Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: As I Remember It Author: Ken Rotcop Narrator: Ken Rotcop Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 01-22-18 Publisher: Light Interactive Media Genres: Arts & Entertainment, TV & Film Summary: From Marilyn to Streisand and all the celebs in-between. Film producers and studio executives know the nitty-gritty behind the scenes. Award-winning writer, producer, and executive Ken Rotcop now tells all about the comical, dramatic, and tragic celebrities he befriended. Look through the mirror on the wall to see the stars as they were without their masks, including Marilyn Monroe, Peter OToole, Mel Brooks, Peter Faulk, Monty Hall, Regis Philbin, Mickey Mantel, John Barrymore, Jr., Baron Hilton, and Jack Klugman. "Before you can get someone to read your screenplay you have to know how to write it. Ken Rotcop is the master at teaching writers how to tell a story." - Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show "Forget about snappy dialogue, characterization and plot. Its the pitch that gets a script read and a movie deal done. If it were not for Ken Rotcop, most new writers would be out of the loop." - John Lippman, Wall Street Journal "Two-thirds of the earths surface is covered with water and the other third is covered with people who have fabulous ideas for shows if only a producer would give them an opportunity. Ken Rotcop, an award-winning writer and producer, provides a guiding light to this group." - Robert Siegel, All Things Considered, National Public Radio "Mr. Rotcop was the single most influential person Id met in the early years of my career. He gave me the courage to go after my dream. He is an industry legend." - Andrea Leigh Wolf, author, Sell Your Screenplay "I first met Ken Rotcop years ago when I was a panelist on a game show and he was the writer. His books are filled with terrific stories and funny anecdotes. The boy can write!" - Rose Marie, star of The Dick Van Dyke Show "Having toured the country and lectured with him, I can honestly say no one can captivate an audience as Ken Rotcop. His stories and his humor keep the audiences clamoring for more." - Doug Schwartz, creator, producer, director, Baywatch TV series and feature films "Hollywood veteran Ken Rotcop is the Master Pitchmeister. His sometimes dramatic, sometimes hilarious collection of personal anecdotes will lead you through all aspects of a life well-lived." - Marlene McGarry, co-author of Living the Blues: The Story of Canned Heat Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Charming Baker-Guerilla Art Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Bob Barton Format: Unabridged Length: 9 mins Language: English Release date: 01-22-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Charming Baker is a phenomenon. Right now, a much bigger phenomenon in the British art scene than the much touted, but now rather tired and fading YBAs. The YBAs, after suitably Bohemian, in-your-face beginnings, are now the official face of British art. You will find most of them (though not quite all) represented in the closing galleries of the new hang at Tate Britain, which aims to tell the complete story of British art, from the Tudors until now. Search as you may, you wont find even one of Charming Bakers works in the display. There are no examples recorded on Tates notoriously tangled and difficult-to-use website. The gallery owns lots of works by Hirst and Emin. More than a few by Sarah Lucas. Twenty-four paintings by Gary Hume, who is currently the subject of a much-hyped retrospective that runs at Tate Britain until September 1. But no example by Charming Baker. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Acting* Author: West End Producer Narrator: West End Producer Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: West End Producer Genres: Arts & Entertainment, TV & Film Summary: He's the anonymous Twitter sensation whose hilarious and unfailingly accurate barbs satirizing and celebrating the theatre industry have won him a devoted following. His identity is the subject of feverish speculation in the media, fueled by his regular appearances at West End opening nights in costume, wig and latex mask. He has become a genuine theatre impresario, launching talent competitions Search for a Twitter Star and its successor, Search for a Twitter Composer. And now, West End Producer is ready to share all he's learnt about how to get ahead in show business, in the form of an audiobook, narrated by the author himself. Full of the wit and mischievous indiscretion that has gained him such a cult following, packed with gossip and insider knowledge of the theater business, and containing enough savvy advice on acting to kick start a career, West End Producer's audiobook offers tips (both practical and deliciously impractical) on: Also included in the audiobook are many of West End Producer's most memorable tweets, miniature comic salvos dispatched with all the shrewdness of a man who truly knows his Barrowmans from his Balls. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Holbein in England Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Joe Van Riper Format: Unabridged Length: 8 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: It is a paradox of a sort that the only fully authentic Holbein painting of King Henry VIII of England should now reside in Madrid, in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. It left Britain as late as 1933, sold by Earl Spencer, grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. Holbein is, after all, the author of what is perhaps the most iconic and formidable of all British royal images. Fittingly, the Thyssen-Bornemizsa portrait adorned the cover of the catalogue that accompanied the "Holbein in England" exhibition at Tate Britain in London. