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I Am Spartacus!
- Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist
- By: Kirk Douglas, George Clooney - foreword
- Narrated by: Michael Douglas
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the world's most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a producer, philanthropist, and author of ten works of fiction and memoir. Now, more than fifty years after the release of his enduring epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting drama behind the making of the legendary gladiator film. Douglas began producing the movie in the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywood’s moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies.
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fascinating
- By A on 14-04-16
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I Am Spartacus!
- Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist
- Narrated by: Michael Douglas
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-06-12
- Language: English
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Mae West
- An Icon in Black and White
- By: Jill Watts
- Narrated by: Holly Palance
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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"Why don't you come up and see me sometime?" Mae West invited and promptly captured the imagination of generations. Even today, years after her death, the actress and author is still regarded as the pop archetype of sexual wantonness and ribald humor. But who was this saucy starlet, a woman who was controversial enough to be jailed, pursued by film censors, and banned from the airwaves for the revolutionary content of her work, and yet would ascend to the status of film legend?
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Mae West
- An Icon in Black and White
- Narrated by: Holly Palance
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 17-08-21
- Language: English
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Steven Spielberg
- A Life in Films
- By: Molly Haskell
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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"Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores the full range of Spielberg's works for the light they shine upon the man himself. Through such powerhouse hits as E.T., Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones, to less-appreciated movies like the haunting Schindler's List, Haskell shows how Spielberg's uniquely evocative filmmaking and story-telling reveal the many ways in which his life, work, and times are entwined.
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Uninformed and almost Hateful at times
- By Inigo on 04-12-23
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Steven Spielberg
- A Life in Films
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 03-01-17
- Language: English
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The Avengers
- The Unauthorized History
- By: Tim Simpson
- Narrated by: Phillip Humphries
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Before it became iconic, it was accidental. Before it was pop art, it was procedure. Before it was remembered, it was thinking. The Avengers was never just a spy show. It was a cultural experiment—one that smuggled philosophy, intelligence culture, fashion, and quiet rebellion into living rooms under the cover of wit and elegance.
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The Avengers
- The Unauthorized History
- Narrated by: Phillip Humphries
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 29-01-26
- Language: English
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So Fetch
- The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still So Obsessed With It)
- By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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People Best New Book The inside story of the making of Mean Girls – and our enduring 20-year obsession with it Released in 2004, iconic teen comedy Mean Girls remains as relevant now as ever. But what made an adaptation of a parenting guide by SNL writer Tina Fey so successful? And why, two...
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Really interesting!
- By Anonymous on 01-02-24
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So Fetch
- The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still So Obsessed With It)
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 18-01-24
- Language: English
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Seven Seasons of Buffy
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
- By: Glenn Yeffeth - editor, Drew Goddard, David Brin, and others
- Narrated by: Colby Elliott
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes pieces by leading science fiction and fantasy authors. Contributors include best-selling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfeld, cult-favorite vampire author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and award-winner Sarah Zettel.
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Seven Seasons of Buffy
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
- Narrated by: Colby Elliott
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-04-17
- Language: English
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Disney High
- The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
- By: Ashley Spencer
- Narrated by: Lalaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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From private feuds and on-set disasters to fanfare that swept the nation and the realities of child stardom, culture journalist Ashley Spencer offers the first unauthorized look at the heyday of TV’s House of Mouse, featuring hundreds of exclusive new interviews with former Disney executives, creatives, and talent to explore the highs, lows, and everything in between.
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Interesting insight and at times nostalgic
- By cheryl gager on 06-01-26
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Disney High
- The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
- Narrated by: Lalaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 24-09-24
- Language: English
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Welcome to the Family
- The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World
- By: Barry Hertz
- Narrated by: Barry Hertz
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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An exclusive look inside the surprising history and contentious future of Hollywood’s most unlikely blockbuster—the Fast & Furious franchise—a series that uncannily anticipated the shifting currents of pop culture while changing the business of global entertainment at the same time. What...
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Really good book about the fast and furious franchise
- By Azhar Khan on 06-02-26
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Welcome to the Family
- The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World
- Narrated by: Barry Hertz
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 25-11-25
- Language: English
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Alien
- BFI Film Classics
- By: Roger Luckhurst
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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A legendary fusion of science fiction and horror, Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) is one of the most enduring films of modern cinema – its famously visceral scenes acting like a traumatic wound we seem compelled to revisit. Exploring the ways in which Alien compels us to think about otherness, Luckhurst demonstrates how and why this interstellar slasher movie, this old dark house in space, came to coil itself around our darkest imaginings about the fragility of humanity.
