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Leonard
- My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Publisher's summary
A New York Times best seller
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles as Spock and Captain Kirk, in a new science-fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television episodes of Star Trek and six feature films, they grew to know each other more than most friends could ever imagine.
Over the course of half a century, Shatner and Nimoy saw each other through personal and professional highs and lows. In this powerfully emotional audiobook, Shatner tells the story of a man who was his friend for five decades, recounting anecdotes and untold stories of their lives on and off set, as well as gathering stories from others who knew Nimoy well, to present a full picture of a rich life.
As much a biography of Nimoy as a story of their friendship, Leonard is a uniquely heartfelt audiobook written and read by one legendary actor in celebration of another.
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Best known to the world as the actor who created the legendary Mr. Spock in the cult television series that launched the Star Trek phenomenon, Leonard Nimoy has written the definitive Star Trek memoir. In this long-awaited autobiography, Nimoy opens up to his fans in ways the Vulcan never could.
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THE VOYAGE HOME
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 01-01-16
By: Leonard Nimoy
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Boldly Go
- Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
- By: William Shatner, Joshua Brandon
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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The beloved star of Star Trek, recent space traveler, and living legend William Shatner reflects on the interconnectivity of all things, our fragile bond with nature, and the joy that comes from exploration with “the insights he’s gleaned over his long, productive life” (Booklist) in this inspiring, revelatory, and exhilarating collection of essays.
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A very personal reflection of William Shatner at this moment in time.
- By Barbara W. on 10-08-22
By: William Shatner, and others
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Live Long and…
- What I Learned Along the Way
- By: William Shatner, David Fisher
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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After mulling over the lessons he's learned, the places he's been, and all the miracles and strange occurrences he's witnessed, he arrived at one simple rule for living a long and good life: don't die. It's the only one-size-fits-all advice, William Shatner argues in Live Long and..: What I Learned Along the Way, because everyone has a unique life - but, to help us all out, he's more than willing to share stories from his unique life. With a combination of pithy humor and thoughtful vulnerability, Shatner lays out his journey from childhood to peak stardom.
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Better with Age, The insights of a Courageous Human Being...
- By Jeffrey D Gawrys on 02-06-19
By: William Shatner, and others
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Up Till Now
- The Autobiography
- By: William Shatner, David Fisher
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with listeners and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere. In this touching and very funny autobiography, William Shatner's Up Till Now reveals the man behind these unforgettable moments, and how he's become the worldwide star and experienced actor he is today.
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Outstanding narration
- By Rob on 02-11-12
By: William Shatner, and others
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The Most Human
- Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy
- By: Adam Nimoy
- Narrated by: Adam Nimoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Living with Dad was like living with a stranger—as a kid I often had trouble connecting and relating to him. But I was always proud of him. Even before Star Trek, I’d see him popping up in bit roles on some of my favorite TV shows like Get Smart, Sea Hunt, and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. And then one night he brought home Polaroids of himself in makeup and wardrobe for a pilot he was working on. It was December 1964 and nobody had heard of Star Trek. Still, the eight-year-old me had watched enough Outer Limits and My Favorite Martian to understand exactly what I was looking at.
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I enjoyed the performance.
- By Myra Peskowitz on 06-21-24
By: Adam Nimoy
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Star Trek Memories
- By: William Shatner
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Boldly going where no audio has gone before, Star Trek Memories is William Shatner's own behind-the-scenes look at the legendary '60s television series that continues to spawn movies, books, and series spin-offs 26 years after the last episode aired. Avid Trekkers are sure to be delighted with this first-hand account from Captain Kirk himself.
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good insider view
- By Barton on 05-11-06
By: William Shatner
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Star Trek Movie Memories
- By: William Shatner
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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The sequel to the best-selling Star Trek Memories, documenting in deliciously lurid and candid detail all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans in the making of the six Star Trek movies, with on-the-scene reporting from the set of the seventh in which Kirk dies!
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Not as many
- By A Midwesterner in Jersey on 07-16-07
By: William Shatner
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Making It So
- A Memoir
- By: Patrick Stewart
- Narrated by: Patrick Stewart
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of an artist whose astonishing life—from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England, to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim—proves a story as exuberant, definitive, and enduring as the author himself.
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Incredible! So much more than a memoir
- By Jason on 10-04-23
By: Patrick Stewart
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Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden (Adapted)
- By: William Shatner
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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One of the most gripping - and personal - Star Trek stories ever told, The Ashes of Eden provides a new understanding of one of science fiction's greatest heroes - as written and read by William Shatner!
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An Interesting ST Story
- By Qbook on 08-26-03
By: William Shatner
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Star Trek: Spock vs. Q (Adapted)
- By: Leonard Nimoy
- Narrated by: Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie
- Length: 54 mins
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Ambassador Spock travels back in time to subtly warn Earth's inhabitants of impending doom while calling into question humanity's priorities. However, before the truth is told, the all-powerful being, Q, appears and reminds Spock that he is prohibited from interfering in Earth's history. Besides, Q doesn't see mankind as something worth saving.
