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Game show confidential : the story of an American obsession / by Hadleigh, Boze,author.(CARDINAL)757950;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Questions, we've got questions -- Can't stop the music -- Seeing stars: panel shows -- This has been a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production -- You bet your life! -- Record-breaker: Bill Cullen -- The two neediest -- Rigged! -- Password and Allen Ludden -- Games people play -- The match game -- Host with the most: Gene Rayburn -- They get dumb ideas -- Let's make deals! -- Before stardom and after -- What is Jeopardy? -- The laughs factory and Chuck Barris -- Hollywood Squares and Peter Marshall -- She hosts, too! -- The price is still right -- Romance and marriage: newlyweds and love connections -- Monster egos: Family Feud then and now -- Four lives cut short -- Scandals, bleeps, and bloopers -- Who doesn't want to be a millionaire -- The 21 worst."Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network's Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences made the transition from radio to television in the late 1940s and was so popular that a town in New Mexico was named for the show. Television proved to be the perfect platform for game shows since they were very popular and cheap to produce. Even in reruns today, the older shows still draw huge audiences. This book describes the evolution of the game show, its larger-than-life producers and hosts, as well as the scandals that have rocked it from time to time, including bloopers from such "adult" oriented shows as The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and Hollywood Squares. This is an entertaining and lively look at an American phenomenon whose popularity doesn't seem to be going away"--
Subjects: Television game shows; Radio game shows; Television quiz shows; Radio quiz shows; Radio programs;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Trial in the backwoods / by Wells, Maggie(Erotic romance writer),author.;
Thanks to the upcoming trial of a millionaire trafficking drugs and humans, Masters County district attorney Harrison Hayes finds himself the target of escalating attacks. So when the woman who once shared his bed blows back into town, claiming to be pregnant with his baby, Harry doesn't want her anywhere near a situation that's becoming deadlier by the day. But impending motherhood won't stop DEA special agent Alicia Simmons from springing into action. As the former lovers join forces, they confront danger from all sides--and an imminent threat that could take them both down...
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Man-woman relationships; Motherhood; Danger; Criminal investigation; Motherhood.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Grand ambition : an extraordinary yacht, the people who built it, and the millionaire who can't really afford it / by Knecht, G. Bruce.(CARDINAL)285069;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.Making plans -- I want to be an accountant -- The sky is the limit -- Grinding it out -- Flying above the clouds -- Gilded barges -- Free fall -- Righting the ship -- Never enough space -- Cash crunch -- Blinded by thirst -- Pulling the trigger -- Too many boats -- Disaster -- I'd rather be surfing -- Sell everything -- Another fall -- Bring on the sun beds -- Smooth but unlawful -- Forget the green -- A box within a box -- It's not my fault -- We're going home! -- It's not just copying -- An extreme hardship -- Let's roll! -- Chasing dreams.Tells the story of Doug Von Allmen's plan to build an extraordinary yacht and the way that the 2008 financial crisis threatened the project and the livelihood of the one thousand employees of the shipyard where it was built.
Subjects: Biographies.; Von Allmen, Doug.; Lady Linda (Yacht); Trinity Yachts (Firm); Yachting; Yacht building; Capitalists and financiers; Venture capital; Boatbuilding; Boatbuilders; Boating industry;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Slumdog millionaire [videorecording]
Dev Patel, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Freida Pinto, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Rubina Ali, Madhur Mittal, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan.Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.MPAA rating: RAcademy Awards, 2008: Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
Subjects: Feature films.; Film adaptations.; Brothers; Orphans; Police; Suspicion; Television quiz shows;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Billy Sure, kid entrepreneur and the invisble inventor / by Sharpe, Luke(Children's fiction writer),author.(CARDINAL)620763; Ross, Graham,1962-illustrator.(CARDINAL)343461; Teitelbaum, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)345828;
Everyone is talking about Billy Sure, the boy genius and millionaire inventor whose inventions have become instant hits. From the All Ball that turns into any sports ball to his hovercraft, Sure Things, Inc. can do no wrong! Now Billy wants to help other kids achieve their inventing dreams, so he solicits and selects new ideas to develop. Billy has been working on an invisibility invention for years, but it isn't quite right yet. Now suddenly there's a new inventor on the scene who claims to have developed it first. But it might not be all it's cracked up to be. Will Billy's dream of creating the world's first invisibility spray disappear?Ages 8-12.710LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Inventions; Young businesspeople; Inventors; Businesspeople;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Two nights in Mumbai: a Dak Harper thriller / by Dempsey, Ernest,1977-author.(CARDINAL)495890;
For Dak Harper, tracking down lost relics for an eccentric young millionaire sounded like an easy gig, especially after years dodging bullets for the Delta Force. A way to bank some cash, travel to exciting destinations on his boss' dime, and keep under the radar of some very bad men trying to kill him. But Dak has traded one deadly set of problems for another. Dak might have traded his combat fatigues for jeans and trainers, but he's still getting shot at for money. Now in India to save a stolen idol and rescue the Mumbai museum curator protecting it, he's got to duck Russian mobsters, sidestep an Indian casino boss who wants more than just his time, and distract a local police force who seems to be as incompetent as they are clueless. If Dak has to keep this up, there's a good chance this new job is gonna get him killed faster than his old one.--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Action and adventure fiction.; Harper, Dak (Fictitious character); Antiquities; Relic hunting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Death in the closet / by Boon, Peter,author.;
Shouldn't it be safe to come out of the closet? Kieron Juniper is one of the most promising young footballers in England. Quickly leading his football club, Beachy Head United, to incredible Premiership success, he has become a local and national hero. But he has a secret. One that will make history. He is about to come out and become the first openly gay Premier League footballer. Until he is murdered by someone who doesn’t want that to happen. Murder mystery enthusiast, Edward Crisp, and his loveable teenage sidekick, Noah, face their toughest case yet. Can they navigate a world of WAGs, gossip and misbehaving millionaires to solve the DEATH IN THE CLOSET? And can YOU?
