Brown, Box

Summary: "Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.72 BRO

Brown, Box

Summary: Comedian and performer Andy Kaufman's resume was impressive--a popular role on the beloved sitcom Taxi, a high-profile stand-up career, and a surprisingly successful stint in professional wrestling. Although he was by all accounts a sensitive and thoughtful person, he's ironically best remembered for his various contemptible personas, which were so committed and so convincing that all but his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.23 BRO

Brown, Box

Summary: "Child star Owen Eugene had it all: a hit sitcom on prime time, a Saturday morning cartoon, and a memoir on the bestseller list. The secret to his success was his talent for improvisation . . . and his small size. On screen he made the whole world laugh, but behind the scenes his life was falling apart. Hollywood ate him alive."--Amazon.com

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRO

Summary: Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDRE THE GIANT BRO

Weiss, Andrew S.

Summary: "In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance? In Accidental Czar, Andrew S. Weiss, a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 PUT

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 741.5 WEI