- History & Criticism (435)
Best sellers
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The Ride of a Lifetime
- Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- By: Robert Iger
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione, Robert Iger
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his 15 years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies....
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Joins “Shoe Dog” as required biographies.
- By Matt S. on 01-02-20
By: Robert Iger
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms....
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the pre-history book you've been searching for
- By codingjoe on 07-07-16
By: Graham Hancock
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Miracle and Wonder
- Conversations with Paul Simon
- By: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is part memoir, part investigation, and unlike any creative portrait you’ve ever heard before....
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A lifelong companion who will never know my name
- By scsurfer on 11-16-21
By: Malcolm Gladwell, and others
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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 Sarah Williams on 01-04-22
By: Julia Cameron
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The Good Neighbor
- The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
- By: Maxwell King
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Fred Rogers was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness....
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Fred Rogers was the person you saw on TV
- By Adam Shields on 10-03-18
By: Maxwell King
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No Rules Rules
- Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
- By: Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Allyson Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from his own career, No Rules Rules is the full, fascinating, and untold story of a unique company making its mark on the world....
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Infomercial for Netflix
- By Srikanth Raju on 11-01-20
By: Reed Hastings, and others
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The Ride of a Lifetime
- Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
- By: Robert Iger
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione, Robert Iger
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his 15 years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies....
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Joins “Shoe Dog” as required biographies.
- By Matt S. on 01-02-20
By: Robert Iger
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Magicians of the Gods
- The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms....
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the pre-history book you've been searching for
- By codingjoe on 07-07-16
By: Graham Hancock
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Miracle and Wonder
- Conversations with Paul Simon
- By: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is part memoir, part investigation, and unlike any creative portrait you’ve ever heard before....
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A lifelong companion who will never know my name
- By scsurfer on 11-16-21
By: Malcolm Gladwell, and others
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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 Sarah Williams on 01-04-22
By: Julia Cameron
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The Good Neighbor
- The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
- By: Maxwell King
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Fred Rogers was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness....
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Fred Rogers was the person you saw on TV
- By Adam Shields on 10-03-18
By: Maxwell King
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No Rules Rules
- Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
- By: Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Allyson Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on hundreds of interviews with current and past Netflix employees from around the globe and never-before-told stories of trial and error from his own career, No Rules Rules is the full, fascinating, and untold story of a unique company making its mark on the world....
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Infomercial for Netflix
- By Srikanth Raju on 11-01-20
By: Reed Hastings, and others
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Paddle Your Own Canoe
- One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
- By: Nick Offerman
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in his first book....
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On the need to acknowledge the role luck plays
- By OpenMindedNotCredulous on 11-17-13
By: Nick Offerman
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As You Wish
- Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
- By: Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner - foreword
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film....
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Warm-hearted retelling
- By Thomas Allen on 10-19-14
By: Cary Elwes, and others
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Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
- The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
- By: Mark Seal
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie’s fiery creation have been told - sometimes conflicting, but always compelling....
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A great book that draws from many, many sources
- By DARBY KERN on 04-11-22
By: Mark Seal
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- Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track....
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Required Listening
- By Steve on 10-05-09
By: Robert McKee
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In Pieces
- By: Sally Field
- Narrated by: Sally Field
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In this intimate, haunting, literary memoir read by the author, an American icon tells her story for the first time, in her own gorgeous words - about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey....
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Warning
- By Kkv on 10-14-19
By: Sally Field
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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....
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Not my thing.
- By Amazon Customer on 01-15-18
By: Mindy Kaling
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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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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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A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian-American consciousness and the struggle to be human....
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Reverse Racism
- By Rita Schecht on 04-22-20
By: Cathy Park Hong
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How to Do Nothing
- Resisting the Attention Economy
- By: Jenny Odell
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world....
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great book, voiceover is brutal
- By Anonymous User on 08-24-19
By: Jenny Odell
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Sand Talk
- How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
- By: Tyson Yunkaporta
- Narrated by: Tyson Yunkaporta
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability - and offers a new template for living....
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um...
- By Michael D. Phillips on 01-12-21
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
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Rembrandt Is in the Wind
- Learning to Love Art Through the Eyes of Faith
- By: Russ Ramsey, Makoto Fujimura
- Narrated by: Zach Hoffman, John Behrens
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Rembrandt Is in the Wind by Russ Ramsey is an invitation to discover some of the world's most celebrated artists and works, while presenting the gospel of Christ in a way that speaks to the struggles and longings common to the human experience....
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Creating Beauty as Our Lifework
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-22
By: Russ Ramsey, and others
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The Science of Storytelling
- By: Will Storr
- Narrated by: James Clamp
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach....
