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The Inventor and the Tycoon
- A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
- By: Edward Ball
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
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One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation.
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The Inventor and the Tycoon
- A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 22-01-2013
- Language: English
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The Directors: Take Two
- By: Robert J. Emery
- Narrated by: Melissa Reizian Frank, Torry Clark
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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Today's most acclaimed film directors reveal intimate behind-the-scenes details of their most influential work and their unique approaches to their art. In the companion to the Silver Plaque-winning Starz/Encore documentary series, this book offers interviews with 13 top filmmakers. Contains each director's filmography, complete listings of major awards, and cast credits for all films discussed.
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The Directors: Take Two
- Narrated by: Melissa Reizian Frank, Torry Clark
- Series: The Directors, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-02-2013
- Language: English
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Dynomite!
- Good Times, Bad Times…Our Times - A Memoir
- By: Jimmie Walker, Sal Manna
- Narrated by: Jimmie Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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>Born into the violence of South Bronx ghetto life, the comic pioneer of TV’s Good Times fame offers a hilarious and politically charged review of his career as one of television’s first hugely successful Black stars. From opening for the Black Panthers and getting his first Tonight Show spot to becoming the first “Black” TV sitcom star, having comedians David Letterman and Jay Leno writing jokes for him, recording number-one comedy albums, and opening for rock n’ roll bands in 50,000 seat stadiums, Walker’s career hit all the highs.
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Dynomite!
- Good Times, Bad Times…Our Times - A Memoir
- Narrated by: Jimmie Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 26-06-2012
- Language: English
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American Drama in the Age of Film
- By: Zander Brietzke
- Narrated by: Brian E. Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Is theater really dead? Does the theater, as its champions insist, really provide a more intimate experience than film? If so, how have changes in cinematic techniques and technologies altered the relationship between stage and film? What are the inherent limitations of representing three-dimensional spaces in a two-dimensional one, and vice versa? American Drama in the Age of Film examines the strengths and weaknesses of both the dramatic and cinematic arts to confront the standard arguments in the film-versus-theater debate.
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American Drama in the Age of Film
- Narrated by: Brian E. Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-06-2012
- Language: English
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The Collaboration
- Hollywood's Pact with Hitler
- By: Ben Urwand
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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To continue doing business in Germany, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films attacking Nazis or condemning persecution of Jews. Ben Urwand reveals this collaboration and the cast of characters it drew in, ranging from Goebbels to Louis B. Mayer. At the center was Hitler himself - obsessed with movies and their power to shape public opinion.
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The Collaboration
- Hollywood's Pact with Hitler
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-09-2013
- Language: English
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The CIA in Hollywood
- How the Agency Shapes Film and Television
- By: Tricia Jenkins
- Narrated by: Caroline Miller
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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The CIA in Hollywood offers the first full-scale investigation of the relationship between the Agency and the film and television industries. Tricia Jenkins draws on numerous interviews with the CIA's public affairs staff, operations officers, and historians, as well as with Hollywood technical consultants, producers, and screenwriters who have worked with the Agency, to uncover the nature of the CIA's role in Hollywood.
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The CIA in Hollywood
- How the Agency Shapes Film and Television
- Narrated by: Caroline Miller
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 22-08-2012
- Language: English
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The Beauty of the Real
- What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses
- By: Mick LaSalle
- Narrated by: Phil Holland
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Even as actresses become increasingly marginalized by Hollywood, French cinema is witnessing an explosion of female talent - a Golden Age unlike anything the world has seen since the days of Stanwyck, Hepburn, Davis, and Garbo. In France, the joy of acting is alive and well. Scores of French actresses are doing the best work of their lives in movies tailored to their star images and unique personalities. Yet virtually no one this side of the Atlantic even knows about them. Viewers who feel shortchanged by Hollywood will be thrilled to discover The Beauty of the Real.
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The Beauty of the Real
- What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses
- Narrated by: Phil Holland
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-07-2013
- Language: English
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American Lightning
- Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
- By: Howard Blum
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When at last the wreckage had been sifted and the hospital triage units consulted, twenty-one people were declared dead and dozens more injured. But as it turned out, this was just a prelude to the devastation that was to come.
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American Lightning
- Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 16-09-2008
- 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
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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: 30-03-2013
- Language: English
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The Place to Be
- Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News
- By: Roger Mudd
- Narrated by: Roger Mudd
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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Roger Mudd joined CBS in 1961 and rose to fame as the congressional correspondent, covering the historic Senate filibuster debate over the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Mudd was there to see Dan Rather going toe-to-toe with the Nixon White House, Marvin Kalb deciphering the State Department, Daniel Schorr bird-dogging Watergate, Lesley Stahl and Connie Chung staking out all the president's men, George Herman presiding over Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer covering the Pentagon like a police reporter.
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The Place to Be
- Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News
- Narrated by: Roger Mudd
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 31-12-2008
- Language: English
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Metropolis
- By: Thea Von Harbou
- Narrated by: Third Ear Radio Theater
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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In 1926, the American version of the film classic Metropolis was cut in half, now for the first time in seventy years you can experience the whole story. A very important book in the development of the audiobook industry. The music and sound effects are piped through differant speakers so the listener gets the surround sound or 3-D effect. The futuristic music alone (and the listener's imagination) tells part of the story without any words describing the action.
