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January 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Roston: Ken Burns – The Kindle Singles Interview
Ken Burns: The Kindle Singles Interview Tom Roston Amazon Digital Services, Inc. In this Kindle Single Tom Roston sits down with Ken Burns to get some insight into his career, his approach, his life. Burns’ great skill as long-form documentary-maker is as storyteller and he’s in fine storytelling form here divulging trade secrets, his approach […]Archive
November 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
James Wolcott: King Louie
King Louie James Wolcott Amazon Digital Services, Inc. One day there’ll be a good book written about Louis CK and his TV show Louie – however this Kindle Single is not it. An extended essay that covers a little bit of the ground around CK’s rise – as writer and comic and man who said […]Archive
November 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Brian Abrams: AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, 1982-1993
AND NOW…An Oral History of “Late Night with David Letterman”, 1982-1993 Brian Abrams Amazon Digital Services, Inc. This Kindle Single looks at David Letterman’s first late night TV show – the pioneering Late Night With David Letterman which aired on NBC from 1982-1993. Brian Abrams is a skilled journalist and here he weaves together the […]Archive
July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Jon Ronson: Frank – The True Story That Inspired The Movie
Frank: The True Story That Inspired The Movie Jon Ronson Picador There’s two audiences for this – likely there was crossover anyway, but this will please Ronson fans anyway and it’s also an explanation/preview/behind-the-scenes of the movie, Frank, co-written by Ronson, based on the true story of the character Frank Sidebottom, created by comedian Chris […]Archive
October 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Point Close All Quotes: A Quietus Music Anthology
Point Close All Quotes: A Quietus Music Anthology Charles Ubaghs (ed) The Quietus Lithographic Corporation/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. If you’ve ever wondered how The Quietus is able to keep serving up great music-writing – for free – then you’ll want to purchase this. It’s a fifth-birthday celebration e-book; an anthology. The 28 essays here celebrate […]Archive
September 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Jason Zinoman: Searching For Dave Chappelle
Searching For Dave Chappelle Jason Zinoman Amazon Digital Services, Inc. This Kindle Single attempts to explain the rise and then disappearance of comedian Dave Chappelle; a disappearance that happened by choice, the comedian walking away from a huge payday, taking off, disgruntled, bored, bemused, not wanting to be a walking catchphrase. The reason for this […]Archive
June 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Mark O’Connell: Epic Fail – Bad Art, Viral Fame and the History Of The Worst Thing Ever
Epic Fail: Bad Art, Viral Fame, and the History of the Worst Thing Ever Mark O’Connell Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Mark O’Connell is an engaging writer and here, with this Kindle Single, he has the perfect subject matter, unpacking the internet’s great joy of exposing The Worst Thing Ever, the Epic Fail that goes viral. […]Archive
June 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Alan Cross: Kraftwerk – The Secret History
Kraftwerk: The Secret History Alan Cross Audio Joe/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Alan Cross has pumped out a few Kindle Singles that trace around a band’s chronology. This one is about Kraftwerk and will take 20 minutes to read – max. And you have to wonder why there is a need for such things these days […]Archive
May 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Leonard Cohen: Fifteen Poems
Fifteen Poems Leonard Cohen Amazon Media This Kindle Single collects poems from Leonard Cohen that you may have read before – it’s a selection from across his career, the early books (Spice Box, the first selected poems, Death Of A Lady’s Man) and through to the anthology Stranger Music, Various Positions and The Book of […]Archive
May 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Stephen King: Guns
Guns Stephen King Philtrum Press/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Stephen King’s first non-fiction Kindle Single is a powerful, timely essay about guns. Obviously he addresses the politics surrounding gun control, the red and blue votes and voters but he makes this about the victims and the crime – rather than about the round-and-round-in-circles debate/s over legislation. […]Archive
May 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman