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Title: Patient

Subtitle: The True Story of a Rare Illness

Author: Ben Watt

Narrator: Ben Watt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

In the summer of 1992, on the eve of an American tour, Ben Watt, one half of the Billboard-topping pop duo Everything but the Girl, was taken to a London hospital complaining of chest pain. He didn't leave for two and a half months. Watt had developed a rare, life-threatening disease that initially baffled doctors. By the time he was allowed home, his ravaged body was 46 pounds lighter, and he was missing most of his small intestine.

Watt injects pathos and humor into his medical nightmare, writing about his childhood, reflecting on his family and on his shared life with band member and partner Tracey Thorn. The result is a provocative and affecting memoir about life, illness, and survival.

Members Reviews:

vomit and worse. The only reason I persevered was because I ...

Not an enjoyable read with the constant descriptions of bile, vomit and worse. The only reason I persevered was because I have Churg-Strauss Syndrome myself, but my symptoms bear no relation to the author's, I'm glad to say, and I did not learn anything. He is a very fine descriptive writer and if he chose to write on a more palatable subject I'd be pleased to read it.

Ben Watt has a way with words and tells it like it is

This book should be mandatory reading for everyone .So important if you ever get sick or know of someone who gets sick. Ben Watt has a way with words and tells it like it is.

An amazing book - inspirational

I bought this book to help get me through a very similar illness. It was truly inspirational. It looked at a very serious health issue with humour whilst not avoiding the reality and gravitas of the situation.

A must read!

Man, if you ever feel down, read about ...

Man, if you ever feel down, read about a real-life murder or other illnesses - You learn to be more grateful for what you have.

Five Stars

Love it!

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Title: Once in a Lifetime

Subtitle: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards

Author: Jane Bussmann

Narrator: Jane Bussmann

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-15

Publisher: Talking Music

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

In this new version, Jane Bussmann not so much reads as brilliantly performs her supreme comic history of British youth culture, acid house, and nightclubbing. A book so wonderful, it featured in Jeremy Dellers winning submission to the Turner Prize. A Muzik Awards Book of the Year.

Members Reviews:

It's one person's opinion, a really good insight.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. Especially if they were interested in learning about the early days of rave culture in the UK.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

My tip for listening to this audiobook is to play it at 0.75 speed. Jane Bussmann has a lot to say, unfortunately she speaks so fast, it's impossible to take it all in.

Any additional comments?

Quite funny at times. I loved hearing the stories of what it was like in the early days. Would recommend.

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Title: Chopin, o Poeta do Piano [Chopin, the Poet of the Piano]

Author: Irineu Franco Perpetuo

Narrator: Irineu Franco Perpetuo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-15

Publisher: Livro Falante

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Neste audiolivro, o jornalista e crítico musical Irineu Franco Perpetuo conta a história, recheada de trechos musicais, de Fryderyk Chopin, compositor cuja vida foi marcada por turbulências políticas, em sua terra natal, a Polônia, e emocionais, como seu relacionamento frustrado com Maria Wodzinska e, mais tarde, seu envolvimento conturbado com Aurore Dudevant, escritora de personalidade polêmica, mais conhecida por seu pseudônimo George Sand. A obra de Chopin foi influenciada por grandes músicos, como Hummel, Paganini e John Field, além de Liszt, de quem Chopin foi amigo e admirador. Sua música é marcada por grande ousadia harmônica e linguagem refinada, com estilo voltado mais para a melodia e a dança que para o virtuosismo. Todas as suas peças incluem o piano como instrumento solista ou com papel de destaque e so consideradas hoje fundamentais em qualquer repertório desse instrumento. Mais que tudo, Chopin arrebatou mentes e coraçes. Suas inovaçes musicais surpreenderam os críticos mais exigentes, e o lirismo, a poesia e a profunda emotividade de sua arte encantaram - e ainda hoje encantam - leigos de todas as idades, épocas e nacionalidades. Irineu Franco Perpetuo escreve sobre música para a Folha de S. Paulo e a revista Concerto. Também atua como professor, dando cursos sobre diferentes aspectos e períodos da história da música na Casa do Saber.

