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  • 4.8 (14 ratings)
    A Postillion Struck by Lightning
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    A Postillion Struck by Lightning

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    A Postillion Struck by Lightning was a best seller on first publication and marked Dirk Bogarde's transition from star of stage and screen to a best-selling and internationally acclaimed author. This vivid and engaging memoir traces the first steps of Dirk Bogarde as a young actor before he became world famous as well as his childhood amidst the enchanting beauty of rural Sussex.

    Mrs. says: "Fantastic Read and wonderfully read by the Author"
  • 4.4 (180 ratings)
    The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex
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    • Mark Kermode

    The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 57 mins)
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    • Narrated By Mark Kermode
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    In It's Only a Movie, the incomparable Mark Kermode took us into the weird world of a film critic's life lived in widescreen. Now, The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex takes us into the belly of the beast to ask: 'What's wrong with the modern movie business - and how can we make it right?'

    Joseph says: "Most definitely 'The Good'"
  • 4.4 (42 ratings)
    Stein on Writing: A Master Editor Shares His Craft, Techniques, and Strategies
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    • Sol Stein

    Stein on Writing: A Master Editor Shares His Craft, Techniques, and Strategies

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 16 mins)
    • By Sol Stein
    • Narrated By Christopher Lane
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    Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether newcomers or accomplished professionals. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, "This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions, how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place."

    Michael says: "Inspirational"
  • 4.4 (28 ratings)
    Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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    • Robert McKee

    Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

    • ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 12 mins)
    • By Robert McKee
    • Narrated By Robert McKee
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    Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese, and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives, and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience.

    Teemu says: "Just great"
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  • 4.6 (20 ratings)
    Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human
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    • Grant Morrison

    Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human

    • UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 47 mins)
    • By Grant Morrison
    • Narrated By John Lee
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    From one of the most acclaimed and profound writers in the world of comics comes a thrilling and provocative exploration of humankind's great modern myth: the superhero. In this exhilarating work of a lifetime, Grant Morrison draws on art, science, mythology, and his own astonishing journeys through this shadow universe to provide the first true history of the superhero - why they matter, why they will always be with us, and what they tell us about who we are... and what we may yet become.

    Graham says: "Part biography, part comic book history."
  • 4.5 (13 ratings)
    Pursuit of the Magnificent: The Divine Order of Love
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    • Dr. John F. Demartini , Deepak Chopra

    Pursuit of the Magnificent: The Divine Order of Love

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 16 mins)
    • By Dr. John F. Demartini, Deepak Chopra
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    What would life be like if you believed that every crisis is a blessing, that you're guided to meet the people who cross your path, and that everything happens for a reason? Deepak Chopra examines this topic with John Demartini, an internationally acclaimed speaker whose motivational programs are sought out by individuals and Fortune 500 corporations alike.

    Dianne says: "Inspired"
  • 4.4 (10 ratings)
    Rise of the Ogre
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    • Gorillaz

    Rise of the Ogre

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    This is the full story of Gorillaz: Murdoc, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs, told for the first time. It includes the lowdown on their motley crew of collaborators, from Ike Turner to Sean Ryder, and accounts of the gigs, the movie, the videos, and the website, including the story on Kong Studios, their legendary HQ. An essential listen for their legion of fans.

  • 3.9 (17 ratings)
    April Fool's Day
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    • Bryce Courtenay

    April Fool's Day

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    • Narrated By Humphrey Bower
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    This is Bryce Courtenay's moving tribute to his son, Damon, a hemophiliac who died from medically acquired AIDS on April 1, 1991, at the age of 24. April Fool's Day is controversial, painful and heartbreaking, yet has a gentle humor. It is also life-affirming, and, above all, a testimony to the incredible regenerative strength of love: how when we confront our worst, we can become our best. This tragic yet uplifting story will change the way you think.

    Katie says: "Moving"
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  • 4.1 (13 ratings)
    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
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    • Peter Biskind

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    • UNABRIDGED (23 hrs and 41 mins)
    • By Peter Biskind
    • Narrated By Dick Hill
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    Easy Rider, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll (both on screen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme.

    piers says: "Bitchy and Sensationalist intrigue from Hollywood"
  • 3.6 (108 ratings)
    The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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    • Edmund de Waal

    The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 36 mins)
    • By Edmund de Waal
    • Narrated By Michael Maloney
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    Winner of the 2010 COSTA Biography Award. A total of 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his Great Uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined....

