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The Elephant to Hollywood
- By: Michael Caine
- Narrated by: Michael Caine
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act When he was in his late fifties, Michael Caine believed his glamorous, rags-to-riches Hollywood career had come to an end. The scripts being sent his...
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The Elephant to Hollywood
- Narrated by: Michael Caine
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 28-10-10
- Language: English
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David Lynch
- The Man from Another Place (Icons)
- By: Dennis Lim
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch's work is primed to act on our own subconscious, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. No less than his art, Lynch's life also evades simple categorization, encompassing pursuits as a musician, painter, photographer, carpenter, entrepreneur, and vocal proponent of Transcendental Meditation.
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The Lynch Highway map
- By W J Smith-Bowers on 14-01-24
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David Lynch
- The Man from Another Place (Icons)
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Series: Icons
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-11-15
- Language: English
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Theories of International Politics and Zombies
- By: Daniel W. Drezner
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical bite, Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies.
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Could be longer
- By Robin Cafolla on 02-04-18
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Theories of International Politics and Zombies
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 20-02-11
- Language: English
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The Pixar Touch
- The Making of a Company
- By: David A. Price
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the "fraternity of geeks" who shaped it. With the help of visionary businessman Steve Jobs and animating genius John Lasseter, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all the way up through the landmark films Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and others.
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A great insider view
- By Simon on 01-12-15
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The Pixar Touch
- The Making of a Company
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-12-08
- Language: English
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Inside the Hotel Rwanda
- The Surprising True Story…and Why It Matters Today
- By: Edouard Kayihura, Kerry Zukus
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis, Rosalind Ashford
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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For the first time, learn what really happened inside the walls of Hotel des Mille Collines. In Inside the Hotel Rwanda, survivor Edouard Kayihura tells his own personal story of what life was really like during those harrowing days within the walls of that infamous hotel and offers the testimonies of others who survived there, from Hutu and Tutsi to UN peacekeepers. Kayihura writes of a divided society and his journey to the place he believed would be safe from slaughter.
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very good book
- By Maire Reier on 04-02-19
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Inside the Hotel Rwanda
- The Surprising True Story…and Why It Matters Today
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis, Rosalind Ashford
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 08-07-14
- Language: English
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I Am (Not) a Number
- Decoding the Prisoner
- By: Alex Cox
- Narrated by: Alex Cox
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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According to Cox, the key to understanding The Prisoner is to view the series in the order in which the episodes were made - and not in the rearranged order of the UK or US television screenings. In this book he provides an innovative and controversial "explanation" for what is perhaps the best, the most original, and certainly the most perplexing TV series of all time.
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Great content, unreliable sound quality
- By Forbes on 04-08-24
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I Am (Not) a Number
- Decoding the Prisoner
- Narrated by: Alex Cox
- Series: Decoding the Prisoner
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-09-21
- Language: English
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You're Lucky You're Funny
- How Life Becomes a Sitcom
- By: Phil Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Phil Rosenthal
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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This laugh-out-loud memoir takes listeners backstage and inside the writers' room of one of America's best-loved shows. With more than 17 million viewers and more than seventy Emmy nominations — including two wins for best comedy — Everybody Loves Raymond reigned supreme in television comedy for almost a decade. Phil Rosenthal was there at the beginning. United by a shared lifetime of family dysfunction, he and Ray Romano found endless material to keep the show fresh and funny for its entire run.
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Everybody loves Phil! ❤️
- By PH on 03-06-23
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You're Lucky You're Funny
- How Life Becomes a Sitcom
- Narrated by: Phil Rosenthal
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 18-04-22
- Language: English
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A Masterpiece in Disarray
- David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History.
- By: Max Evry
- Narrated by: Max Evry, Jesse Gold, Sarah Sixt
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
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As featured in Pitchfork, Empire, Nerdist, NPR, The A.V. Club, Mashable, IGN, SFX, and more! Following his underground hit Eraserhead and critically acclaimed The Elephant Man, visionary filmmaker David Lynch set his sights on bringing Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi novel Dune to the screen. The project had already vexed directors such as Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo) and Ridley Scott (Alien).
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A Masterpiece in Disarray
- David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History.
- Narrated by: Max Evry, Jesse Gold, Sarah Sixt
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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Off The Back of a Truck
- Unofficial Contraband for the Sopranos Fan
- By: Nick Braccia
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla, Stephen Graybill, Phil Thron, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Unleash your inner Soprano and relive all your favorite moments with this companion guide to the award-winning television series The Sopranos. We all know and love The Sopranos, one of the most important television dramas to ever hit the small screen, having run for six seasons on HBO. The story...
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Off The Back of a Truck
- Unofficial Contraband for the Sopranos Fan
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla, Stephen Graybill, Phil Thron, Emily Tremaine
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-12-20
- Language: English
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Square Peg, Round Ball
- Football, TV and Me: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023
- By: Ned Boulting
- Narrated by: Ned Boulting
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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Bloomsbury presents Square Peg, Round Ball written and read by Ned Boulting. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 – SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 'What Ned hasn’t seen on a sports TV channel isn’t worth knowing about.' – Gabby Logan 'From falling out with...
