Criticism Work

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    • The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
    • By: John Powell
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 12-20-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 505 ratings
    • An enthralling investigation into the mysteries of music....

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    • By: David Byrne
    • Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
    • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological, is now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.

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    • The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'N' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N' Roll
    • By: Lester Bangs, Greil Marcus
    • Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
    • Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus....

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    • How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works
    • By: John Truby
    • Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
    • Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Legendary writing teacher and author of The Anatomy of Story John Truby provides a guide to understanding the major genres of the story world.

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    • A Proven Way to Find Your Purpose
    • By: Clark Steven
    • Narrated by: Tanvir Karim
    • Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • What exactly is a work of art? Within the context of this guided trip inside the artist's psyche, Author traces the development of transcendent books, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and other forms of artistic expression.

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    • The Composer and His Work
    • By: Christoph Wolff
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A concentrated study of Johann Sebastian Bach's creative output and greatest pieces, capturing the essence of his art....

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    • An Essay
    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 142 ratings
    • Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics....

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    • The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World’s Most Beloved Musical
    • By: Barbara Isenberg
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-18-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Barbara Isenberg interviewed the men and women behind the original production, the film, and significant revivals of Fiddler on the Roof....

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    • 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction
    • By: Kenneth C. Davis
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Leon Nixon, Kenneth C. Davis
    • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Historian, lifelong reader, and bestselling author of Don’t Know Much About History Kenneth C. Davis provides a delightful, inspiring, and idea-rich selection of fifty-two of the best, most important short nonfiction works of all time—from Plato to Michael Pollan and Dante to Joan Didion.

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    • Six Science-Backed Strategies to Dissolve Self-Criticism and Transform the Voice in Your Head
    • By: Rachel Goldsmith Turow PhD
    • Narrated by: Suzie Althens
    • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Self-talk matters, but what methods of building healthy self-talk actually work? This how-to guide shares evidence-based techniques to go from being your own worst critic to your own best friend....

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    • By: Claudia Tate - editor
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The book highlights the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work laid the foundation for many who have come after....

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    • A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard's Work
    • By: Michael Blanding
    • Narrated by: Will Collyer
    • Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
    • From the acclaimed author of The Map Thief comes the true story of a self-taught Shakespeare sleuth's quest to prove his eye-opening theory about the source of the English language's most famous plays....

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    • Their Lives and Works
    • By: DK
    • Narrated by: Richard Trinder
    • Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphonies, concertos, and operatic scores - that changed the direction of classical music and are still celebrated as masterpieces today....

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    • The Life and Work of Stephen Crane
    • By: Paul Auster
    • Narrated by: Paul Auster
    • Length: 35 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • With Burning Boy, celebrated novelist Paul Auster tells the extraordinary story of Stephen Crane, best known as the author of The Red Badge of Courage, who transformed American literature....

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    • The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman
    • By: Peter Cowie
    • Narrated by: Richard Trinder
    • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Peter Cowie's book chronicles the life and the sixty-year film and stage career of Ingmar Bergman as he wrestles of themes of love, sex, and betrayal with the figure of Death hovering overhead.

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    • The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson
    • By: Joseph Vogel
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 08-27-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • The first book dedicated solely to exploring his creative work, Man in the Music guides us through an unparalleled analysis of Jackson’s recordings, album by album....

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    • Artworks, Artworlds, and Complex Systems Aesthetics (Thought in the Act)
    • By: Jason A. Hoelscher
    • Narrated by: Bill Davis
    • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 08-26-24
    • Language: English
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    • In Art as Information Ecology, Jason A. Hoelscher offers not only an information theory of art but an aesthetic theory of information.

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    • A Detailed, Interactive Exploration of the Structure and Style of Pieces from Bach, Mozart, Debussy and Other Great Composers
    • By: Hugo Yohana
    • Narrated by: Ian Cullen
    • Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 11-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This guide provides introductory and closing commentary for works from many famous classical composers, and includes time-stamped commentary to explain the technical aspects of what is being heard in the piece and the composer's intent in real time....

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