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    Le cri de la mouette

    by Emmanuelle Laborit ...
    Narrated by Rachel Arditi ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 52 min

    Lisez, écoutez, écrivez ! Pocket et Nathan s'associent et proposent " Une œuvre, une voix ", une collection qui engage l'élève dans une lecture active et personnelle.Ce livre est un formidable appel à la vie et à l'amour d'Emmanuelle Laborit qui se bat pour faire reconnaître l'identité et les droits des trois millions de non-entendants français.Emmanuelle n'a jamais connu que le silence. Alors, ... Read more

    $23.29 USD

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    Women vs Hollywood

    The Fall and Rise of Women in Film

    by Helen O'Hara ...
    Narrated by Helen O'Hara ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 50 min

    'A fascinating polemic' Sunday Times'A powerful, sobering and vital work' The Mail on Sunday'A page-turning read, peppered with humour' Sight & Sound'A must read' Edgar WrightA call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since t... ... Read more

    $22.36 USD

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    The Art of Immersive Storytelling

    Strategies From the Gaming World

    by Margaret Kerrison ...
    Narrated by Margaret Kerrison ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 54 min

    Level up your storytelling with award-winning experience designer, world builder, and former Disney Imagineer.Immersive experiences and interactive exhibits are popping up all over the world, telling stories that engage our imaginations and sense of play like never before.Exploring the parallels between video games and the world’s most exciting, innovative spaces, this sequel to the groundbreaking ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital Filmmaking

    by L.M. Bradley, and Lucas Warehan ...
    Narrated by Marcus Mulenga ...

    Unabridged

    26 min

    Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital FilmmakingYou have probably encountered hundreds of videos online and you can easily determine which videos have great quality because they are the ones that grab your attention and make you watch until the end. Being able to create beautiful videos has many benefits, either for personal or professional use. An ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Sound of Music

    The Making of America's Favorite Movie

    by Julia Antopol Hirsch ...
    Narrated by Donna Postel ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 58 min

    The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture, upon its release in 1965. This tribute to a Hollywood classic is sure to thrill everyone who's ever sung along to "My Favorite Things" at one of the many screenings that still take place today.Through interviews with the cast and crew, in-depth access to memorabilia and personal ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Sleeping with Strangers

    How the Movies Shaped Desire

    by David Thomson ...
    Narrated by David Thomson ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 14 min

    In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies—and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination—and drawing on examples that range from ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    The De Palma Decade

    Redefining Cinema with Doubles, Voyeurs, and Psychic Teens

    by Laurent Bouzereau ...
    Narrated by Dani Martineck ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 47 min

    Journey with award-winning filmmaker and author Laurent Bouzereau through acclaimed director Brian De Palma’s renowned—and controversial—horror and thriller films that redefined cinema in the 1970s and early 80s with new interviews and fresh takes.Among a crop of fresh filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola revolutionizing Hollywood in the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    50 Oscar Nights

    Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins

    by Dave Karger ...
    Narrated by Dave Karger, Liz Morey, Greg D. Barnett, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Katherine Littrell, Janina Edwards, Rodney Gardiner ...
    Series series Turner Classic Movies

    Unabridged

    5 hours 20 min

    An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger.For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Horror's New Wave

    15 Years of Blumhouse

    by Blumhouse ...
    Narrated by Chanté McCormick, Daniel Henning, Graham Halstead, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Ramón de Ocampo, Raphael Corkhill, Raquel Beattie, Vikas Adam ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalist for Special Award – ProfessionalCelebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse’s legacy with this lavishly illustrated visual compendiumthat takes you behind the scenes ofthe films that have reshaped the horror genre, from The Exorcist to the Paranormal Activity and Halloween franchises.With Blumhouse celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout 2025, Horror’s New ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    There and Back Again

    The Unofficial Oral History of The Lord of the Rings Films

    by Sam Moore ...
    Narrated by Natalie Beran, Raphael Corkhill, Nico Evers-Swindell, GM Hakim, Evan Sibley ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 7 min

    The definitive, unofficial oral history of the making of the iconic and beloved Lord of the Rings film trilogy—featuring interviews with cast and crew, who give the inside story of the landmark series twenty-five years after its original release.Celebrate the beloved, influential, and truly epic Lord of the Rings films with this essential read following the making of the trilogy, as told by cast ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Dark Carnival

    The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of Macabre

    by David J. Skal, Elias Savada ...
    Narrated by David J. Skal ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time -- thecreator of the horror classics Dracula and Freaks, among others-- Tod Browning is also one of the most enigmatic directors who ever worked in Hollywood. A complicated, troubled, and fiercely private man, he confounded would-be biographers hoping to penetrate his secret, obsessive world -- both during his lifetime and afterward ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    In the Blink of an Eye

