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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Living in a world where everyone is willingly addicted to The Feed, a technology that instantly connects everyone to news, information, and the thoughts and feelings of others, Tom must help his family survive when The Feed collapses, decimating modern society.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder Thy Neighbor," depicting a man's violent retaliation against a local who would protect property values; and "Murder IRL'" in which an isolated girl's social-media war upends the target of her misguided affections.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears the vision of success. She has landed an entry-level position at a leading TV network that thousands of college grads would kill for. And sure, she has much to learn. The daughter of a prominent feminist attorney, she grew up outside the industry, better versed in gender dynamics than box office hits. But she's resourceful and hardworking what could go wrong? At first, the high adrenaline...
6) Succession
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
multiple videodiscs (approximately 588 min per season) : sound, color ; 12 cm.
Language
English
Description
Power, politics, money...it's all in the family in this provocative, bitingly funny drama series about a highly dysfunctional dynasty. When aging, uber-wealthy patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox), CEO of one of the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerates, decides to retire, each of his four grown children follows a personal agenda that doesn't always sync with those of their siblings--or of their father. After Logan changes his mind about...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Thirty years ago, Tucker Carlson got his first job out of college fact checking for a quarterly magazine, and he went on to write for many other publications before becoming the primetime Fox News host he is today. In The Long Slide, Tucker delivers a few of his favorite pieces&;annotated with new commentary and insight&;to memorialize the tolerance and diversity of thought that the media used to celebrate instead of punish. In snapshots spanning...
10) Culture warrior
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the cultural war in America between those who embrace traditional values and those who want to transform America into a "secular-progressive" nation, discussing such topics as the media, the War on Terror, religion, and self-interest.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
496 pages 1.2" H x 9.3" L x 7.4" W
Language
English
Description
When the Hart-Celler Act passed in 1965, opening up US immigration to non-Europeans, it ushered in a whole new era. But even to the first generation of Asian Americans born in the US after that milestone, it would have been impossible to imagine that sushi and boba would one day be beloved by all, that a Korean boy band named BTS would be the biggest musical act in the world, that one of the most acclaimed and popular movies of 2018 would be Crazy...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In You Are What You Watch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and data expert Walt Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, how we see ourselves, and how nations gain power through entertainment. Virtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising and significant ways. But did you know that our most popular...
14) The Einstein effect: how the world's favorite genius got into our cars, our bathrooms, and our minds
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shape our world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online following. The Einstein Effect shows all the ways his...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning poet and critic Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon--the legacy of P.T. Barnum's 'humbug' culminating with the currency of Donald J. Trump's 'fake news'. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, with race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvi, 398 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct, and deceit that threatened the future of the company, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke the news. In 2016, the fate of Paramount--the entertainment conglomerate that includes Viacom, CBS, and Simon & Schuster--hung precariously in the...
17) Richard Jewell
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing, his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. But within days, the law enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI's number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, and his life ripped apart. Reaching out to independent, anti-establishment attorney Watson Bryant, Jewell staunchly professes his innocence....
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Counterpoint edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"--
19) Crime Beat
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
375 pages 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter--the true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Covering the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles in vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends--and, of course, the killers--to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath. Connelly's firsthand observations...
20) Freddy Krueger
Author
Series
Publisher
Fly!, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English