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David Poland Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: WWII: A Chronicle of Soldiering, James Jones

WWII: A Chronicle of Soldiering

James Jones
David PolandDavid Poland

I've always found James Earl Jones an oddly spiritual figure. Born of The Depression, too young to serve in WWII, too old for Vietnam. He signed up for ROTC & thought he'd fight in Korea, but never got there. A stutterer who became the most familiar & respected voice on earth.

Paperback, 2014

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century, Jean-Luc Godard

Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century

Jean-Luc Godard
David PolandDavid Poland

3/4 still be locked away in a vault in Russia. He also produced films that really counted, by Werner Herzog, Paul Schrader, Norman Mailer, Jean-Luc Godard, Barbet Schroeder, Agnieszka Holland and others. Tom lived and breathed cinema, and he was truly irreplaceable.

Hardcover, 2000

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Studio, John Gregory Dunne

The Studio

John Gregory Dunne
David PolandDavid Poland

@JBFlint Lynda Obst’s Hello, He Lied John Gregory Dunne’s The Studio Any William Goldman book Soderbergh’s Getting Away With It Julia Phillips’ You’ll Never Do Lunch In This Town Again Spike Lee Interviews Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design

Paperback, 1998

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Out of Control

David Russell
David PolandDavid Poland

No review of Amsterdam. Embargo. But the amount of talent involved, at the heights of their powers, so incredibly open to the work and play, makes this one of the great tragedies of modern cinema. I root for David O Russell. But this thing is agonizingly out of control.

Paperback, 2019

$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino
David PolandDavid Poland

Quentin Tarantino’s “Cinema Speculation” Is an Obsessive Insider’s View of Hollywood https://t.co/lhOJnRq9vk via @NewYorker

Paperback, 2024

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Star Wars: Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide, Ben Burtt

Star Wars: Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide

Ben Burtt
David PolandDavid Poland

Ben Burtt, ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Star Wars’ Voice Actor, Reflects on Creating Cinema’s Most Famous Sounds With Academy Museum Installation https://t.co/63FeQHajIU via @variety

Paperback, 2001

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates

Blonde

Joyce Carol Oates
David PolandDavid Poland

THB Headline: Joyce Carol Oates Tweet Reviews Blonde, by @DavidPoland https://t.co/JZS6MTEt3C https://t.co/O21757mCDq

Paperback, 2020

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Women Talking, Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews
David PolandDavid Poland

Big congrats to Sarah Palley and Miriam Toews on winning the Scripter for Women Talking.

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Whispers

David Story
David PolandDavid Poland

This is SUCH a bullshit story. 100% clickbait. Some idiot whispers a personal spin to Deadline, so they BREAKING NEWS 1 sentence from a long meeting. Shame on Deadline. Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav On Rumored Merger Talks: “We Are Not For Sale” https://t.co/ff2MHXJRBC

Paperback, 2009

$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Matilda, Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl
David PolandDavid Poland

I love the show. And I love Emma Thompson. But they probably should have let a man play Trunchbull. Thompson is doing drag here too. Pam Ferris was perfect. Sarah Lancashire might have been too Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical | Official Teaser | Netflix https://youtu.be/EzKASl2T9d0

Paperback, 2007

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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