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  • Live From New York

    The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests

    by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales ...
    James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People).When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Those Guys Have All the Fun

    Inside the World of ESPN

    by Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller ...
    "A rollicking oral history of ESPN" (Boston Globe)—an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the network that changed how we watch sports."A serious, impressive piece of work." — Entertainment WeeklyIt began, in 1979, as a modest idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Live From New York

    The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests

    by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales ...
    Narrated by Christina Delaine, Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    28 hours 18 min

    When first published to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Live From New York was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a dazzling galaxy of trail-blazing talents recalled three turbulent decades of on-camera antics and off-camera escapades. Now a fourth decade has ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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    Those Guys Have All the Fun

    Inside the World of ESPN

    by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales ...
    Narrated by James Andrew Miller, Matt McCarthy, Joan Baker ...

    Unabridged

    27 hours 56 min

    In the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams.It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Live from New York

    An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

    by James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales ...
    Narrated by Ensemble Cast ...

    Abridged

    8 hours 37 min

    Live from New York does what no other book about the show has ever done: It lets the people who were there tell the story in their own words, blunt and loving and uncensored. ... Read more

    $25.87 USD

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    Scorecasting

    The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

    by Tobias Moskowitz, L. Jon Wertheim ...
    Narrated by Zach McLarty ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 32 min

    In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports, and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball, football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.Drawing from Moskowitz's original research, as well as studies from fellow ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Girl Walks into a Bar . . .

    Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

    by Rachel Dratch ...
    Narrated by Rachel Dratch ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 12 min

    In this side-splitting memoir, the former Saturday Night Live star recounts the hilarious adventures and unexpected joy of dating and becoming a mother when she least expected it-at the age of forty-four.Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch. She was hilarious! So what happened to her? After a misbegotten part as Jenna on the pilot of 30 Rock, ... Read more

    Was $17.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The War for Late Night

    When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy

    by Bill Carter ...
    Narrated by Sean Kenin ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 2 min

    A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television.When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Gasping for Airtime

    Two Years in the Trenches at Saturday Night Live

    by Jay Mohr ...
    Narrated by Jay Mohr ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 44 min

    A hilarious look at what life was really like inside Saturday Night LiveWhen 21-year old Jay Mohr moved from New Jersey to New York City to pursue his dream of stand-up stardom, he never thought the first real job he'd land would be on Saturday Night Live. But, surprisingly, that's just what he did. What followed were two unbelievable, grueling, and exciting years of feverishly keeping pace with ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Oscar Wars

    A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

    by Michael Schulman ...
    Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours

    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.America does not have royalty. It has the Academy Awards. For nine decades, perfectly coiffed starlets, debonair leading men, and producers with gold in their eyes have chased ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The System

    The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football

    by Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian ...
    Narrated by Mark Deakins ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 12 min

    AN EXPLOSIVE AND REVELATORY PORTRAIT REPORTED FROM DEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG-TIME NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE PASSION, THE THRILLING ACTION—AND THE SHOCKING REALITIES THAT LIE BENEATH THIS COLOSSAL, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESSCOLLEGE FOOTBALL has never been more popular—or more chaotic. Millions fill 100,000-seat stadiums every Saturday; tens of millions more watch on television every weekend. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Revolution Was Televised

    The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever

    by Alan Sepinwall ...
    Narrated by Joe Ochman ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 14 min

    A mob boss in therapy. An experimental, violent prison unit. The death of an American city, as seen through a complex police investigation. A lawless frontier town trying to talk its way into the United States. A corrupt cop who rules his precinct like a warlord. The survivors of a plane crash trying to make sense of their disturbing new island home. A high school girl by day, monster fighter by ... Read more

    $20.99 USD