Please note: This audiobook is in Portuguese.

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Title: História da Ópera

Author: Richard Fawkes

Narrator: Irineu Franco Perpetuo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-04-15

Publisher: Livro Falante

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Desde suas origens, no século XVI, a ópera sempre foi uma paixo extravagante e cara. Ela também produziu algumas das mais sublimes obras de arte, de Monteverdi a Philip Glass, passando por Mozart, Wagner, Puccini e tantos outros. Com texto original em inglês de Richard Fawkes, este audiolivro conta a história da ópera desde suas origens, abordando a vida e a obra dos grandes compositores. O texto trata também das importantes manifestaçes na área da opereta. A traduço para português teve a superviso do crítico musical e professor de história da música Irineu Franco Perpetuo. Para ilustrar o desenvolvimento e os principais aspectos abordados, foram utilizados mais de 75 exemplos de trechos musicais. Autor: Richard Fawkes Narraço e superviso da traduço para português: Irineu Franco Perpetuo Traduço: Giuliano Frade.

Please note: This audiobook is in Portuguese.

Members Reviews:

To begin with Opera

This is an interesting wide panorama to begin with Opera, not very deep but well illustrated with well selected

pieces, and gives you an idea of its beginnings and evolution around the world. As a consequence I now want to go deeper in certain composers works.

I knew very few and I feel better now. Makes you want to know more.

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Title: História da Música Clássica

Author: Irineu Franco Perpetuo

Narrator: Irineu Franco Perpetuo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-02-15

Publisher: Livro Falante

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Neste audiolivro, o jornalista e crítico musical Irineu Franco Perpetuo conta a História da Música Clássica a partir da Idade Média, com seu cantocho. Depois, explica o que era a prática da polifonia, fala dos trovadores, da Ars Nova e da escola franco-flamenga. O autor aborda a obra dos principais compositores dos diferentes movimentos musicais - Renascimento, Barroco, Classicismo e Romantismo -, e acompanha a trilha das encenaçes operísticas, desde as primeiras manifestaçes do gênero até os grandes criadores de ópera da época romântica. Também explica com clareza o que fez cada um dos autores modernos: o controvertido Wagner e o revolucionário Debussy, além de Stravinsky, Villa-Lobos e Schöenberg, entre outros, numa história que segue pelos dias de hoje, chegando até a Philip Glass. Irineu Franco Perpetuo escreve sobre música para a Folha de S. Paulo e a revista Concerto. Também atua como professor, dando cursos sobre diferentes aspectos e períodos da história da música na Casa do Saber. O processo para colocar seu conhecimento em um audio-livro foi tranqüilo e fluído. O jornalista fala sobre a história da música com clareza e objetividade, como um músico seguro de sua afinaço e melodia. Para ilustrar as informaçes, so utilizados sessenta trechos musicais, que do ao ouvinte a verdadeira dimenso dessa arte que tanto mobiliza a humanidade. Com uma linguagem acessível para quem no tem conhecimentos profundos na área, esta obra tem todos os ingredientes para encantar quem simplesmente encanta-se com a música.

Please note: This audiobook is in Portuguese.

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Title: The Spirit of '76

Subtitle: From Politics to Technology, the Year America Went Rock & Roll

Author: David Browne

Narrator: Eric Martin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the acclaimed 1970 chronicle Fire and Rain, an eye-opening look at yet another pivotal moment in American history - 1976, the year the spirit of rock & roll re-energized the country.