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All middling reviews correct
- By Daniel A. Boyd on 08-28-20
By: Will Storr
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Home Work
- A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
- By: Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton
- Narrated by: Julie Andrews
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria....
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Love Julie, Didn't Love the Memoir
- By Kindle Customer on 11-06-19
By: Julie Andrews, and others
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Do You Mind If I Cancel?
- (Things That Still Annoy Me)
- By: Gary Janetti
- Narrated by: Gary Janetti
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills into a hilarious, and poignant audiobook....
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Spoken Word Poetry?
- By Nicole Placco on 11-06-19
By: Gary Janetti
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Dialogue
- The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dialogue, Robert McKee offers in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page in believable and engaging ways....
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A wealth of content
- By CXEC on 09-06-17
By: Robert McKee
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The Swerve
- How the World Became Modern
- By: Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Greenblatt transports listeners to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued a crucial Roman philosophical text from certain oblivion....
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Too many swerves
- By A reader on 05-20-12
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Love, Lucy
- By: Lucille Ball
- Narrated by: Lucie Arnaz
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans—a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. The star of the sitcom I Love Lucy was at the pinnacle of her success when she sat down to record the story of her life. This is her story—in her own words....
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What a great book
- By SCOTT on 07-11-18
By: Lucille Ball
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Sanford Meisner on Acting
- By: Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell, Sydney Pollack - introduction
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Arthur Morey, Mark Bramhall
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This audiobook follows one of his acting classes for 15 months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays....
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Surprisingly outstanding as an audiobook
- By HMadera on 12-28-19
By: Sanford Meisner, and others
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Walking in Wonder
- Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
- By: John O'Donohue, Krista Tippett - foreword
- Narrated by: Pat O'Donohue
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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John O’Donohue’s friend and frequent collaborator John Quinn collects a series of talks and essays from the poet-philosopher on humanity’s relationship with the land, the ache of absence, our place in an often mysterious universe, and the great adventure of death itself....
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Gentle wise companion
- By papa k on 03-24-19
By: John O'Donohue, and others
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Recessional
- The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
- By: David Mamet
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In Recessional, he calls out, skewers, mocks, and, most importantly, dissects the virus of conformity which is now an existential threat to the West. A broad-ranging journey through history, the Bible, and literature, Recessional examines politics and cultural attitudes....
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Phenomenal…
- By Robert D. on 04-07-22
By: David Mamet
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Live from New York
- The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests
- By: James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine, Paul Woodson
- Length: 28 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies....
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The First Forty Years ... and Counting
- By Dubi on 10-21-18
By: James Andrew Miller, and others
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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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The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
- An Oral History
- By: Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for over a decade....
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Not my favorite
- By Laura on 12-13-18
By: Megan Mullally, and others
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Art and Faith
- A Theology of Making
- By: Makoto Fujimura, N.T. Wright - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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From a world-renowned painter comes an exploration of creativity's quintessential - and often overlooked - role in the spiritual life....
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A theological vision for vocation and creativity
- By Adam Shields on 09-11-21
By: Makoto Fujimura, and others
New releases
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Globo Arte June 2022 Issue
- A Magazine Dedicated for Helping Artist in Their Art Dreams
- By: Globo Arte Team
- Narrated by: Parshwika Bhandari
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Hi guys. This is the June 2022 magazine issue, which contains artist interviews to inspire artists, and so much more to help the artist in their art career. It contains artist interviews, art-related articles, a question of the month, step of the month, and social media updates.
By: Globo Arte Team
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Predicted His Fame, Built a Brand, & Made Lots of Money
- By: Jerry Lewis Shepard
- Narrated by: Eli Snuggs
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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On Friday, August 12, 1988, around 5:30 pm, the young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was found dead lying on the floor, face down in his studio he rented from the Warhol Estate at 57th Great Jones Street. His body was discovered by a friend and assistant of his at the time, 22-year-old Kelly Inman. She called 911, and shortly after, the ambulance arrived to pick up Basquiat's body, and took him to Cabrini Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Self-Portrait
- By: Celia Paul
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Self-Portrait reveals a life truly lived through art. In this intimate short smemoir, Celia Paul moves effortlessly through time in words and images, folding in her past and present selves. From her move to the Slade School of Fine Art at 16, through a profound and intense affair with the older and better-known artist Lucian Freud, to the practises of her present-day studio, she meticulously assembles the surprising, beautiful, haunting scenes of a life. Paul brings to her prose the same qualities that she brings to her art.
By: Celia Paul
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Harvey Kurtzman
- The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America
- By: Bill Schelly
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor, artist, and sole writer of Mad, one of the greatest publishing successes of the twentieth century. But how did Kurtzman invent Mad, and why did he leave it shortly after it burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with Kurtzman’s colleagues, friends, and family, including Hugh Hefner, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman’s personal archives.