    Mrs says: "tedious"
  • 3.6 (18 ratings)
    Reading Between The Lines: From Page to Production
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    • Narrated By Lynne Truss, Rula Lenska, Lorelei King, and others
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    Bath-based BBC Audiobooks hosted a sell-out event for the Bath Literature Festival. Reading Between the Lines: From Page to Production featured Rula Lenska, Lynne Truss, Sir Derek Jacobi, and Lorelei King in an entertaining and lively discussion about the art of the audiobook. They were joined by Sunday Times audio critic Karen Robinson, BBC Audiobooks' Publishing Director Jan Paterson, and Senior Producer Kate Thomas.

    Barbara says: "Interesting - but beware"
  • 3.6 (10 ratings)
    On Writing Well Audio Collection
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    On Writing Well Audio Collection

    • ABRIDGED (2 hrs and 19 mins)
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    This expanded audio collection presents William Zinsser's On Writing Well, the classic teaching book that has sold more than 1 million copies, together with a new 90-minute section that tells you how to write a memoir.

    G.Cassels says: "Disappointed"

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  • Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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    • Robert McKee

    Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

    • ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 12 mins)
    • By Robert McKee
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    Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese, and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives, and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience.

    Teemu says: "Just great"
  • The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex
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    • Mark Kermode

    The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex

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    In It's Only a Movie, the incomparable Mark Kermode took us into the weird world of a film critic's life lived in widescreen. Now, The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex takes us into the belly of the beast to ask: 'What's wrong with the modern movie business - and how can we make it right?'

    Joseph says: "Most definitely 'The Good'"
  • The History of Western Art
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    The History of Western Art

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 14 mins)
    • By Peter Whitfield
    • Narrated By Sebastian Comberti
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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.

    Alun says: "Not entirely what was expected"
  • On Photography
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    On Photography

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    • By Susan Sontag
    • Narrated By Jennifer Van Dyck
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    First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images, which are continually inserted between experience and reality. When anything can be photographed, and photography has destroyed the boundaries and definitions of art, a viewer can approach a photograph freely, with no expectations of discovering what it means. This collection of six lucid and invigorating essays, with the most famous being "In Plato's Cave", make up a deep exploration of how the image has affected society.

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  • Pursuit of the Magnificent: The Divine Order of Love
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    • Dr. John F. Demartini , Deepak Chopra

    Pursuit of the Magnificent: The Divine Order of Love

    • UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 16 mins)
    • By Dr. John F. Demartini, Deepak Chopra
    • Narrated By Deepak Chopra, John F. Demartini
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    What would life be like if you believed that every crisis is a blessing, that you're guided to meet the people who cross your path, and that everything happens for a reason? Deepak Chopra examines this topic with John Demartini, an internationally acclaimed speaker whose motivational programs are sought out by individuals and Fortune 500 corporations alike.

    Dianne says: "Inspired"
  • On Writing Well Audio Collection
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    • William Zinsser

    On Writing Well Audio Collection

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    This expanded audio collection presents William Zinsser's On Writing Well, the classic teaching book that has sold more than 1 million copies, together with a new 90-minute section that tells you how to write a memoir.

    G.Cassels says: "Disappointed"
  • Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film
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    Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film

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    • By Peter Biskind
    • Narrated By Phil Gigante
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    Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines - the Sundance Film Festival and Miramax Films - that have powered them. Peter Biskind profiles the people who took the independent movement from obscurity to the Oscars, most notably Sundance founder Robert Redford and Harvey Weinstein, who with his brother, Bob, made Miramax an indie powerhouse.

    Duncan says: "Want to know about Indie films? A must listen"
  • The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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    The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

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    • Narrated By Robert Whitfield
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    Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer Benvenuto Cellini is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography. In this work, which was actually begun in 1558 but not published until 1730, Cellini beautifully chronicles his flamboyant times. He tells of his adventures in Italy and France, and his relations with popes, kings, and fellow artists.

    Eben says: "Best Book I ever read (listened)"
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  • In Search of Elvis: A Journey to Find the Man Beneath the Jumpsuit
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    In Search of Elvis: A Journey to Find the Man Beneath the Jumpsuit

    • ABRIDGED (3 hrs and 22 mins)
    • By Charlie Connelly
    • Narrated By Julian Rhind-Tutt
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    In Search of Elvis sees Charlie Connelly set off on a journey to discover what makes Elvis so significant today, more than half a century after he changed popular culture forever. Charlie's odyssey takes him to Finland to meet an academic who performs Elvis songs in long-dead languages while wearing a kilt, and to Canada to find Schmelvis, an Orthodox Jewish Elvis tribute artist. It culminates in Memphis, where Charlie stays at the Heartbreak Hotel and records a song in Sun Studio.

  • Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
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    Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo
    • Narrated By Marty Peterson
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    Here is a tautly paced investigation of one the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeries - many of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today. Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history.

