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

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9789881740076

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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.


The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Author: Malcolm X

Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780141185439

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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.


Haunted Media

Haunted Media

Author: Jeffrey Sconce

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780822325727

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


Made to Break

Made to Break

Author: Giles Slade

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0674043758

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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.


Inventing Disneyland

Inventing Disneyland

Author: Alastair Dallas

Publisher: Theme Park Press

Published: 2018-12

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781683901716

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"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.


Poking a Dead Frog

Poking a Dead Frog

Author: Mike Sacks

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1101613270

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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.


The Media Lab

The Media Lab

Author: Stewart Brand

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780140097016

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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.


Chariots for Apollo

Chariots for Apollo

Author: Courtney G. Brooks

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0486140938

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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.


The Legendary Joe Meek

The Legendary Joe Meek

Author: John Repsch

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781901447200

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A fascinating biography of Joe Meek who was widely recognised as Britain's first real independent pop music producer and hailed as Britain's answer to Phil Spector. He turned out million-copy selling records such as 'Telstar' from his home recording studio and made the first recordings for stars like Rod Stewart, Tom Jones and David Bowie. Legendary for his obsessive secrecy and often bizarre behaviour, his private life was a tortured tangle of violence, sex, drugs, the occult and eventually murder. Includes a full discography and B & W photographs.