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Better Living Through Criticism
- How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
- Written by: A. O. Scott
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A. O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics - himself included - can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative and urgent activities of modern existence.
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Better Living Through Criticism
- How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2016-02-09
- Language: English
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Irving Berlin
- New York Genius
- Written by: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called - by George Gershwin, among others - the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American music," legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; "He is American music." In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some 1,500 tunes, including "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "God Bless America", and "White Christmas". From ragtime to the rock era, Berlin's work has endured in the very fiber of American national identity.
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Irving Berlin
- New York Genius
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-05
- Language: English
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Understanding Movies: The Art and History of Film
- The Modern Scholar
- Written by: Professor Raphael Shargel
- Narrated by: Professor Raphael Shargel
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Why does the cinema have the power to move the heart, stimulate the mind, and dazzle the imagination? How did the art of film develop from its origins to the present day? This course covers the history and aesthetics of the movies. It traces the experiments and innovations that gave rise to the modern cinema, developing a vocabulary that helps explain the variety of choices filmmakers make when they construct shots and edit them together.
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Understanding Movies: The Art and History of Film
- The Modern Scholar
- Narrated by: Professor Raphael Shargel
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2008-11-18
- Language: English
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The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods
- Written by: Richard Brestoff
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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With clarity and insight, Richard Brestoff introduces the great acting teachers, explaining their techniques and how they are applied today. Beginning with Quintilian and Delsarte, he guides us to the present with an inside look at what is currently being taught in the major acting schools and private acting studios; The Actors Studio, Yale University, NYU, Juilliard and many more are visited. The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods will help you understand the most important ideas about acting, where they originated and how they are used in training programs today.
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The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-14
- Language: English
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The Age of Shakespeare [Modern Library Chronicles]
- Written by: Frank Kermode
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Britain's most esteemed scholar of 16th and 17th century literature, Frank Kermode is also a noted author and professor. In this Modern Library Chronicle, he uses the context of the Elizabethan Era to link each of Shakespeare's plays to their probable years of creation. By portraying the bard's England in terms of its society, economy, and arts, Kermode provides an invaluable guide to understanding Shakespeare?s works.
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The Age of Shakespeare [Modern Library Chronicles]
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2005-07-15
- Language: English
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American Mirror
- The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
- Written by: Deborah Solomon
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
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"Welcome to Rockwell Land," writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative biography of the painter who provided 20th-century America with a defining image of itself. As the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Norman Rockwell mingled fact and fiction in paintings that reflected the we-the-people, communitarian ideals of American democracy. But who was this man who served as our unofficial "artist in chief" and bolstered our country's national identity?
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American Mirror
- The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2013-11-22
- Language: English
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Mornings with Madden
- My Radio Life with an American Legend
- Written by: Stan Bunger
- Narrated by: Stan Bunger
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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John Madden is synonymous with football. He was the television face and voice of the nation’s most popular sport, the namesake of its best-selling sports video game, and the man with the highest career winning percentage of any NFL coach. Despite his international fame, there was a side of Madden known only to those who listened to morning radio broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. That’s where Madden grew up, lived, and died. It's where for decades he found joy in a daily chat with his hometown radio station: a chance to unwind, tell stories, and impart his own brand of wit and wisdom.
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Mornings with Madden
- My Radio Life with an American Legend
- Narrated by: Stan Bunger
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-15
- Language: English
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The Compleat Glass Teat
- Written by: Harlan Ellison
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 24 hrs and 30 mins
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were only three major television networks. And there was only one Harlan Ellison taking them all to task in a series of weekly essays he wrote for the countercultural, underground newspaper, the Los Angeles Free Press, a.k.a. “The Freep”. For nearly four years, he channel-surfed through the mire of ABC, CBS, and NBC, finding little of value but much to critique. No one offered a more astute analysis of the idiot box’s influence on American culture, or its effects on the intelligence and psyche of viewers.
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The Compleat Glass Teat
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 24 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-15
- Language: English
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The Blessed Lens
- A History of Italian Cinema
- Written by: Joseph Luzzi
- Narrated by: Joseph Luzzi
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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Professor Joseph Luzzi, the director of Italian studies at Bard College and an award-winning author, offers a comprehensive look at Italian cinema from its inception in 1895 through its major periods and influences. Having altered the landscape of Italian art and society, as well as inspiring filmmakers the world over, Italian cinema proves a fascinating study. Major focuses of the course include neorealism, the Spaghetti Western, the Italian giallo, and Italian-style comedy.
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The Blessed Lens
- A History of Italian Cinema
- Narrated by: Joseph Luzzi
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2011-09-02
- Language: English
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Def Jam, Inc.
- Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
- Written by: Stacy Gueraseva
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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In the early '80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York City's urban underclass would one day become a multimillion-dollar business and one of music's most lucrative genres. Among those few were two visionaries: Russell Simmons, a young black man from Hollis, Queens, and Rick Rubin, a Jewish kid from Long Island.
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Def Jam, Inc.
- Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-05
- Language: English
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Wild Thing
- The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
- Written by: Philip Norman
- Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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Over 50 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is celebrated as the greatest rock guitarist of all time. But before he was setting guitars and the world aflame, James Marshall Hendrix was a shy kid in Seattle, plucking at a broken ukulele and in fear of a father who would hit him for playing left-handed. Bringing Jimi’s story to vivid life against the backdrop of mid-century rock, and with a wealth of new information, acclaimed music biographer Philip Norman delivers a captivating and definitive portrait of a musical legend.
