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  Beyond the Spotlight - : How to...

  Stephen Bull, Alexa Morden

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  This evidence-informed roadmap shows you how to thrive in an industry where rejection is part of the job and only 2 per cent of actors make a living from performing. Beyond the Spotlight is your survival guide and inspiration for building a fulfilling career in the performing arts. Whether your chasing your first role or questioning your place in the industry, Beyond The Spotlight offers guidance and skills for any stage of your career.
  Beyond the Spotlight pulls back the curtain on the performing arts industry, revealing what it really takes to succeed.
  This book helpfully attests to the trials, tribulations (and sometimes triumphs!) of being an actor, through a practical and actionable lens.
  Phil Dunster, Actor & Emmy Award Nominee
  This book is like a long overdue chat with a best friend and a world-class coaching session rolled into one.
  Matt Holt, Award-winning Screen Director
  This book helps free the human underneath the actor, which is vital for happiness, career longevity and mental health.
  Elena Kirschner, Talent Agent

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  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame -...

  Craig J. Inciardi

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  The Indiana Jones of rock history and founding curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum narrates the Hall’s wild history and his quest to build its collection from scratch—from Ozzy Osbourne’s country manor to Keith Moon’s childhood bedroom and Art Garfunkel’s personal archives—including stories about Debbie Harry, Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and more. 
    
  Craig Inciardi was a rising star at Sotheby’s, collecting iconic pieces of rock and roll memorabilia and rubbing shoulders with rich and famous collectors when he was recruited by the founders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum for his dream job. Craig’s mandate: Travel the globe and assemble the world’s greatest collection of rock memorabilia ever. What Craig didn’t know at the time was that there was no “museum.” In fact, there was no existing collection other than “a guitar of no importance and three interesting sheets of paper.” So began an epic rock odyssey, with Craig as popular music’s Indiana Jones. 
    
  Working first from a cubicle in the Rolling Stone headquarters in New York and at the constant beck and call of the legendary Jann Wenner, Craig began his work, hounding musicians and their managers for memorabilia for the non-existent museum. His travels brought him to the doorsteps of the most legendary musicians of our time: to Ozzy Osbourne’s vast English estate (Ozzie met him with a rifle in hand) and Keith Moon’s perfectly preserved boyhood bedroom. He pored through letters Paul Simon wrote to Art Garfunkel when they were both kids at sleep away camps, and from Yoko Ono he collected John Lennon’s glasses, stored with his other possessions in a heavy steel briefcase on the day of his murder. Every story is told in lush detail that Rock and Roll fans will savor. 
    
  Equally fascinating is Inciardi’s first-hand account of the chaotic formation of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself, taking us backstage to the very first induction ceremonies, an innocent time when long overlooked musicians and some former enemies celebrated each other and jammed into the night with friends and family looking on, as well as the secret induction meetings where top record company executives and managers bitterly argued over who would be included and who wouldn’t.

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  My Life

  Richard Wagner

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. 
  What if a life in music were not merely remembered, but staged like a drama of ambition, exile, genius, and destiny? 
   
  In *My Life*, Richard Wagner offers one of the most revealing autobiographical documents in the history of music. Dictated over many years and covering his life from birth in 1813 to 1864, this memoir gives listeners Wagner’s own account of his childhood, artistic formation, early struggles, revolutionary years, creative conflicts, and relentless pursuit of a new musical drama. 
   
  From Leipzig, Dresden, Paris, Zurich, and Munich, Wagner recounts a life shaped by theatre, philosophy, politics, debt, controversy, friendship, exile, and visionary art. The narrative follows the making of a composer who sought not simply to write operas, but to transform music, poetry, myth, stagecraft, and emotion into a total dramatic experience. 
   
  The fascination of *My Life* lies in its intensity. Wagner writes with pride, defensiveness, brilliance, grievance, and theatrical force, making the work both a memoir and a self-portrait. It is essential listening for anyone interested in opera, Romanticism, nineteenth-century Europe, German music, artistic ambition, and the complex personality behind works such as *The Ring*, *Tristan und Isolde*, and *Parsifal*. 
   
  This AI-narrated audiobook offers a clear, polished, and immersive listening experience, helping modern listeners follow Wagner’s long reflections, historical details, artistic arguments, and dramatic voice with precision. 
   
  Enter the mind of one of music’s most influential and controversial figures, and hear the life he chose to tell in his own words.

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  On Locations - Lessons Learned...

  Mark Kamine, Mike White

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  This must-listen account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous and outrageously demanding people will be devoured for its insights, gossip, humor, and storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The Sopranos, often named the best TV show ever. 
   
   
   
  The show's setting and its creator's insistence on accuracy placed the native New Jersey author in the right place at the right time to become part of television history. 
   
   
   
  Includes many stories about guest stars like Steve Buscemi, Peter Bogdanovich, and Lauren Bacall, as well as the beloved cast, including new tales of James Gandolfini, who Kamine first meets after David Chase casts him as the Dean of Admissions in the classic first season "College" episode. 
   
   
   
  Woven in is a personal story of home life and strife, achievement and frustration, anxiety and accomplishment. The book's epilogue brings listeners up to the moment as the author, after many more years as an anonymous everyman, eventually enjoys outsize professional success as executive producer of the HBO hit series created by Mike White, The White Lotus.

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  Art Work - On the Creative Life

  Sally Mann

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  The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process 
    
  “Erudite, frank, and funny.” —Amor Towles, bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway 
    
  Art Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons. 
  Written in the same direct, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestselling memoir, Hold Still, this new book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times and is destined to become a classic. 
    
  With immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise; the unpredictable role of luck; the value of work, work, work, and more hard work; the challenges of rejection and distraction; the importance of risk-taking; and the rewards of knowing why and when you say yes. 
    
  In sparkling prose, Art Work is a generous, provocative, and compulsively readable exploration of creativity by one of our most original thinkers. 
    
  This audiobook contains a supplemental PDF.

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  Nature’s Symphony of Blissful...

  Cedar Skye

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  Immerse yourself in a world of calmness and serenity with Nature’s Symphony of Blissful Ocean Waves Mixed With Melodic Piano Rhythms for Rejuvenating Sleep & Mindfulness. This unique audio experience combines the tranquil beauty of nature with soothing piano melodies, creating the perfect ambiance for deep relaxation and restfulness. 
  Whether you're looking to unwind after a long day or seeking the perfect soundtrack for meditation, this book offers the ultimate escape. The enhanced BMG 8D audio sound envelops you in a cocoon of stillness, guiding you into peaceful mindfulness. Each track is meticulously crafted to help you achieve inner peace and tranquility, making it ideal for sleep, stress relief, and mindfulness practice. 
  Discover the profound effects of sleep music for stress relief and let the harmonious blend of nature and music transport you to a place of total zen. With this book, you’ll find the perfect balance between nature’s rhythms and melodic piano, designed to enhance your mental well-being and rejuvenate your spirit. 
  This is perfect for those who appreciate guided meditation soundscapes for relaxation or wish to experience music's deep, restorative power. Allow yourself to drift into a state of profound stillness and enjoy the restfulness of a truly immersive audio experience. 
  Unlock the secret to sleep better, reduce anxiety, and embrace the harmony that serenity brings. Let Nature’s Symphony guide you to a more peaceful, balanced life.

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