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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"At their milestone high school reunion, a group of friends makes a pact to finally achieve their high school superlatives one way or another in this lively new novel from the acclaimed author of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel. In 1997, grunge is king, Titanic is a blockbuster (and Blockbuster still exists), and Thursday nights are for Friends. In Bellport, Connecticut, four best friends and high school seniors are ready to light the world on fire....
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Officially sanctioned by the American Theatre Wing, The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre will commemorate 75 magical years of Broadway's biggest night, featuring photographs and interviews with a cavalcade of stars and a foreword by Audra McDonald."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, Best Pick provides a decade-by-decade look at the Oscars by examining the Best Picture winners, highest-grossing films, and biggest misses alongside a discussion of the trends, innovations, and stories that defined the decade"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
The first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel, when the Oscar curse sets in, is thrust in the middle of two worlds--black and white--and is not welcomed in either but, through it all, continued her fight to pave a path for other Negro actors.
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew go on a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's 'parrot, ' Polly, could be the answer to the riches they are searching for.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Take a journey beyond your wildest imagination with this amazingly inventive, hugely entertaining collection of 26 animated shorts. With everything from modern masterworks such as Madame Tutli-Putli and Sleeping Betty to groundbreaking experimental shorts and classic cartoons, emerging talents join seasoned directors from the National Film Board of Canada. Includes 13 extra shorts.
19) Losing the Nobel Prize: a story of cosmology, ambition, and the perils of science's highest honor
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology's biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize. What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, thought they'd glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement, and Nobel whispers began to spread. But had these cosmologists truly...
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