American Television

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    • By: Neil Gaiman
    • Narrated by: George Guidall
    • Series: American Gods, Book 1
    • Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-03
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10,689 ratings
    • Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana....

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    • A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
    • By: Heather Greene
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • No industry has been as influential at shaping the popular notion of what it means to be a witch quite as much as Hollywood. This book traces the fascinating history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television....

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    • A Novel
    • By: Colson Whitehead
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16,234 ratings
    • Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits....

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    • The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
    • By: Daniel de Visé
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 627 ratings
    • A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs....

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    • An Opinionated History of Queer TV
    • By: Shayna Maci Warner
    • Narrated by: Shayna Maci Warner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Rainbow Age of Television explores why queer people are so invested in—and conflicted by—the kinds of storytelling that TV has to offer. Above all, it's a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ shows, their characters, and their creators that define this new age in television.

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    • The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life
    • By: George Gilder
    • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
    • Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 08-31-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • In this remarkably prescient audiobook, Gilder predicts how television will merge with other technologies and evolve into the telecomputer....

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    • Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time
    • By: Alan Sepinwall, Matt Zoller Seitz
    • Narrated by: Alan Sepinwall, Matt Zoller Seitz
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 226 ratings
    • What's the greatest TV show ever? That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (the Book). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows....

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    • A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph
    • By: Sheila Johnson
    • Narrated by: Sheila Johnson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,094 ratings
    • The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph—an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life.

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    • A History of American Television Themes and Scoring
    • By: Jon Burlingame
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 03-28-23
    • Language: English
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    • Music composed for television had, until recently, never been taken seriously by scholars or critics. Catchy TV themes, often for popular weekly series, were fondly remembered but not considered much more culturally significant than commercial jingles....

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    • By: Diane Bailey, Who HQ
    • Narrated by: Leon Nixon
    • Series: Who-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Learn how Fred Rogers, a minister and musician from Pennsylvania, became one of America's most beloved television personalities and everyone's favorite neighbor....

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    • By: Geoff Edgers
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
    • Length: 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Elvis could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Depression, he grew up with the blues music of the rural South, the gospel music of local churches, and the country-western classics. Listen to learn more about Elvis....

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    • The Triumph of the American Libido
    • By: David Friend
    • Narrated by: David Friend
    • Length: 26 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • A sexual history of the 1990s, when the baby boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue....

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    • Who Was...?
    • By: Jim Gigliotti
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 55 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Bruce Lee was a Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and philosopher....

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    • How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed TV-and American-Forever
    • By: Alan Siegel
    • Length: 9 hrs
    • Release date: 06-10-25
    • Language: English
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    • This comprehensive account of the meteoric rise of The Simpsons combines incisive pop culture criticism and interviews with the show’s creative team that take listeners inside the making of an American phenomenon during its most influential decade, the 1990s.

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    • Who Was?
    • By: Jody Jensen Shaffer, Who HQ
    • Narrated by: Nancy Wu
    • Series: Who-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 1 hr
    • Release date: 02-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • How did Jackie Chan become one of the most recognizable and beloved actors in the world? Find out in this exciting biography of this martial artist turned international film superstar....

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    • The Inside Story of TV’s First Black Superstar
    • By: Kevin Cook
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • The rags-to-riches story of a groundbreaking, beloved entertainer....

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    • How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback
    • By: Skai Jackson
    • Narrated by: Skai Jackson
    • Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Actress, activist, and now Dancing with the Stars competitor Skai Jackson shares her lessons on life and her rise to stardom in this vibrant memoir about self-acceptance, girl empowerment, and the classy clapback....

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    • By: Noah Hawley
    • Narrated by: Noah Hawley, Shiromi Arserio
    • Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The first big novel of 2022: an epic literary thriller set where America is right now, in which a band of unlikely heroes sets out on a quest to save one innocent life - and might end up saving us all....

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