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Metropolis
- Narrated by: Third Ear Radio Theater
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 29-12-2000
- Language: English
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Paul Newman
- A Life
- By: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning actor with the legendary blue eyes, achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes, and winsome antiheroes in such revered films as The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Verdict, The Color of Money, and Nobody’s Fool. But Newman was also an oddity in Hollywood: the rare box-office titan who cared about the craft of acting, the sexy leading man known for the staying power of his marriage, and the humble celebrity who made philanthropy his calling card long before it was cool.
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Paul Newman
- A Life
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 05-05-2009
- Language: English
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Dark Directions
- Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film
- By: Kendall R. Phillips
- Narrated by: Scotty Drake
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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A Nightmare on Elm Street. Halloween. Night of the Living Dead. These films have been indelibly stamped on moviegoers' psyches and are now considered seminal works of horror. Guiding readers along the twisted paths between audience, auteur, and cultural history, author Kendall R. Phillips reveals the macabre visions of these films' directors in Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film.
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Dark Directions
- Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film
- Narrated by: Scotty Drake
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 20-11-2012
- Language: English
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The Science of James Bond
- By: Lois H. Gresh, Robert Weinberg
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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From the sleek Aston Martin that spits out bullets, nails, and passengers at the push of a button to the microjet that makes hairpin turns to avoid a heat-seeking missile, the science and technology of James Bond films have kept millions of movie fans guessing for decades. Are these amazing feats and gadgets truly possible? The Science of James Bond takes you on a fascinating excursion through the true science that underlies Bond's most fantastic and off-the-wall accoutrements.
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The Science of James Bond
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 30-07-2010
- Language: English
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Cinécdoque
- By: Luis Reséndiz
- Narrated by: Fernanda Solórzano, Ana Ragazol, Luis Reséndiz
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
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Cinécdoque es el libro que los cinéfilos necesitaban para repensar el cine comercial, reflexionar sobre sus cambios y llevar más allá de la pantalla las conquistas del séptimo arte.
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Cinécdoque
- Narrated by: Fernanda Solórzano, Ana Ragazol, Luis Reséndiz
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 19-04-2019
- Language: Spanish
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La science fait son cinéma
- By: Roland Lehoucq, Jean-Sébastien Steyer
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Défier les lois de la physique avec "Ant-Man", et celles de l'anatomie avec "Godzilla". S'aventurer aux abords d'un trou noir... et y plonger avec "Interstellar". Communiquer avec les aliens comme dans "Premier Contact". Se retrouver seul sur Mars et tenter d'y survivre. Étudier Prometheus et s'interroger sur l'origine et l'évolution des espèces extraterrestres.
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La science fait son cinéma
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-05-2019
- Language: French
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TV Noir
- Dark Drama on the Small Screen
- By: Allen Glover
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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Noir - as a style, movement, or sensibility - has its roots in hardboiled detective fiction by writers like Chandler and Hammett, and films adapted from their novels were among the first called "film noir" by French cineastes. But film isn't the only medium with a taste for a dark story. Hundreds of noir dramas have been produced for television, featuring detectives and femmes fatales, gangsters, and dark deeds, continuing week after week, with a new disruption of the social order. In TV Noir, television historian Allen Glover presents the first complete study of the subject.
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TV Noir
- Dark Drama on the Small Screen
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 24-09-2019
- Language: English
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Transatlantic Television Drama
- Industries, Programs, and Fans
- By: Matt Hills - editor, Michele Hilmes - editor, Roberta Pearson - editor
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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In 2014, the UK science-fiction television series Black Mirror was released on Netflix worldwide, quickly becoming a hit with US audiences. Like other beloved British imports, this series piqued Americans' interest with hints of dark comedy, clever plotlines, and six-episode seasons that left audiences frantic for more. In Transatlantic Television Drama, volume editors Michele Hilmes, Matt Hills, and Roberta Pearson team up with leading scholars in TV studies and transnational television to look at how dramas like Black Mirror captivate US audiences....
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Transatlantic Television Drama
- Industries, Programs, and Fans
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 06-02-2019
- Language: English
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Emeralds of Oz
- Life Lessons from over the Rainbow
- By: Peter Guzzardi
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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In the best-selling tradition of Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, a wise and inspiring collection of life lessons drawn from one of the most beloved movies of all time: The Wizard of Oz.
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Emeralds of Oz
- Life Lessons from over the Rainbow
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 14-05-2019
- Language: English
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Bullets over Bombay
- Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster
- By: Uday Bhatia
- Narrated by: Faraz Khan
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscovering romance, Ram Gopal Varma's film dared to imagine the ordinary life of a Mumbai gangster. It kicked off a new wave of Hindi gangster films that depicted a vital, gritty side of Mumbai, rarely shown in mainstream cinema until then. More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film. When it was released, the regular moviegoer would have been hard-pressed to recognize more than a couple of names in the film's credits.
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Bullets over Bombay
- Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster
- Narrated by: Faraz Khan
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-02-2022
- Language: English
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