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    • True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies
    • By: Dr. Lee Mellor
    • Narrated by: Adam Sims
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 07-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 318 ratings
    • Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs....

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    • Confessions of a B Movie Actor
    • By: Bruce Campbell
    • Narrated by: Bruce Campbell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,024 ratings
    • Life is full of choices. Right now, yours is whether or not to buy the autobiography of a mid-grade, kind of hammy actor....

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    • Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds, The Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, and Everything in Between
    • By: James King
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars got their big break....

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    • And Other Stories from a Life Lived in and out of the Movies
    • By: Illeana Douglas
    • Narrated by: Illeana Douglas
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 12-22-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 209 ratings
    • I Blame Dennis Hopper is a rollicking, funny, at times tender exploration of the way movies can change our lives....

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    • House Style in the Golden Age of the Movies
    • By: Ethan Mordden
    • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
    • Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 144 ratings
    • Hollywood in the years between 1929 and 1948 was a town of moviemaking empires. The great studios were estates of talent: sprawling, dense, diverse. It was the Golden Age of the Movies....

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    • The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
    • By: Andrew Maynard
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • Former physicist Andrew Maynard threads together his love of science-fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies to engage, entertain, and make you think about the relationship between technology and society....

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    • By: Cormac McCarthy
    • Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 07-22-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13,970 ratings
    • Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years....

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    • The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
    • By: Melissa Anelli
    • Narrated by: Renée Raudman
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 02-27-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 294 ratings
    • With remembrances from J. K. Rowling's editors, agents, publicists, fans, and Rowling herself, Melissa Anelli takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenon....

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    • By: Allen Eskens
    • Narrated by: Zach Villa
    • Series: Joe Talbert, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 68,144 ratings
    • College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person....

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    • Stories from 50 Years in Hollywood
    • By: Irwin Winkler
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 09-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • Filled with tales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendary and forgotten ones, A Life in Movies takes listeners behind the scenes and into the history of Hollywood....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • By: Gregory Bullock
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-24
    • Language: English
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    • Whether you are a history buff, a movie buff, just learning about history, or all of the above, this is your essential guide to movies and TV shows...

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    • Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
    • By: Mark Harris
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 595 ratings
    • Here is the epic drama behind the making of five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967, and through them, the story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever....

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    • The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television
    • By: Foster Hirsch
    • Narrated by: Foster Hirsch
    • Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set against the boom of the post-WW II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age—and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts....

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    • The Mystery Surrounding the Orville Nix Home Movie of November 22, 1963
    • By: Gayle Nix Jackson
    • Narrated by: Lydia Mackay
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 149 ratings
    • This book does not attempt to answer the question of who killed John F. Kennedy; instead it addresses why we should question the actions of those involved and why the truth was withheld….

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    • A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street
    • By: David McClintick, James B. Stewart - foreword
    • Narrated by: Charles Constant
    • Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-31-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn't. The incident was the tip of the iceberg....

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    • The Oral History of Clueless, as Told by Amy Heckerling, the Cast, and the Crew
    • By: Jen Chaney
    • Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 07-14-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • Will we ever get tired of watching Cher navigate Beverly Hills High School and discover true love in the movie Clueless? As if....

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    • The Great Moments That Built a Galaxy Far, Far Away
    • By: Ken Napzok, Joseph Scrimshaw - foreword
    • Narrated by: Ken Napzok
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 08-27-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 347 ratings
    • Celebrate the greatest saga ever told: All of us who are deeply influenced by the epic saga of Star Wars have our favorite moments....

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    • Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies
    • By: Alicia Malone
    • Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 03-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • With humor and honesty, Girls on Film looks at the good, the bad, and the unfairly written women in film....

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