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    • The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
    • By: Patrick Bringley
    • Narrated by: Patrick Bringley
    • Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 461 ratings
    • An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press) portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.

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    • The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
    • By: Natalie Dykstra
    • Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed
    • Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only masterwork paintings but tapestries, rare books, prints, porcelains, and fine furniture....

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    • A History, a Theory, a Flood
    • By: James Gleick
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,957 ratings
    • James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: A revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality....

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    • By: Susan Orlean
    • Narrated by: Susan Orlean
    • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3,979 ratings
    • On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm....

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    • And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
    • By: Joshua Hammer
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 453 ratings
    • This audiobook tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's greatest and most brazen smugglers....

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    • Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
    • By: Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Davidson
    • Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1,539 ratings
    • At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe.....

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    • A True Story
    • By: Vicki Myron, Bret Witter
    • Narrated by: Laura Hamilton
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 114 ratings
    • Abandoned in a library book-drop slot in the dead of winter, the small kitten who came to be known as Dewey Readmore Books miraculously endured the coldest night of the year....

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    • By: Sherman Alexie
    • Narrated by: Adam Beach
    • Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,885 ratings
    • Flight is the hilarious and tragic story of an orphaned Indian boy who travels back and forth through time in a charged search for his true identity....

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    • The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
    • By: James Gardner
    • Narrated by: Graham Halstead
    • Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • 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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    • Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture
    • By: Chip Colwell
    • Narrated by: Chip Colwell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Today, hundreds of tribes use the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to recover heritage from museums across the country. Chip Colwell navigated firsthand questions of how to weigh the religious freedom of Native Americans against the academic freedom of scientists....

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    • The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
    • By: Jeffrey Pomerantz
    • Narrated by: Steven Menasche
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • In this audiobook, Jeffrey Pomerantz offers an accessible and concise introduction to metadata....

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    • A Catalogue of Wonders
    • By: Stuart Kells
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • 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....

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    • Personal Property in the Digital Economy
    • By: Aaron Perzanowski, Jason Schultz
    • Narrated by: Paul Michael Garcia
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
    • Aaron Perzanowski and Jason Schultz explore how notions of ownership have shifted in the digital marketplace, and make an argument for the benefits of personal property....

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    • A Fragile History
    • By: Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen
    • Narrated by: Sean Barrett
    • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age....

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    • The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
    • By: Dan Hicks
    • Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
    • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The book that changed the conversation on the contemporary museum....

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    • By: Nina Simon
    • Narrated by: Nina Simon
    • Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 07-20-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • The Art of Relevance is your guide to mattering more to more people....

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    • A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
    • By: Josh Hanagarne
    • Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
    • Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,683 ratings
    • At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7", competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette's syndrome....

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    • The Magic of a Small-town Library Cat Who Touched Millions
    • By: Vicki Myron
    • Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
    • Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • The cat that captured America's hearts returns, with two new tales and seven more tails....

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    • By: Henry Petroski
    • Narrated by: John Lescault
    • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage....

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