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A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts
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When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part of 40 years responsible not only for one of the richest treasure troves on the planet, but the museum's staff, the millions of visitors, as well as American presidents, royalty, and heads of state from around the world.
For the first time, John Barelli shares his experiences of the crimes that occurred on his watch, the investigations that captured thieves and recovered artwork, the lessons he learned and shared with law enforcement professionals in the United States and abroad, the accidents and near misses, and a few mysteries that were sadly never solved. He takes listeners behind the scenes, introduces curators and administrators, walks the empty corridors after hours, and shares what it's like to get the call that an ancient masterpiece has gone missing.
The Metropolitan Museum covers 12 acres in the heart of Manhattan and is filled with 5,000 years of work by history's great artists known and unknown: Goya, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Warhol, Pollack, Egyptian mummies, Babylonian treasures, Colonial crafts, and Greek vases. Over the years, John helped make the museum the state-of-the-art facility it is today and created a legacy in art security for decades to come.
Focusing on six thefts but filled with countless stories that span the late 1970s through the 21st century, John opens the files on thefts, showing how museum personnel along with local and sometimes federal agents opened investigations and more often than not caught the thief. But of ultimate importance was the recovery of the artwork, including Celtic and Egyptian gold, French tapestries, Greek sculpture, and more. At the heart of this audiobook there will always be art - those who love it and those who take it, two groups of people that are far from mutually exclusive.
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- By: Gordon Corera
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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With intrigue that rivals the best le Carre novels, Russians Among Us tells the urgent story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the United States and the West from the end of the Cold War to the present.
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Should be required reading for every citizen
- By Amazon Customer on 02-27-20
By: Gordon Corera
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Provenance
- How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
- By: Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo
- Narrated by: Marty Peterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Here is a tautly paced investigation of one the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeries - many of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today. Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history.
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Fabulous story, terrible narration almost ruined
- By Sharonia on 02-24-13
By: Laney Salisbury, and others
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Argo
- How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
- By: Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders traveled to Tehran....
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Better Than the Movie
- By Debra Garfinkle on 11-28-12
By: Antonio Mendez, and others
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From Russia with Blood
- The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West
- By: Heidi Blake
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad—while Western spies watched in horror as their governments failed to guard against the threat. Unflinchingly documenting the growing web of death on British and American soil, Heidi Blake bravely exposes the Kremlin's assassination campaign as part of Putin's ruthless pursuit of global dominance—and reveals why Western governments have failed to stop the bloodshed.
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Putin & Polonium; Oligarchs & FSB Assassins; Oh My
- By Michael J Canning on 01-09-20
By: Heidi Blake
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Spies in the Family
- An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
- By: Eva Dillon
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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In the summer of 1975, 17-year-old Eva Dillon's family was living in New Delhi when her father was exposed as a CIA spy. Eva had long believed that her father was a US State Department employee. She had no idea that he was handling the CIA's highest ranking double agent - Dmitri Fedorovich Polyakov, a Soviet general whose code name was TOPHAT. Dillon's father and Polyakov had a close friendship that went back years, to their first meeting in Burma in the mid-1960s.
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LOVED it!
- By SaraofDI on 11-06-17
By: Eva Dillon
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Executive Actions
- By: Gary Grossman
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 20 hrs and 50 mins
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An assassin takes aim at a Presidential candidate during a primary stump speech. The instant he pulls the trigger, the outcome of the election is irrevocably changed. But Democrat Teddy Lodge, an upcoming media sweetheart, isn't killed. His wife is. As a result, Lodge emerges as the man to beat and the greatest threat to the incumbent President, Morgan Taylor.
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My highest possible recommendation for this novel!
- By Wayne on 08-12-16
By: Gary Grossman
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In the President's Secret Service
- Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
- By: Ronald Kessler
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Secret Service agents, acting as human surveillance cameras, observe everything that goes on behind the scenes in the president's inner circle. Ronald Kessler reveals what they have seen, providing startling, previously untold stories about the presidents, from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, as well as about their families, Cabinet officers, and White House aides.
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President's are just human.
- By 9S on 04-26-12
By: Ronald Kessler
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American Injustice
- My Battle to Expose the Truth
- By: John Paul Mac Isaac
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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This is the story of how I tried to get the Hunter Biden laptop evidence to the authorities.
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Need a tissue?
- By Michael L. Galligan on 12-01-22
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Enemies Within
- Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America
- By: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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In Enemies Within Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman lay bare the complex and often contradictory state of counterterrorism and intelligence in America through the pursuit of Najibullah Zazi, a terrorist bomber who trained under one of bin Laden's most trusted deputies. Zazi and his coconspirators represented America's greatest fear: a terrorist cell operating inside America. Apuzzo and Goldman lift the veil of secrecy to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of our counterterrorism measures.
