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2483) The magnificent Medills: America's royal family of journalism during a century of turbulent splendor
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Language
English
2484) The umbrella house
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Middle-schooler Ruby and her friend Scout join together to stop a real-estate mogul from tearing down their historied New York City apartment building, called Umbrella House. In a contest for a news network, Ruby and Scout use their creativity and video-editing skills to show the value of both their building and their East Village neighborhood. Once they discover the identity of the anonymous Midnight Muralist, Ruby convinces the famed East Village...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
lxxii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Few conservatives are as revered and admired as William F. Buckley. Buckley is best known for founding National Review, the flagship journal of the right. But his long-running talk show Firing Line was equally important, because it allowed him to reach beyond the conservative enclave and engage millions of mainstream Americans. When Firing Line premiered in 1966, only two years after Barry Goldwater's blow-out defeat in the 1964 presidential election,...
2487) Cronkite remembers
Series
Publisher
Timeless Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 450 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walter Cronkite, using archival news footage and revealing interviews, reminisces about his career in journalism covering major events in recent history.
2488) Holy spider
Publisher
Utopia Select
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Persian
Description
Female journalist Arezoon Rahimmi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the 'Spider Killer' Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed sixteen women between 2000 and 2001.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
5 Blu-rays (10 hr., 2 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bridesmaids: Annie is fiercely protective over her maid of honor duties for her best friend's wedding - which leads to big trouble when a fellow bridesmaid tries to steal her thunder.
Girls trip: When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.
Pitch perfect: College student...
2491) King of horror: 8-film
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Expanded edition.
Physical Desc
8 Blu-rays (1,192 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Salem's Lot: A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
The shining: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Creepshow: Five shocking macabre tales told in the style of classic '50s horror comics.
Stephen King's Cat's eye: A stray...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells--who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader--as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment, is befriended by a Eurasian cameraman, Billy Kwan, with connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to Indonesian Communist Party leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities on the eve of a major political upheaval.
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (339 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Fire over England: Elizabeth I and her navy overcome the Spanish Armada with the support of an Englishman whose father was killed by the Inquisition.
Dark journey: Set during World War I. Stockholm is infested with spies and counterspies. Among them is Madeleine, the owner of a famous dress shop. Her dedication to the French cause is tested when she is attracted to von Marwitz, a lady's man and head of the German Secret Service in Stockholm. Suspicion...
2496) Worth the risk
Author
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes a busy businessmouse like me needs a nice, relaxing vacation. But of all the rotten rats' luck -- every time I tried to get away, disaster struck. My aunt Dizzy Fur's mouse hole caught on fire, my office was flooded, and our printing press broke down! When I was finally ready to depart, all the good trips were booked up. I was stuck in a flea-ridden old hotel, sharing a room with a bunch of Gerbil Scouts! I couldn't wait to get back to my...
2498) The dimensions of a cave
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
464 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the investigative reporter Quentin Jones's story about covert military interrogation practices in the Desert War is buried, he is spurred to dig deeper, and he unravels a trail that leads to VIRTUE: cutting-edge technology that simulates reality during interrogation. As the shadowy labyrinths of governmental corruption unfurl and tighten around him, unnerving links to his protégé, Bruce, keep emerging.
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
1996 Modern Library edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
First published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson's savagely comic account of what happened to this country in the 1960s. It is told through the writer's account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and "check it out." The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour...
2500) South: a novel
Author
Publisher
Rare Machines
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"B, a journalist, travels to the South of an unnamed desert country for a mysterious mission to write a report about the recent strikes in an offshore oil rig. From the beginning of his trip, he is faced with a cruel and broken landscape of drought and decay, superstitious believers of evil winds and spirits, and corrupt entities focused on manipulation and censorship. As he tries to defend himself against his unknown enemies, we learn about his father's...
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