Subjects: Fiction.; Football teams; Football players; Coming out; Gay men; Murder; Gay men.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Every vow you break [sound recording] : a novel / by Swanson, Peter,1968-author.(CARDINAL)352664; Vacker, Karissa,narrator.(CARDINAL)356701;
Performed by Karissa Vacker.Abigail Baskin never thought she'd fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. He's a good guy, stable, level-headed, and kind. But right before the wedding, Abigail has a moment of uncertainty. The drunken one-night stand from her bachelorette weekend, the sexy guy who wouldn't give her his real name, didn't really mean anything she keeps telling herself. She puts the incident out of her mind, and now believes she wants to be with Bruce for the rest of her life. Then the mysterious stranger suddenly appears, and Abigail's future life and happiness are turned upside down. He insists that their passionate night was the beginning of something much, much more. Something special. Something real, and he's tracked her down to prove it.Compact discs.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Brides; Honeymoons; Newlyweds; Truthfulness and falsehood; Man-woman relationships; Millionaires; Stalking victims; Stalkers;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Slumdog millionaire [videorecording] / by Boyle, Danny,film director.; Tandan, Loveleen,film director.; Beaufoy, Simon,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)847024; Colson, Christian,film producer.; Mantle, Anthony Dod,1955-director of photography.; Patel, Dev,1990-actor.; Chheda, Tanay Hemant,actor.; Khedekar, Ayush Mahesh,actor.; Pinto, Freida,1984-actor.; Lonkar, Tanvi Ganesh,actor.; Ali, Rubina,2000-actor.; Mittal, Madhur,actor.; Gajiwala, Ashutosh Lobo,actor.; Ismail, Azharuddin Mohammed,actor.; Kapoor, Anil,1959-actor.(CARDINAL)348240; Khan, Irrfan,1962-actor.; Rahman, A. R.,composer.; Swarup, Vikas.Q & A.(CARDINAL)632281; Celador Films.production company; FilmFour (Firm)(CARDINAL)346669; Fox Searchlight Pictures.film distributor(CARDINAL)341211; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.film distributor(CARDINAL)340075; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )production company;
Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle ; editor, Chris Dickens ; music, A.R. Rahman.Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shakla, Raj Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan.Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.MPAA rating: R; for some violence, disturbing images and language.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround; dual layer.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Swarup, Vikas; Orphans; Television quiz shows; Suspicion; Police; Brothers;
Available copies: 62 / Total copies: 83
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Slumdog millionaire [videorecording] / by Beaufoy, Simon,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)847024; Boyle, Danny,film director.; Tandan, Loveleen,film director.; Colson, Christian,film producer.; Kapoor, Anil,1959-actor.(CARDINAL)348240; Khan, Irrfan,1967-2020,actor.; Mittal, Madhur,actor.; Patel, Dev,1990-actor.; Pinto, Freida,1984-actor.; Swarup, Vikas.Q & A.(CARDINAL)632281; Mantle, Anthony Dod,1955-cinematographer.; Celador Films,presenter,production company.; FilmFour (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)346669; Fox Searchlight Pictures,presenter.(CARDINAL)341211; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.(CARDINAL)340075; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.;
Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle ; editor, Chris Dickens ; music, A.R. Rahman.Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan.Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.MPAA rating: R; for some violence, disturbing images and language. Canadian Home video rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc, wide screen (2.35:1), Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 50Gb dual layer, AVC@28 MBPS; Blu-ray player required.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Brothers; Orphans; Police; Suspicion; Television quiz shows;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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