    Karolina says: "Fascinating Tale"
  • Renaissance Art: Bolinda Beginner Guides
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    Renaissance Art: Bolinda Beginner Guides

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    • Narrated By Paul English
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    The 15th century saw the evolution of a distinct and powerfully influential European artistic culture. But what does the familiar phrase "Renaissance Art" actually refer to? Through engaging discussion of timeless works by artists such as Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, Tom Nichols offers a masterpiece of his own as he explores the truly original and diverse character of the art of the Renaissance.

  • The Pantheon
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    With Jane guiding you through the Pantheon, you will be immersed in the mystery, meaning and the eternal principles of this ancient monument, appreciating the architecture and the art in the context of history. You will come away with a deep and lasting understanding of the essence of this remarkable place.

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  • Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America
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    Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America

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    • By Leslie Zemeckis
    • Narrated By Julia Farhat
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    By the director of the hit documentary Behind the Burly Q, comes the first-ever oral history of American burlesque - as told by the performers who lived it, often speaking out here for the first time. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new renaissance.

  • How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
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    How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

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    • Narrated By Nicole Vilencia
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    Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world's greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions, and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the greatest graphic designers of our time to speak frankly and openly about their work.

  • Seeing the Light: Exploring Ethics Through Movies
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    Seeing the Light: Exploring Ethics Through Movies

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    • Narrated By Vanessa Hart
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    In a visual culture such as ours, movies represent a compelling and surprisingly effective vehicle for ethical reflection. Through the stories that unfold on the big screen - everything from The Wizard of Oz to the Bourne trilogy - viewers can gain profound insights into the moral dimension of their own lives. By a close analysis of a variety of popular movies, foreign films, and documentaries

  • Art and Ethical Criticism
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    Art and Ethical Criticism

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    • Narrated By Gary Telles
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    Early in his philosophical career, Wittgenstein cryptically remarked that "Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same. But is the good really interchangeable with the beautiful?" While aesthetics and moral values often do seem to go hand in hand, we all know that the devil is in the details. Art and Ethical Criticism explores these elusive details to shine a scholarly light on the complex relationship between the arts and morality.

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  • Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies
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    Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 10 mins)
    • By Damian Cox, Michael P. Levine
    • Narrated By Allen O'Reilly
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    An introduction to philosophy through film, Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies combines the exploration of fundamental philosophical issues with the experience of viewing films, and provides an engaging reading experience for undergraduate students, philosophy enthusiasts and film buffs alike. An in-depth yet accessible introduction to the philosophical issues raised by films, film spectatorship and film-making.

  • Philosophy of the Performing Arts
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    Philosophy of the Performing Arts

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    • Narrated By Gregory St. John
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    This audiobook provides an accessible yet sophisticated introduction to the significant philosophical issues concerning the performing arts.

  • The Architecture of Happiness
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    The Architecture of Happiness

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    • Narrated By Nicholas Bell
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    One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets we're surrounded by. And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be - and argues that it is architecture's task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential.

  • Titian: The Last Days
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    Titian: The Last Days

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    • Narrated By Napoleon Ryan
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    Toward the end of his long life, Tiziano Vecelli - known to the world ever since as Titian (circa 1488-1576) - was at work on a number of paintings that he kept in his studio, never quite completing them, as though wanting to endlessly postpone the moment of closure. Produced with his fingers as much as with the brush, Titian's last paintings are imbued with a unique rawness and immediacy without precedent in the history of Western art.

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  • Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock
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    Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock

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    • Narrated By Wayne Thompson
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    The drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, trailblazing Abstract Expressionist, appear to be the polar opposite of Thomas Hart Benton's highly figurative Americana. Yet the two men had a close and highly charged relationship dating from Pollock's days as a student under Benton. Pollock's first and only formal training came from Benton, and the older man soon became a surrogate father to Pollock.

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    Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin's observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have innate appreciation for beauty - and why nature is, indeed, beautiful.

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    Diane Arbus was one of the most brilliant and revered photographers in the history of American art. Her portraits, in stark black and white, seemed to reveal the psychological truths of their subjects. But after she committed suicide at the age of 48, the presumed chaos and darkness of her own inner life became, for many viewers, inextricable from her work. In the spirit of Janet Malcolm's classic examination of Sylvia Plath, The Silent Woman, William Todd Schultz's An Emergency in Slow Motion reveals the creative and personal struggles of Diane Arbus.

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    For more than half a century, Ada Louise Huxtable's keen eye and vivid writing have reinforced to readers how important architecture is and why it continues to be both controversial and fascinating - making her one of the best-known critics in the world. On Architecture collects the best of Huxtable's writing from the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, and her various books. In these selections, Huxtable examines the 20th century's most important architectural masters and projects.