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Perfect Wave
- More Essays on Art and Democracy
- By: Dave Hickey
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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When Dave Hickey was 12, he rode the surfer's dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn't quite turn out - he shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach, which just about killed him. Fortunately, for Hickey and for us, he survived, and continues to battle, decades into a career as one of America's foremost critical iconoclasts, a trusted, even cherished no-nonsense voice commenting on the all-too-often nonsensical worlds of art and culture.
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Perfect Wave
- More Essays on Art and Democracy
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 14-11-17
- Language: English
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'House' and Philosophy
- Everybody Lies
- By: Henry Jacoby
- Narrated by: Henry Jacoby
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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An unauthorized look at the philosophical issues raised by popular television show House. House was one of the top three television dramas on the air, pulling in more than 19 million viewers for each episode. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series takes a deeper look at the characters and issues raised in this Emmy Award-winning medical drama, offering entertaining answers to the fascinating ethical questions viewers have about Dr. Gregory House and his medical team.
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Disappointing
- By T. J. Stephenson on 15-07-21
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'House' and Philosophy
- Everybody Lies
- Narrated by: Henry Jacoby
- Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 09-07-20
- Language: English
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Funny Business
- The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever
- By: Matt Singer
- Length: 10 hrs
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A celebration of a generation of iconic comedies—the raunchy, blockbuster “Frat Pack” films of the early 2000s—and a no-holds-barred look at their rise and fall in Hollywood, the effects of which can still be felt in the fractured media landscape of today If you were a movie-goer in the...
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Funny Business
- The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 06-10-26
- Language: English
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I Should Have Been at Work
- By: Des Lynam
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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One of the most sought-after celebrity titles of recent years, Des Lynam’s autobiography gives a frank and opinionated insight into the man behind the myth. Famously guarded about his private life, Des sets the record straight on all the stories that have been written about him, giving a...
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Don't Bother
- By Angela on 04-02-13
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I Should Have Been at Work
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-01-06
- Language: English
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Lost in the Stream
- How Algorithms Redefined the Way Movies Are Made and Watched
- By: Jeff Rauseo
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
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This engaging book by Jeff Rauseo blends film history with a modern guide to streaming, helping you navigate the complex history of movie making and ultimately how to know what to watch in the vast ocean of content. From the golden age of Hollywood to the best new movies to stream, Rauseo breaks down the ever-evolving movie watching experience to help us understand the good, the bad, and the ugly of streaming.
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Lost in the Stream
- How Algorithms Redefined the Way Movies Are Made and Watched
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 16-12-25
- Language: English
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Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks
- By: Andy Burns
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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Damn good coffee, cherry pie, and the “big bang of auteur television”―why Twin Peaks deserves to be a pop culture classic In 1990, avant garde filmmaker David Lynch (Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet) and acclaimed television writer Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues) teamed up to create a television show that would redefine what the medium could achieve in a one-hour drama.
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Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
- Series: Pop Classics, Book 3
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 26-03-24
- Language: English
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Hank and Jim
- The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
- By: Scott Eyman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for 40 years. They became friends and then roommates as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they roomed together again. Between them they made such memorable films as The Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Twelve Angry Men, and On Golden Pond; and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Destry Rides Again, The Philadelphia Story, It's a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, and Rear Window.
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Henry and jimmy
- By Linda T on 06-04-24
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Hank and Jim
- The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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The De Palma Decade
- Redefining Cinema with Doubles, Voyeurs, and Psychic Teens
- By: Laurent Bouzereau
- Narrated by: Dani Martineck
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Journey with award-winning filmmaker and author Laurent Bouzereau through acclaimed director Brian De Palma’s renowned—and controversial—horror and thriller films that redefined cinema in the 1970s and early 80s with new interviews and fresh takes. Among a crop of fresh filmmakers...
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The De Palma Decade
- Redefining Cinema with Doubles, Voyeurs, and Psychic Teens
- Narrated by: Dani Martineck
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-09-24
- Language: English
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You Might Remember Me
- The Life and Times of Phil Hartman
- By: Mike Thomas
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Both joyous tribute and serious biography, Mike Thomas' You Might Remember Me is a celebration of Phil Hartman's multi-faceted career and an exhaustively reported, warts-and-all examination of his often intriguing and sometimes complicated life - a powerful, humor-filled and disquieting portrait of a man who was loved by many, admired by millions and taken from them far too early.
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You Might Remember Me
- The Life and Times of Phil Hartman
- Narrated by: Corey Snow
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 18-11-14
- Language: English
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The 30 Rock Book
- Inside the Iconic Show, from Blerg to EGOT
- By: Mike Roe
- Narrated by: Mike Roe
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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A fascinating and hilarious deep dive into 30 Rock, Tina Fey's beloved modern classic comedy. In this combination of narrative and oral history, culture writer and editor Mike Roe brings to life the history of the gloriously goofy show through interviews with the creators, stars, writers, and bit players.
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The 30 Rock Book
- Inside the Iconic Show, from Blerg to EGOT
- Narrated by: Mike Roe
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 30-11-21
- Language: English
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Hollywood Black
- The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
- By: Donald Bogle, Turner Classic Movies, John Singleton - introduction
- Narrated by: Donald Bogle
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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The films, the stars, the filmmakers-all get their due in Hollywood Black, a sweeping overview of blacks in film from the silent era through Black Panther, with striking photos and an engrossing history by award-winning author Donald Bogle. The story opens in the silent film era, when white...
