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Shop Class as Soulcraft
- An Inquiry into the Value of Work
- By: Matthew B. Crawford
- Narrated by: Max Bloomquist
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 470
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 400
On both economic and psychological grounds, author Matthew B. Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing. Crawford presents an articulated call for self-reliance....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hands and brain: a matching set
- By Amazon Customer on 01-07-20
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1. Shop Class as Soulcraft
- An Inquiry into the Value of Work
- Narrated by: Max Bloomquist
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-16-18
- Language: English
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In Praise of Shadows
- By: Junichiro Tanizaki
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 214
In Praise of Shadows is an eloquent tribute to the austere beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetics....
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5 out of 5 stars
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How to listen
- By Anonymous User on 03-25-18
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2. In Praise of Shadows
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 09-22-17
- Language: English
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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- By: John O'Donohue
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 549
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 457
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Story5 out of 5 stars 447
Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue invites us to remember and to awaken the Beautiful....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning book
- By Kelly on 06-19-17
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3. Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-13-15
- Language: English
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Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
- A Treatise, Critique, and Call to Action (Manifesto)
- By: J.F. Martel, Donna Tartt
- Narrated by: J.F. Martel, Donna Tartt
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Part treatise, part critique, part call to action, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice is a journey into the uncanny realities revealed to us in the great works of art of the past and present....
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4. Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
- A Treatise, Critique, and Call to Action (Manifesto)
- Narrated by: J.F. Martel, Donna Tartt
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-21-24
- Language: English
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On Quality
- An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
- By: Robert M. Pirsig, Wendy K. Pirsig
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Abby Craden
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
More than a decade before the release of the book that would make him famous, Robert M. Pirsig had already caught hold of the central theme that would animate Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting trip inside an obsessed mind.
- By Tom on 05-03-22
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5. On Quality
- An Inquiry into Excellence: Unpublished and Selected Writings
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Abby Craden
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 04-26-22
- Language: English
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Prometheism
- By: Jason Reza Jorjani
- Narrated by: Daniel Natal
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story5 out of 5 stars 20
This is a declaration of war. In the name of our creator, we declare a revolutionary war against both the gods and those titans who were gods before them! In the name of our liberator, we declare a revolutionary war against fatalism and every other form of tyranny....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genius.
- By Anonymous User on 02-27-24
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6. Prometheism
- Narrated by: Daniel Natal
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 11-05-21
- Language: English
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The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 148
One of Nietzsche’s earliest works, The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a remarkable source of inspiration....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Apollonian vs The Dionysian
- By JCW on 02-05-18
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7. The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-07-13
- Language: English
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The Aesthetic Brain
- How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art
- By: Anjan Chatterjee
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 65
The Aesthetic Brain takes the listener on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Clara on 12-22-15
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8. The Aesthetic Brain
- How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-03-14
- Language: English
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
- By: Wassily Kandinsky
- Narrated by: David Pickering
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Featuring an enlightening introduction by the book's translator, Michael T. H. Sadler, providing generational and cultural context for Kandinsky and his work, Concerning the Spiritual in Art gives testimony to the mind and creative expression of Kandinsky and other artists of his generation....
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9. Concerning the Spiritual in Art
- Narrated by: David Pickering
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 11-20-23
- Language: English
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The Birth of Tragedy
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: John van Stan
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the...
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10. The Birth of Tragedy
- Narrated by: John van Stan
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-26-22
- Language: English
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How to Build a Boat
- A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea
- By: Jonathan Gornall
- Narrated by: Jonathan Gornall
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Part ode to building something with one’s hands in the modern age, part celebration of the beauty and function of boats, and part moving father-daughter story, How to Build a Boat is a bold adventure....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The beautiful writing.
- By Anonymous User on 02-21-24
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11. How to Build a Boat
- A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea
- Narrated by: Jonathan Gornall
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 05-07-19
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Composition
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Laura Eastwood
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Edgar Allan Poe’s essay, "The Philosophy of Composition", sets forth a theory on good writing. It first appeared in the April 1846 issue of Graham's Magazine, and Poe illustrates his theory on the composition of his poem, "The Raven"....
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12. The Philosophy of Composition
- Narrated by: Laura Eastwood
- Length: 29 mins
- Release date: 10-01-19
- Language: English
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Hatha Yoga
- By: Yogi Ramacharaka, William Walker Atkinson
- Narrated by: Andrew Morantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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This audiobook is devoted only to the first named, and we will not attempt to describe the others at this time, although we will have something to say upon all of these great branches of yoga, in future writings....
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13. Hatha Yoga
- Narrated by: Andrew Morantz
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 03-17-22
- Language: English
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On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
- By: Arthur Schopenhauer
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story5 out of 5 stars 37
There is a cause, or a reason, behind everything that happens. This is the fundamental view behind the classical proposition the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which, in 1813, Schopenhauer chose as his subject for further examination in his doctoral dissertation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’ve enjoyed this program
- By Phil F. on 04-23-20
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14. On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-02-18
- Language: English
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
- By: Edmund Burke
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
In A Philosophical Enquiry, Edmund Burke sets out to define the nature of beauty and sublimity, and establish an objective criterion for discussing aesthetics....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ought to be read more
- By Easy Rhino on 06-19-21
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15. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-10-20
- Language: English
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How to Wake Up
- A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow
- By: Toni Bernhard
- Narrated by: Deon Vozov
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow, describes the path to peace amid all of life's ups and downs....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Michelle on 09-16-13
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16. How to Wake Up
- A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow
- Narrated by: Deon Vozov
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-27-13
- Language: English
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Glamour
- A World Problem
- By: Alice A. Bailey, Alice Bailey
- Narrated by: Lucis Publishing Companies
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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The idea that a small group of dedicated aspirants could work together to help dissipate the heavy enshrouding glamours which oppress humanity and deflect the light of truth, was initially quite a startling one....
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17. Glamour
- A World Problem
- Narrated by: Lucis Publishing Companies
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-21-23
- Language: English
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Authority and Freedom
- A Defense of the Arts
- By: Jed Perl
- Narrated by: Daniel Oreskes
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
From one of our most widely admired art critics comes a bold and timely manifesto reaffirming the independence of all the arts - musical, literary, and visual - and their unique and unparalleled power to excite, disturb, and inspire us....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book and excellent narration.
- By jeremy long on 03-18-23
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18. Authority and Freedom
- A Defense of the Arts
- Narrated by: Daniel Oreskes
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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The Performer
- Art, Life, Politics
- By: Richard Sennett
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Performer, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than on words.
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19. The Performer
- Art, Life, Politics
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-30-24
- Language: English
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El elogio de la sombra
- By: Junichiro Tanizaki
- Narrated by: Victor Clavijo
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Un ensayo breve y al mismo tiempo revelador sobre el pensamiento estético en el arte japonés. En él, Tanizaki Junichiro reflexiona sobre el amor por el detalle, el minimalismo...
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20. El elogio de la sombra
- Narrated by: Victor Clavijo
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 02-16-22
- Language: Spanish
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