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Gay Artists in Modern American Culture
- An Imagined Conspiracy
- Written by: Michael S. Sherry
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Today it is widely recognized that gay men played a prominent role in defining the culture of mid-20th-century America, with such icons as Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Montgomery Clift, and Rock Hudson defining much of what seemed distinctly "American" on the stage and screen. Even though few gay artists were "out," their sexuality caused significant anxiety during a time of rampant anti-homosexual attitudes.
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Gay Artists in Modern American Culture
- An Imagined Conspiracy
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release Date: 06-02-14
- Language: English
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The Entanglement
- How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are
- Written by: Alva Noe
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Philosopher Alva Noë explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, arguing that we have greatly underestimated what this entangled reality means for understanding human nature. Life supplies art with its raw materials, but art, Noë argues, remakes life by giving us resources to live differently. Our lives are permeated with the aesthetic. Indeed, human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon, and art is the truest way of understanding ourselves. All this suggests that human nature is not a natural phenomenon.
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The Entanglement
- How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release Date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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Keith Haring Journals
- (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Written by: Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey - introduction, Robert Farris Thompson - introduction
- Narrated by: David Pittu, Shepard Fairey
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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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...
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Keith Haring Journals
- (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Narrated by: David Pittu, Shepard Fairey
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release Date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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The Story of Art without Men
- A guide to amazing women artists
- Written by: Katy Hessel
- Narrated by: Katy Hessel
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Puffin. A beautiful journey through the untold stories of art, adapted from the global sensation The Story of Art Without Men, by expert art historian and bestselling author Katy Hessel. Step into the incredible lives of the women artists who have gone uncelebrated for too long...
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The Story of Art without Men
- A guide to amazing women artists
- Narrated by: Katy Hessel
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 05-03-26
- Language: English
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The Gift
- How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
- Written by: Lewis Hyde
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time, The Gift is a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor. Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society - governed by the marketplace - is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists’ work.
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The Gift
- How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release Date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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The Longing for Less
- Living with Minimalism
- Written by: Kyle Chayka
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents The Longing for Less by Kyle Chayka, read by Christopher Ragland. New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and...
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The Longing for Less
- Living with Minimalism
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release Date: 05-05-20
- Language: English
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The Da Vinci Women
- The Untold Feminist Power of Leonardo's Art
- Written by: Kia Vahland
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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This new biographical look at Leonardo da Vinci explores the Renaissance master's groundbreaking portrayal of women which forever changed the way the female form is depicted.Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist, and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for...
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The Da Vinci Women
- The Untold Feminist Power of Leonardo's Art
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release Date: 25-02-20
- Language: English
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The Lives of Lucian Freud: YOUTH 1922 - 1968
- Written by: William Feaver
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents The Lives of Lucian Freud: YOUTH 1922–1968 by William Feaver, read by Jonathan Keeble. SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE...
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The Lives of Lucian Freud: YOUTH 1922 - 1968
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Release Date: 17-10-19
- Language: English
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Mad Enchantment
- Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
- Written by: Ross King
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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We have all seen, whether live, in photographs or on postcards, some of Claude Monet's legendary water lily paintings. They are in museums all over the world and are among the most beloved works of art of the past century. Yet, ironically, these soothing images were created amid terrible personal turmoil and sadness.
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Mad Enchantment
- Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release Date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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The Face of Britain
- The Nation through Its Portraits
- Written by: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Face of Britain by Simon Schma, read by Simon Schama and Roy McMillian. Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a naked John Lennon five...
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The Face of Britain
- The Nation through Its Portraits
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Release Date: 16-09-15
- Language: English
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Listen In: A Conversation with Dan Jones
- An Exclusive Interview
- Written by: The Audible Editors, Dan Jones
- Narrated by: The Audible Editors, Dan Jones
- Length: 26 mins
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In this conversation with Audible Editor Katie, historian Dan Jones reveals that he dove into writing his first novel after a gentle shove from George R.R. Martin. Listen in to hear Dan’s story about the writing and recording of Essex Dogs.