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Hollywood Black
- The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
- Narrated by: Donald Bogle
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-08-21
- Language: English
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Wayne and Ford
- The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
- By: Nancy Schoenberger
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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John Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined—the Western—and the heroic archetype they built still matter today. For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team...
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Wayne and Ford
- The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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Horror's New Wave
- 15 Years of Blumhouse
- By: Blumhouse, Dave Schilling, Jason Blum - introduction
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning, Graham Halstead, Jaime Lincoln Smith, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Celebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse’s legacy with this lavish compendium that takes you behind the scenes of the films that have reshaped the horror genre, from The Exorcist to the Paranormal Activity and Halloween franchises. With Blumhouse celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout...
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Horror's New Wave
- 15 Years of Blumhouse
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning, Graham Halstead, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Ramón de Ocampo, Raphael Corkhill, Raquel Beattie, Vikas Adam, Chanté McCormick
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 30-09-25
- Language: English
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Rear Window
- The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age
- By: Jennifer O'Callaghan
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Before the internet and social media offered voyeuristic glimpses into the lives of others, the acclaimed Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, exposed the dangers and delights of looking—and knowing—too much in his 1954 masterpiece Rear Window. Hailed as one of the greatest films ever made, it stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly but, in an unusual gamble, is shot entirely from within a Greenwich Village apartment.
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Rear Window
- The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 30-09-25
- Language: English
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Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8
- Movies Minute by Minute
- By: Jeff Wood
- Narrated by: Todd Kramer
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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A minute-by-minute analysis of one episode (Part 8) of David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). Much has been written about the work of David Lynch and existential fear in relation to Americana and the American Dream-as-American Nightmare in terms that are circular and artistically...
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Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8
- Movies Minute by Minute
- Narrated by: Todd Kramer
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 16-10-25
- Language: English
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More Fire!: The Building of the Towering Inferno
- A 50th Anniversary Explosion
- By: Nat Segaloff
- Narrated by: Nat Segaloff
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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The Towering Inferno (1974) was the crowning achievement of über-producer Irwin Allen, the self-proclaimed “Master of disaster.” Crafted from two best-selling books and with a budget-busting cast headed by two mega-stars, it took two studios to bring it to the screen. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Towering Inferno, biographer-historian Nat Segaloff (who was a member of the film’s special publicity unit) writes about the production, its innovative marketing campaign, and the goings-on before, during, and after its box office success.
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Tower review.
- By david rogers on 24-01-25
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More Fire!: The Building of the Towering Inferno
- A 50th Anniversary Explosion
- Narrated by: Nat Segaloff
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 23-05-23
- Language: English
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Skywalking, Updated Edition
- The Life and Films of George Lucas
- By: Dale Pollock
- Narrated by: Jordan Rich
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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Filled with revelations about the origins and making of American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi, this only full-length biography of filmmaker and cinematic visionary George Lucas has been updated with a substantial new chapter that discusses the revamped Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, the Star Wars prequels, the filming of the first installment, and the controversial ways in which Lucas's approach and success continue to alter the landscape of the film industry.
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Skywalking, Updated Edition
- The Life and Films of George Lucas
- Narrated by: Jordan Rich
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 23-08-24
- Language: English
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The Making of Doctor Who
- The Original 1970s Programme Guide
- By: Terrance Dicks, Malcolm Hulke
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Beevers, Jon Culshaw, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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It's the 1970s, and you're invited behind the scenes of Doctor Who. You'll go on location to witness the recording of two classic TV adventures (The Sea Devils and Robot) and spend time inside a vintage BBC television studio. You'll also learn how to write a script or make a monster, 1970s-style! Authors Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke will guide you through the first ten years of Doctor Who history, detailing how it was created, the people who brought it into being, and the actors who portrayed the Doctor, his friends and their monstrous enemies.
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Frightfully delightful.
- By Matthew on 10-06-23
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The Making of Doctor Who
- The Original 1970s Programme Guide
- Narrated by: Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Beevers, Jon Culshaw, Katy Manning, Louise Jameson, Maureen O'Brien
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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Criss-Cross
- The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train
- By: Stephen Rebello
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Take a deep dive into the shadows and light of one of the most subversive, corrosively funny, and beloved suspense thriller masterworks as author Stephen Rebello unravels for the very first time the tense and drama-filled story of the making Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. As...
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Making of a noir classic
- By Graham G Grant on 05-10-25
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Criss-Cross
- The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-09-25
- Language: English
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Mad Men and Philosophy
- Nothing Is as It Seems (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
- By: Rod Carveth - editor, James B. South - editor
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Mad Men and Philosophy will give Mad Men fans everywhere something new to talk about around the water cooler. From Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to John Kenneth Galbraith, Milton Friedman, and Ayn Rand, Mad Men and Philosophy brings the thinking of some of history's most powerful minds to bear on the world of Don Draper and the Sterling Cooper ad agency. You'll gain insights into a host of compelling Mad Men questions and issues.
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Mad Men and Philosophy
- Nothing Is as It Seems (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Series: Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 22-12-11
- Language: English
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