Bartlett, Bruce R.
Summary: A lucid, practical, and concise guide for citizens who want to cut through the lies in this era of "fake news" and "alternative facts." As recent national events have proven, the floodgates have opened and the political terrain is shifting rapidly with the dangerous concept of "alternative facts" supplanting actual facts at the highest levels of our government and in new media sources that are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070 BARNesseth, Nina
Summary: "Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more. Do you like scary movies? Have you ever wondered why? Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why. In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nightfire 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 NESSummary: A plotless four-person musical revue based on the songs of Belgian balladeer Jacques Brel, the show opens on a dark and rainy Parisian night. Three strangers--a cab driver, a soldier, and a meek woman--find themselves in a theater. After watching a puppet show, they venture backstage and then onto a beach, where they sing songs during increasingly surreal events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jimmy ventures out to locate a rare film print. The film, once it is shown, has been known to drive its audience into a crazed frenzy before the theatre goes up in flames. Jimmy finds that the film lives up to its reputation and the results are shocking.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CIGDe Botton, Alain.
Summary: Presents a philosophical assessment of the role of news in today's gadget-driven societies, exploring subjects ranging from politics and crime to celebrities and paparazzi while considering how the news shapes everyday worldviews.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.23 BOTPell, Dave
Summary: Fueled by the wisdom and advice of his two Holocaust-surviving parents, a well-known news addict puts the key stories of 2020 into context during a time when historic turmoil and media mania stretched American sanity, democracy, and toilet paper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 071 PELKovach, Bill.
Summary: Like the authors' classic book The Elements of Journalism, Blur is a unique and readable discourse on how the information culture is changing. Just as important, it provides a road map for all citizens to navigate that culture by revealing the tradecraft great journalists have used to sift rumor from fact and access the truth. In an age when the line between citizen and journalist is becoming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.9 KOVMeister, Cari
Summary: Tiny and his friend Eliot are enjoying the summer and go see a movie in the park, but when a cat appears onscreen during the film, Tiny barks and runs around, making a huge mess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MEIPeer, Ralph Sylvester
Summary: Three Album, 45 page booklet boxset that takes you on a journey through the life of Ralph S. Peer and the influence he had on the entire music industry. Includes timeless country, blues, jazz, gospel and Latin music tracks. Country music hall of fame member, Ralph Peer was a visionary who designed, molded and cultivated the music industry as we know it today. Peer is credited with both making...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY PEESummary: Sophisticated conman Neal Caffrey teams up with FBI Agent Peter Burke to investigate an intriguing array of crimes ranging from extortion to murder. Now, reeling from the death of his girlfriend, Neal struggles to unlock the secret behind a mysterious music box and find Kate's killer, even as his partnership with Peter begins to crumble.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WHI RATED PG-13Summary: Is a political candidate's past personal life fodder for the front page? If a child commits murder, should the offender's name be released? If a CD by a top recording artist has strongly antisocial lyrics, should the record label consider its impact on kids? In this program, news professionals and executives from NBC, CBS, Capitol-EMI Records, and Mercury Records speak out about the ethical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The newly regenerated Doctor and his companion, Clara, travel across time and space.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2014
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Do8Byars, Betsy Cromer.
Summary: In continued adventures, May-May and Rose take their traveling road show to more audiences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1990
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BYASummary: The Lumiere brothers and Thomas Edison would definitely be impressed if they could see how far the medium created with the invention of the movie camera has evolved. This program examines the history of film, from its beginnings in the late 19th century to the invention of VCRs. Filmmaking's roots as an entertainment and storytelling medium are examined, along with the emergence of Hollywood,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006