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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...
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.
25) Ghostwriter
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Barcelona, 1943. As a scriptwriter for a popular radio advice column, Laia is embroiled in the romantic entanglements of others. Each day, letters flood in from troubled wives and girlfriends recounting their partner's abuses, and Laia tries her best to counsel them. In contrast, her own life seems perfectly ordered, with a devoted husband and a baby on the way. But when the city is terrorized by a vengeful killer, who leaves behind cryptic messages...
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
There may be an occasional flaw in the auto expert advice of brothers Tom and Ray Maggliozzi, but the complaint box remains empty, with no factory recall in sight. Featuring four all-time favorite Car Talk episodes, hand-picked by hosts Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, and presented here together for the first time.
Series
Publisher
Tyndale
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Mystery and intrigue abound as Emily and Matthew are trapped inside an unfinished escape room in the basement of Whit's End. Meanwhile, the Odyssey High School Football team heads toward the state championship and deals with unexpected challenges.
Author
Publisher
Roca Editoral
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Dos años después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Gran Bretaña siente sus pérdidas: los nazis han ganado batallas, el Blitz ha destruido ciudades y los submarinos han cortado el suministro de alimentos. En un esfuerzo por ayudar a las amas de casa con el racionamiento de alimentos, el programa de radio de la BBC llamado The Kitchen Front está organizando un concurso de cocina y el gran premio es un trabajo como primera copresentadora del programa....
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This collection contains twelve of the greatest comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll as Amos 'n' Andy, Robert Young in Father Knows Best, Jim and Marian Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, Eve Arden as English teacher Connie...
Publisher
HighBridge Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The latest collection of knee-slappers, toe-tappers and groaners from A Prairie Home Companion features the most recent Joke Shows plus the very best joke segments from recent seasons, all recorded live before doubled-over audiences in Minneapolis, St. Paul and New York.
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