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Appendix N Author: Jeffro Johnson Narrator: Brandon Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: Castalia House Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Appendix N: The Literary History of Dungeons & Dragons is a detailed and comprehensive investigation of the various works of science fiction and fantasy that game designer Gary Gygax declared to be the primary influences on his seminal role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons. It is a deep intellectual dive into the literature of SF/F's past that will fascinate any serious role-playing gamer or fan of classic science fiction and fantasy. Author Jeffro Johnson, an expert role-playing gamer, accomplished dungeon master, and three-time Hugo Award finalist, critically reviews all 43 works and authors listed by Gygax in the famous appendix. In doing so, he draws a series of intelligent conclusions about the literary gap between past and present that is surprisingly relevant to current events, not only in the fantastic world of role-playing, but the real world in which the players live. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Art, Criticism and Display: Projects at the Gallery London 1973-78 Author: N. P. James Narrator: Brian Rollins Format: Unabridged Length: 52 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: In September 1972, three graduates rented two floors above a cash and carry warehouse at 65A Lisson Street, West London. After a couple of months, one emptied his studio, the first floor front room, and opened the space for exhibitions. There followed a spate of invented artists which made humorous comments on the high-flown conceptual arena. In 1974, the gallery strengthened its identity with the Gallery London Displays, a series developed with sculptor Vaughan Grylls. The non-artist works featured documentary material with a concise graphic presentation. This led to projects with artists John Latham, Rita Donagh, Gerald Newman, and others. During its five years operation, the gallery forged an independent history with a remarkable flow of art and events. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Gourd Art: A Proven Step-by-Step Method to Making Beautiful Gourd Art Today Author: Amber Lewis Narrator: Mindy Newell Format: Unabridged Length: 36 mins Language: English Release date: 01-19-18 Publisher: Amber Lewis Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Learn the beauty of gourd art! An art is an essential way of life. Any form of art is an expression of your soul and identity. It not only nourishes your life by providing endless opportunities with which to create new masterpieces, it also helps you find inner peace. Traditional art forms like painting, sketching, and sculpting have managed to stay alive despite the storm of technology and machinery. There are still many young people who, motivated by passion and the dream to paint, sculpt, or sketch something that might capture the essence of true beauty, live their lives exploring what the fine arts can offer them. Some of the greatest men and women have claimed for themselves a unique art style or contribution to the talk of art and creation. Today, there are new art forms readily available for the public. The most common art forms of today include those that need the Internet or a graphic user interface for the artist to be able to come up with digital images that sometimes look more convincing than any real object or person. However, there are art forms that, rooted in the simpler pleasures of rural life, continue to beckon creative intellectuals and art enthusiasts to rethink what art is and how it may be created. Gourd art is an example of that simple, rural-based art form. It is a little known practice that begins with growing, harvesting, choosing, then cleaning and designing a gourd. The design possibilities of gourd art are virtually endless as artists can express their creativity through carving or painting on the gourds surface. If you do not have an artistic hobby yet, you would do well to learn all about gourd art and how easy it is to get started with this art form. There is nothing as satisfying as learning a new way to express your creative side. Come learn the simple yet truly gratifying art that Mother Nature herself provides. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Savage Young Beatles Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Original Recording Length: 37 mins Language: English Release date: 01-18-18 Publisher: Icon Audio Arts Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music Summary: The Beatles spent a considerable amount of time playing the seedy clubs of Hamburg, Germany, early in their career, but few know the true particulars of the pivotal, often brutal time. A time when their music and personalities fused from the white heat of the German scene to become the Beatles we know today. With rare stories from the Beatles and those who were there to witness the birth of the group that would conquer the world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: David Bowie, Cat Stevens, and Genesis Author: Geoffrey Giuliano Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano Format: Original Recording Length: 1 hr and 25 mins Language: English Release date: 01-18-18 Publisher: Icon Audio Arts Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music Summary: In the 1970s David Bowie, Cat Stevens, and Genesis were titans of the music industry, selling tens of millions of records and packing stadiums wherever they played. This is their story. