Showing results for "Das Original" in Art & Literature
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Icarus
- A True Story
- By: Jeffrey Eugenides
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Eugenides
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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A few days before Thanksgiving 1994, Jeffrey Eugenides’s father, Gus, was piloting a small plane when it crashed in Daytona Beach, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death added to the mystery of a life that defied expectations, but left many questions unanswered. Now, more than 30 years later, Eugenides tells the story of how his father, a first-generation American, rose from Detroit’s east side to find financial success as a mortgage banker and real estate developer–only to lose it all.
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Icarus
- A True Story
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Eugenides
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary
- By: James Krasner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: James Krasner
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Performance63
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Every hero works to soothe the fears of the people during their period in history. Heroes are not only brave, but they’re also able to navigate the convoluted corridors of society, and to see through the respectable pretense of others to detect the evil that lies within. So, who better to take on the foggy, crime-ridden streets and strict social mores of Victorian London than the iconic literary detective Sherlock Holmes? In Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary, you’ll investigate the history behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s whip-smart, charismatic detective.
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Ok as it goes
- By Mr S. on 02-08-21
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Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary
- Narrated by: James Krasner
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 18-05-21
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie
- By: Maureen Corrigan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Maureen Corrigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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Overall190
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Performance166
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Story164
Meet Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist in human history. Her writing career spanned six decades, during which time she wrote 66 crime novels, 6 non-crime novels (including romances), and over 150 short stories. Not only was she a phenomenally successful novelist, but she is also the most successful female playwright of all time - her play “The Mousetrap” is the longest-running show in history. As you learn about Christie’s experiences and her storied career, you will better understand how the circumstances of her life shaped her work and vice versa.
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Interesting and enjoyable
- By Andrew Thomas Croft on 31-08-21
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The Mysterious Case of Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Maureen Corrigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-07-21
- Language: English
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The World of J.R.R. Tolkien
- By: Dimitra Fimi, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dimitra Fimi
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
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Overall160
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Performance147
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In The World of J.R.R. Tolkien, you will join Dr. Dimitra Fimi to delve into Tolkien’s complex and multilayered mythology, examining all these ingredients and more. In these 10 lectures, you will explore and appreciate Middle-earth as medieval, mythological, and modern, a literary creation that was shaped by forces old and new. And you may be surprised to discover just how much of Tolkien’s legendarium was constructed posthumously, with his son Christopher compiling and publishing many of Tolkien’s later works after his death.
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Decent introduction with predictable issues
- By Anonymous on 27-10-22
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The World of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Narrated by: Dimitra Fimi
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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The Great Gatsby at 100
- By: Sheila Liming, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sheila Liming
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Performance7
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In the six lectures of The Great Gatsby at 100, you will join Sheila Liming of Champlain College to revisit the context and culture of the Roaring ‘20s, which inspired the story of the mysterious Jay Gatsby and his disastrous pursuit of Daisy Buchanan. As you’ll discover, while Gatsby is framed as a love story, it’s also a story of the American experience, revealing the unspoken rules of wealth and class and the false promises of self-made success in a world of Old Money privilege.
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Great insights
- By Paula Puddephatt on 22-04-25
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The Great Gatsby at 100
- Narrated by: Sheila Liming
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-04-25
- Language: English
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C. S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker
- By: Sørina Higgins, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sørina Higgins
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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In C. S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker, Dr. Sørina Higgins will take you on a fascinating expedition through the life and work of this influential author, examining the crucial events and relationships that shaped his personal, literary, and spiritual journeys.
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Excellent book
- By Paula Puddephatt on 26-04-25
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C. S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker
- Narrated by: Sørina Higgins
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 16-11-23
- Language: English
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Margaret Atwood: A Modern Mythmaker
- By: Jennifer Cognard-Black, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Cognard-Black
- Length: 3 hrs
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In the six lectures of Margaret Atwood: A Modern Myth-Maker, Dr. Jennifer Cognard-Black will take you on a thorough exploration of Atwood’s most celebrated novel to examine the many ways this book has transcended its dystopian roots to become something more than a tale of, “What if?” Over the course of these lectures, you’ll examine the social, political, cultural, and spiritual impact of the novel—and of Atwood herself—as you dive deep into the text to unravel its themes and inspirations.
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Great book
- By Paula Puddephatt on 08-06-25
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Margaret Atwood: A Modern Mythmaker
- Narrated by: Jennifer Cognard-Black
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 15-05-25
- Language: English
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James Baldwin, an Original
- By: Gloria Steinem
- Narrated by: Marianne Fraulo
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance83
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A portrait of the singular author at 40, Gloria Steinem's James Baldwin, an Original finds Baldwin between rehearsals for his Broadway play, Blues for Mister Charlie, a tragedy loosely based on the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, as he attempts to get his vision from page to stage uncompromised - and wrestles with his growing fame as a writer and activist.
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Real fresh
- By Sarah on 09-09-21
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James Baldwin, an Original
- Narrated by: Marianne Fraulo
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 30-01-17
- Language: English
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The Brontës: Romantic Passion and Social Justice
- By: Deborah Morse, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Deborah Morse
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Performance29
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Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë created some of the greatest works of 19th-century English literature. How did these three young women, born into a humble parsonage on the isolated moors of Northern England, write such striking work? What influenced them? How did they get their stories out into the world? Why do their novels continue to grip readers to this day? These and other questions are what you will explore in The Brontës: Romantic Passion and Social Justice.
