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As the witty and passionate chief art critic for New York magazine, Jerry Saltz is often approached by artists, both amateur and professional, asking him for advice: How do I get started? How do I get better? Is what I'm doing even art at all? They want to know, in short, how to be an artist. Now, expanding on his viral cover story for New York magazine - and drawing on his decades of immersion in the art world - Saltz has the answers. How to Be an Artist is an indispensable book of practical inspiration for creative people of all kinds.

A Paolo Borsellino, spazzato via venti anni fa da un'autobomba sotto casa di sua madre, in via D'Amelio a Palermo, piaceva citare dal Giulio Cesare di Shakespeare la frase secondo cui "è bello morire per ciò in cui si crede. Chi ha paura muore ogni giorno, chi non ha paura muore una volta sola". Il fatto è che l'omicidio di Borsellino è ormai diventato uno di quei buchi neri della storia italiana, simile in questo al rapimento Moro, in cui come in un gorgo si annodano e si raccolgono tutti i misteri, i protagonisti, le inconfessabili verità di un paese che ha sempre avuto molto da nascondere, in primo luogo a se stesso.

Listen to this detailed and chilling account of the influenza outbreak of 1918. A terrifying virus that stretched across the globe. Even now, a century after the great flu of 1918, which left an estimated 50 to 100 million people dead worldwide, there's still no cure. This audiobook examines influenza from all sorts of angles - history, diagnosis and treatment, economics and epidemiology‚ healthcare policy, and prevention.

Isaac Newton’s main body of work was as a physicist and mathematician. He was a part of a scientific revolution in the 17th century, which would fundamentally change the way that people would see the world. In the field of optics, he would advance our understanding of light and how we saw it.

Perception, memory, truth, and knowledge all play major roles in this dialogue. What is remarkable about Plato's treatment of those ideas is how contemporary are both the questions and the answers he puts in the mouths of his characters. Socrates is adamant in asserting that he does not know the answers but that his function is simply to help formulate and critically examine the doctrines presented by others.

A brilliant showman, genuinely interested in human psychology, and Houdini’s life and work reflect these many interested, and he must have known the cachet being born in America would give his act. More than a little daredevil, Houdini performed feats never matched by any other person. Phineas Taylor Barnum’s name has been associated with circus sideshows and freaks and jokes for more than a century, but the truth is that he was a great man and a visionary who shaped the country he loved so much.

Nel 1967 Gianni Morandi canta "C'era un ragazzo che come me", De André "Via del Campo" e Luigi Tenco si spara un colpo di pistola al Festival di Sanremo: si sente nell'aria che qualcosa sta per succedere, e infatti comincia un decennio di rivoluzioni, conquiste, speranze, disamori e misteri. Ma che cosa è successo davvero in quel decennio che iniziò mezzo secolo fa?

La storia della Chiesa cattolica è costellata di episodi che hanno ben poco a vedere con la fede e con l'ammaestramento delle anime. Dalla vera e propria guerriglia urbana per l'elezione del vescovo di Roma al traffico delle reliquie, dalla gestione delle catacombe alla definizione di tariffari per la visita ai luoghi santi e per la remissione dei peccati, sin da quando alle faccende di spirito si è affiancata l'attività commerciale e finanziaria un'ombra di peccato e di colpa ha oscurato le gerarchie ecclesiastiche.

Caligula was born into the first ruling family of the Roman Empire, conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He is described as a noble and moderate emperor during the first six months of his rule. After this, the sources about the reign of Caligula focus upon his cruelty, sadism, extravagance, and sexual perversion, presenting him as an insane tyrant.

Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub “Catch a Rising Star” as a 21-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything. “Whenever I came up with a funny bit, whether it happened on a stage, in a conversation, or working it out on my preferred canvas, the big yellow legal pad, I kept it in one of those old school accordion folders,” Seinfeld writes. “So I have everything I thought was worth saving from 45 years of hacking away at this for all I was worth.”

Everybunny has always teased Rhubarb because of his bright-red nose, even though it’s not his fault he was born different. But when a misty night threatens to stop the Easter Bunny from making his yearly delivery of Easter eggs to the children of the world, Rhubarb’s red nose may be the only thing that can save Easter.

Cada ser que viene a este mundo tiene una misión, un destino trazado, una meta que va más allá del ser padre o madre de familia o de cumplir con los requerimientos básicos para solventar el diario vivir en esta sociedad pasajera. Esa misión está grabada dentro de cada uno. El gorrión y la rana representan esos seres en búsqueda de su propio destino, llevados por ideales más altos o de otro ritmo al común denominador. Aceptar el cambio como una nueva forma de aventura hará que nos descubramos a nosotros mismos en facetas nunca jamás imaginadas.

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

Are you living in a relationship that doesn't make you happy? If you are also partially in the condition described, listen to this simple guide that will guide you step by step in understanding the situation. It will show you how to change situations that don't make you happy and how to move slowly but definitely towards fellowship and the love and authentic relationships we all deserve to have.

Thrown back in time, Santorray finds his ancestors being eradicated from existence by the Alchemists and the Altered Creatures military army they use to do their bidding. If they succeed, history will be changed, and Santorray will have never existed. The only weapon the injured and struggling villages have left is the newcomer, Santorray.

River Patrol Deputy Jason Colefield is back at it. Charged with investigating a mysterious accident on the water, he uncovers a population of miscreants, homeless, and survivalists living on the river's islands. One of them holds the secret to what happened that night. And it will take every weapon in his arsenal to bring down the killer now hunting him.

This audiobook of poetry, by Hans De Cuyper, zooms in and out of extremely raw, needing, and wanting feelings, in an elegant and eloquent style, all his own. In the near distance we hear his voice, which has been shaped, in patches by great masters of writing, that have inspired him - musically too. The dark and light reflections, old and new mystical reverences and song sung always in his voice, with always the delicateness of talking directly as well as with insight and respect to the listener.

Phineas Taylor Barnum was a successful small business owner, entrepreneur, newspaper editor, museum owner, sideshow operator, touring promoter for opera singers, theatrical producer, circus owner, congressman, mayor, and philanthropist. He had an influence on virtually every aspect of American life and it cannot be underestimated. Phineas Taylor Barnum’s name has been associated with circus sideshows and freaks and jokes for more than a century, but the truth is that he was a great man and a visionary who shaped the country he loved so much.

This audiobook will help you kick your old negative mental habits to the curb and replace them with alternatives. Listening to this audiobook, you will learn that most of your thoughts can’t even be trusted and most of your expectations, worries, and fears are not real. You will learn step-by-step techniques used to identify emotional triggers, worry loops, negative atmospheres, and put boundaries on negative people in your life.

The adventures of Captain William Taylor; his son, Adam; Mohawk scout Dagadawidah; and Captain Campbell of the 42nd Highlanders continue at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War with the final six episodes of the series. A full cast audio drama from the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre.