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  • The Unfinished Harauld Hughes cover art

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    • De Niro

    • A Life
    • By: Shawn Levy
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 28-10-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • There's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time....

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    • And on That Bombshell

    • Inside the Madness and Genius of TOP GEAR
    • By: Richard Porter
    • Narrated by: Richard Porter, Ben Elliot
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 650 ratings
    • For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of Top Gear, from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson.....

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    • You're Lucky You're Funny

    • How Life Becomes a Sitcom
    • By: Phil Rosenthal
    • Narrated by: Phil Rosenthal
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 18-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • This laugh-out-loud memoir takes listeners backstage and inside the writers’ room of one of America’s best-loved shows....

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    • Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli

    • The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
    • By: Mark Seal
    • Narrated by: Phil Thron
    • Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 19-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 110 ratings

    • The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie’s fiery creation have been told - sometimes conflicting, but always compelling....

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    • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

    • How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
    • By: Peter Biskind
    • Narrated by: Dick Hill
    • Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 189 ratings
    • This audiobook follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and a climate where innovation reigned supreme....

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    • Oscar Wars

    • A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
    • By: Michael Schulman
    • Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
    • Length: 21 hrs
    • Release date: 21-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

    • The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama....

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    • Welcome to Pawnee

    • Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation
    • By: Jim O'Heir
    • Narrated by: Jim O'Heir, George Newbern, Eva Kaminsky, Janina Edwards, Roger Wayne, Jim Meskimen, Adam Verner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 19-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • Jim O’Heir, who played Jerry (or Garry or Larry) on Parks and Recreation and co-hosts the hit podcast Parks and Recollection, brings fans a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s most beloved sitcoms, brimming with never-before-told stories featuring the cast and crew!

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    • Cary Grant

    • A Brilliant Disguise
    • By: Scott Eyman
    • Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
    • Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 20-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings

    • Film historian and acclaimed New York Times best-selling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, “captivating” (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, one of the most accomplished — and beloved — actors of his generation....

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    • Amusing Ourselves to Death

    • Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
    • By: Neil Postman
    • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
    • Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 16-01-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 241 ratings
    • In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs....

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    • Coreyography

    • By: Corey Feldman
    • Narrated by: Corey Feldman
    • Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 29-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 546 ratings
    • A deeply personal and revealing Hollywood-survival story.....

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    • Last Night at the Viper Room

    • River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
    • By: Gavin Edwards
    • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
    • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
    • Hollywood was built on beautiful and complicated matinee idols: James Dean and Marlon Brando are classic examples, but in the 1990s, the actor who embodied that archetype was River Phoenix....

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    • Shockaholic

    • By: Carrie Fisher
    • Narrated by: Carrie Fisher
    • Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 275 ratings
    • Shockaholic is the juicy account of Carrie Fisher’s life, focusing more on the Star Wars years and dishing about the various Hollywood relationships she’s formed....

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    • Superficial

    • More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries
    • By: Andy Cohen
    • Narrated by: Andy Cohen
    • Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Hopping from the Hamptons to the Manhattan dating world, the dog park to the red carpet, Cardinals superfan and mama's boy Andy Cohen is the kind of star fans want to be friends with....

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    • Dark Star

    • A Biography of Vivien Leigh
    • By: Alan Strachan
    • Narrated by: Alasdair Buchan
    • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

    • Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the 20th century. As Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name....

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    • The Queer Art of Failure

    • By: Jack Halberstam
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

    • The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism....

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    • The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse

    • By: Paramount Pictures
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 22-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

    • Step into the shadow of the Corleone family as Paramount Pictures unveils the enduring saga of The Godfather as never experienced before in this captivating Audible Original.

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    • If Chins Could Kill

    • Confessions of a B Movie Actor
    • By: Bruce Campbell
    • Narrated by: Bruce Campbell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 595 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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