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Alien
- BFI Film Classics
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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There and Back Again
- The Unofficial Oral History of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- By: Sam Moore
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive, unofficial oral history of the making of the iconic and beloved Lord of the Rings film trilogy—featuring interviews with the cast and crew, who give the inside story of the landmark series twenty-five years after its original release. Celebrate the beloved, influential, and...
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There and Back Again
- The Unofficial Oral History of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 20-10-26
- Language: English
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Turning to the Dark Side
- What Star Wars Teaches Us About How a Good Person Turns Bad
- By: Gregory Diehl
- Narrated by: Gregory V. Diehl
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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What does it mean for someone to "turn to the dark side"? Discover a profound real-world interpretation of the Star Wars saga, exploring the seminal story of how a good person can lose themselves and what it takes to bring them back. Through a close analysis of Episodes I–VI, the parallel arcs of Anakin and Luke Skywalker reveal how someone who feels too deeply can either surrender to fear and unresolved anger or rise above them.
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Turning to the Dark Side
- What Star Wars Teaches Us About How a Good Person Turns Bad
- Narrated by: Gregory V. Diehl
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 04-05-26
- 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
- Unabridged
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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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Pan's Labyrinth
- BFI Film Classics
- By: Mar Diestro-Dópido
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth (2006), won a total of 76 awards and is one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films ever made. Blending the world of monstrous fairytales with the actual horrors of post-Civil War Spain, the film's commingling of real and fantasy worlds speaks profoundly to our times. This study of Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece places 'Pan's Labyrinth' in its cultural and historical contexts, and provide an illuminating analysis of the film's techniques, themes and meanings.
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Pan's Labyrinth
- BFI Film Classics
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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Love, Groucho
- Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam
- By: Groucho Marx
- Narrated by: Frank Ferrante
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Having saved virtually every letter her father wrote to her between the years 1938, when she was 11 years old, and 1967, Miriam Marx' letters from her famous father Groucho show an extraordinary father-daughter relationship.
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Amazing insight.
- By roger1968 on 06-10-21
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Love, Groucho
- Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam
- Narrated by: Frank Ferrante
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 29-06-01
- Language: English
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There'll Be Peace When You Are Done
- Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural
- By: Lynn S. Zubernis - editor
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Rebecca Mitchell
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural is an emotional look back at the beloved television show Supernatural as it wraps up its final season after 15 unprecedented years on air. With heartfelt chapters written by both the series' actors and its fans, There'll Be Peace When You Are Done traces Supernatural's evolution, the memorable characters created by its writers and brought to life by its talented actors, and the many ways in which the show has inspired and changed the lives of both its viewers and cast.
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something to hear/read
- By Mia Smoje on 16-10-22
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There'll Be Peace When You Are Done
- Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Rebecca Mitchell
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-07-20
- Language: English
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Marilyn: A Biography
- By: Norman Mailer
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Paul Newman
- A Life
- By: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “[This] absorbing, affectionate portrait manages to bring [Newman] back to us. . . . Paul Newman leaves readers with a surprisingly cheering message. If the rest of us can’t aspire to having Newman’s life, we can at least take inspiration from the way he lived...
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POOR PAUL...
- By peter on 30-10-12
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Paul Newman
- A Life
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-05-09
- Language: English
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The Matrix
- BFI Film Classics
- By: Joshua Clover
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In this compelling study, Joshua Clover undertakes the task of decoding the film. Examining The Matrix's digital effects and how they were achieved, he shows how the film represents a melding of cinema and video games (the greatest commercial threat to have faced Hollywood since the advent of television) and achieves a hybrid kind of immersive entertainment. He also unpacks the movie's references to philosophy, showing how The Matrix ultimately expresses the crisis American culture faced at the end of the 1990s.
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The Matrix
- BFI Film Classics
- 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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Adaptations of Dune
- Frank Herbert's Story on Screen
- By: Kara Kennedy
- Narrated by: Kara Kennedy
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Considered by many to be unadaptable due to its length and complexity, Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic Dune has made it to the screen about every two decades.
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Well researched content marred by recording quality.
- By Phil on 16-02-24
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Adaptations of Dune
- Frank Herbert's Story on Screen
- Narrated by: Kara Kennedy
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-02-24
- 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
- Unabridged
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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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