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Adds depth to well loved literature
- By Sarielle on 31-08-22
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The Brontës: Romantic Passion and Social Justice
- Narrated by: Deborah Morse
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 17-08-21
- Language: English
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George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984
- By: Michael Shelden, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Shelden
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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Performance10
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In George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984, Professor Michael Shelden will show you how 1984 presents a plausible reality of thought control and totalitarian power that feels contemporary even as it reflects its own time.
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As expected
- By Mac on 10-08-25
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George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984
- Narrated by: Michael Shelden
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-04-24
- Language: English
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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror
- By: Mark Canada, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Mark Canada
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Overall34
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Performance29
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Through these 10 lectures, you will delve into the darkness of Poe’s most nightmarish stories, including “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. You’ll also learn how he invented the detective story and explored themes of love and loss in such poems as “Ulalume” and “Annabel Lee”. And you’ll discover how Poe employed symbolism, imagery, rhythm and rhyme, irony and paradox, repetition, simile, and foreshadowing to create a unique body of work.
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Terrible narration
- By Raven Stone on 02-02-22
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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror
- Narrated by: Mark Canada
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 20-10-20
- Language: English
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The Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery
- By: Kate Scarth, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Kate Scarth
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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In the six lectures of The Life and Works of L. M. Montgomery, you’ll join Kate Scarth to delve into five key topics that illuminate the life, work, and legacy of the author sometimes called “the Jane Austen of Canada”: family, place, friendship, creativity, and literature.
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The Life and Works of L.M. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Kate Scarth
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 14-08-25
- Language: English
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Who Is Elmyr?
- Histories of an Art Forger
- By: Max Horberry
- Narrated by: Max Horberry
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Overall31
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Performance26
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Who is Elmyr? Simply put, Elmyr de Hory is known by many as the most notorious art forger of all time. He believed that if a forgery hangs in a museum for long enough - as he claimed many of his works did - it eventually becomes real. Yet, as with many fraudsters, much of the myth is exaggeration or invention.
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Came for the story, stayed for the hilarious accents
- By Howard on 26-09-24
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Who Is Elmyr?
- Histories of an Art Forger
- Narrated by: Max Horberry
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 13-05-21
- Language: English
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Reading Toni Morrison
- By: A. J. Verdelle, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: A. J. Verdelle
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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Toni Morrison has touched an enormous swath of our national and global society through her writing. She has attained the highest heights in literature—including the Nobel Prize—and has earned her place in the literary canon, ranking among the most important American writers of all time. In Reading Toni Morrison, Professor A.J. Verdelle of Morgan State University will bring new insight and context to the work of an American literary master, one whose project was ultimately to write about Black people and their experiences through their own eyes.
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Reading Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: A. J. Verdelle
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-02-26
- Language: English
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The Genius Dialogues
- By: Audible Originals, Bob Garfield
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Overall73
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Performance58
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The MacArthur Foundation awards the "Genius Grant" every year to the most compelling scientists, educators and artists in the country. But who are these "geniuses," really? Host Bob Garfield sits down with fellows, including writer and producer David Simon, radio producer Jad Abumrad, and inventor Amy Smith, to learn what events shaped their life, how they became leaders in their fields, and what they imagine our shared future looks like.
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Great show
- By Erin M on 04-10-18
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James Baldwin: The Man and His Work
- By: Rafael Walker, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Rafael Walker
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Artist. Public intellectual. Political activist. James Baldwin was all of these and more. Raised in the slums of Depression-era Harlem in New York City, Baldwin would become an author and activist of international renown—one whose legacy has continued long beyond his death in 1987. Who was James Baldwin? How did he become the master of multiple literary genres and a champion for some of the era’s most notable political and social causes? And how is his influence still being felt today?
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James Baldwin: The Man and His Work
- Narrated by: Rafael Walker
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 06-02-25
- Language: English
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Remembering Roth
- By: James Atlas
- Narrated by: James Atlas
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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Performance13
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To most audiences, Philip Roth is a literary icon, author of probing, provocative works like American Pastoral, Portnoy’s Complaint, and Goodbye, Columbus. But to James Atlas, Philip Roth was more than just a writer—he was a friend. In 1977, when he was 28, James Atlas published his first book, a biography of the poet Delmore Schwartz, and was stunned to receive a congratulatory letter from Philip Roth. He had been moved by the tragic story it told.
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Remembering Roth
- Narrated by: James Atlas
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Release date: 28-02-19
- Language: English
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The Sun King
- By: David Dimbleby, Joe Sykes, Peggy Sutton
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Performance882
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Murdoch is an innovator who has re-shaped a media industry across continents, from Australia to the UK to the US. He is a disruptor who has changed the nature of our politics with a steadfast focus on giving the people what he believes they want. But to what extent has Murdoch shaped our modern world? Has he created new audiences, or given existing, under-served audiences a voice? And what motivates the media mogul? Money or power?
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Big Fat Wapping Lies!
- By Simon on 27-11-19
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The Real Sherlock
- By: Lucinda Hawksley
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Performance243
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Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined by actors, playwrights and directors over centuries - but who is the creator behind the detective?
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FLIMSY AND UNENLIGHTENING
- By scribbler123 on 24-03-19
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Authorized: Firsts
- By: Audible Originals, Ashley Ford
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Writer Ashley Ford wants to know about authors' firsts. First love. First draft. First rejection. Join Ashley as she gets authors like Zadie Smith, Jessica Valenti, Janet Mock and others to open up for an intimate conversation about writing, books, art, life, and love.
When you add Authorized: Firsts to your library you will receive all 11 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 20 minutes.
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Gud
- By Anonymous on 02-03-21
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