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    • By: Hans Bertens
    • Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
    • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • This third edition of Hans Bertens’ bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Literary Theory: The Basics explores a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism....

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    • The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk
    • By: John Doe, Tom Desavia
    • Narrated by: John Doe, Tom Desavia, Various
    • Series: Under the Big Black Sun, Book 2
    • Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 248 ratings
    • Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of LA's punk rock movement as its stars took to the national - and often international - stage....

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    • By: Yuval Sharon
    • Narrated by: Daniel Henning
    • Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-24
    • Language: English
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    • Opera’s “disrupter-in-residence” director Yuval Sharon has crafted a radical and refreshing book that can act as an introduction to the art form for the culturally curious, or as a manifesto for his fellow artists.

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    • Thinkers of the New Left
    • By: Roger Scruton
    • Narrated by: Rory Barnett
    • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 134 ratings
    • From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. Scruton delivers a critique of modern left-wing thinking....

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    • Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
    • By: Mark Harris
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 596 ratings
    • Here is the epic drama behind the making of five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967, and through them, the story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever....

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    • The Oral History of the Stone Pony
    • By: Nick Corasaniti
    • Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Jim Meskimen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Nick Corasaniti tells the captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey.

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    • A History
    • By: Lol Tolhurst
    • Narrated by: Lol Tolhurst, Budgie
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • The co-founder of The Cure and author of Cured delivers a fascinating deep dive into the dark romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture....

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    • Tales of a Jewish Mystic
    • By: John Shelby Spong
    • Narrated by: Al Kessel
    • Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • The Fourth Gospel was designed first to place Jesus into the context of the Jewish scriptures, then to place him into the worship patterns of the synagogue and finally to allow him to be viewed through the lens of a popular form of first-century Jewish mysticism....

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    • By: Jack Prelutsky
    • Narrated by: Jack Prelutsky
    • Length: 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Here are poems about things that you may never have thought about before. You'll be introduced to jellyfish stew, a bouncing mouse, a ridiculous dog, and a boneless chicken. You'll learn why you shouldn't argue with a shark, eat a dinosaur, or have an alligator for a pet....

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    • Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs
    • By: Martin Torgoff
    • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • Martin Torgoff details the rise of early drug culture in America by weaving together the disparate elements that formed this new segment of the American fabric....

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    • A New World History
    • By: Martin Puchner
    • Narrated by: John Sackville
    • Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing....

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    • Textual Criticism and Modern Bibles Analyzed
    • By: Michael D. Fortner
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • (Version 1.4 March, 2023) The KJV Only (KJO) believers accuse modern Bibles of being corrupt because they remove many words and phrases and even ...

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    • The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock
    • By: Chris Campion
    • Narrated by: Fred Berman
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 06-04-13
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • The Police have sold more than 50 million albums, made Rolling Stone's Greatest Artists of All Time list, and finished a triumphant world reunion tour in 2008.....

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    • Confessions of a Raving Reporter
    • By: Kirk Field
    • Narrated by: Kirk Field
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-23
    • Language: English
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    • Kirk Field's whirlwind account of the golden age of clubbing tells the story of what really happened in the 'naughty '90s', exposing the seedy underbelly of rave culture while also capturing the nostalgic spirit of the era....

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    • How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America
    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
    • Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 07-11-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in history....

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    • How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music
    • By: Michael Streissguth
    • Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In this enlightening and entertaining book, experience the evolution of country music, from the 1970s Appalachian hillbilly chitlin' circuit to the 1980s country music boom that paved the way for modern Americana....

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