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Hannibal Lecter
- A Life
- By: Brian Raftery
- Narrated by: Brian Raftery
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing from exclusive interviews and previously unseen archival materials, this one-of-its-kind biography of Hannibal Lecter documents the cannibal’s journey from terrifying villain to unexpectedly adored antihero. This unique biography traces the many lives and crimes of Hannibal Lecter: his...
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An engaging and informative study of the Hannibal Lecter phenomenon in literature and on screen
- By Chris Milligan on 07-06-26
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Hannibal Lecter
- A Life
- Narrated by: Brian Raftery
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-02-26
- Language: English
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Monsters of the Week
- The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files
- By: Zack Handlen, Todd VanDerWerff, Chris Carter - foreword
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1993, Fox debuted a strange new television show called The X-Files. Little did anyone suspect that the series would become one of the network's biggest hits - and change the landscape of television in the process. Now, on the occasion of the show's 25th anniversary, TV critics Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff unpack exactly what made this haunting show so groundbreaking. Witty and insightful reviews of every episode of the series, revised and updated from the authors' popular A.V. Club recaps, leave no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained.
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We get it. You're not shippers.
- By T Lewis on 06-10-21
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Monsters of the Week
- The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 16-10-18
- Language: English
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Love and Let Die
- Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche
- By: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance111
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The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also twins. Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day - Friday, 5 October 1962. Most countries can...
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fantastic book
- By lilac on 01-10-22
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Love and Let Die
- Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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The Queer Art of Failure
- By: Jack Halberstam
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives.
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Fabulous book
- By Claire G on 26-01-26
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The Queer Art of Failure
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-03-19
- Language: English
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
- How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
- By: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall213
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Performance181
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Easy Rider, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll (both on screen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme.
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Hard Hitting and often Difficult...
- By colin_mcleod@mmltd.uk.com on 09-11-17
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
- How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-11-08
- Language: English
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It's Only a Movie
- By: Mark Kermode
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall471
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Performance242
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To avoid fainting, keep repeating It's only a move ..only a movie ..only a movie ..only a movie If you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, that Slade in Flame was a savage exposé of the pop world, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years at the cinema. Just as likely, you soon would have realised that there was only one career open to you - you'd have to become a film critic.
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As slick as his hair
- By PP Merge on 23-02-10
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It's Only a Movie
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-02-10
- Language: English
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- By: Brian Raftery
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance89
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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999—“a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Millennium….An absolute must for any movie-lover or pop-culture nut” (Gillian Flynn). In 1999, Hollywood as we...
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Fantastic 1990s analysis and nostalgia
- By Declan C on 16-06-19
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-04-19
- Language: English
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The Wit and Wisdom of Bridgerton
- Lady Whistledown's Official Guide (Bridgertons)
- By: Julia Quinn
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The Bridgertons are by far the most prolific family in the upper echelons of society, both in deed and word, and now, for the first time, their most indelible quips and barbs have been gathered here for your pleasure. From Anthony’s arrogance to Hyacinth’s hijinks, the family has long been fodder for society gossips … and indeed even for This Author, who has come out of retirement to pen thirteen new columns, each more delicious than the last.
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Not as good as all the others
- By miss h. on 13-08-24
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The Wit and Wisdom of Bridgerton
- Lady Whistledown's Official Guide (Bridgertons)
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Series: Bridgerton
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 26-07-22
- Language: English
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Blood, Sweat & Chrome
- The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
- By: Kyle Buchanan
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Aspen Vincent, Dan Bittner, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance99
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A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max: Fury Road—with more than 130 new interviews with key members of the cast and crew, including Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and director George Miller, from the pop culture reporter for The New...
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Good book - Terrible Accents
- By Jay on 10-03-22
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Blood, Sweat & Chrome
- The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Aspen Vincent, Dan Bittner, Derek Perkins, Eva Kaminsky, Fiona Hardingham, Gary Furlong, George Newbern, Ione Butler, Jason Culp, Jeff Gurner, Katherine Littrell, Leon Nixon, Lisa Flanagan, Malk Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 22-02-22
- Language: English
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Future Noir
- The Making of Blade Runner
- By: Paul M. Sammon
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance16
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In this intensive, intimate, and anything-but-glamorous behind-the-scenes account, film insider and cinephile Paul M. Sammon explores how Ridley Scott used his creative genius to transform the work of science fiction's most uncompromising author into a critical sensation, a commercial success, and a cult classic that would reinvent the genre.
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Great, at least for nerds like me.
- By Billy Hopkinson on 04-02-25
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Future Noir
- The Making of Blade Runner
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 25 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 09-07-24
- Language: English
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The Film Makers
- By: Cameron Crowe, Natasha Lyonne, Ron Howard, and others
- Narrated by: Cameron Crowe, Natasha Lyonne, Ron Howard, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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From Oscar-winners and cult favorites, big budget blockbusters and indie darlings, this captivating series takes you on a deep dive into the pivotal projects that defined the careers of six extraordinary filmmakers—Cameron Crowe, Natasha Lyonne, Ron Howard, Amy Heckerling, Richard Linklater, and Chloé Zhao. Through candid anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories, these artists reflect on the formative experiences, creative breakthroughs, and personal inspirations that gave rise to their most iconic work.