By the mid '70s, America was stuck in a post-Watergate malaise. Then came Jimmy Carter, "Rocky", the Ramones, Apple computers, and a slew of awards for a new late-night series called Saturday Night Live. Each of those milestones arrived in 1976 - and marked the moment the counterculture became the culture. Based on extensive research and interviews with some of the participants, Browne - a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and author of Fire and Rain and Dream Brother - vividly chronicles the year America went rock & roll in everything from politics to technology. The Spirit of '76 will make you think anew about an under-appreciated moment in the country - and will make you wonder if its optimistic, can-do spirit of reinvention and renewal will ever come again.

Members Reviews:

Short but a lot to read.

I was alive in the 70s but too young to really see it. This book put some events into prospective for me. I get a picture of what rock music was like, what controversy was, and how President Carter got elected.

President Carter is tough for historians because he made errors as President. The country was down on itself and yet he made positive strides that today we're coming to see.

Music had changed since the 60s and it was all over the place. This book tried to organize that mess.

It was a short book, but informative.

Pretty good if you don't know the era

But if you lived through, or close to the 70s you'll find not too much new info here. Browne does have a good way with prose, so it is a quick and breezy read.

I picked this up because of how much I enjoyed his book length take on 1970, Fire and Rain. Now there's a 5 star recommended read!

Insightful and fun, in a serious way

An often fascinating look back at an era most of us would just as soon forget. I'd forgotten how hopeful people were about Jimmy Carter. Interesting to read about the early days of Saturday Night (Live).

Spirit of 76

Fantastic book

Absolutely a must read for Boomers and sure to put a smile on your face for a week

Very good read

I really liked the book. I graduated in 1976 and I related to a lot of it.

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Title: The Notation is Not the Music

Subtitle: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance, Publications of the Early Music Institute

Author: Barthold Kuijken

Narrator: Rich Grimshaw

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-07-15

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters - and limitations - of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance. Only by continual examination and reexamination of the sources to discover original intent can an early music practitioner come close to authentic performance. The book is published by Indiana University Press.

Members Reviews:

Early music from the source

For early music players especially: a lifetime of carefully considered, gracefully presented information. Kuijken, a flutist, plays exquisitely. Here we meet him as a graceful and engaging teacher, who urges us to play with lively feeling and expression, based on sympathetic, grounded understanding of the style and values of Baroque composers and performers. He points his readers to helpful sources, some first-hand accounts directly from the period, some from research just coming into print, that might easily be overlooked. I'm grateful to have read this brief but very helpful book.

Scholarly and practical!

I was well aware of this fine musician being a traverso player myself (amateur), but this lends so much depth to the art of playing the instrument that I know I will read it many, many times over. Thank you for writing this book, Barthold!

required reading

Such a balanced approach to music making. Whether or not one is interested in performing early music, this offers important insights to performance ing general.

Great book of a great man...

Because its a pleasure to read the thoughts and ideas of a genius man, I expected a longer book! but now reading it, I realize that the important things are all there....

Excellent book. A must read.

Not surprisingly, the book is excellent. A must read for all musicians who want to understand baroque practices.

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Titre: Philippe Noiret. Une vie de comédien

Sous-titre: Conversation avec Bruno Putzulu

Auteur: Philippe Noiret, Bruno Putzulu

Narrateur: Philippe Noiret, Bruno Putzulu

Format: Original Recording

Durée: 3 hrs and 40 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 10-01-14

Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés

Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Résumé de l'éditeur:

"Moment attachant et passionnant que cet échange entre deux générations qui traversent leur vie, leur passion pour ce métier, au même diapason, malgré la différence d'âge", nous dit Monique Chaumette à propos de ces entretiens entre Philippe Noiret et Bruno Putzulu, initiés par ce dernier.

Les deux comédiens, que l'on ne présente plus, devisent à bâtons rompus sur le théâtre, le cinéma, la vocation de l'acteur, le souci de la transmission, récapitulant l'itinéraire professionnel et personnel de l'ainé, dont la voix, atteste Bruno Putzulu, "fait désormais partie de notre mémoire collective".