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Listen In: A Conversation with Dan Jones
- An Exclusive Interview
- Narrated by: The Audible Editors, Dan Jones
- Series: Listen In: Conversations with Creators
- Length: 26 mins
- Release Date: 18-08-23
- Language: English
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Art Monsters
- Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
- Written by: Lauren Elkin
- Narrated by: Lauren Elkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies...
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Art Monsters
- Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
- Narrated by: Lauren Elkin
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 17-08-23
- Language: English
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The Cults of Raphael and Michelangelo: Artistic Sainthood and Memorials as a Second Life
- Visual Culture in Early Modernity
- Written by: Tamara Smithers
- Narrated by: Tamara Smithers
- Length: 7 hrs
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This study explores the phenomenon of the cults of Raphael and Michelangelo in relation to their death, burial, and posthumous fame—or second life—from their own times through the nineteenth century. These two artists inspired fervent followings like no other artists before them. The affective response of those touched by the potency of the physical presence of their art—works, personal effects, and remains—or even touched by the power of their creative legacy—opened up new avenues for artistic fame, divination, and commemoration.
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The Cults of Raphael and Michelangelo: Artistic Sainthood and Memorials as a Second Life
- Visual Culture in Early Modernity
- Narrated by: Tamara Smithers
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release Date: 30-09-25
- Language: English
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Parallel Lives
- A Love Story from a Lost Continent
- Written by: Iain Pears
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant in 1962 was anything but straightforward. Larissa was born in northern Russia, the daughter of a Soviet army officer from...
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Parallel Lives
- A Love Story from a Lost Continent
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release Date: 08-05-25
- Language: English
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The Rescue Artist
- A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
- Written by: Edward Dolnick
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter...
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The Rescue Artist
- A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release Date: 27-11-18
- Language: English
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The Blazing World
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize
- Written by: Siri Hustvedt
- Narrated by: Eric Myers, Patricia Rodriguez Rodriguez
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
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Artist Harriet Burden, consumed by fury at the lack of recognition she has received from the New York art establishment, embarks on an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts who exhibit her work as their own. And yet, even after she has unmasked herself, there are those who...
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The Blazing World
- Longlisted for the Booker Prize
- Narrated by: Eric Myers, Patricia Rodriguez Rodriguez
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Release Date: 13-03-14
- Language: English
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The Mirror and the Palette
- Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits
- Written by: Jennifer Higgie
- Narrated by: Jennifer Higgie
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Until the 20th century, art history was, in the main, written by white, western men who tended to write about other white, western men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility. Yet, they have - and, of course, continue to do so - often against tremendous odds, from laws to religion and the pressures of family and public disapproval. Feminism has shaken up the story of art and, for the first time, cast light on the often-brilliant work by women artists who were often ignored, patronised or marginalised.
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The Mirror and the Palette
- Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits
- Narrated by: Jennifer Higgie
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 30-03-21
- Language: English
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The Secret Lives of Colour
- Written by: Kassia St Clair
- Narrated by: Kassia St Clair
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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The history of colour tells the vivid story of civilisation. From scarlet women to imperial purple, leaf green to the white paint that protected against the atom bomb, Picasso's blue period to the pink Barbie claimed for feminism, The Secret Lives of Colour offers a bright thread throughout human history. Kassia St Clair's lifelong fascination with colours and where they come from (whether Van Goph's chrome yellow sunflowers or Dorothy's ruby slippers) takes us on an unforgettable journey through our past, present and future.
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The Secret Lives of Colour
- Narrated by: Kassia St Clair
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release Date: 09-10-25
- 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
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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: 09-10-25
- Language: English
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Fewer, Better Things
- The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
- Written by: Glenn Adamson
- Narrated by: Glenn Adamson
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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Bloomsbury presents Fewer, Better Things written and read by Glenn Adamson Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them? From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In...
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Fewer, Better Things
- The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
- Narrated by: Glenn Adamson
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release Date: 05-11-24
- Language: English
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