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The Story of Classical Music
by Darren Henley
Available on: Audio CD ($15.98) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($15.98)
The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by the conductor and musical personality Marin Alsop....
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Rembrandt
by Gary Schwartz
Available on: Digital Download ($33.50)
In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn.
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A Life of Johnson
by James Boswell
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
Boswell's biography of his friend and hero Samuel Johnson is an acknowledged classic, full of humorous anecdote and rich characterization. Johnson's complex humanity...
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Art and Madness
Available on: Digital Download ($8.00)
Images of the tormented artist, poet, painter and composer are familiar. but is there really a link between madness and art?
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Realms of Gold
by John Keats
Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Digital Download ($14.38)
John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life. As he ponders on the nature of the writer's craft...
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The Fugitive (The Sweet Cheat Gone)
by Marcel Proust
Available on: Audio CD ($17.98) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
In The Fugitive the sixth volume of Marcel Proust's monumental, seven volume Remembrance of Things Past, Albertine has finally made her escape...
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Brief Lives
by John Aubrey
Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($14.38)
William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Hobbes - three of the greatest Englishmen who ever lived. They, and many others, are here remembered by another great Englishman, John Aubrey...
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The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
by John Kavanagh
Available on: Audio CD ($14.38) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
William Butler Yeats remains one of the most popular poets of the 20th century.
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The Guermantes Way, Part 1
by Marcel Proust
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
In The Geurmantes Way, Volume 1 Marcel penetrates the inner sanctum of Paris high society and falls in love with the fascinating Duchesse de Guermantes...
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The Guermantes Way, Part 2
by Marcel Proust
Available on: Audio CD ($22.98) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
The Guermantes Way, Part 2, the third volume of Marcel Proust's monumental, seven volume Remembrance of Things Past, continues the story of Marcel's entry into the highest circles of French aristocracy. Having renewed his acquaintance with t
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The Life and Work of Marcel Proust
by Neville Jason
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
This, the first audio-biography of Marcel Proust, tells the story of one of the world's most original and admired literary geniuses....
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Arthur Conan Doyle
by Hesketh Pearson
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) will always be remembered for the character of Sherlock Holmes...
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Composers' Letters
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($14.38)
In Composers' Letters, the voices of the great figures of classical music come alive through their correspondence. Set against the music we know and love...
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Pavarotti: My World
by Luciano Pavarotti
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($12.57)
In the world of opera today, there is no one more famous or better loved than Luciano Pavarotti...
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Reflections on the Artist's Way
by Julia Cameron
Available on: Audio CD ($19.96) | Digital Download ($17.47)
Everyone is capable of creativity - not just the chosen few. In this inspiring audio Julia Cameron...
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The Life of Oscar Wilde
by Hesketh Pearson
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($18.38)
This is the remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language...
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