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: How to Draw: Learn a Proven Step-by-Step Method to Improving Your Drawing Ability Today Author: Tom Hunter Narrator: Mindy Newell Format: Unabridged Length: 27 mins Language: English Release date: 01-17-18 Publisher: Tom Hunter Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Learn how to improve your drawing ability now! It is best however, to try your hand on something different from time to time to widen the scope of your abilities and to discover which aspect of drawing are you most good at. This audiobook will give you different options or fields to improve your crafts on. It can be in drawing mangas and animes; or it could be on faces of people and animals; it can also be on structures or landscapes. Whatever your point of interest is, well help you become a better artist on that field. Heres an inescapable fact: you will need to allot at least 30 minutes of your daily life in practicing and applying the step-by-step guide that we provide here if you really want to be a better artist. If your life depends on the drawings you make, or if your bread and butter is teaching arts, then you will really need to improve your skills and increase your knowledge so you can effectively impart what you have learned and share it with others who share your passion. Moreover, if you have kids who are also interested in drawing, then it is the best time to use and apply what you have been taught through this audiobook so your kid can best learn from you and improve their craft on their own. I can assure you that in spending a little of your time everyday, you will notice progress within a very short time. We can guarantee that all the steps here are proven and tested, and if you are not making any progress, then maybe it is not the destination you are supposed to tread. If you are an artist, or if you merely have an interest in drawing, then there is no reason for you to worry, because this audiobook will surely hone your skills and talent. Its time for you to become the kind of artist that you have longed to be. Explore now and improve your craft.... Here is a preview of what you'll learn.... Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Byzantium Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Bob Barton Format: Unabridged Length: 6 mins Language: English Release date: 01-17-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Byzantine art has a slightly odd reputation. It is regarded, on the one hand, as something remote, hieratic, and difficult. On the other hand, the word Byzantium has a very romantic ring - it lives in our minds as the name of a citadel of civilization, a place that preserved for posterity both intellectual and material treasures that would otherwise have vanished forever. The remarkable exhibition now at the Royal Academy in London touches on both of these aspects. It is extremely rich in objects made from precious materials, such as gold or ivory, and it is equally rich in things that are usually inaccessible to all but the most intrepid and persistent travelers. As the catalog introduction points out, Byzantine art responded to the ebb and flow of often-conflicting historical forces. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Halfway There with Delacroix Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Tim Carper Format: Unabridged Length: 11 mins Language: English Release date: 01-17-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: The new exhibition at the National Gallery in London is entitled "Delacroix - And the Rise of Modern Art". In other words, Delacroix, one of the most important artists of the first half of the 19th century, is presented as being important, not so much for what he actually did as an individual creator, but because he in so many ways foreshadowed the kind of art that was made immediately after his demise - in particular by artists linked to Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and even Fauvism. Only about a third of the pictures included are actually by the artist who gives the exhibition its title. This is a trend that is making itself increasingly apparent in major exhibitions devoted to great names in art history. Sometimes, the results are forgivable. London will very soon be treated to a show devoted to Giorgione and his influence. Everyone knows that there are only a handful of paintings that are securely attributed to the 16th century Venetian master, and that, of these, fewer still are likely to be lent. It will be interesting to see one or two of this rare handful, and to consider the influence of Giorgiones magically ambiguous creative personality on his contemporaries and immediate successors. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Before Damien Hirst: There Was Salvador Dali Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Jack Wynters Format: Unabridged Length: 11 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: When I visited the huge Damien Hirst exhibition staged by the Gagosian Gallery in New York in 1996, one of the most striking pieces was a large glass tank full of live fish. Dumped among the fish were an obstetrical couch, in a rather decayed condition, and various obstetrical implements. For some time after I had seen the show, this image tugged at my mind. It reminded me of something - but of what? Finally, memory dragged up the reference I needed: Hirst's piece was a direct descendant of Salvador Dali's installation, "Rainy Taxi", shown at the International Surrealist Exhibition in Paris in 1938. "Rainy Taxi" was a broken down old car, in which Dali placed two mannequins. One was the driver, who had the head of a fish. In the back seat there was a blonde woman in an evening dress, seated among lettuces and endives, under a pipe system that supplied a constant fine spray of water. Thriving among the vegetables were two hundred live snails. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: A Stagnant Art World Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Jack Wynters Format: Unabridged Length: 17 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: This may seem a funny moment to proclaim that nothing much is happening in art - certainly not in contemporary art. In many ways, the art world has never seemed more vibrant and active, and this activity is increasingly focused on what is defined as contemporary. There hasnt, in fact, been a moment like this in the relatively recent history of art since the mid-19th century. What was the situation then? The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars were safely over. These had witnessed a great break up of historic art collections, prominent among them that of the Dukes of Orléans, cadet members of the French royal house. The great shakedown was almost over. There was a new generation of collectors, many of them British, far from aristocratic in origin, and enriched by the booming Industrial Revolution. They were proud of their own success and had great faith in their own time, as superior to the epochs that had preceded it. If one looks at the years of political and economic chaos between 1789 and 1815, as the fortunes of war swayed back and forth, this is not surprising. Many of them lacked the rigorous classical education that had formed most of the great collectors of the past. What appealed to them was art made in the here and now, by their own contemporaries. Anything else seemed too remote to be really interesting - though, paradoxically, they had no objection to historical subjects seen through the eyes of their own time. Hence the huge success of a number of now half-forgotten Victorian artists. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Hockney at the Royal Academy Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Tim Carper Format: Unabridged Length: 7 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: British, even more than most countries, like to have a "boss" artist - an artistic figure who is indubitably the head of the profession. In the old days, this need was easily accommodated within the establishment structures of the time. The big boss could be Sir Joshua Reynolds, knighted by the monarch of the day, or Lord Leighton, given a peerage. Both of these were also presidents of the Royal Academy. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Small Histories: Studies of Western Art Author: Nicholas James Narrator: Dana Brewer Harris Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Presents a collection of essays by Nicholas James on classic and contemporary art: "The Trinity" by Masaccio at Santa Maria Novella, Florence; Vermeer's "The Maid" and "Woman Weighing Pearls"; Cezanne and Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon portraits, and reviews of over 70 exhibitions in public and private galleries held between 1993 and 2010. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Art in Putinland Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Don Wang Format: Unabridged Length: 9 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: Maybe its time for attention to turn back to the Russians. In the 1980s, as some of us still remember, so-called perestroika art was pretty big in the West, with enthusiasm from leading Western curators and critics, and some support from the big international auction rooms. In fact, the pattern was pretty much the same as what happened with contemporary Chinese art just a little later on. The fact is, however, that Chinese art has continued to hold its place in the Western market, and the leading names now make reliably high prices in major contemporary auctions, no matter where the sale takes place. This has not been the case with the Russian equivalent. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Paris and Beyond Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Joe Van Riper Format: Unabridged Length: 9 mins Language: English Release date: 01-15-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: In the early years of the 20th century, Paris became the center for an international community of artists. Some of them were French, but the city also offered its hospitality to artists from an increasingly wide range of other nationalities. Some, like Marc Chagall, came from communities that had never produced artists of international note before. The result was a mixture between a stewpot and a laboratory. A stewpot because all kinds of cultural traditions were blended together. A laboratory because this is where all kinds of artistic ideas were continually tested to their limits. Nothing like this artistic community had ever existed previously, not even in Rome during the 17th century, when artists from Northern Europe flocked to Italy to complete their technical and intellectual education. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: John Constable Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Tim Carper Format: Unabridged Length: 8 mins Language: English Release date: 01-11-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: The new exhibition at Tate Britain celebrates one of the best loved of all British artists, the landscape painter, John Constable. In his own lifetime, Constable was constantly struggling to catch up with his great rival, J. M. W. Turner, whose astonishing fluency he could never match. Turner has maintained his fame, but, among the British at least, Constable is now more intimately loved. People talk of the "Constable country" in Suffolk that he made his own artistically, and the images he created appear on calendars, kitchen towels, and place mats. You dont have to be an intellectual to love Constables work - in fact, it is probably better if you arent. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Loot Author: Edward Lucie-Smith Narrator: Paul Bright Format: Unabridged Length: 30 mins Language: English Release date: 01-10-18 Publisher: Cv Publications Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Summary: The current agitation about the restitution of artistic treasures of all kinds to their original locations is usually presented as overdue justice for faults committed by European colonialism. In fact, this is a serious oversimplification. Conquering armies have always regarded works of art as legitimate spoil. Swedish collections, for instance, are rich in objects from the collection of the Hapsburg Emperor, Rudolph II, taken during the Thirty Years War. These, however, were not generally the work of Czech artists but the possessions of an alien court that had based itself for a while in Prague. The modern Czech Republic does not pine for them too much, even when there is proof that they were actually created in Bohemia. Modern attitudes to the legitimate or illegitimate possession of famous artworks can be traced to the European Enlightenment that blossomed in the late 18th century, and in particular to the impact made by Enlightenment ideas on the men of the French Revolution. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com