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Football as changed
- By Janet Quinn on 07-03-24
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Square Peg, Round Ball
- Football, TV and Me: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023
- Narrated by: Ned Boulting
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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The Last Kings of Hollywood
- Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
- By: Paul Fischer
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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The untold, intimate story of how three young visionaries—Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg—revolutionized American cinema, creating the most iconic films in history while risking everything, redefining friendship, and shaping Hollywood as we know it. "Shaun...
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The Last Kings of Hollywood
- Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-02-26
- Language: English
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After Disney
- Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America's Favorite Media Company
- By: Neil O'Brien
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Walt Disney left behind big dreams when he died in 1966. Perhaps none was greater than the hope that his son-in-law, Ron Miller, would someday run his studio. Under Miller’s leadership, Disney expanded into new frontiers: global theme parks, computer animation, cable television, home video, and video games. Despite these innovations, Ron struggled to expand the Disney brand beyond its midcentury image of wholesome family entertainment, even as times and tastes evolved.
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After Disney
- Toil, Trouble, and the Transformation of America's Favorite Media Company
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 25-03-25
- Language: English
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Welcome to the O.C.
- The Oral History
- By: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Alan Sepinwall
- Narrated by: Alan Sepinwall, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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“A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV.” —Town & Country Welcome to the O.C., b*tch: it’s the definitive oral history of beloved TV show The O.C., from the show’s creators, featuring...
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One for the fans
- By Amazon Customer on 04-11-25
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Welcome to the O.C.
- The Oral History
- Narrated by: Alan Sepinwall, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Josh Bloomberg, Robert Fass, Andrew Eiden, Fred Sanders, Ewan Chung, Kaleo Griffith, Michael David Axtell, Alyssa Bresnahan, Karissa Vacker, Therese Plummer, Amy Landon, Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 28-11-23
- Language: English
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Making Mary Poppins
- The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of the Classic Film
- By: Todd James Pierce
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Long before Mary Poppins danced across the rooftops and into the hearts of millions, Robert and Richard Sherman were struggling songwriters in Los Angeles, trying to find their voices—and their futures. In this vivid and deeply researched narrative, author and Disney historian Todd James Pierce traces the unlikely path that brought the Sherman brothers to Walt Disney's attention, and how their personal history, musical genius, and emotional lives shaped the film's unforgettable songs and surprising storyline.
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Todd James Pierce at his very best!
- By Anonymous on 20-01-26
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Making Mary Poppins
- The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of the Classic Film
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-11-25
- Language: English
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Tom Cruise
- An Unauthorized Biography
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: John Hinch
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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The eye-opening true story of Tom Cruise, from #1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton. Everyone knows Tom Cruise--or at least what he wants us to know. We know that he overcame a difficult childhood to star in astonishing array of blockbusters: Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the...
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Tom Cruise
- An Unauthorized Biography
- Narrated by: John Hinch
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 15-01-08
- Language: English
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Marilyn: A Biography
- By: Norman Mailer
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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This extraordinary biography of the legendary screen star Marilyn Monroe was originally published in 1973 by Norman Mailer, one of America's most important writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Mailer, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, was the first writer to explore the relationship between Monroe and Bobby Kennedy.
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Dreadful
- By Bex on 10-12-14
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Marilyn: A Biography
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-09-12
- Language: English
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In Search of Darkness
- By: Heather Wixson, Patrick Bromley
- Narrated by: Freddie Heinz
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
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Celebrating over 200 films from the greatest decade of horror – the 1980s – In Search of Darkness is the definitive guide to this iconic era in genre filmmaking. In Search of Darkness will allow listeners to immerse themselves in the history of their favorite horror movies and discover hidden gems from this iconic time period.
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In Search of Darkness
- Narrated by: Freddie Heinz
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-04-26
- Language: English
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Bogie & Bacall
- The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair
- By: William J. Mann
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 27 hrs and 34 mins
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From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great American love story—the romance between Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart—capturing its complexity, contradictions, and challenges as never before. In Bogie & Bacall, William Mann offers a...
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Bogey and Betty
- By Linda T on 26-03-26
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Bogie & Bacall
- The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 27 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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A Psychologist Goes to the Movies
- By: Alex Swan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Alex Swan
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
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In the six lectures of A Psychologist Goes to the Movies, taught by Dr. Swan, you’ll see what films can tell us about the human mind, from the experience of amnesia to the ethics of psychological research and so much more. Featuring six movies from a variety of genres, styles, and periods, these lectures will give you the opportunity to explore the principles of psychology and consider fascinating neurological theories through the immersive magic of the silver screen.
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interesting take on movies
- By John on 26-10-25
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A Psychologist Goes to the Movies
- Narrated by: Alex Swan
- Length: 2 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 18-09-25
- Language: English
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The Matrix
- By: Joshua Clover
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
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Bloomsbury presents The Matrix by Joshua Clover, read by David Blair. The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowski sisters and produced by Joel Silver, was a true end-of-the-millennium movie, a statement of the American zeitgeist, and, as the original film in a blockbusting franchise, a...
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The Matrix
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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