Hollywood was transformed in the 1960s, and author Mark Harris makes the argument that 1967—and the five films nominated for an Oscar that year—marked the true beginning of the "new Hollywood." Filled with beautiful moments of sniping and tales of an industry consumed by petty rivalries and fragile egos, Harris’s book traces the simultaneous evolution of these five films—BONNIE AND CLYDE, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, THE GRADUATE, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, and DOCTOR DOOLITTLE—each one a microcosm of a much larger forces at work. Lloyd James's delivery is at times bemused, at other times measured and pronounced as he conjures such legends as Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway—actors we all know and love today—when they were just starting out. J.S.H. 2009 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
Pub Date: Feb. 4, 2008
Duration: 17 hrs, 30 mins
Publisher: Tantor Media
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Carol Matthau epitomizes a glamour and lifestyle not associated with the 1990's. Here is a life of privilege, tragedy and worry about what friends would think of her new frock or lover. Matthau possesses a voice and delivery that simply could not be improved on. In her coy whisper, she tells compelling stories involving everyone from William Saroyan (husband #1) and Truman Capote to Carson McCullers, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Walter Matthau (husband #2). This excellent audio presentation will leave you wanting to read the entire book to discover what juicy tidbits were left out.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: The Publishing Mills
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The Gilded Age race to invent automated typesetting was packed with colorful characters and grim reversals of fortune.
Energy more than artistry propels this rich and thoroughly engrossing history of automated printing and its impact on modern media. Author Jarvis isn’t the smoothest of narrators, but his enthusiastic delivery heightens the narrative. And what he delivers sounds very much like a gold rush tale. Setting type remained the final, seemingly impossible step in automating the printing process, and many failures preceded the successful Linotype, which remained the standard for decades thereafter. Mark Twain’s losses after he invested in a competitor are lamentable, but they’re merely tangential to the far more interesting stories of those who succeeded.
The Gilded Age race to invent automated typesetting was packed with colorful characters and grim reversals of fortune.Pub Date: Aug. 20, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9798216477341
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Review Posted Online: Sept. 3, 2026
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