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Is a Star Trek Convention skit really a book?
- By William on 02-01-05
By: Leonard Nimoy
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams
- The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek
- By: Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman
- Narrated by: Aaron Landon, Alex Hyde-White, David Stifel, and others
- Length: 34 hrs and 27 mins
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams is an incisive, no-holds-barred oral history telling the story of post-Original Series Star Trek, told exclusively by the people who were there, in their own words - sharing the inside scoops they've never told before, unveiling the oftentimes shocking true story of the history of Star Trek, and chronicling the trials, tribulations, and tribbles that have remained deeply buried secrets until now.
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Shocking problems with organization and narration!
- By Thom on 09-15-16
By: Edward Gross, and others
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years
- By: Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman, Seth MacFarlane - foreword
- Narrated by: Helen Litchfield, Alex Hyde-White, Jason Olazabal, and others
- Length: 23 hrs and 16 mins
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The original Star Trek series debuted in 1966 and has spawned five TV series spin-offs and a dozen feature films, with an upcoming one from Paramount arriving in 2016. The Fifty-Year Mission is a no-holds-barred oral history of five decades of Star Trek, told by the people who were there. Hear from the hundreds of television and film executives, programmers, writers, creators, and cast as they unveil the oftentimes shocking story of Star Trek's ongoing 50-year mission.
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Best book I've ever heard on making pop culture
- By Chris Smith on 07-13-16
By: Edward Gross, and others
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Shatner Rules
- Your Key to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
- By: William Shatner, Chris Regan
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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Admit it. You want to be William Shatner. This collection of rules, illustrated with stories from Bill’s illustrious life and career, will show you how Bill became WILLIAM SHATNER, larger than life and bigger than any role he ever played. Shatner Rules is your guide to becoming William Shatner. Or, more accurately, beautifully Shatneresque.
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I can't believe he's 80!
- By colleen on 07-09-12
By: William Shatner, and others
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Warped Factors
- A Neurotic's Guide to the Universe
- By: Walter Koenig
- Narrated by: Walter Koenig
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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This is Koenig's story from growing up as the neurotic child of Russian immigrants in 1940s Manhattan through his rise to Star Trek fame as Pavel Chekov, Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and beyond. Koenig's very human narrative is full of the kind of insecurities and quirks to which anyone can relate. With wry wit, striking candor, and a true gift for storytelling, Koenig takes us on a sometimes bumpy but often hilarious trip through his galaxy.
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Worst star trek memoir book ever.
- By Seanc504 on 03-30-22
By: Walter Koenig
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Star Trek X: The Lost Years (Adapted)
- By: J. M. Dillard
- Narrated by: Leonard Nimoy
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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After the end of the Enterprise™'s five-year mission, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy struggle to establish new lives apart from one another and the starship. The newly promoted Admiral Kirk is placed in charge of a specially created Starfleet division and attempts to defuse a critical hostage situation; Mr. Spock, who, in the midst of a teaching assignment on Vulcan, finds the one thing he least expected; and Dr. McCoy, whose unerring instinct for trouble lands him smack in the middle of an incident that could trigger an interstellar bloodbath.
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Unexpected
- By ColossiansThree... on 02-27-15
By: J. M. Dillard
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- By: Gene Roddenberry
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Their historic five-year mission is over. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and all the crew have scattered to other jobs or other lives. Now, they are back together again on a fabulously refitted USS Enterprise as an incredibly destructive power threatens earth and the human race.
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Wonderful adaptation
- By George mcnulty on 10-10-19
By: Gene Roddenberry
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American Rebel
- The Life of Clint Eastwood
- By: Marc Eliot
- Narrated by: Marc Eliot
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling author Marc Eliot comes the definitive biography of one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful actors, producers, and directors in the history of American motion pictures. Marc Eliot examines the ever-exciting, often tumultuous arc of Eastwood's life and career, from his days as a disaffected college dropout, to his rise to fame as the archetypal loner, to his acceptance into the pantheon of the Academy as a multiple Oscar Award winner.
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I learned the hard way.
- By Ty Pritchard on 07-23-10
By: Marc Eliot
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Shatner
- By: Michael Seth Starr
- Narrated by: Curt Bonnem
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Shatner takes a comprehensive look at this singular performer, using archival sources and information culled from interviews with friends and colleagues to transport listeners through William Shatner's remarkably bumpy career: his spectacular failures and triumphs; tragedies, including the shocking death of his third wife, Nerine; and, ultimately, the resilience Shatner has shown, time and again, in the face of overwhelming odds. Author Michael Seth Starr unravels the mystery of William Shatner, stripping away the many myths associated with his personal life.
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- By Tamer on 04-05-24
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- Jeremy Stone
- 02-20-16
Shatner brings to life an amazing tale about a talented, hardworking man!
