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History & Criticism Audiobooks

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    Monsters of the Week

    The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files

    by Zack Handlen, Todd VanDerWerff ...
    Narrated by Joe Hempel ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 2 min

    In 1993, Fox debuted a strange new television show called The X-Files. Little did anyone suspect that the series would become one of the network's biggest hits-and change the landscape of television in the process. Now, on the occasion of the show's twenty-fifth anniversary, TV critics Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff unpack exactly what made this haunting show so groundbreaking. Witty and ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    David Jason: My Life

    by David Jason ...
    Narrated by Michael Fenton Stevens ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 16 min

    David Jason: My Life**, now available as an unabridged audiobook.**National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013.Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Andy Cohen Diaries

    A Deep Look at a Shallow Year

    by Andy Cohen ...
    Narrated by Andy Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 35 min

    A year in the whirlwind life of the beloved pop icon Andy Cohen, in his own cheeky, candid, and irreverent words**.**As a TV Producer and host of the smash late night show Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has a front row seat to an exciting world not many get to see. In this dishy, detailed diary of one year in his life, Andy goes out on the town, drops names, hosts a ton of shows, becomes ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Late Shift

    Letterman, Leno, & the Network Battle for the Night

    by Bill Carter ...
    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 43 min

    New York Times bestseller: A "gripping" true story of late-night comedy and behind-the-scenes drama (Los Angeles Times). When beloved host Johnny Carson announced his retirement after thirty years on The Tonight Show, millions of Americans mourned. But inside the television industry, the news ignited a battle between two amazing talents-Jay Leno and David Letterman-who both yearned to occupy the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Westworld and Philosophy

    If You Go Looking for the Truth, Get the Whole Thing

    by William Irwin ...
    Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer, Eva Wilhelm ...
    series Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture

    Unabridged

    9 hours 35 min

    Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? HBO's Westworld, a high-concept cerebral television series which explores the emergence of artificial consciousness at a futuristic amusement park, raises numerous questions about the nature of consciousness and its bearing on the divide between authentic and artificial life. Are our choices our own? What is the relationship between the mind and ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Family Don't End with Blood

    Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Has Changed Lives

    Narrated by Gabra Zackman, Graham Halstead ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 50 min

    Supernatural, a three-time People's Choice Award winner for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show and Tumblr's 2015 Most Reblogged "Live Action TV," has made a name for itself by supporting and encouraging its fans to "always keep fighting," and a memorable line from early in the show's run, "Family don't end with blood," became an inspiring mantra for many who found community in the fandom. In twenty ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood

    Return to Collinwood - 50th Anniversary Anthology

    by Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim Pierson, David Selby, Lara Parker ...
    Narrated by Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim Pierson, David Selby, Lara Parker ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 21 min

    Dark Shadows: Return to Collinwood presents a look back at four decades of the successful spooky soap opera that made sympathetic vampire Barnabas Collins a pop culture phenomenon and prompted the big-budget, big-screen Warner Bros. revival starring longtime fan Johnny Depp, directed by Tim Burton, that premieres May 11, 2012. With the ongoing fascination for all things vampiric, this audiobook ... Read more

    $48.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Fifty Years of 60 Minutes

    The Inside Story of Television's Most Influential News Broadcast

    by Jeff Fager ...
    Narrated by Jeff Fager ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 28 min

    “An illuminating TV show biography” (Kirkus Reviews), the ultimate inside story of 60 Minutes—the program that has tracked and shaped the biggest moments in post-war American history.From its almost accidental birth in 1968, 60 Minutes has set the standard for broadcast journalism. The show has profiled every major leader, artist, and movement of the past five decades, perfecting the news-making ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Melissa Explains It All

    Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

    by Melissa Joan Hart ...
    Narrated by Melissa Joan Hart ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 6 min

    Melissa Joan Hart explained it all—from dating to bullies—in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on millions more television viewers as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Now, in Melissa Explains It All, Melissa tells the frank and funny behind-the-scenes stories from her extraordinary past and her refreshingly normal present.Melissa has been ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Green Mister Rogers

    Environmentalism in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

    by Sara Lindey, Jason King ...
    Narrated by Kathy Bell Denton ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    Fred Rogers was an international celebrity. He was a pioneer in children's television, an advocate for families, and a multimedia artist and performer. He wrote the television scripts and music, performed puppetry, sang, hosted, and directed Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for more than thirty years. Rogers' direct, slow, gentle, and empathic approach is supported by his superior emotional strength, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    When Women Invented Television

    The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

    by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ...
    Narrated by Nan McNamara ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 40 min

    “Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket GirlsNew York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrongtells the little-... ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Captive Audience

    On Love and Reality TV

    by Lucas Mann ...
    Narrated by Lucas Mann ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    From the national bestselling author of Lord Fear and Class A comes "a tender, humane, comic, brainy, unsettling achievement” (Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship) about what it means to live an authentic life and what it means to love a person.In Lucas Mann's trademark vein—fiercely intelligent, self-deprecating, brilliantly observed, idiosyncratic, personal, funny, ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Music for Prime Time

