Tag: Fifties

Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties [Audiobook]


Free Download Foster Hirsch (Author, Narrator), "Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher-Television"
English | ASIN: B0BVSJY964 | 2023 | MP3@64 kbps | ~36:02:00 | 1021 MB
A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system-set against the boom of the post-World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age-and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts
"The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood."-Booklist
"Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expansive, penetrating."-Kirkus

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Highs in the Low Fifties How I Stumbled Through The Joys Of Single Living


Free Download Marion Winik, "Highs in the Low Fifties: How I Stumbled Through The Joys Of Single Living"
English | 2013 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0762787139 | EPUB | 0,3 mb
A cross between Nora Ephron and David Sedaris, longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik has a uniquely hilarious and relatable way of looking at life. Her stories of being single in middle age, marked by stylish writing and stunning candor, left readers bent double with laughter when they appeared in her column, rated "Best of Baltimore" by Baltimore Magazine.

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The Fifties An Underground History [Audiobook] (2024)


Free Download The Fifties: An Underground History (Audiobook)
English | February 08, 2022 | ASIN: B0998F891G | MP3@64 kbps | 8h 11m | 225.15 MB
Author: James R. Gaines
Narrator: James Fouhey

An "exciting and enlightening revisionist history" (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author) that upends the myth of the 1950s as a decade of conformity and celebrates a few solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R. Gaines.

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The Fifties An Underground History [Audiobook]


Free Download The Fifties: An Underground History (Audiobook)
English | February 08, 2022 | ASIN: B0998F891G | MP3@64 kbps | 8h 11m | 225.15 MB
Author: James R. Gaines
Narrator: James Fouhey

An "exciting and enlightening revisionist history" (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author) that upends the myth of the 1950s as a decade of conformity and celebrates a few solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R. Gaines.

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