leading financier and a prominent art collector, and Roger Fry, the headstrong English expert in art history who served as the Met’s curator of painting.
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NFT: The All-Inclusive Coin
- How NFTs and Web3 Are Going to Revolutionize Commerce
- By: Gilbert Pierce
- Narrated by: Donald Glisson
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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During the early years of the internet's existence, there were very few people who could have possibly imagined the enormous influence that it would have on society. There has been a significant shift in the way that we engage with one another, communicate with one another, and carry out our work as a result of the platform that was first developed to make it easier for people to share information. This platform has fast developed into an essential component of our day-to-day existence.
By: Gilbert Pierce
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Puppetji's Words of Wizdumb
- Deeply Meaningless Insights and Revelations
- By: Puppetji
- Narrated by: Puppetji
- Length: 54 mins
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The ten year anniversary Audio Bookspecial. Yes, it's been that long since the original book came out in paperback. Now in audio form, Puppetji's socksangs are wonderful, light-hearted reminders...to Enlighten-UP.
By: Puppetji
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Painted Histories 14: Artist Index-20th 21st Century: Catalogue of Creative Ventures
- By: N.P. James
- Narrated by: Danielle Shultz
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Artist Index provides a glossary of individual creators 14th to 21st centuries, with bio-data linked to sources for further reading. It is part of the series Painted Histories released September 2022 to May 2023.
By: N.P. James