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War Is A Racket

by General Smedley Darlington Butler ...

Narrated by William Dougan ...

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43 min

War Is a Racket is Marine General Smedley Butler's classic treatise on why wars are conducted, who profits from them, and who pays the price. Few people are as qualified as General Butler to advance the argument encapsulated in his book's sensational title. When War Is a Racket was first published in 1935, Butler was the most decorated American soldier of his time. He had led several successful ... Read more

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The Marriage Portrait

the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller, Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023

by Maggie O'Farrell ...

Narrated by Genevieve Gaunt ...

Unabridged

13 hours 28 min

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Wabi Sabi

Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

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5 hours 17 min

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The Golden Thread

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by Kassia St Clair ...

Narrated by Helen Johns ...

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11 hours 27 min

As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the WeekA new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour.From the mummies of Ancient Egypt; via the silken dragon robes of Imperial China and the woollen sails of Viking longboats to the Indian calicoes and chintzes that powered the Industrial Revolution (and sparked more than one war); arriving finally at the lab-blended fibres that have ... Read more

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John Berger's Ways of Seeing

by Emmanouil Kalkanis ...

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1 hour 49 min

Ways of Seeing is a key art-historical work that continues to provoke widespread debate. It is comprised of seven different essays, three of which are pictorial and the other containing texts and images. Berger first examines the relationship between seeing and knowing, discussing how our assumptions affect how we see a painting. He moves on to consider the role of women in artwork, particularly ... Read more

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Ninth Street Women

Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

by Mary Gabriel ...

Narrated by Lisa Stathoplos ...

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40 hours 12 min

Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times).Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to ... Read more

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Da Vinci's Ghost

Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image

by Toby Lester ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

Everybody knows the picture: a man, meticulously rendered by Leonardo daVinci, standing with arms and legs outstretched in a circle and asquare. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as various as the grandeurof art, the beauty of the human form, and the universality of the humanspirit, the drawing turns up just about everywhere: in books, on coffeecups, on corporate logos, even on spacecraft. It ... Read more

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Remembering Shanghai

A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels

by Isabel Sun Chao, Claire Chao ...

Narrated by Isabel Sun Chao, Claire Chao, Rachel Yong ...

Unabridged

7 hours 58 min

Rubery Award BOOK OF THE YEARWriter’s Digest GRAND PRIZEAn Extraordinary Multigenerational SagaAudiobook narrated by two-time Asian American Film Lab best actress winner Rachel Yong and authors Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao“Jaw-dropping, touching, insightful.” Historic ShanghaiA high position bestowed by China's empress dowager grants power and wealth to the Sun family. Isabel lives a privileged ... Read more

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Spiritual Books: The Ultimate Collection To Be A Success At Connecting Spiritually

by George M. Singer ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

29 min

Are you spiritually in tune?Do you connect with a higher power easily or do you find it confusing and out of reach?Would you like to learn how you can successfully connect spiritually?Billions of people around the world look to a higher power every day. It is manifested in their speech, actions and deeds and helps us to live better and more productive lives that are worthwhile and valued. But ... Read more

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Broad Strokes

15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

by Bridget Quinn ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of fifteen brilliant female artists in this smart, feisty, educational, and enjoyable book.Replete with beautiful reproductions of ... Read more

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by Sophocles ...

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1 hour 37 min

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Black Water Lilies

'A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail

by Michel Bussi ...

Narrated by Joan Walker ...

Unabridged

11 hours 57 min

Giverny. During the day, tourists flock to the former home of the famous artist Claude Monet and the gardens where he painted his Water Lilies. But when silence returns, there is a darker side to the peaceful French village.This is the story of thirteen days that begin with one murder and end with another. Jérôme Morval, a man whose passion for art was matched only by his passion for women, has ... Read more

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Saving Michelangelo’s Dome

How Three Mathematicians and a Pope Sparked an Architectural Revolution

by Wayne Kalayjian ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

7 hours

1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it.This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo's Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who ... Read more

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1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it.This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo's Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who
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MADE IN VENICE

by Laura Morelli ...

Narrated by Laura Morelli ...

Unabridged

1 hour 50 min

Going to Venice, Italy? Don't buy anything in Venice until you read this book! If you're traveling to Venice, Italy, you want to go home with a special souvenir: a piece of Murano glass, a work of Burano lace, a carnival mask, or one of the city's famous luxury fabrics. But selecting which mask or which goblet to buy can be an intimidating experience. How do you know if you're buying something ... Read more

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Going to Venice, Italy? Don't buy anything in Venice until you read this book! If you're traveling to Venice, Italy, you want to go home with a special souvenir: a piece of Murano glass, a work of Burano lace, a carnival mask, or one of the city's famous luxury fabrics. But selecting which mask or which goblet to buy can be an intimidating experience. How do you know if you're buying something
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Paths to modernisation

by Parvesh singh ...

Narrated by Parvesh singh ...

Unabridged

3 min

Different societies have evolved their distinctive modernities. The Japanese and Chinese cases are very instructive in this regard. Japan succeeded in remaining free of colonial control. ... Read more

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Different societies have evolved their distinctive modernities. The Japanese and Chinese cases are very instructive in this regard. Japan succeeded in remaining free of colonial control.
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Crunch Time Review for Art of the Western World

by Lewis Morris ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mike G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Introducing the 'Crunch Time Review' for Art of the Western World – your ultimate guide to acing your course and exams! Imagine having the notes of the top-performing student in the class at your fingertips. Our books are precisely that - a treasure trove of class notes and a handy glossary to simplify your last-minute prep. Say goodbye to stress and ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Introducing the 'Crunch Time Review' for Art of the Western World – your ultimate guide to acing your course and exams! Imagine having the notes of the top-performing student in the class at your fingertips. Our books are precisely that - a treasure trove of class notes and a handy glossary to simplify your last-minute prep. Say goodbye to stress and
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Садистская иконография. Портреты и истории мучениц и святых

by Алина Никонова, Алина Никонова ...

