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"This utterly original work by Christina Riggs tells the remarkable story of how the discovery of Tutankhamun changed not only her own life, but that of the century following its discovery. This is no dry tome, but a tale of personal obsessions - her own, and that of many others, who were affected by this most sensational discovery." (Paul Strathern)
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In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira - archaeological treasure hunter and denizen of Jerusalem's bustling marketplace - arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll. When news of the discovery leaked to the excited English press, Shapira became a household name. But before the British Museum could acquire them, Shapira's nemesis, French archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau, denounced his find as a fraud.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating!
- De Deborah en 07-27-17
De: Chanan Tigay
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Sacred Treasure - The Cairo Genizah
- The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic
- De: Rabbi Mark Glickman
- Narrado por: Rabbi Mark Glickman
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 171
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Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in an old Egyptian synagogue - the amazing story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship. In 1897, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and there found the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discovered.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I thought it would be, but worth it
- De Lisa en 03-14-12
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The Man Who Loved China
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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No cloistered don, this tall, married Englishman was a freethinking intellectual, who practiced nudism and was devoted to a quirky brand of folk dancing. In 1937, while working as a biochemist at Cambridge University, he instantly fell in love with a visiting Chinese student, with whom he began a lifelong affair. He soon became fascinated with China, and his mistress swiftly persuaded the ever-enthusiastic Needham to travel to her home country, where he embarked on a series of extraordinary expeditions to the farthest frontiers of this ancient empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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turn your watch back 70 years
- De Andy en 05-22-08
De: Simon Winchester
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Turner
- The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
- De: Franny Moyle
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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J. M. W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an antiquated system of patronage. Bringing a new level of expression and color to his canvases, he paved the way for the modern artist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Balanced biography of a complex artist
- De Thomas S. en 05-05-17
De: Franny Moyle
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Dead Presidents
- An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
- De: Brady Carlson
- Narrado por: Tom Zingarelli
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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In Dead Presidents, NPR host Brady Carlson takes listeners to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials to tell the death stories of our greatest leaders. Mixing biography and travelogue, Carlson explores whether William Henry Harrison really died of a cold, why Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed 140 years after his death, and how what killed James A. Garfield wasn't an assassin's bullet.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dead ends and in depth history.
- De ellie en 03-04-16
De: Brady Carlson
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Picasso's War
- How Modern Art Came to America
- De: Hugh Eakin
- Narrado por: Mack Sanderson
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 127
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In January 1939, Pablo Picasso was renowned in Europe but disdained by many in the United States. One year later, Americans across the country were clamoring to see his art. How did the controversial leader of the Paris avant-garde break through to the heart of American culture? The answer begins a generation earlier, when a renegade Irish American lawyer named John Quinn set out to build the greatest collection of Picassos in existence. His dream of a museum to house them died with him, until it was rediscovered by Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Better Books on Picasso Available
- De john burke en 08-17-22
De: Hugh Eakin
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The Orpheus Clock
- The Search for My Family's Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis
- De: Simon Goodman
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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The Gutmanns, as they were known, rose from a small Bohemian hamlet to become one of Germany's most powerful banking families. They also amassed a magnificent, world-class art collection that included works by Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, Guardi, and many, many others. But the Nazi regime snatched from them everything they had worked to build: their remarkable art, their immense wealth, their prominent social standing, and their very lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece of 21st Century History
- De Daniel J. Nyíri en 09-18-19
De: Simon Goodman
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The Map Thief
- The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
- De: Michael Blanding
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewers - both as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects.
Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief - until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Study of the Strangeness of People
- De Carole T. en 12-10-14
De: Michael Blanding
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Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- De: Peter Hessler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, except for the narration.
- De Daniel en 11-09-10
De: Peter Hessler
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The Buried Book
- The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
- De: David Damrosch
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 350
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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One day in 1872, self-taught Assyriologist George Smith was sifting through a pile of clay tablets when he realized he was reading about "a flood, storm, a ship caught on a mountain, and a bird sent out in search of dry land". This is the riveting story of the discovery of the world's first literary epic, the "Epic of Gilgamesh".
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3 out of 5 stars
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interesting- but not for everyone
- De J Michael en 07-16-08
De: David Damrosch
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The White Road
- Journey into an Obsession
- De: Edmund de Waal
- Narrado por: Michael Maloney
- Duración: 11 h y 53 m
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Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and best-selling international sensation The Hare with the Amber Eyes. In The White Road, best-selling author and artist Edmund de Waal gives us an intimate narrative history of his lifelong obsession with porcelain, or "white gold".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous and addictive
- De Elizabeth en 09-27-17
De: Edmund de Waal
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Stealing the Mystic Lamb
- The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
- De: Noah Charney
- Narrado por: John Allen Nelson
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historian's list of the 10 most important paintings ever made. Often referred to by the subject of its central panel, the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it represents the fulcrum between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
- De Jody R. Nathan en 01-04-12
De: Noah Charney
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What the Ermine Saw
- The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait
- De: Eden Collinsworth
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
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Five hundred and thirty years ago, a young woman sat before a Grecian-nosed artist known as Leonardo da Vinci. Her name was Cecilia Gallerani, and she was the young mistress of Ludovico Sforza, duke of Milan. Sforza was a brutal and clever man who was mindful that Leonardo’s genius would not only capture Cecilia’s beguiling beauty but also reflect the grandeur of his title. But when the portrait was finished, Leonardo’s brush strokes had conveyed something deeper by revealing the essence of Cecilia’s soul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So Many Names
- De Sue Solomon en 12-13-22
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
- The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
- De: Timothy Egan
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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STUPENDOUS!
- De Curious Artist Librarian en 10-29-12
De: Timothy Egan
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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The Nile: Travelling Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
- The Vintage Departures Series
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In this audio, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that is both history and travelogue. We begin at the First Nile Cataract, close to the modern city of Aswan. From there, Wilkinson guides us through the illustrious nation birthed by this great river.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Riverboat Cruise from the luxury of your phone
- De Amazon Customer en 02-20-20
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Finders Keepers
- A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
- De: Craig Childs
- Narrado por: Craig Childs
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 137
Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero - or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? Craig Childs's riveting new book is a lyrical ghost story - an intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind. We visit lonesome desert canyons and fancy Fifth Avenue art galleries, journey throughout the Americas, Asia, the past and the present. The result is a brilliant book about man and nature, remnants and memory, a dashing tale of crime and detection.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I roam the deserts
- De matt hewman en 08-21-19
De: Craig Childs