By: Bill Schelly
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For Artists by Artists
- Quotations on Painting from the Great Painters of History
- By: David Lemmon
- Narrated by: Jack Nolan
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Most art history books just go over dates and major style changes, without letting the artists speak for themselves. In For Artists by Artists, you will learn directly from the top 40 of some of the most famous artists in the world. You will see how they thought about art, nature, truth, beauty, work, other artists, and God. You will journey through the last 750 years of art history in chronological order, seeing the evolution of how painters taught and thought over time.
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Full of deep and interesting quotes.
- By Felix M. Marti on 07-03-22
By: David Lemmon
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Behind The Door: The Real Story of Loretta Young
- The Loretta Young Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Edward J. Funk
- Narrated by: Paul Yarish
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This project began in 1990, but my life went into a different direction and was never published. Then, in 2012, Linda Lewis, Loretta Young’s daughter-in-law, called, urging me to finally bring this book to full life. I’ll be forever grateful to Loretta Young, a guarded woman by nature, who finally decided to tell a very personal story.
By: Edward J. Funk
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Globo Arte June 2022 Issue
- A Magazine Dedicated for Helping Artist in Their Art Dreams
- By: Globo Arte Team
- Narrated by: Parshwika Bhandari
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Hi guys. This is the June 2022 magazine issue, which contains artist interviews to inspire artists, and so much more to help the artist in their art career. It contains artist interviews, art-related articles, a question of the month, step of the month, and social media updates.
By: Globo Arte Team
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Predicted His Fame, Built a Brand, & Made Lots of Money
- By: Jerry Lewis Shepard
- Narrated by: Eli Snuggs
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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On Friday, August 12, 1988, around 5:30 pm, the young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was found dead lying on the floor, face down in his studio he rented from the Warhol Estate at 57th Great Jones Street. His body was discovered by a friend and assistant of his at the time, 22-year-old Kelly Inman. She called 911, and shortly after, the ambulance arrived to pick up Basquiat's body, and took him to Cabrini Medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Self-Portrait
- By: Celia Paul
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Self-Portrait reveals a life truly lived through art. In this intimate short smemoir, Celia Paul moves effortlessly through time in words and images, folding in her past and present selves. From her move to the Slade School of Fine Art at 16, through a profound and intense affair with the older and better-known artist Lucian Freud, to the practises of her present-day studio, she meticulously assembles the surprising, beautiful, haunting scenes of a life. Paul brings to her prose the same qualities that she brings to her art.
By: Celia Paul
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Harvey Kurtzman
- The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America
- By: Bill Schelly
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original editor, artist, and sole writer of Mad, one of the greatest publishing successes of the twentieth century. But how did Kurtzman invent Mad, and why did he leave it shortly after it burst, nova-like, onto the American scene? For this heavily researched biography, Bill Schelly conducted new interviews with Kurtzman’s colleagues, friends, and family, including Hugh Hefner, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, and many others, and examined Kurtzman’s personal archives.
By: Bill Schelly
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For Artists by Artists
- Quotations on Painting from the Great Painters of History
- By: David Lemmon
- Narrated by: Jack Nolan
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Most art history books just go over dates and major style changes, without letting the artists speak for themselves. In For Artists by Artists, you will learn directly from the top 40 of some of the most famous artists in the world. You will see how they thought about art, nature, truth, beauty, work, other artists, and God. You will journey through the last 750 years of art history in chronological order, seeing the evolution of how painters taught and thought over time.
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Full of deep and interesting quotes.
- By Felix M. Marti on 07-03-22
By: David Lemmon
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Behind The Door: The Real Story of Loretta Young
- The Loretta Young Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Edward J. Funk
- Narrated by: Paul Yarish
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This project began in 1990, but my life went into a different direction and was never published. Then, in 2012, Linda Lewis, Loretta Young’s daughter-in-law, called, urging me to finally bring this book to full life. I’ll be forever grateful to Loretta Young, a guarded woman by nature, who finally decided to tell a very personal story.
By: Edward J. Funk
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The First 60 Years
- The History of Afro-American Musical Theater and Entertainment 1865-1930
- By: Ronald Smokey Stevens
- Narrated by: Ronald Smokey Stevens
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The First 60 Years: The History of Afro-American Musical Theater and Entertainment chronicles the contributions made by Black Americans to the entertainment industry in America from 1871 through 1930. This book describes, among other subjects, the types of traveling circuses performers worked on and the types of material performed there. This book also chronicles the history and the beginnings of Black Vaudeville in America, the creation of the blues, and the beginnings of Black theatrical entrepreneurship that took place in America during its most racist times.
