American Entertainment History

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    • A History
    • Auteur(s): Jeremy Dauber
    • Narrateur(s): Jeremy Dauber
    • Durée: 17 h et 50 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-11-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes listeners through comics’ progress in the 20th century and beyond....

    Prix courant: 25,95$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
    • Auteur(s): Stephon Alexander
    • Narrateur(s): Don Hagen
    • Durée: 7 h et 38 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-05-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....

    Prix courant: 31,16$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
    • Auteur(s): Ted Gioia
    • Narrateur(s): Chris Abernathy
    • Durée: 17 h et 17 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-03-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Tracing the history of the Delta blues from the field hollers and plantation music of the 19th century to the exploits of modern-day musicians in the Delta tradition, Delta Blues tells the full story of this timeless and unforgettable music....

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    • The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon
    • Auteur(s): James Campion
    • Narrateur(s): Stephen Borne
    • Durée: 16 h et 7 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-01-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer....

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    • Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
    • Auteur(s): Penny M. Von Eschen
    • Narrateur(s): Christina Delaine
    • Durée: 10 h et 6 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-07-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth....

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    • Auteur(s): Peter Benjaminson, Greil Macus - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Crisden
    • Durée: 5 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-10-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • In January 1959, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest Black-owned business in the United States....

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    • A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present
    • Auteur(s): Robin R. Means Coleman
    • Narrateur(s): Julienne Irons
    • Durée: 17 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-05-16
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror from the 1890s to present day....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
    • Auteur(s): Yunte Huang
    • Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lam
    • Durée: 13 h et 16 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-10-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (1905-1961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywood's most famous Chinese American actress. Now, more than a century after her birth, Yunte Huang narrates Wong's tragic life story....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • An Oral History of the Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up
    • Auteur(s): Budd Friedman, Tripp Whetsell, Jay Leno - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Johnny Heller
    • Durée: 10 h et 55 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-09-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • In 1963, 30-year-old Friedman - who had recently quit a job as a Boston advertising executive and came to New York to become a theatrical producer - opened a coffee house for Broadway performers....

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    • Interviews and Recollections
    • Auteur(s): Dale Bell - editor
    • Narrateur(s): Peter Berkrot, Xe Sands
    • Durée: 16 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-11-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Featuring a foreword from legendary director Martin Scorcese, Woodstock: Interviews and Recollections combines stories, anecdotes, and perspectives from dozens of musicians and filmmakers about the making of the Academy Award-winning documentary Woodstock....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • An American Life
    • Auteur(s): Tim Brookes
    • Narrateur(s): Tim Brookes
    • Durée: 11 h et 19 min
    • Date de publication: 2005-06-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • The guitar represents freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality....

    Prix courant: 21,95$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Searching for Tupac Shakur
    • Auteur(s): Michael Eric Dyson
    • Narrateur(s): Cary Hite
    • Durée: 9 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-06-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 1.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971–1996) was an American rap artist, actor, and social activist....

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    • From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form
    • Auteur(s): Soren Baker, Xzibit - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): James Shippy, Soren Baker
    • Durée: 11 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-07-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Filled with interviews with key players such as Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and dozens more, as well as breakout bios of notorious characters, lists, and more, The History of Gangster Rap is the be-all-end-all book that contextualizes the importance of gangster rap as a cultural phenomenon....

    Prix courant: 32,00$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Camino de Sol Series
    • Auteur(s): Tim Z. Hernandez
    • Narrateur(s): Tim Z. Hernandez
    • Durée: 6 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-01-28
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of "the worst airplane disaster in California's history", which claimed the lives of 32 passengers, including 28 Mexican citizens - farmworkers who were being deported by the US government....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical
    • Auteur(s): Kevin Winkler
    • Narrateur(s): Paul Boehmer
    • Durée: 17 h et 23 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-11
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • A fascinating look at the evolution of Bob Fosse as choreographer and director, Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical considers Fosse's career in the context of changes in the Broadway musical theater over four decades....

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    • Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy
    • Auteur(s): Kliph Nesteroff
    • Narrateur(s): Kliph Nesteroff
    • Durée: 15 h et 6 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-04-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 évaluations
    • Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts....

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    • The Women Who Ran Hollywood
    • Auteur(s): J. E. Smyth
    • Narrateur(s): Karen White
    • Durée: 13 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-07-31
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers the impact of the executives, producers, editors, writers, agents, designers, directors, and actresses who shaped Hollywood film production and style....

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    • The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
    • Auteur(s): Dan Charnas, Jeff Peretz - contributor
    • Narrateur(s): Dan Charnas
    • Durée: 14 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-02-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 50 évaluations
    • He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit....

    Prix courant: 32,04$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s
    • Auteur(s): Charles Taylor
    • Narrateur(s): A.T. Chandler
    • Durée: 6 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-06-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • The riches found in the overlooked B-movies of the 1970s unexpectedly tell an eye-opening story about post-Watergate, post-Vietnam America....

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