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1) Monolith
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While trying to salvage her career, a disgraced journalist turns to clickbait investigative podcasting, but her headstrong rush to generate headlines soon uncovers a strange artifact she believes is evidence of an alien conspiracy. But as the trail leads uncomfortably close to home, she is left to grapple with the lies at the heart of her own story.
2) Freelance
Publisher
Relativity Media Llc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!
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Winner of the UK’s 2022 Costa Prize for Biography
“A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime. . . . A well-researched, compelling book that uncovers many mysteries about a media tycoon.”—Kirkus Reviews
From the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal, a thrilling and dramatic true-life account of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious
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Get the Summary of William l. Shirer's Gandhi in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "William L. Shirer's book 'Gandhi' provides a detailed account of Mahatma Gandhi's life, his negotiations with the British for Indian autonomy, and his unique approach to revolution through non-violent resistance, or Satyagraha. Shirer, a journalist, covers Gandhi's efforts to end British colonial rule, which exploited India for centuries,...
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English
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Good Day! , the critically-acclaimed biography about the legendary Paul Harvey, is now in paperback! In this heartwarming book, author Paul J. Batura tells the all-American story of one of the best-known radio voices in history. From his humble beginnings to his unparalleled career of more than 50 years with ABC radio, Paul Harvey narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, through the threat of communism and the crumbling of old...
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English
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Get the Summary of Tom Brokaw's Never Give Up in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Never Give Up" by Tom Brokaw is a rich narrative that intertwines personal anecdotes and historical events, offering a unique perspective on mid-20th-century America. The story begins with the Brokaw family's settlement in South Dakota, where they establish The Brokaw House, a community hub. It follows the life of Red Brokaw, Tom's...
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English
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Get the Summary of Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Raised in a North Shore Chicago neighborhood, the Kissinger children grew up in a large Catholic community. The family, with five girls and three boys born between 1952 and 1964, each had distinct personalities. Their mother, Jean, a former debutante with a genius IQ, struggled with the demands of motherhood and secretly used...
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English
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Get the Summary of Jason Diamond's Searching for John Hughes in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Searching for John Hughes" is a memoir by Jason Diamond that chronicles his journey as a writer and his obsession with the films of John Hughes. Diamond's narrative weaves through his experiences working at a bakery, his strained relationship with his parents, and his struggles with depression and identity. He recounts...
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English
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Get the Summary of Russell Baker's Growing Up in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Growing Up" is a memoir by Russell Baker that recounts his journey from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to his eventual success as a journalist. The narrative begins with Baker's elderly mother, who, after a fall, becomes mentally adrift in her past, often forgetting the present and even mistaking her son for a stranger....
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English
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Get the Summary of Max Boot's The Corrosion of Conservatism in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Corrosion of Conservatism" by Max Boot is a reflective journey through the author's personal and political evolution. Boot recounts his early life as a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union, where his family faced repression and anti-Semitism. His conservative ideology was shaped by his experiences and the influence...
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Français
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Ce livre cherche à découvrir le sens profond de la vie de Julien Assange qui veut révéler la vérité, rien que la vérité. Sa quête est motivée par une foi inébranlable : les preuves des actions des hommes et des institutions opaques seules permettent d'en comprendre le fonctionnement et d'ouvrir la connaissance humaine. Julian Assange a ce désir farouche de réveiller les consciences, d'être un porte-parole : le premier guerrier de la...
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Series
Letters of enchantment volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Two weeks after returning home from the front, Iris and Attie seize another chance to report on Dacre's movements, while Roman, who's lost his memory and is stuck in Dacre's realm, becomes entangled in a mysterious pen pal correspondence, leading to a pivotal decision that could impact the course of the war and his relationship with Iris.
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English
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Includes a new afterword: A “richly detailed” biography of the iconic feminist based on interviews with friends, family, colleagues, and Steinem herself (The Washington Post).
Going beyond Gloria Steinem’s public persona, this biography provides an in-depth portrait of the famed activist—covering her family of origin, Smith College education, travels in India, founding of Ms. magazine, and much more—drawn...
Going beyond Gloria Steinem’s public persona, this biography provides an in-depth portrait of the famed activist—covering her family of origin, Smith College education, travels in India, founding of Ms. magazine, and much more—drawn...
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English
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Former Boston Globe reporter Tina Cassidy delivers a remarkable account of one year in the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, America’s favorite first lady and an international icon. 1975 was a year of monumental changes for Jackie: it was the year she lost her second husband, shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, saved one of New York City’s cultural landmarks at Grand Central Station, and found her true calling—not as a powerful...
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English
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These journal accounts of life as a trauma specialist in Kenya, Eritrea and Uganda present poignant, engrossing yet disturbing view of African life. In shocking detail, HIV/AIDS deaths, inhuman treatment of the mentally ill, forced military conscription, brutal attacks by warring insurgencies, the fate of AIDS orphans and government control of the people are all noted in detail.
In contrast to the horrors witnessed, the descriptions of the beautiful...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
NPR's Best Books of 2020
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Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020
"Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story." —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road
The Emmy Award–winning journalist and anchor of NPR's...
BookPage's Best Books of 2020
Real Simple's Best Books of 2020
Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020
"Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story." —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road
The Emmy Award–winning journalist and anchor of NPR's...
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English
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Stupid is the new smart—but it wasn't always so
Popular culture has divorced itself from the life of the mind. Who has time for great books or deep thought when there is Jersey Shore to watch, a txt 2 respond 2, and World of Warcraft to play?
At the same time, those who pursue the life of the mind have insulated themselves from popular culture. Speaking in insider jargon and writing unread books, intellectuals have locked...
Popular culture has divorced itself from the life of the mind. Who has time for great books or deep thought when there is Jersey Shore to watch, a txt 2 respond 2, and World of Warcraft to play?
At the same time, those who pursue the life of the mind have insulated themselves from popular culture. Speaking in insider jargon and writing unread books, intellectuals have locked...
18) My Mother and Me
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English
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Thomas Hauser has written books that have become part of the American dialogue. Missing, Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, and Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl are testament to that. MY MOTHER and me is a different kind of book.Eleanor Nordlinger Hauser's life story is told in MY MOTHER and me as only a gifted writer and loving son could tell it.It's the story of a woman who experienced soaring highs and hard falls, deconstructed and rebuilt...
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Josie Fanon was at her husband Frantz Fanon's side from 1949 until his death in 1961. She is the onl person who knew him unreservedly. Josie Fanon committed suicide on January 10, 1989 in El Biar, Algiers. She is buried in El Kettar Cemetery in Algers. Born Marie-Joseph Dublé in Lyon, France, she was 58 years old.
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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Dublin, Nicoletta Sarto, an ambitious junior reporter for the Irish Sentinel, investigates the 25-year-old mystery of actress Julia Bridge's disappearance and her link to a woman who facilitated abortions, and becomes immersed in the illegal abortion industry, stirring up long-buried secrets from her own past.
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