Claude Colombini Frémeaux

©2014 Frémeaux & Associés (P)2014 Frémeaux & Associés

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Title: Sweet Home Everywhere

Subtitle: The Life and Times of an Unlikely Rock and Roll Anthem

Author: Jonathan Bernstein, The New New South (Editor)

Narrator: Kevin Stillwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Released in 1974, Sweet Home Alabama has become synonymous with Southern rock. From its opening guitar riff, it is instantly recognizable, a raucous, irreverent defense of a Deep South state and its segregationist governor against the jabs of Neil Young. But the roots of Lynyrd Skynyrd's best-selling anthem go much deeper than regional pride or resentment of a fellow rocker. In this fresh take on the history of an oft-debated rock classic, journalist Jonathan Bernstein traces the tune's surprising centuries-old origins and incredible global influence, which continues to this day. Sweet Home Everywhere is the story of a song that has enthralled, enraged, and confused listeners for 40 years.

Jonathan Bernstein is a freelance music journalist and fact-checker based in New York. His writing has appeared in Oxford American, Rolling Stone, Time, and American Songwriter, among others.

Members Reviews:

Fantastic Read!

As a lifelong fan of southern rock, I cannot recommend this work highly enough. Sweet Home Everywhere is clearly the product of meticulous research, vividly tracing the history of one of Americaâs classic rock and roll songs. That said, the authorâs abilities as a storyteller are on full display, as he takes what could have been an academic work of cultural history and turns it into a story as vivid and engaging as the songs of the musical tradition Sweet Home Alabama is such an important part of.

When this was recommended to me by a music writer friend, I was skeptical, because I wasnât sure what more could be said about a song that has been a staple of American rock music for forty years. Needless to say, I am thankful I went ahead and read it anyway, as Sweet Home Everywhere presents a new an engaging perspective that will change, for the better, the way you listen to Sweet Home Alabama.

Sweet Home Everywhere

"Sweet Home Everywhere" follows the story of Skynyrd's classic from Muscle Shoals of Alabama to Jerusalem, Iraq, Tuskegee, and pretty much everywhere else. Great characters throughout -- Van Zant's old friend Gene Odom gives a standout interview. The author clearly loves Sweet Home and sketches its complex history with care and reverence. Well-suited for Skynyrd/Southern Rock fans, listeners who want to understand what Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock Opera is all about, even those Neil Young devotees (I'm all three of these). Just be sure to have YouTube at easy access while you read -- you're going to have a million new things to listen to.

Interesting read!

I'm not much of a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, but for $2.99 I thought I would give this book a try. I'm really glad I did! The author takes the classic song (and really, who doesn't love Sweet Home Alabama?) and brilliantly lays out its history, politics, and many renditions.

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Title: Glam!

Subtitle: Bowie, Bolan, and the Glitter Revolution

Author: Barney Hoskyns

Narrator: Joanna Hall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-14

Publisher: Talking Music

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

From Oscar Wilde to Ziggy Stardust, from Liberace to Lou Reed and T Rex to Roxy Music, here is the flamboyant decadence, the androgyny, and the sheer unadulterated fun of the early '70s - in an incredible rock history that tells it like it was.

Members Reviews:

Small, Important Music Movement

If you could sum up Glam! in three words, what would they be?

It's a quick, fun listen. Loved hearing all of the names. Made song lists from the bands and titles mentioned.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I'm a Roxy Music fan and loved the degree of attention paid to them in this book.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Glitter, Heroin and Fluff

Chronicals A Fascinating Era Of Music

If you could sum up Glam! in three words, what would they be?

glam, rock, intellectualism

Who was your favorite character and why?

This book is non-fiction, but I'm going to say David Bowie or Brian Eno anyway because I love them.

Have you listened to any of Joanna Halls other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not listened to her performances before, but her voice is very pleasant.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It gave me a lot of the warm fuzzies (because glam rock is pretty much my favorite thing in the world) and I cried when it ended because I didn't ever want it to.