Narrated by Инесса Зайцева ...

Series series Искусство с блогерами
Unabridged

7 hours 26 min

Христианская иконография в течение многих веков была источником вдохновения для художников и скульпторов. Эта удивительная книга расскажет о том, каким причудливым образом необыкновенные судьбы первых христианских мучениц и святых воплощались в искусстве разных веков. Вы узнаете, как жили эти женщины, какие подвиги и чудеса совершали во имя своей веры, как их изображали художники и почему. Если ... Read more

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Famous People in History

by Mike Tisty ...

Narrated by Paul Lenny, Andrea Misher, George Sally, Jennifer Poppy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 8 min

Throughout the centuries, there have been individuals capable of exerting profound influence on the course of events, ultimately altering the course of history. These influential figures often possessed formidable personalities that allowed them to steer the trajectory of events, reshape economies, catalyze the evolution of entire generations, or elevate themselves into the ranks of great ... Read more

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Throughout the centuries, there have been individuals capable of exerting profound influence on the course of events, ultimately altering the course of history. These influential figures often possessed formidable personalities that allowed them to steer the trajectory of events, reshape economies, catalyze the evolution of entire generations, or elevate themselves into the ranks of great
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El Renacimiento

by Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz, Ernesto Ballesteros Arranz ...

Narrated by Juan Manuel Rollán, Tomás Campos ...

Unabridged

51 min

La revolución socioeconómica europea que lleva este nombre supone un nuevo despertar del clasicismo griego con una personalidad absolutamente inconfundible. Si el clasicismo helénico había sido el periodo de mayor esplendor estético de la antigüedad, el nuevo Renacimiento pretende expresar de nuevo la grandeza del espíritu humano fuera de toda regla y condición. Grabado en español ibérico (España) ... Read more

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La revolución socioeconómica europea que lleva este nombre supone un nuevo despertar del clasicismo griego con una personalidad absolutamente inconfundible. Si el clasicismo helénico había sido el periodo de mayor esplendor estético de la antigüedad, el nuevo Renacimiento pretende expresar de nuevo la grandeza del espíritu humano fuera de toda regla y condición. Grabado en español ibérico (España)
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Эпоха Возрождения

От Никколо Макиавелли, Эразма Роттердамского, Джордано Бруно до Леонардо да Винчи

by Неизвестный автор ...

Narrated by Андрей Финагин ...

Series series Учения мира: с комментариями
Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Отправьтесь в захватывающее путешествие в эпоху Возрождения, где встретитесь лицом к лицу с четырьмя выдающимися личностями: Никколо Макиавелли, Эразмом Роттердамским, Джордано Бруно и Леонардо да Винчи. Через изложение их идей и жизненных путей открывается философский дух времени, когда мир избавлялся от средневековой тьмы и открывал новые, светлые горизонты мысли, науки и искусства. Эта книга не ... Read more

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Отправьтесь в захватывающее путешествие в эпоху Возрождения, где встретитесь лицом к лицу с четырьмя выдающимися личностями: Никколо Макиавелли, Эразмом Роттердамским, Джордано Бруно и Леонардо да Винчи. Через изложение их идей и жизненных путей открывается философский дух времени, когда мир избавлялся от средневековой тьмы и открывал новые, светлые горизонты мысли, науки и искусства. Эта книга не
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Hoodoo for Beginners

Rootworker's Spells and Rituals for Attracting Wealth, Love and Health

by Amina Waynes ...

Narrated by Daiannie Vera ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Hoodoo in your Life
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5 hours

Do you want to influence your destiny with an Ancient and Powerful magic that really works and you can learn and use even if you are a complete Beginner?Have you ever thought how great it can be to influence something in your life or someone else’s life or to attract someone or something to you? Know that with Hoodoo you could get it.Hoodoo is an old North American folk magic, spiritual practices, ... Read more

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Do you want to influence your destiny with an Ancient and Powerful magic that really works and you can learn and use even if you are a complete Beginner?Have you ever thought how great it can be to influence something in your life or someone else’s life or to attract someone or something to you? Know that with Hoodoo you could get it.Hoodoo is an old North American folk magic, spiritual practices,
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Keith Haring Journals

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Keith Haring ...

Narrated by Shepard Fairey, David Pittu ...

Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Unabridged

13 hours 17 min

Keith Haring is synonymous with the downtown New York art scene of the 1980's. His artwork-with its simple, bold lines and dynamic figures in motion-filtered in to the world's consciousness and is still instantly recognizable, twenty years after his death. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, adapted for audio, is a remarkable glimpse of a man who, in his quest to become an artist, instead became ... Read more

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The Renaissance

A Very Short Introduction

by Jerry Brotton ...

Unabridged

4 hours 41 min

More than ever before, the Renaissance stands out as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics, and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world.In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual ... Read more

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More than ever before, the Renaissance stands out as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics, and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world.In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual
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Our Lady of the World's Fair

Bringing Michelangelo's "Pieta" to Queens in 1964

by Ruth D. Nelson ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 21 min

Driven by different motives, Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman had the same vision: to display Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, in the Vatican's pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.As Ruth D. Nelson gracefully showcases, Moses believed this blockbuster would guarantee the fair's financial success. At the same time, Spellman, Archbishop of New York and the spiritual ... Read more

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Driven by different motives, Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman had the same vision: to display Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, in the Vatican's pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.As Ruth D. Nelson gracefully showcases, Moses believed this blockbuster would guarantee the fair's financial success. At the same time, Spellman, Archbishop of New York and the spiritual
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