For those wanting to understand more about the dynamic relationship Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner developed over their life, this book provides that and so much more. Shatner gives readers a rich tale of two friends and of how their lives were made better for having been put together. Mr. Shatner has a wonderful sense of story that makes listening and reading this book effortless and quite enjoyable. It is wonderful to hear this story told by the man who lived the story. As a fan of Star Trek, a reader can relive their childhood of what the characters of Kirk and Spock meant to them while understanding what those characters meant to the actors who portrayed them. If you are not a fan of the show, you can understand how those characters developed into icons and have a better appreciation for the skill needed to make the characters come alive.
I recommend this book to anyone wanting to better understand the man who made Spock and how much he influenced the lives around him.
Well done, Mr. Shatner!
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- Spicy R Pepper
- 02-19-16
Heartfelt eulogy from the Shat to his best friend
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This was a nice biography of Leonard Nimoy by William Shatner. It was like listening to a eulogy (so positively biased, but honest) given by a good friend. Shatner compares and contrasts his background with Leonard's, so it is like listening to both of their biographies together.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Leonard Nimoy - interesting to learn more about his background and approach to playing Spock.
Which character – as performed by Willam Shatner – was your favorite?
William Shatner.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The last section was very emotional. Shatner's regrets are understandable and heartfelt.
Any additional comments?
Although sometimes Shatner is difficult to understand, his narration makes the audiobook sing.
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- JTodd
- 07-19-16
The importance of the one...or the two.
The best biography I have ever read (or heard). Not just because I am a fan, but because the author of the biography is so close to subject that they forever tied together. Like it nor not, and despite their large bodies of work, Shatner and Nimoy will forever be remembered as their respective characters on Star Trek. That should be a testament to the quality of their creations. Despite being a lifelong fan, I've read a lot of material on the two but had no idea of how deep their friendship was. It was exciting to hear so much about their inner workings together. It was equally as frustrating to share in Shatner's puzzlement at being left to ponder what happened.
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- Jeffrey D Gawrys
- 04-14-16
Best Book I've Ever Read About Love & Friendship
FIVE STARS *****
Shatner opens his soul & shares events, including the struggles, the ups & downs between two unlikely people over a 50 year span. The two separate drives that allowed these two men to relate to each other, support each other, & travel life's unpredictable road together. A bond of love that tested life's furnace & came out strong on the other side.
When it comes down to the core we see two human beings with the same frailties, the same fears, the same issues & emotions we all deal with.
This is Shatner's best work. He opens up his soul in a most sensative & human manner. Bravo to Mr. Shatner & to his best friend, our own beloved Leonard Nimoy... Mr. Spock. LLAP
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- Dann
- 04-17-16
enlightening
Shatner's a great writer and narrator. It was a very good observation of Leonard from a friend's point of view. A very interesting man, his life, his loves and his passions.
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- Tom
- 06-14-16
Leonard by William Shatner
I found the audio book to be quite well done with a profound story of the friendship between Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy!
A great story and story telling.
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- Jamie Fairchild
- 06-07-23
Beautiful,touching stories
Shatner is a brilliant storyteller. He brings the real Leonard Nimoy to life in this book. I was in grade school when the original series debuted. I’ve been a fan ever since. But, I had no idea what an amazing, intelligent and MULTI-talented man Leonard Nimoy was. This book is a beautiful tribute to his longtime friend.
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- Matthew Kelley
- 03-07-16
Touching Tribute
This is a 4.5 star book. Shatner has written a love letter to his friend and costar that is funny, poignant, tragic, and ultimately life affirming. While the Shatner ego is on display from time to time, so too are wonderful moments of candor about his own failings. One may well quibble that you'd have liked the experience to last a while longer-surely there are stories Shatner could have told and didn't- the book is a wonderful tribute to Nimoy and an ode to the complexities of friendship and the importance of telling the people who matter to us that they indeed do. Bravo Mr. Shatner. Rest in Peace, Mr. Nimoy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-16-16
Moving Tribute
This is as much a biographical tribute to Leonard Nimoy as it is a history of Star Trek and Nimoy's impact on modurn culture and entertainment. It is also an autobiography of William Shatner, but he does a good job of putting every personal story in the context of Leonard's influence on him. It is clear that Nimoy had a profound influence on everyone he touched. It was a quick read, but there were some very interesting details that most casual observers of pop culture would never have imagined.
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- David
- 12-27-16
Fascinating
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I have already recommended this book to any Star Trek fan I have come across with, because of the poignancy of Shatner describing his closest friend's life for us to enjoy and admire.Nimoy is already missed!
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All of it.
Have you listened to any of William Shatner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes, I enjoyed Shatner's "Star Trek Memories." The are comparable when discussing certain aspects of Star Trek, but each stand on their own.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Shatner in my opinion was unfairly criticized for missing Nimoy's funeral. This is a great tribute!
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