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On nostalgia / by Berry, David(David M.),1984-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From Mad Men to MAGA: how nostalgia came to be and why we are so eager to indulge it. A remake of Home Alone, the incessant anniversarizing of past events, the trendiness of the "artisanal," the fervor for Friends, the return of the LP, and more: nostalgia is all the rage. From movies to politics, this ceaseless looking backward is one of the most potent forces of our era. On Nostalgia is a panoramic cultural history of nostalgia, exploring how a force that started as a psychological diagnosis of soldiers fighting far from home has become a quintessentially modern condition. Drawing on everything from the modern science of memory to the romantic ideals of advertising, and traversing cultural movements from futurism to fascism to Facebook, cultural critic David Berry examines how the relentless search for self and overwhelming presence of mass media stokes the fires of nostalgia, making it as inescapable as it is hard to pin down. Holding fast against the pull of the past while trying to understand what makes the fundamental impossibility of return so appealing, On Nostalgia explores what it means to remember, how the universal yearning is used by us and against us, and it considers a future where the past is more readily available and easier to lose track of than it ever has been"--
Subjects: Nostalgia.;
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Profiles in ignorance : how America's politicians got dumb and dumber / by Borowitz, Andy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Andy Borowitz, "one of the funniest people in America" (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump. The winner of the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, Andy Borowitz has been called a "Swiftian satirist" (The Wall Street Journal) and "one of the country's finest satirists" (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column "The Borowitz Report." Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he offers a witty, spot-on diagnosis of our country's political troubles by showing how ignorant leaders are degrading, embarrassing, and endangering our nation. Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan's first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades. Profiles in Ignorance aims to make us both laugh and cry: laugh at the idiotic antics of these public figures, and cry at the cataclysms these icons of ignorance have caused. But most importantly, the book delivers a call to action and a cause for optimism: History doesn't move in a straight line, and we can change course if we act now.
Subjects: Politicians; Politicians;
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Robert B. Parker's lullaby : a Spenser novel / by Atkins, Ace.; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010.;
"Spenser takes up a seemingly open and closed cold case at the behest of a street-wise 16 year old girl, who believes her mother's murderers went free. As Spenser digs deeper into the mystery, he finds a much more dangerous and complex mystery than he bargained for"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Domestic fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Mothers; Private investigators; Spenser (Fictitious character);
© c2012., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
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Spotlight [videorecording] / by Keaton, Michael,1951-actor.; McAdams, Rachel,1978-actor.; McCarthy, Tom,1966-screenwriter,director.; Ruffalo, Mark,actor.; Shore, Howard.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Camera, Masanobu Takayanagi ; production design, Stephen Carter ; editor, Tom McArdle ; music, Howard Shore.Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery.A team of investigative reporters for the Boston Globe work to expose decades of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and cover-ups of the crimes by the Catholic Church.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Catholic Church; Biographical films.; Child sexual abuse; Feature films.; Historical films.; Investigative reporting;
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Racing Extinction. by Psihoyos, Louie,film director.; Goodall, Jane,actor.; Freestyle Digital Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jane GoodallOriginally produced by Freestyle Digital Media in 2015.Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Zoology.; Environmental sciences.; Documentary films.; Endangered species.;
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The hype machine : how social media disrupts our elections, our economy, and our health - and how we must adapt / by Aral, Sinan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Social media connected the world--and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show how these trends threaten our political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today we have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify our interactions with each other through social media. It is paramount, MIT social media expert Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsized impact social media has on our culture, our democracy, and our lives in order to steer today's social technology toward good, while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Otherwise, we could fall victim to what Aral calls "The Hype Machine." As a senior researcher of the longest-running study of fake news ever conducted, Aral found that lies spread online farther and faster than the truth--a harrowing conclusion that was featured on the cover of Science magazine. Among the questions Aral explores following twenty years of field research: Did Russian interference change the 2016 election? And how is it affecting the vote in 2020? Why does fake news travel faster than the truth online? How do social ratings and automated sharing determine which products succeed and fail? How does social media affect our kids? First, Aral links alarming data and statistics to three accelerating social media shifts: hyper-socialization, personalized mass persuasion, and the tyranny of trends. Next, he grapples with the consequences of the Hype Machine for elections, businesses, dating, and health. Finally, he maps out strategies for navigating the Hype Machine, offering his singular guidance for managing social media to fulfill its promise going forward. Rarely has a book so directly wrestled with the secret forces that drive the news cycle every day"--
Subjects: Information society.; Common fallacies.; Propaganda.; Social interaction.; Social media;
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Marple. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Christie, Agatha,1890-1976.Pocket full of ryeVideorecording.; Elyot, Kevin.; McKenzie, Julia.; Palmer, Charles.; Agatha Christie Ltd.; Granada Media (Firm); WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Director, Charles Palmer; screenwriter Kevin Elyot.Julia McKenzie.When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered.PG.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Marple, Jane (Fictitious character); Murder; Women detectives;
© c2009., Acorn Media,
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Marple. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Barlow, Patrick.; Christie, Agatha,1890-1976.Why didn't they ask Evans?Videorecording.; McKenzie, Julia.; Renton, Nicholas.; Agatha Christie Ltd.; Granada Media (Firm); WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Screenwriter, Patrick Barlow; director Nicholas Renton.McKenzie, Julia.While visiting her friend Marjorie Attfield, Miss Marple learns that her son Bobby had recently found a body, identified as a Mr. Pritchard, on the cliff side. The key to solving the mystery of Pritchard's last words to Bobby as he lay dying: "Why didn't they ask Evans?".PG.DVD ; Dolby digital stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Last words; Marple, Jane (Fictitious character); Murder; Women detectives;
© c2009., Acorn Media,
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Maigret. [videorecording] / by Galloway, Jack.; Gambon, Michael.; Hutchings, Geoffrey.; Lance, James.; Madden, Ciaran.; Simenon, Georges,1903-; Acorn Media (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Granada Television.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Michael Gambon, James Larkin, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, Ciaran Madden.One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.14A.DVD; Dolby digital; full screen (4:3).
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character); Police;
© c2012., Acorn Media,
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Maigret. [videorecording] / by Galloway, Jack.; Gambon, Michael.; Hutchings, Geoffrey.; Lance, James.; Madden, Ciaran.; Simenon, Georges,1903-; Acorn Media (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.; Granada Television.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.);
Michael Gambon, James Larkin, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, Ciaran Madden.One of the best-selling authors of all time, Georges Simenon is most famous for his more than 100 novels and short stories featuring Chief Inspector Maigret of the Paris police. Concerned more with "why" than "who" Maigret's profound perception of the realities of human behavior and extraordinary psychological insight make him one of fiction's most interesting and unique sleuths.14A.DVD; Dolby digital; full screen (4:3).
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Maigret, Jules (Fictitious character); Police;
© c2012., Acorn Media,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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