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The Film Makers
- Narrated by: Cameron Crowe, Natasha Lyonne, Ron Howard, Amy Heckerling, Richard Linklater, Chloé Zhao
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 14-08-25
- Language: English
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Last Night at the Viper Room
- River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
- By: Gavin Edwards
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance81
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Hollywood was built on beautiful and complicated matinee idols: James Dean and Marlon Brando are classic examples, but in the 1990s, the actor who embodied that archetype was River Phoenix. As the brightly colored 1980s wound down, a new crew of leading men began to appear on movie screens...
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Fantastic book. highly recommemded!
- By Zara on 08-02-15
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Last Night at the Viper Room
- River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 22-10-13
- Language: English
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Hollywood
- The Oral History
- By: Sam Wasson, Jeanine Basinger
- Narrated by: Marni Penning, Timothy Andres Pabon
- Length: 28 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Hollywood: The Oral History covers the history of Hollywood from the Silent era up to the 21st century. What makes this book unique from any other survey of Hollywood's history is that it is the history of an art form through the words of those people who created it—from Harold Lloyd to Katharine Hepburn to Warren Beatty to Jane Fonda and beyond, including directors, writers, producers, editors, designers of sets and costumes.
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Mispronunciations galore but good otherwise
- By KK on 28-11-22
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Hollywood
- The Oral History
- Narrated by: Marni Penning, Timothy Andres Pabon
- Length: 28 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 15-11-22
- Language: English
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North Face of Soho
- By: Clive James
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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Overall134
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Performance107
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Read by the author, Clive James. From Fleet Street to the television, North Face of Soho is the fascinating and hilarious fourth volume of memoir from much-loved author, poet and broadcaster Clive James. '[James] delivers his gags with honed elegance' – Sunday Times It is 1968. Newly married...
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Clive James on Top Form. What More Could We Ask?
- By Dinah on 25-10-14
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North Face of Soho
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-06-07
- Language: English
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The Top Gear Story
- By: Martin Roach
- Narrated by: Jerome Pride
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance39
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This is the full story of the unstoppable rise of Clarkson, Hammond, May and The Stig – and how they have transformed an ordinary programme about cars into one of the most famous and best-loved TV programmes of the 21st century. Reaching a peak in the 1990s thanks to presenter Jeremy Clarkson, the original series then faced the axe in 2001 – but Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to BBC bosses and Top Gear returned to become the irreverent, funny and often controversial show we now know and love.
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Absolute waste of time and money
- By Tony on 14-10-13
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The Top Gear Story
- Narrated by: Jerome Pride
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-02-12
- Language: English
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Mark Kermode's Surround Sound
- The Stories of Movie Music
- By: Mark Kermode
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance22
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This audiobook is read by the author and includes an exclusive Q&A between Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson 'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight' – Richard Ayoade How can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air? How do directors communicate their musical vision to composers?...
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Ace!
- By Robert Fryer on 03-04-26
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Mark Kermode's Surround Sound
- The Stories of Movie Music
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 10-09-25
- Language: English
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- The Greatest Detective in the World
- By: Mark Aldridge, Agatha Christie, Mark Gatiss - introduction
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance37
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From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective. This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his...
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A perfect piece for the centenary
- By Nephrite on 12-11-21
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- The Greatest Detective in the World
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-11-20
- Language: English
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Parks and Rec
- Lit'rally the Inside Story of America’s Great Underdog Sitcom
- By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrated by: Caitlin Davies, Nick Offerman
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. The insider account into the sitcom that barely survived its first season - but went on to become a modern classic. When Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, creators of The Office, came together to write a new comedy, they wanted to create something that would celebrate...
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Parks and Rec
- Lit'rally the Inside Story of America’s Great Underdog Sitcom
- Narrated by: Caitlin Davies, Nick Offerman
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 09-04-26
- Language: English
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True Indie
- Life and Death in Filmmaking
- By: Don Coscarelli
- Narrated by: Don Coscarelli
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance42
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This program is read by the author. From Don Coscarelli, the celebrated filmmaker behind many cherished cult classics comes a memoir that's both revealing autobiography and indie film crash course. Best known for his horror/sci-fi/fantasy films including Phantasm, The Beastmaster, Bubba Ho-tep...
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Great read for both film-makers and movie buffs
- By MR D M HALL on 14-07-20
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True Indie
- Life and Death in Filmmaking
- Narrated by: Don Coscarelli
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 09-10-18
- Language: English
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Up Till Now
- The Autobiography
- By: William Shatner, David Fisher
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall394
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Performance331
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Story328
After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with readers and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well...
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Shatner in his own voice
- By Customer Reviewer on 01-11-18
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Up Till Now
- The Autobiography
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 25-03-11
- Language: English
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