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Very in depth. I highly detailed account.
- By Patrick on 10-08-20
By: Matt Apuzzo, and others
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The Map Thief
- The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
- By: Michael Blanding
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewers - both as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects.
Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief - until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library.
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A Study of the Strangeness of People
- By Carole T. on 12-10-14
By: Michael Blanding
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There Will Be Fire
- Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
- By: Rory Carroll
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in her suite when the explosion occurred; had she been just a few feet in another direction, flying tiles and masonry would have sliced her to ribbons. As it was, she survived—and history changed.
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A Very British Point of View
- By CaitB on 07-25-23
By: Rory Carroll
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Courage Under Fire
- The Definitive Account from Inside the Capitol on January 6th
- By: Steven A. Sund
- Narrated by: Steven A. Sund
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Steven A. Sund, one of only ten men in history to hold the title of Chief of the US Capitol Police, has coordinated dozens of National Special Security Events, responded to numerous critical incidents and active shooter events, and has protected every living US president. But nothing could have prepared him for the violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Ray Epps
- By fair & balanced on 06-25-23
By: Steven A. Sund
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- cmackro
- 10-10-19
Fascinating insider story of Met Museum
Compelling true story of art thefts solved and unsolved, and behind-the-scenes accounts of the Met gala, Alexander McQueen and other blockbuster shows at the Met. Good read and terrific narration.
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- K.
- 06-07-21
Fascinating
A fascinating look behind the scenes of a great museum where the author was head of security for many years. There were a few dry sections, and sometimes the author's ego is on display, but his background, training and experience is riveting. Art theft is always interesting and Barelli analyzes the motivations behind it. His encounters with world leaders were interesting too.
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- Christy Thompson
- 10-28-19
A welcome viewpoint
Wonderful insight into the world of high stakes security and invaluable art collections. Loved it!
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- Billye Kay
- 05-19-21
"When a Thief Kisses You... Count Your Teeth"
Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts by John Barelli is a very solid take on a fascinating subject. This book exceeded my expectations. The writing is very good. The book is focused on making a complicated subject easy to follow and understand. Art theft is broken down and discussed as it occurs in real life and also in terms of the patterns and motivations behind art theft as a behavior.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in learning more about art theft specifically, and also security and loss prevention, in general. This book has a narrow focus and it will appeal greatly to its niche audience.
The narration by Mack Sanderson matches the material beautifully. The reader really gets a sense of who the writer is and where he is coming from based on the narrative performance.
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- Jonathan
- 12-21-21
interesting
good listen and nice review of one persons career at the MET museum. I didnt pay for it so it was worth the listen - it was good not too boring - some good stories and he is well written
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- j. brown
- 11-23-21
Enjoyable
It’s an astonishing tale and I loved hearing of the process of copying masterpieces that the artist developed. Too bad the artist used his talent for forgery. His explanation is interesting and I learned so much about the upper class art galleries, shameful. Narrator is good and he puts a realistic tone to the book.
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- Yvonne E. Durham
- 04-18-20
True crime story--in a museum
Very interesting to hear all that has gone on for years to insure the valuable art at Met NYC.
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- Anne F.
- 09-03-19
Fascinating Subject Brilliantly Executed
Art theft; the subject of clever books and marvelous movies is no less fascinating when told by the man who acted as the chief nemesis of the ingenious crooks and desperate insiders who would steal the priceless treasures of the Metropolitan Museum.
With one chapter titled, “So You Want to be an Art Thief?”, the book is light enough to be accessible but it’s not lightweight. Mr. Barelli is a serious professional and he describes in masterful detail the real events behind the Global headlines as well as thefts and losses never reported. I enjoyed the stories of the priceless artifacts for which Mr. Barelli’s team was responsible, but the scenes I found most moving were his descriptions of several of the Met’s most famous visitors whose safety he guarded with exquisite care.
The insights are as thoughtful as the tales are entertaining and Stealing the Show is an engaging pleasure but the finishing touch that makes this magic is the narrator. Mack Sanderson is mesmerizing; with a voice that captures both the wit and the gravitas of the story, he turns this wonderful set of stories an objet d’art. I’m a voracious reader and have never thought that listening to a narrator could match the joy of reading a great book but I think in this case, I’d recommend the audio version of Stealing the Show.
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- Whitney L Jackson
- 01-29-23
Loved this history of the met
What interests me most about art is the story behind the work. This is a different perspective on the Met, and I enjoyed it. Art security is a huge issue and this gave me a different perspective of the how's and why's of theft while containing lots of interesting anecdotes. Definitely made me reconsider unconscious assumptions I had absorbed via pop culture. it is very much based around the Met, but the author's intimacy with the topic is a majority of the charm.
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- MoJo
- 04-15-23
Great story
This is an interesting and authentic story about true crime in the world of art.
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