    A History of American Television Themes and Scoring

    by Jon Burlingame ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 6 min

    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. Yet noted composers like John Williams, Henry Mancini, and Jerry Goldsmith learned and/or honed their craft in television before going on to major ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Audience of One

    Television, Donald Trump, and the Politics of Illusion

    by James Poniewozik ...
    Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 32 min

    An incisive cultural history that captures a fractious nation through the prism of television and the rattled mind of a celebrity president In the tradition of Neil Postman's masterpiece Amusing Ourselves to Death, Audience of One shows how American media have shaped American society and politics, by interweaving two crucial stories. The first story follows the evolution of television from the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    LEXX Unauthorized, Series 1

    Backstage in the Dark Zone

    by D.G. Valdron ...
    Audiobook 1 - LEXX Unauthorized

    Unabridged

    8 hours 9 min

    LEXX Unauthorized - The story of Kai, an undead assassin, Zev, a combination of love slave and cluster lizard, Stanley Tweedle, a hapless security guard and 790, a robot head, careening through space together in the LEXX, a planet destroying biological warship shaped like a dragonfly.Their ship stolen from the evil empire, The Divine Order, the crew of the LEXX are devoted to running away, hiding ... Read more

    $13.00 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Gilmore Girls Companion

    by A. S. Berman ...
    Narrated by Nat Segaloff ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 30 min

    Since we first peeked into Stars Hollow, Connecticut, on October 5, 2000, Gilmore Girls has delighted people worldwide. Combining unparalleled writing with endearing characters and a respect for the complexities of life, the series continues to bring people together today.The Gilmore Girls Companion takes you behind the scenes of this television classic, from the first glimmer of the idea to the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Wit and Wisdom of Bridgerton

    Lady Whistledown's Official Guide

    by Julia Quinn ...
    Narrated by Rosalyn Landor ...
    series Bridgertons

    Unabridged

    2 hours 50 min

    Dear Reader, The Bridgertons are by far the most prolific family in the upper echelons of society, both in deed and word, and now, for the first time, their most indelible quips and barbs have been gathered here for your reading pleasure. From Anthony’s arrogance to Hyacinth’s hijinks, the family has long been fodder for society gossips … and indeed even for This Author, who has come out of ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Andy and Don

    The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show

    by Daniel de Visé ...
    Narrated by George Newbern ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 29 min

    A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this “humorous, informative, and poignant book” celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America’s most iconic television programs and “shows how the magic was created” (Library Journal).Andy Griffith and Don Knotts first met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy moved to Hollywood to film a TV pilot for a comedy ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Fresh Prince Project

    How the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Remixed America

    by Chris Palmer ...
    Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 25 min

    A “thorough, thoughtful, and immensely entertaining”(Jemele Hill, author of Uphill) cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardom—The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—in the vein of Seinfeldia and Best Wishes, Warmest Regards.More than thirty years have passed since The Fresh Prince of Bel-Ai... ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Kindness of Strangers

    by Salka Viertel ...
    Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 36 min

    A memoir about showbiz in the early twentieth century that travels from the theaters of Vienna, Prague, and Berlin, to Hollywood during the golden age. Salka Viertel's autobiography tells of a brilliant, creative, and well-connected woman's pilgrimage through the darkest years of the twentieth century, a journey that would take her from a remote province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Hollywood ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    There'll Be Peace When You Are Done

    Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural

    Narrated by Matt Godfrey, Rebecca Mitchell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    Fifteen years. Two brothers. Angels and demons. A story like no other. And one of the most passionate fan bases of all time. That's Supernatural. There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural is an emotional look back at the beloved television show Supernatural as it wraps up its final season after fifteen unprecedented years on air. With heartfelt ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Journey to the Best

    How I Became a Dragon, a Prince, a Pirate, and the World's Number One Superhero

    by Christopher Sabat ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 30 min

    Explore the rise of Dragon Ball and anime into mainstream American culture through the life and career of legendary voice actor Christopher Sabat as he revisits his work as the voice of 700+ characters in this compelling memoir.Anime has grown a lot since the early '90s and voice actor Christopher Sabat would know . . . he was there when it all started.On screen, Chris is a prince, a pirate, and ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Muppets, The

    The early years of the Muppets, with Emmy Award winning Head Writer Jerry Juhl.

    by Patricia L Lawrence ...
    Narrated by JD Streeter ...

    Unabridged

    20 min

    In his studio overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Emmy-award winning head writer, Jerry Juhl (1938-2005), sat down for a casual interview with show host. Juhl reminises about the Muppets' early years and radio roots, and what it was like to work with the founder of the Muppets, Jim Henson (1936-1990). ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Audition

    A Memoir

    by Barbara Walters ...
    Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 46 min

    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 riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, ... Read more

    $47.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial