Nicholas Leshi
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Scandals of Classic Hollywood
- Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
- De: Anne Helen Peterson
- Narrado por: Romy Nordlinger
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 158
Believe it or not, America's fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well before the days of TMZ, Perez Hilton, Charlie Sheen's breakdown, and allegations against Woody Allen. And the stars of yesteryear? They weren't always the saints that we make them out to be. Part biography, part cultural history, the stories contained in this book cover the stuff that films are made of: love, sex, drugs, illegitimate children, illicit affairs, and botched cover-ups.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting journey
- De Jennifer en 10-07-14
- Scandals of Classic Hollywood
- Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
- De: Anne Helen Peterson
- Narrado por: Romy Nordlinger
Hollywood's scandalous history
Revisado: 03-25-25
I love stories of Hollywood and this was well researched and well-written. Even some of the scandals that I knew about were told in a refreshing manner. Each chapter revealed a lot of interesting facts that kept my attention. This is a captivating chronicle of the public image of stars and what went on behind the scenes to cover up the dirt or to fit a cookie cutter mold of audience and societal expectations, from the early days of cinema through the decades that followed.
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50 Films
- Fifty Movies That Mattered to Me and Why
- De: James J. Caterino
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
James J. Caterino, the author of Pop Culture Musings and other Stuff, and over forty novels and short stories, returns with his second non-fiction book, this one focused on movies.Among the films covered in this entertaining, insightful book of essays, are classics such as E.T. (1982), and Enchanted (2007), vintage blockbusters like Total Recall (1990) and T2 (1991), cult movies such as Billy Jack (1971), Videodrome (1983), Dirty Dancing (1987), Wall Street (1987), True Romance (1993), and Exotica (1994), underrated gems such as The Fury (1978), Explorers (1985), The Age of Adeline (2015), ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good compilation of film reviews
- De Nicholas Leshi en 03-25-25
- 50 Films
- Fifty Movies That Mattered to Me and Why
- De: James J. Caterino
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
Good compilation of film reviews
Revisado: 03-25-25
I've been on a kick lately of reading film reviews by the masters Roger Ebert, Pauline Kael, Leonard Maltin, David Thomson, etc. and pop culture commentary, so this book of reviews caught my eye. I agreed with most of the writer's opinions, but even when I didn't I was impressed by his unabashed and engaged style of writing. He hooked me as a reader and it made me hunt down his other book of reviews. I listened to this as an audio book, so the only flaw is the choice of A.I. for the reader -- artificial intelligence has come a long way and at first I thought this was a human being doing the audio recording, but then the at-times-laughable mispronunciations made it clear that it was a machine. Overall, it didn't distract me too much since almost every audio book recording has some flaws, but I think a human reader would have served this book better.
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What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- De: Randall Munroe
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14,106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,557
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,481
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent of the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there were a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hope You got an A in Math and Physics...
- De Rod en 09-13-14
- What If?
- Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- De: Randall Munroe
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
One of the best narrated audio books ever
Revisado: 12-24-24
Will Wheaton was a fantastic narrator. Randall is an excellent writer. I learned a lot from this, and loved the humor too. It also made me realize how dumb I am sometimes, especially when it comes to math. 😀
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