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3) Torch
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grounded in the everyday particulars of life in a small town, leavened by earthy humor, this book presents the saga of a family coming to terms with death--a tale of love and loss, grief and redemption set in rural Minnesota.
Author
Series
Publisher
For Dummies®
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Whether it's to help break up the monotony of a dull commute or just a fun way to escape the world for a bit, podcasts offer something for everyone -- and listeners can't seem to get enough. If you're a budding internet broadcaster with dreams of getting your thoughts and passions out to a like-minded audience, this easy-to-follow guide makes it simpler than ever to conceptualize, write, record, prduce, and release a podcast that stands head and...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Frank Deford is one of the most beloved sports journalists in America. A contributing writer to Sports Illustrated for more than fifty years, and a longtime correspondent on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, these days, Deford is perhaps best known for his weekly commentaries on NPR{u2019}s "Morning Edition." Since 1980, Deford has recorded 1,600 of them, and in I{u2019}d Know That Voice Anywhere he brings together the very best, creating a charming,...
7) Radio girls
Author
Language
English
Description
The Great War is over, and change is in the air, in this novel that brings to life the exciting days of early British radio ... and one woman who finds her voice while working alongside the brilliant women and men of the BBC. London, 1926. American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation, whose use of radio--still new, strange, and electrifying--is captivating the nation. But...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A small town on the night of Orson Welles's legendary 1938 'War of the Worlds' radio hoax is fooled into believing aliens are invading America. As they face what they think is their last night alive, hilarious and life-changing events unfold.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes a charming story of misunderstandings and unexpected romance"--
After Brady Collins' ex-wife dies, he discovers his nine-month-old son Sam isn't his son at all... and Sam's wealthy maternal grandparents want custody of the child. But regardless of what any blood test says Sam is his son, and Brady will go to any lengths to keep him. Brady's attorney...
12) One night
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An explosive rivalry between two deejays puts the careers of comedic Carrie Jamison and conservative Kyle Harris on the line after their manager demands that they make up or get out, and when they begin making amends, an unexpected relationship flourishes.
13) Radio days
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A look back at radio from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, focusing on an extended Jewish family, all avid radio listeners, and on a young woman who eventually succeeds as a radio gossip columnist.
14) The postmistress
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1940, on the eve of the United States' entrance into World War II, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: she doesn't deliver a letter. In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket. She vows to deliver the letter when she returns from Germany and France...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The first in-depth history of the iconic radio and TV network that has shaped our past and present. Doctor Who; tennis from Wimbledon; the Beatles and the Stones; the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales: for one hundred years, the British Broadcasting Corporation has been the preeminent broadcaster in the UK and around the world, a constant source of information, comfort, and entertainment through both war and...
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Broadcast Hysteria, A. Brad Schwartz examines the history behind the infamous radio play. Did it really spawn a wave of mass hysteria? Schwartz is the first to examine the hundreds of letters sent directly to Welles after the broadcast. He draws upon them, and hundreds more sent to the FCC, to recapture the roiling emotions of a bygone era, and his findings challenge conventional wisdom. Relatively few listeners believed an actual attack was under...
17) Pirate radio
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A rogue band of DJs captivate Britain in the 1960s. The music they play defines a generation and the DJs stand up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count is a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock. Radio rock is a pirate radio station situated in the middle of the North Atlantic that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs that include: Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the panic induced when listeners believed Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" to be news of an alien invasion, discussing the context in which the broadcast was aired and why it was so convincing.
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