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Wild Thing
- The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
- Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-15
- Language: English
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What's the Number for 911?
- America's Wackiest 911 Calls
- Written by: Leland Gregory
- Narrated by: Danielle Ferland
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
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America’s 911 system is supposed to be for emergencies only. But some people apparently didn’t get the memo, because the following are some of their responses when asked by dispatchers, “What’s your emergency?”, “Yeah, I want to order a pizza.”, “I’ve been standing all day and my feet hurt.”, “I just swallowed a penny. Am I going to die?”, “I want an officer to come out and take care of a low-flying aircraft.”,“When does the Burger King open?”
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What's the Number for 911?
- America's Wackiest 911 Calls
- Narrated by: Danielle Ferland
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-22
- Language: English
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This Is the BBC
- Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain, 1922-2022
- Written by: Simon J. Potter
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Founded in 1922, over the last century the BBC has become Britain’s most influential broadcaster. Its programs have been part of everyday life in the UK and around the world, from Its That Man Again to Life on Earth, Doctor Who, and Eastenders, reflecting social change and reshaping our culture. However, the BBC now faces significant challenges, which may even jeopardize its continued existence. This new book draws out these issues and looks at how similar threats—including hostile governments, management failures, and new technologies—were met and overcome in the past.
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This Is the BBC
- Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain, 1922-2022
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-14
- Language: English
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Hitler's Northern Utopia
- Building the New Order in Occupied Norway
- Written by: Despina Stratigakos
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Between 1940 and 1945, German occupiers transformed Norway into a vast construction zone. This remarkable building campaign, largely unknown today, was designed to extend the Greater German Reich beyond the Arctic Circle and turn the Scandinavian country into a racial utopia. From ideal new cities to a scenic superhighway stretching from Berlin to northern Norway, plans to remake the country into a model “Aryan” society fired the imaginations of Hitler, his architect Albert Speer, and other Nazi leaders.
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Hitler's Northern Utopia
- Building the New Order in Occupied Norway
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-18
- Language: English
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Nora Ephron at the Movies
- A Visual Celebration of the Writer and Director Behind When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and More
- Written by: Ilana Kaplan, Jason Diamond - foreword
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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Nora Ephron at the Movies offers an unfiltered look at Ephron as a champion of the rom-com and as a feminist Hollywood trailblazer. It explores her life and work by pairing detailed criticism with exclusive interviews with Ephron’s key collaborators, including Andie MacDowell and Jenn Kaytin Robinson, to add color and nuance to her life and legacy. With her singular voice, Nora Ephron flourished as a dominant force in the entertainment industry, focusing on the idiosyncrasies of romance that were universally relatable.
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Nora Ephron at the Movies
- A Visual Celebration of the Writer and Director Behind When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and More
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2024-10-29
- Language: English
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The Science Delusion
- Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers
- Written by: Curtis White
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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One of our most brilliant social critics - author of the best-selling The Middle Mind - presents a scathing critique of the "delusions" of science alongside a rousing defense of the tradition of Romanticism and the "big" questions. With the rise of religion critics such as Richard Dawkins, and of pseudo-science advocates such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer, you' re likely to become a subject of ridicule if you wonder "Why is there something instead of nothing?" or "What is our purpose on Earth?"
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The Science Delusion
- Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers
- Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2014-07-21
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace
- A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn
- Written by: James Walvin
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Sung in moments of personal isolation or on state occasions watched by millions, “Amazing Grace” has become an unparalleled anthem for humankind. How did a simple Christian hymn, written in a remote English vicarage in 1772, come to hold such sway in all corners of the modern world? With this short, engaging cultural history, James Walvin offers an explanation.
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Amazing Grace
- A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2023-10-31
- Language: English
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Ain't No Sunshine
- The Smooth Soul and Rough Edges of Bill Withers
- Written by: Mark Ribowsky
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Bill Withers entered the music fray as hardly an afterthought, rewrote the rules for a decade, earned a fortune, then, unable to square himself with the requisites of the music business, took his leave. When he died in 2019 at eighty-one, he was every bit the mystery he was when he started. In this remarkable biography by acclaimed author Mark Ribowsky, the most accidental music supernova is brought to life in vivid detail, told with insights from those who knew him throughout his short but incredibly impactful career.
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Ain't No Sunshine
- The Smooth Soul and Rough Edges of Bill Withers
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2023-10-17
- Language: English
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I Always Knew
- A Memoir
- Written by: Barbara Chase-Riboud
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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I Always Knew is an intimate and vivid portrait of Chase-Riboud’s life as told through the letters she wrote to her mother, Vivian Mae, between 1957 and 1991. In candid detail, Chase-Riboud tells her mother about her life in Europe, her work as an artist, her romances, and her journeys around the world, from Western and Eastern Europe to the Middle East, Africa, the Soviet Union, China, and Mongolia.
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I Always Knew
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-04
- Language: English
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Ivory Vikings
- The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
- Written by: Nancy Marie Brown
- Narrated by: Tony Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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In the early 1800s, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects.
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Intricate history, good narration, worldwide story
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Ivory Vikings
- The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
- Narrated by: Tony Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 2015-09-03
- Language: English
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