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Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- Written 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. This is a book about what it feels like to sit in your studio or classroom, at your wheel or keyboard, easel or camera, trying to do the work you need to do. It is about committing your future to your own hands, placing free will above predestination, choice above chance. It is about finding your own work.
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Great read for Artists
- By Nameless on 2018-01-20
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Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2012-04-23
- Language: English
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The Stuff of History
- A Curated Compendium of Curious Objects and Forgotten People
- Written by: Steven Moore
- Narrated by: Steven Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The Stuff of History presents a thoughtful and often funny, curated selection of fascinating forgotten histories that give insight into some of the Western world's most important cultural moments. Told from the perspective of the overlooked, the book will present the curious and adventurous listener with the stories behind icons that surround us and inform our everyday lives, be they people or objects.
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The Stuff of History
- A Curated Compendium of Curious Objects and Forgotten People
- Narrated by: Steven Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2025-10-09
- Language: English
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Art and Faith
- A Theology of Making
- Written by: Makoto Fujimura, N.T. Wright - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Conceived over 30 years of painting and creating in his studio, this book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making". What he does in the studio is theological work as much as it is aesthetic work. In between pouring precious, pulverized minerals onto handmade paper to create the prismatic, refractive surfaces of his art, he comes into the quiet space in the studio, in a discipline of awareness, waiting, prayer, and praise.
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Excellent!
- By Anonymous on 2022-02-19
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Art and Faith
- A Theology of Making
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-30
- Language: English
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Splinters
- Another Kind of Love Story
- Written by: Leslie Jamison
- Narrated by: Leslie Jamison
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes “a blazing, unputdownable memoir” (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the “piercing, intimate” story (TIME Magazine) of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and...
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Super
- By Cate Gunn on 2024-03-24
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Splinters
- Another Kind of Love Story
- Narrated by: Leslie Jamison
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2024-02-20
- Language: English
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The Romantic Manifesto
- A Philosophy of Literature
- Written by: Ayn Rand
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, she demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let conventional ideas define her sense of the truth. Rand eloquently asserts that one cannot create art without infusing it with one's own value judgments and personal philosophy - even an attempt to withhold moral overtones only results in a deterministic or naturalistic message.
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actions speak louder than adjectives
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-09-27
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The Romantic Manifesto
- A Philosophy of Literature
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2008-07-10
- Language: English
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The Story of Art Without Men
- Written by: Katy Hessel
- Narrated by: Katy Hessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States, and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of postwar artists in Latin America, and the women defining art in the 2020s.
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Buy the hard copy!
- By M Pal on 2023-07-15
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The Story of Art Without Men
- Narrated by: Katy Hessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-02
- Language: English
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The Buried City
- Unearthing the Real Pompeii
- Written by: Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Jamie Bulloch - translator
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Buried City, Gabriel Zuchtriegel takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of Pompeii and reveals new archaeological finds that are being unearthed at the site’s biggest dig in a generation. As director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Zuchtriegel presents a uniquely intimate perspective on this city that was tragically destroyed and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Among the ruins, we find unmade beds, dishes left drying, and bodies of victims encased in ash, but Zuchtriegel shows that we’ve only begun to understand this fascinating place.
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Absolutely fantastic!
- By RW on 2025-07-23
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The Buried City
- Unearthing the Real Pompeii
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2025-05-20
- Language: English
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Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World
- Written by: Miles J. Unger
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1900, an 18-year-old Spaniard named Pablo Picasso made his first trip to Paris. It was in this glittering capital of the international art world that, after suffering years of poverty and neglect, he emerged as the leader of a bohemian band of painters, sculptors, and poets. Fueled by opium and alcohol, inspired by raucous late-night conversations at the Lapin Agile cabaret, Picasso and his friends resolved to shake up the world.
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Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-13
- Language: English
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A Short History of Role-Playing Games
- Written by: Jamin Warren, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jamin Warren
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Original Recording
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In the six lectures of A Short History of Role-Playing Games, gaming consultant and avid gamer Jamin Warren will take you on a whirlwind tour of role-playing games, tracing a fascinating story of community-building, technical innovation, and, occasionally, cultural backlash.
