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Popular Culture November 2018
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Broadway to Main Street : How Show Tunes Enchanted America
by Laurence Maslon
Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America is the first chronicle of how the songs of the American Musical Theater made their way-through sheet music, popular recordings, the radio, original cast albums, television, CDs, and the Internet-from the Theater District to living rooms across the country.
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| The Beatles Yellow Submarine by Bill MorrisonWe all live in... a fully authorized graphic novel adaptation of The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine, released to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Art alert: Bill Morrison's bright illustrations pay homage to the source material's psychedelic style, while offering some welcome depth and shading to complement the trippy narrative.
Reviewers say: "a gorgeous tribute to a classic work of pop art" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List by James MustichWhat it is: an enthusiastic, genre-hopping tome of must-read books that includes concise annotations and insightful commentary for each selected title.
Featuring: recommended reading lists such as "Books to Read in a Sitting," "Offbeat Escapes," and "A Long Climb, but What a View."
Read it for: the additions (and omissions!) that are sure to spark bibliophile debates. |
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| The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History by Megan Mullally and Nick OffermanWhat it's about: In this frank and bawdy transcript, "mismatched" couple Megan Mullally (Will and Grace) and Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) chat about their lives and love.
Chapters include: "You're Just Trying To Get In On The Action Because Your Family Is Like A Norman Rockwell Painting;" "I Came Out Of The Womb In a Top Hat And Tap Shoes."
Don't miss: the couple's tips for domestic bliss (like investing in a good mattress and enforcing a "two-week rule" for spending time apart). |
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Bit by bit : how video games transformed our world
by Andrew Ervin
An acclaimed author explores the meteoric rise in popularity of video games, by interviewing scientists and game designers, charting the technological history of video games from the 1950s onward and makes a case for the artistic and cultural value of this modern pastime. 20,000 first printing.
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| Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game That Changed... by Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson Who it's about: Swedish video game developer Markus Persson, who overcame a childhood rife with family dysfunction to fulfill his lifelong dream of creating his own games.
Who it's for: Video game programmers, fans of Minecraft, and readers who enjoy inspirational success stories will want to give this moving biography a try. |
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| Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation by Blake J. HarrisWhat it's about: the battle for market dominance between "Goliath" Nintendo and upstart Sega that revolutionized the video game industry in the 1990s.
For fans of: behind-the-scenes business stories like Moneyball and The Accidental Billionaires.
Media buzz: Console Wars is set for a forthcoming documentary adaptation to be co-directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who also wrote the book's foreword). |
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Art of Atari
by Tim Lapetino
Sourced from museums and private collections worldwide, a full-color art collection spans more than 40 years of Atari's unique, specially commissioned illustrations used in packaging, advertisements, catalogs, and more. Illustrations.
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Power play : how video games can save the world
by Asi Burak
Explores how the Games for Change movement, which uses games as a platform to engage players in current social issues, is spearheading humanitarian and educational efforts around the globe in collaboration with White House, NASA, World Bank and The United Nations.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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San Mateo Public Library 55 West 3rd Avenue San Mateo, California 94402 (650) 522-7802www.smplibrary.org |
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