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81) Citizen Kane
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud. So ends the odyssey of a life, and begins a fabulous tale of the rise to wealth and power, and ultimate fall, of a complex man.
Charles Foster Kane, a wealthy recluse, dies in his castle-like estate, Xanadu. The dying word on the lips of the newspaper tycoon who dominated four decades of American life is "Rosebud." A newsreel...
82) Boy meets girl
Author
Series
Boy series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Meet Kate Mackenzie. She works for the T.O.D. (short for Tyrannical Office Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins, Director of the Human Resources Division at the New York Journal). Kate is sleeping on the couch because her boyfriend of ten years refuses to commit. She can't find an affordable studio apartment anywhere in New York City and just when she thinks things can't get any worse, they can! Because: the T.O.D. is making her fire the most popular...
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Series
Book scavenger volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Emily and James discover coded notes written by Mr. Quisling and encrypted messages in Mark Twain books, and with each book triggering a fire, the team suspects that Mr. Quisling is after an unbreakable code and may be the arsonist.
85) Best Sellers
Description
To save her publishing company, a young editor goes on a wild book tour with a drunk has-been author who first put her company on the map.
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Series
Bailey Weggins mysteries volume 1
Description
Bailey Weggins, a clever writer for a leading women's magazine, "Gloss, " is dragged into a murder investigation by her editor-in-chief and boss from hell, Cat Jones. The investigation takes Bailey from New York City to the Connecticut suburbs and Bucks County retreats--and everyone is a suspect.
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Disc 1. [Lectures] 1. Today's book publishing landscape ; 2. Defining your fiction genre ; 3. Categorizing your nonfiction book ; 4. Researching writers' markets ; 5. What to expect from a literary agent ; 6. Writing your query letter. -- Disc. 2. [Lectures] 7. Writing your novel or memoir synopsis ; 8. The importance of author platform ; 9. Researching and planning your book proposal ; 10. Writing an effective book proposal ; 11. Submissions and...
88) The Post
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
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Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
As 1892 draws to a close, Dr. Letitia Morgan boards a train in Philadelphia headed for Harrville, Colorado. The young town's booming silver mine has attracted so many people that Hartville is in need of a new doctor to treat women and children. Letty jumps at the chance to start a new life where she'll be appreciated as a medical professional -- despite the fact that she's a woman. But as she gets to know more about this bustling town, Letty realizes...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
There's more to publishing an e-book than you might think-- and this guide explains it all! E-books give you full control: you no longer need to go through agents or publishers. But you do need to know about writing, publishing, and promoting an e-book in order to put it in front of a worldwide audience.
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Series
Description
Jamie is after the story of a lifetime, so she tracks down the millionaire playboy, forcing him to take her on as a partner. What follows is a story of a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog called Fleas, a wise-cracking computer genius, and lots of love in the fast lane. Not to mention plenty of steamy action between Jamie and Max.
Author
Series
Meant to be volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Appears on list
Description
Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author...
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
In 1953 at a distinguished New York publishing firm, Simon Putnam, a recent Harvard graduate, is tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg--a project that makes him realize that the people around him are not what they seem.
97) God's smuggler
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Formats
Description
As a boy, Brother Andrew dreamed of being an undercover spy working behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself working undercover for God. His was a mission filled with danger, financed by faith, supported by miracles. Told it was impossible to minister behind the Iron Curtain, Andrew knew that nothing was too hard for God. Crossing "closed" borders, he prayed "Lord, in my luggage I have Scripture to take to Your children. When you were on earth,...
98) Whisper my name
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
"Photographer Samantha Blakely is stunned when her beloved friend Gemini Delaney leaves her the controlling interest in her family business, a magazine conglomerate--the same conglomerate that owns Daylight Magazine, where Sam has just landed her dream job as a photojournalist..."--Jacket.
100) Citizen Hearst
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Traces the 125-year history of the Hearst Media Empire, from William Randolph Hearst's pioneering and controversial days of headline-grabbing yellow journalism to the global impact of the company's many successful media brands. Iwerks provides a rare glimpse behind the glass walls of the Hearst Tower, interviewing top magazine editor of Harperâs Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire, among others, and gaining unprecedented access to the Hearst Castle...