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Comprehensive
- By Sharon Prevette on 2025-11-23
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A Short History of Role-Playing Games
- Narrated by: Jamin Warren
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2025-11-13
- Language: English
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Creative Authenticity
- 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision
- Written by: Ian Roberts
- Narrated by: Ian Roberts
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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Connecting to your own authentic core will fill you and your work with strength and relevance. To those engaged in making art, an authentic voice is the most crucial yet most difficult ability to come by. Why does so much conspire to hide what is ultimately the closest, simplest thing of all? Creative Authenticity outlines 16 principles that will help you peel back the fears, misconceptions, "shoulds" and confusion around courageous creative expression.
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Creative Authenticity
- 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision
- Narrated by: Ian Roberts
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-27
- Language: English
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Minor Feelings
- An Asian American Reckoning
- Written by: Cathy Park Hong
- Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness “Brilliant . . . To read this...
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Major Feelings!!
- By Angela on 2021-04-20
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Minor Feelings
- An Asian American Reckoning
- Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2020-02-25
- Language: English
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How to Art
- Bringing a Fancy Subject Down to Earth
- Written by: Kate Bryan, David Shrigley
- Narrated by: Kate Bryan, David Shrigley
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A funny, inviting book about art for people who don’t know about “art”—featuring new artworks by David Shrigley. What is art, where do I find it, and once I’m in front of it, what am I supposed to think about it? Kate Bryan is a self-confessed art addict who has worked with art for...
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How to Art
- Bringing a Fancy Subject Down to Earth
- Narrated by: Kate Bryan, David Shrigley
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-23
- Language: English
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The Politics of Aesthetics
- Bloomsbury Revelations
- Written by: Gabriel Rockhill - editor, Jacques Rancière
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In this influential sequence of linked interviews, Ranciere explores the interplay of art and politics. The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming "aesthetics" from the narrow confines it is often reduced to. Jacques Rancière reveals its intrinsic link to politics by analysing what they both have in common: the delimitation of the visible and the invisible, the audible and the inaudible, the thinkable and the unthinkable, the possible and the impossible.
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The Politics of Aesthetics
- Bloomsbury Revelations
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2025-12-04
- Language: English
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Beauty
- A Very Short Introduction
- Written by: Roger Scruton
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.
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Worth your Time
- By Anonymous on 2021-03-03
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Beauty
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-26
- Language: English
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ArtCurious
- Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
- Written by: Jennifer Dasal
- Narrated by: Jennifer Dasal
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas...
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ArtCurious
- Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
- Narrated by: Jennifer Dasal
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-15
- Language: English
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Georgia O'Keeffe
- A Life
- Written by: Roxana Robinson
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 29 hrs and 12 mins
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When Roxana Robinson’s definitive biography of O’Keeffe was first published in 1989, it received rave reviews and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. This new edition features a new foreword by the author, setting O’Keefe in an artistic context over the last thirty years since the book was first published, as well as previously unpublished letters of the young O’Keeffe to her lover, Arthur MacMahon. This book also relates the story of Robinson’s own encounter with the artist.
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10 Stars
- By RW on 2024-12-14
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Georgia O'Keeffe
- A Life
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 29 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2022-12-20
- Language: English
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God Is Not One
- The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
- Written by: Stephen Prothero
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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In God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World, New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each...
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God Is Not One
- The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2010-04-20
- Language: English
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Glitch Feminism
- A Manifesto
- Written by: Legacy Russell
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are within this digital era? Where do we create the space to explore our identity? How can we come together and create solidarity? The glitch is often dismissed as an error, a faulty overlaying, but, as Legacy Russell shows, liberation can be found within the fissures between gender, technology and the body that it creates.
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Glitch Feminism
- A Manifesto
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-13
- Language: English
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The Monuments Men
- Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
- Written by: Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
- Narrated by: Jeremy Davidson
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.
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A look at History
- By Sue Cooper on 2025-05-13
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The Monuments Men
- Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
- Narrated by: Jeremy Davidson
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2009-09-08
- Language: English
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The History of Western Art
- Written by: Peter Whitfield
- Narrated by: Sebastian Comberti
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves? This history of art shows how painters, sculptors and architects have expressed the belief systems of their age: religious, political and aesthetic. From the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, to the revolutionary years of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the artist has acted as a mirror to the ideals and conflicts of the human mind.
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The History of Western Art
- Narrated by: Sebastian Comberti
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2011-11-15
- Language: English
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