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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and...
Author
Series
Hitchhiker series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Presents a recording of the science fiction radio drama about Arthur Dent and his journey through the universe with Ford Prefect after the destruction of the earth.
Pub. Date
[2010], c1938
Language
English
Description
This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, New York, N.Y.: Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller, The War of the Worlds, as staged by Orson Welles. Reel 2, London, England: Patients at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street get a great thrill when King George and Queen Elizabeth visit the institution's new buildings and...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
What began as a broadcast performance of H.G. Wells' fantasy, The War of the Worlds, turned into one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history. American Experience examines the elements that together created this frenzy, including our longtime fascination with life on Mars; the emergence of radio as a powerful new medium; and the creative wunderkind Orson Welles, the twenty-three-year-old director of the drama and mischief-maker supreme....
Series
Hitchhiker series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
And just when Arthur thinks he has found his true vocation on the backwater planet of Lamuella, the original Trillian turns up with more than a little spanner in the works.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The new series follows Frasier Crane in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston, Massachusetts, with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfill. Catch up with Frasier in this 2-disc DVD set that includes every episode from Season One plus an exclusive gag reel.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Christmas & A Christmas carol traces the story of the great seasonal feast, from its origins in Nordic mid-winter celebrations, through the advance of Christianity, and up to the present day. It pays particular attention to the small book entitled A Christmas carol that was published in 1843 and to the moment in time that Charles Dickens took a hand in reshaping the end-of-year feastivity.
10) Flores negras
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Berta Martos es locutora de radio en un programa nocturno. Está acostumbrada a que las llamadas de sus oyentes hablen de soledad y desamor, pero la de esta noche es diferente: al otro lado de la línea telefónica un disparo interrumpe la conversación que mantiene con un desconocido que está a punto de hacerle una confesión. El escándalo estalla en las redes sociales, donde miles de personas culpan a la periodista de lo sucedido y exigen su...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"On Halloween Eve 1938, Orson Welles put on a radio play of 'War of the Worlds' and terrorized an uneasy American public on the brink of World War II, perpetuating the greatest hoax in history and changing media forever. This book brings to life this fateful night and follows the life and career of Welles before and after the historic broadcast"--
12) The Ex talk
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Public radio co-hosts navigate mixed signals in this romantic comedy. Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can't imagine working anywhere else. But lately it's been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio. When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay...
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