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Fonda on Film
- The Political Movies of Jane Fonda
- By: Nelson Pressley
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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As much coverage as Jane Fonda has elicited through the years, the stories often skim past her prime filmmaking core. Fonda on Film spotlights the signature political films Fonda generated in the 1970s—Coming Home, The China Syndrome, 9 to 5, and more—that are still underappreciated even as Fonda endures as one of the world’s most admired and controversial performers. This is a movie book about a mega-celebrity, an origin story voyaging through Fonda’s learning years in the 1960s and the calculated payoff of the 1970s.
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Fonda on Film
- The Political Movies of Jane Fonda
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-03-26
- Language: English
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Daniel Day Lewis
- The Biography
- By: Laura Jackson
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Daniel Day-Lewis is an actor regarded by many as the finest of his generation. His portrayal of cerebral-palsy sufferer Christy Brown in My Left Foot won him his first Oscar in 1990, and in 2008 another Oscar followed for his role in There Will Be Blood. His roles in The Age of Innocence, The Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father further cemented his reputation as well as grossing millions at the box office, making Day-Lewis one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.
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Daniel Day Lewis
- The Biography
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-09-15
- Language: English
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This Time Together
- Laughter and Reflection
- By: Carol Burnett
- Narrated by: Carol Burnett
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible. Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its...
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Disappointed, no really !!!!
- By Deano Frank on 19-12-16
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This Time Together
- Laughter and Reflection
- Narrated by: Carol Burnett
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-04-10
- Language: English
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
- TV Milestones
- By: Marcia Landy
- Narrated by: Robert J. Eckrich
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most innovative comedic programs to air on television, Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a mix of the carnivalesque and the critical. The show has become famous for eschewing many of the conventions of situation comedy, the fully formed and coherent script, narrative closure, predictable characters, and the decorum associated with presentation.
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
- TV Milestones
- Narrated by: Robert J. Eckrich
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 30-03-13
- Language: English
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The Price of Valor
- The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II
- By: David Smith
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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When he was 17 years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so that he could enlist in the army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was 19, he single-handedly turned back the German army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized in the classic film To Hell and Back, starring Audie himself.
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A True American Hero
- By Frankus on 23-05-20
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The Price of Valor
- The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 20-04-15
- Language: English
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It's (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a Network
- By: Kimberly Potts
- Narrated by: Brian Unger
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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In the bestselling traditions of Seinfeldia and Top of the Rock comes a fascinating deep dive into the longest-running live-action sitcom in television history, from its humble beginnings to its evolution as a critically acclaimed cult classic comedy. Charlie, Dennis, Mac, Sweet Dee, and Frank...
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Nothing New For Fans
- By Hugh O'Donoghue on 08-07-25
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It's (Almost) Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- How Three Friends Spent $200 to Create the Longest-Running Live-Action Sitcom in History and Help Build a Network
- Narrated by: Brian Unger
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-07-25
- Language: English
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The Way They Were
- How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen
- By: Robert Hofler
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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It's one of the greatest movie romances of all time. Yet the friction and controversy surrounding The Way We Were was so enormous, the movie was nearly never made at all. Drawing on Laurents's and Pollack's unpublished writings, as well as interviews with Streisand, Redford, and other key players, this is the definitive account of a film that changed the rules of moviemaking and defined romance ever since.
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The Way They Were
- How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 23-05-23
- Language: English
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Future Boy
- Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum
- By: Michael J. Fox, Nelle Fortenberry
- Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. Read by Michael J. Fox, this program features renowned clips from Back to the Future, plus interviews...
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Future Boy
- Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum
- Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 14-10-25
- Language: English
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The Science of The Mandalorian
- By: Mark Brake
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Star Wars dominates the film world. The combined box office revenue of the Star Wars movies equates to over $10 billion, making it the second highest-grossing film franchise of all time. But this franchise is no blaster from the past. Its fantastically successful films have now been followed by multiple television series set in that same galaxy far, far away. The franchise’s flagship television series, and likely the firmest fan favorite for some time to come, is The Mandalorian.
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The Science of The Mandalorian
- Narrated by: Nick Mondelli
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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Best Pick
- A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards
- By: John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky
- Narrated by: John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Authors John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside 10 detailed 'making-of' accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinised to answer the ultimate question: 'did the Academy get it right?'
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Best Pick
- A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards
- Narrated by: John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-02-22
- Language: English
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Jean Renoir
- Projections of Paradise
- By: Ronald Bergan
- Narrated by: Jean Brassard
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Jean Renoir's career almost spans the history years of cinema - from the early silent movies, to the naturalism of the talkies, committed cinema, film noir, Hollywood studio productions, the Technicolor-period comedies and fast television techniques. His film The Grand Illusion remains one of the greatest movies about the effects of war.
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Jean Renoir
- Projections of Paradise
- Narrated by: Jean Brassard
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 29-02-16
- Language: English
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Audition
- A Memoir
- By: Barbara Walters
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 26 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.” And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and...
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Audition
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 26 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 24-11-08
- 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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Popcorn Disabilities
- The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies
- By: Kristen Lopez, Ben Mankiewicz - foreword
- Narrated by: Francine Brody
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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You can learn a lot from the movies—about sex and relationships, about business, about history. Sure, there’s a fair amount of fantasy, wish fulfillment, and glorious hair to exaggerate everything, but for better or for worse, films remain one of the most important ways that viewers around the world learn about other people and cultures. And almost since the dawn of the medium, movies have shaped the public’s understanding of and assumptions about disability.
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Popcorn Disabilities
- The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies
- Narrated by: Francine Brody
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-11-25
- Language: English
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Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland, and the Golden Age of Hollywood
- By: Melanie Gall
- Narrated by: Melanie Gall
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The 1930s was a magical age in Hollywood, with Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, and Clark Gable lighting up the silver screen. But Deanna Durbin’s fame surpassed them all. Born in Canada, Deanna was “discovered” by star-maker Eddie Cantor, producer Joe Pasternak, and director Henry Koster, and she quickly became the world’s most celebrated star. She saved Universal Studios from ruin, she was a favorite of Winston Churchill and Anne Frank, and she became the highest-paid woman in America.
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Fab
- By Linda T on 26-12-23
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Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland, and the Golden Age of Hollywood
- Narrated by: Melanie Gall
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 23-05-23
- 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 Good Neighbor
- The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
- By: Maxwell King
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, The Good Neighbor tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development.
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The Good Neighbor
- The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 04-09-18
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Film Noir
- The Philosophy of Popular Culture
- By: Mark T. Conard
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Noir emerged as a prominent American film genre in the early 1940s, distinguishable by its use of unusual lighting, sinister plots, mysterious characters, and dark themes. From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), films from this classic period reflect an atmosphere of corruption and social decay that attracted such accomplished directors as John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Orson Welles.
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Film Noir : Genre Or Style ?
- By Stephen Gott on 28-01-20
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The Philosophy of Film Noir
- The Philosophy of Popular Culture
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-02-15
- Language: English
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The Music of James Bond
- By: Jon Burlingame
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, spicing the story with a wealth of fascinating and previously undisclosed tales.
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An interesting journey through the music of Bond
- By Film fan on 02-02-20
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The Music of James Bond
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 06-02-14
- Language: English
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Believe
- The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts
- By: Jeremy Egner
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive book on the TV show Ted Lasso, written by New York Times journalist and editor Jeremy Egner, celebrating the show’s improbable rise and cultural impact while never losing sight of the heart, friendship, and passion that have made it an enduring favorite for the ages When Ted...
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Believe
- The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way into Our Hearts
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 12-11-24
- Language: English
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