    A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition

    by Walter Murch, FOREWORD: Francis Ford Coppola ...
    Narrated by Chris Brinkley ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 48 min

    In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Animated Marx Brothers

    by Matthew Hahn ...
    Narrated by Nat Segaloff ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 52 min

    To many people, the Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators plucked their personas from their first appearances in The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and caricatured them in countless animated appearances in theatrical cartoons. Their animated likenesses have since been wisecracking in television cartoons, direct-to-video movies, fan films, commercials ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • Audiobook

    20th Century-Fox

    Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio

    by Scott Eyman ...
    Narrated by Suehyla El-Attar ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 57 min

    From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its glory days under the leadership of legendary movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck up to its 2019 buyout by Disney.March 20, 2019 marked the end of an era -- Disney took ownership of the movie empire that was Fox. For almost a century before that historic date, Twentieth ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Acting in Film

    An Actor's Take on Movie Making

    by Michael Caine ...
    Narrated by Nicky Rebelo ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 12 min

    Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more! ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    You Talkin' To Me?

    How To Write Great Dialogue

    by Linda Seger, John Rainey ...
    Narrated by George Newbern ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 17 min

    Unlike the chitchat of everyday life, dialogue must express character, advance the story, suggest a theme, and include a few memorable lines that audiences will be quoting for decades to come. The best stories have dialogue that sparkles, but it’s easy for inexperienced writers to fall into common pitfalls like creating dialogue that’s wooden or too on the nose. Other writers end up with ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Canadian Mounted

    A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    by Mark Leslie ...
    Narrated by Mike (A.I. Voice) ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 8 min

    [Please note that this book is narrated by an AI computer voice]The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up!Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Disparos, plata y celuloide

    Historia, cine y fotografía en México 1846-1982

    by Ricardo Pérez Montfort ...
    Narrated by Noé Velázquez ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 6 min

    En cierto sentido, la historia no es lo que ocurrió, sino lo que creemos que ocurrió.Piense usted en Pancho Villa. La imagen que tiene en la mente fue fijada por una fotografía o una película. Y sucede exactamente igual con Lázaro Cárdenas, Emiliano Zapata, una adelita, «un tendero gallego de los años cincuenta», «un apacible pueblito de provincia», cualquier «rancho de inicios del siglo XX» y, de ... Read more

    $22.12 USD

  • Audiobook

    With Great Power

    How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood during the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters

    by Sean O'Connell ...
    Narrated by Matt Weisgerber ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 29 min

    If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be perched upon it. As the most popular superhero in the world, the web-slinger plays a pivotal role in three of the six highest-grossing film franchises in history: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the Avengers quadrilogy; and the Spider-Man movies themselves.Spidey has come a long way since Marvel guru Stan Lee first concocted him in 1962, but ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    UNMASKED, OR THE SCIENCE OF IMMORALITY TO GENTLEMEN (UNABRIDGED)

    by MARY EDWARDS WALKER ...
    Narrated by Jessica Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 35 min

    Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in 1878. It is a curious blend of useful information and Victorian sexual mythology, at once puritanical and explicit. ... Read more

    $4.58 USD

  • Audiobook

    Transitions

    A Director’s Journey and Motivational Handbook

    by Pete Chatmon ...
    Narrated by Pete Chatmon ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 12 min

    Becoming a director is not just about making a film, webseries, commercial, or music video. The opportunity to direct for television is not a given because you’ve successfully completed a project in another medium. Turning your passion into your profession requires the ability to make transitions at the exact moment a pivot is needed, with creativity and confidence. This book helps directors ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Hollywood Gothic

    The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

    by David J. Skal ...
    Narrated by David J. Skal ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Producer to Producer

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Low-Budget Independent Film Producing

    by Melanie Dobson ...
    Narrated by Susie Berneis ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 56 min

    This is a comprehensive bible to low-budget film production for emerging and professional producers. Structured to guide the listener through production meetings, every aspect of the film-production process is outlined in detail. Invaluable checklists—which begin twelve weeks before shooting and continue through principal (and secondary) photography and postproduction—keep the filmmaker on track ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Sidney Poitier

    The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward

    by Sidney Poitier, Joanna Poitier ...
    Narrated by Joanna Poitier, Oprah Winfrey, Rodney Gardiner, Sydney Tamiia Poitier Heartsong, Morgan Freeman ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 10 min

    The speeches of film legend Sidney Poitier—given at commencement addresses, awards shows, memorials, and more, on topics ranging from entertainment history to filmmaking, civil rights, and parenthood—come to vibrant life in this inspirational and stunningly packaged volume from the Poitier estate that sheds new light on the trailblazing artist's life and culture of the past century.Sidney Poitier ... Read more

    $18.99 USD