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The Secret Story of the Musée d'Orsay
- By: Emmanuelle Iger
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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Sitting on the banks of the river Seine, in the very heart of Paris, the Musée d'Orsay is known worldwide for its exceptional collection of impressionist paintings. These works were absolutely scandalous at the time and for some, they still obviously are. Also, it provides a genuine feeling of time travel by recreating the context in which every single work of art has been produced. Its history is also full of twists and surprises. All of this contributes to making the Musée d'Orsay one of the most alive and striking museums ever.
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The Secret Story of the Musée d'Orsay
- Narrated by: Katie Haigh
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 29-05-18
- Language: English
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The Devil in the Gallery
- How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World
- By: Noah Charney
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Scandal, shock, and rivalry all have negative connotations, don't they? They can be catastrophic to businesses and individual careers. A whiff of scandal can turn a politician into a smoking ruin. But these potentially disastrous "negatives" can and have spurred the world of fine art to new heights. A look at the history of art tells us that rivalries have, in fact, not only benefited the course of art, from ancient times to the present, but have also helped shape our narrative of art, lending it a sense of drama that it might otherwise lack.
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A captivating listen
- By Austra on 26-10-24
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The Devil in the Gallery
- How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 26-10-21
- Language: English
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Adventures in the Louvre
- How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum
- By: Elaine Sciolino
- Narrated by: Lynn Bradford
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress. Exploring galleries, basements, rooftops, and gardens, Sciolino demystifies the Louvre, introducing us to her favorite artworks, both legendary and overlooked, and to the people who are the museum's lifeblood.
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Makes you want to visit the Louvre again
- By Amazon Customer on 29-08-25
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Adventures in the Louvre
- How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum
- Narrated by: Lynn Bradford
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-04-25
- Language: English
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Triptych
- Death, AI, and Librarianship
- By: R. David Lankes, Jain Orr, Qianzi Cao
- Narrated by: R. David Lankes
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In a time of rising social isolation, ideological division, and technological upheaval, libraries stand at a crossroads. In Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship, acclaimed scholar R. David Lankes—joined by Jain Orr and Qianzi Cao—delivers a bold, urgent, and deeply human call to action for the library profession. Structured around three provocative lectures, this book challenges librarians to move beyond traditional service models and embrace their role as agents of social transformation.
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Triptych
- Death, AI, and Librarianship
- Narrated by: R. David Lankes
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 14-07-25
- Language: English
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Fewer, Better Things
- The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
- 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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The Handover
- By: David M. Barnett
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe, Helen Keeley
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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An utterly charming and heart-warming love story and the perfect tonic for difficult times. Daisy is the night security guard at the Manchester Museum of Social History. She takes her job very seriously, protecting the museum from teenage troublemakers. Nate works the day shift, though he'd be...
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Great storytelling.
- By dglambeth on 08-06-22
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The Handover
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe, Helen Keeley
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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A Programme of Absolute Disorder
- Decolonizing the Museum
- By: Françoise Vergès
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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The Western museum is a battleground—a terrain of ideological, political, and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the idea of the universal museum itself? In A Programme of Absolute Disorder, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvre's history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europe's self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage.
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A Programme of Absolute Disorder
- Decolonizing the Museum
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-04-25
- Language: English
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Dear Fahrenheit 451
- Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
- By: Annie Spence
- Narrated by: Stephanie Spicer
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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Librarians spend their lives weeding - not weeds, but books - books that have reached the end of their shelf life both literally and figuratively. They remove books that patrons no longer check out, and they put back books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail parties - everywhere. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, she addresses those books directly.
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Dear Fahrenheit 451
- Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
- Narrated by: Stephanie Spicer
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 26-09-17
- Language: English
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The Louvre
- The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
- By: James Gardner
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world's greatest art museum.
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The Louvre
- The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-08-20
- Language: English
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What Are Museums For?
- What Is It For?
- By: Jon Sleigh
- Narrated by: Anand Jagatia
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative? In this passionately argued book, Jon Sleigh maintains that museums must be for all people and inclusion must be at the heart of everything they do.
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What Are Museums For?
- What Is It For?
- Narrated by: Anand Jagatia
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 01-11-24
- Language: English
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Life in Progress
- By: Hans Ulrich Obrist, David Watson - translator
- Length: Not Yet Known
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World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist for the first time grants a private view of his life, and his journey towards art and artists When Hans Ulrich was six years old, he was knocked down by a speeding car as he was crossing the street. Hospitalized for weeks, a sense of urgency was...
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Life in Progress
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 01-10-26
- Language: English
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Reading with the Stars
- A Celebration of Books and Libraries
- By: Leonard Kniffel
- Narrated by: Marguerite Vine, Eric Pollins
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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American Libraries editor in chief Leonard Kniffel offers a compelling collection of interviews with prominent figures--all of whom have special connections to libraries. From President Barack Obama to actress Julie Andrews; from basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to former First Lady and librarian Laura Bush and many others, stars of literature, politics, entertainment, and the public arena speak with Kniffel about the ways libraries have been critical in their lives.
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Reading with the Stars
- A Celebration of Books and Libraries
- Narrated by: Marguerite Vine, Eric Pollins
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 14-02-14
- Language: English
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Chasing Beauty
- The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
- By: Natalie Dykstra
- Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
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The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner—creator of one of America’s most stunning museums—an American original whose own life was remade by art. Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from...
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Chasing Beauty
- The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
- Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-03-24
- Language: English
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The Library
- A Catalogue of Wonders
- By: Stuart Kells
- Narrated by: James Buckingham
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J. R. R. Tolkien, Umberto Eco and Jorge Luis Borges, among others.
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A beautiful book on the most beautiful libraries
- By @ZennyReadsAlot on 25-03-22
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The Library
- A Catalogue of Wonders
- Narrated by: James Buckingham
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 06-11-18
- Language: English
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So You Want to Work in a Museum?
- American Alliance of Museums
- By: Tara Young
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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People who love art, are fascinated by archaeology, or are history buffs may have considered the idea of working in a museum. But experience as a museum visitor reveals only the public-facing side of the museum, and not its complex, dynamic internal structure. So You Want to Work in A Museum? helps to demystify museums as institutions and to prepare prospective museum staff to explore the field further.
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So You Want to Work in a Museum?
- American Alliance of Museums
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 22-09-23
- Language: English
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The Lioness of Boston
- A Novel
- By: Emily Franklin
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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The Lioness of Boston is a portrait of what society expected a woman's life to be, shattered by a courageous soul who rebelled and was determined to live on her own terms.
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Dull, not gripping nor compelling
- By M. H. Paul-van Voorden on 28-10-25
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The Lioness of Boston
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 29-08-23
- Language: English
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Packing My Library
- An Elegy and Ten Digressions
- By: Alberto Manguel
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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In June 2015 Alberto Manguel prepared to leave his centuries-old village home in France's Loire Valley and reestablish himself in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Packing up his enormous, 35,000 volume personal library, choosing which books to keep, store, or cast out, Manguel found himself in deep reverie on the nature of relationships between books and readers, books and collectors, order and disorder, memory and reading.
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A great story not well read 😣
- By cgwx on 28-04-18
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Packing My Library
- An Elegy and Ten Digressions
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 20-03-18
- Language: English
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Ich packe meine Bibliothek aus
- Eine Rede über das Sammeln
- By: Walter Benjamin
- Narrated by: Kurt Lieck
- Length: 22 mins
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Walter Benjamin erzählt in seiner Rede über seine Sammelleidenschaft für Bücher. Nach jedem Umzug packt er seine Bibliothek aus. Hier stößt er auf die Verschiedenartigkeit in der Schrift, der Aufmachung und des Inhalts der Bücher. Regie: Julius Albert Flach
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Ich packe meine Bibliothek aus
- Eine Rede über das Sammeln
- Narrated by: Kurt Lieck
- Length: 22 mins
- Release date: 11-04-19
- Language: German
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A Place For Everything
- The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- By: Judith Flanders
- Narrated by: Julia Winwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris 'Quirky and compelling.' - The Times Once we've learned it as children, few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order. And yet the order of the alphabet, that...
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A Place For Everything
- The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
- Narrated by: Julia Winwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 13-11-24
- Language: English
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The Audiobook Manifesto
- By: Audiobook Power
- Narrated by: Kenneth Toles
- Length: 13 mins
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We believe it is possible and transformative of society that people massively increase their use of audiobooks. We believe that people should get acquainted with listening to audiobooks in foreign languages. We believe that many people are unaware of the potential provided by this way of accessing the same content provided in print and electronic books.
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Really nice Introduction to audiobooks
- By Ivo on 03-01-21
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The Audiobook Manifesto
- Narrated by: Kenneth Toles
- Length: 13 mins
- Release date: 24-10-18
- Language: English
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