Jeri Telstar and the Small Black Dog That Talked Like the President

Jeri Telstar and the Small Black Dog That Talked Like the President
Author: Nury Vittachi
Publisher: PPP Company Ltd
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2008-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9789881740076

When the worlds nerdiest costumed crimefighter encounters a talking dog, he realizes a bizarre evil plot is afoot. And when supervillain Magnus Metalbiter enters the scene, the Homework Hero realizes that its going to take all his powersplus his Advanced Chemistry textbookto save the world.

Away from the White House

Away from the White House
Author: Lawrence Lauder Knutson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Presidents
ISBN: 9781931917407

Long years have passed since an American president, taking his cue from the customs of the diplomatic community, abandoned the White House for most of the summer to go home and take care of his personal business--then nearly always a farm, such as Jefferson's Monticello or Adams's Peacefield. Today the presidency is year-around. Time away from the White House must be fitted into the great puzzle of his overall responsibilities, and is inevitably shorter than in the distant past. Some of his work goes with him, as do several key advisors, a large detachment of Secret Service agents, and all the others essential to the well being of a president. Still, on vacation he is officially on his own and he chips away a little time for leisure. Away from the White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, and Vacations presents a lively and interesting slice of the presidency that most of us know little about: How the president relaxes away from the White House.-- Inside cover.

Haunted Media

Haunted Media
Author: Jeffrey Sconce
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780822325727

Examines the repeated association of new electronic media with spiritual phenomena from the telegraph in the late 19th century to television.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Author: Malcolm X
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1965
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9780141185439

Malcolm X's blazing, legendary autobiography, completed shortly before his assassination in 1965, depicts a remarkable life: a child born into rage and despair, who turned to street-hustling and cocaine in the Harlem ghetto, followed by prison, where he converted to the Black Muslims and honed the energy and brilliance that made him one of the most important political figures of his time - and an icon in ours. It also charts the spiritual journey that took him beyond militancy, and led to his murder, a powerful story of transformation, redemption and betrayal. Vilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and remains an inspirational and controversial figure today.

Made to Break

Made to Break
Author: Giles Slade
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0674043758

Made to Break is a history of twentieth-century technology as seen through the prism of obsolescence. Giles Slade explains how disposability was a necessary condition for America's rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. This book gives us a detailed and harrowing picture of how, by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives, we may well be shortening the future of our way of life as well.

The Media Lab

The Media Lab
Author: Stewart Brand
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1989
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780140097016

Personalized newspapers, life-sized holograms, telephones that chat with callers, these are all projects that are being developed at MIT's Media Lab. Brand explores the exciting programs, and gives readers a look at the future of communications.

Poking a Dead Frog

Poking a Dead Frog
Author: Mike Sacks
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1101613270

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR Amy Poehler, Mel Brooks, Adam McKay, George Saunders, Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, and many more take us deep inside the mysterious world of comedy in this fascinating, laugh-out-loud-funny book. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories—from a day in the writers’ room at The Onion to why a sketch does or doesn’t make it onto Saturday Night Live to how the BBC nearly erased the entire first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus—Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers and pop culture junkies alike.

Inventing Disneyland

Inventing Disneyland
Author: Alastair Dallas
Publisher: Theme Park Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2018-12
Genre: Amusement parks
ISBN: 9781683901716

"Meet the cadre of six men who imagined and described the specifics of Walt Disney’s vision for a new kind of family entertainment park—the men of WED Enterprises, who began the process of inventing Disneyland. Enter the bustling 'Disneyland Plans Room' at Walt Disney’s custom-designed studio. Disney drew upon the talents of tinkerers and hobbyists, artists, writers, engineers, architects, builders, and—especially—Hollywood art directors to realize his dream. See the site transformed from moonscape to wonderland and struggle along with the park’s management as they rush headlong toward an opening day that seems impossible to achieve. Based on years of original research and interviews, this is the true but unauthorized story—complete with vintage photos—of just what it took to invent the happiest place on earth and make Walt Disney's dream come true"--Back cover.

Chariots for Apollo

Chariots for Apollo
Author: Courtney G. Brooks
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2012-05-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486140938

This illustrated history by a trio of experts is the definitive reference on the Apollo spacecraft and lunar modules. It traces the vehicles' design, development, and operation in space. More than 100 photographs and illustrations.