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Globo Arte May 2022 Issue
- A Magazine Dedicated for Helping Artist in Their Art Dreams
- By: Globo Arte Mag
- Narrated by: Parshwika Bhandari
- Length: 33 mins
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Hi guys, this is the May 2022 magazine issue, which contains artist interviews to inspire artists, and so much more to help the artist in their art career. It contains artist interviews, art-related topics, articles, a question of the month, step of the month, and social media updates
By: Globo Arte Mag
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Dad to the Bone Travel Trivia: Movie Edition
- By: Kevin Chertkow, Douglas Warburton
- Narrated by: Douglas Warburton
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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You’re about to have hours of family fun competing with your rivals. Whether at home or on a road trip, Dad to the Bone Trivia: Movie Edition will keep the family entertained with laughter and fond memories for a lifetime. Divide into teams, and compete head-to-head to see who can answer the most questions each round. Or play as a group, and try not to miss a single question. There is no wrong way to play; the only rule you must follow is to have fun!
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Love some good trivia
- By Anonymous User on 07-04-22
By: Kevin Chertkow, and others
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Fixed.
- How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving
- By: Amy E. Herman
- Narrated by: Amy E. Herman
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With Amy Herman's Fixed., we now have access to what the FBI, NATO, the State Department, Interpol, Scotland Yard, and many more organizations and their leaders have been using to solve their most intractable problems.
By: Amy E. Herman
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Glossy
- The Inside Story of Vogue
- By: Nina-Sophia Miralles
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Vogue magazine started, like so many great things do, in the spare room of someone's house. But unlike other such makeshift projects that flare up then fizzle away, Vogue burnt itself onto our cultural consciousness. Today, 128 years later, Vogue spans twenty-two countries, has an international print readership upwards of twelve million, and nets over sixty-seven million monthly online users. Uncontested market leader for a century, it is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and a multi-million dollar money-making machine.
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The Déjà Vu
- Black Dreams & Black Time
- By: Gabrielle Civil
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Civil
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Emerging from the intersection of pandemic and uprising, The Déjà Vu activates forms both new and ancestral, drawing movement, speech, and lyric essay into performance memoir. As Civil considers Haitian tourist paintings, dance rituals, race at the movies, black feminist legacies, and more, she reflects on her personal losses and desires, speculates on black time, and dreams into expansive black life.
By: Gabrielle Civil
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Through Mona Lisa's Eyes
- Unraveling the Hidden Stories Behind History's Most Famous Artworks
- By: Bruce Wilson
- Narrated by: Brian T. Schultz
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Journey through 3,000 years of art and history to shine a light on the hidden stories behind the world's most famous works of art.
By: Bruce Wilson
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Globo Arte - A March 2021 Issue
- By: Globo Arte
- Narrated by: Parshwika Bhandari
- Length: 18 mins
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Hi guys, this is the March 2021 magazine issue, which contains artist interviews to inspire artists, art-related blog articles like how to grow on social media like Instagram, art business-related topics, and so much more to help the artist in their art career.
By: Globo Arte
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Muse
- Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History’s Masterpieces
- By: Ruth Millington
- Narrated by: Florence Howard
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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By delving into the real-life relationships that models have held with the artists who immortalized them, Muse exposes the influential and active part they have played in contributing to the artwork they inspired, and explore the various ways people have subverted stereotypical “muse” roles. From job supervisors to homeless men in Harlem, Muse will reveal the unexpected, overlooked, and forgotten models of art history.
By: Ruth Millington
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Theatre Studies: The Basics
- By: Robert Leach
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre. The practical and theoretical dimensions of theatre—from acting to audience—are woven together throughout to provide an integrated introduction to the study of drama, theatre and performance.
By: Robert Leach
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Monsters in the Dark
- The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense
- By: David L. Craddock
- Narrated by: Callum Janes
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1994, the producers at MicroProse UK aspired to design a tactical game that matched or exceeded the success of their American counterparts. Nearby, a bespectacled teenage boy toiled away on his home computer, dreaming of the day his programming aptitude would catch up to the epic campaigns unfolding across his imagination. From his early experiments in board games to digital battlefields that lit up best seller charts, Monsters in the Dark charts the career of legendary designer Julian Gollop through the creation of 1994's X-COM.
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The Art of Pastel Mastery
- How to Translate the Image in Your Mind onto the Canvas Before You
- By: Joshua Holmes
- Narrated by: Brendan Firem
- Length: 55 mins
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You’ve always wanted to take your art to the next level. Now you can! In this book, you'll learn how to choose the right portrait, how to build in shapes and layers, how to apply color, how to manipulate color, and much more!
By: Joshua Holmes