Radio City

It's 1999, and Eira Hart and Ru Tattersall are set up to co-host The Lonely Harts Club, a new late-night radio show to help New Yorkers find love. It's a last chance attempt for both Eira, expert in Celtic mythology and amateur Welsh matchmaker, and Ru, once-hot-shot Aussie DJ, to achieve their New York dreams. The thing is, you either click with a co-host, or you don’t. It’s a bit like falling in love. There’s co-host chemistry, or there isn’t. With the countdown to a new millennium, it feels like the world as they know it is about to end.

The bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune). This is the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and a...

Baltimore City Public Schools is one of America’s largest and most funded school systems. Yet, historically, it is among the lowest performing. In 2024, despite a $1.7 billion budget, just 10% of students tested proficient in math. Investigative journalist Chris Papst follows the money to uncover why students continue to fail within a school system that’s failing Baltimore. Failure Factory shines a critical light on America’s public education system by exposing what’s really happening inside classrooms and behind administrative doors.

Mike Stack was born to power and followed his father and grandfather into the ring of fire of Philadelphia politics. He was groomed for office, and was running in his early 20s. After years of failure, he upset a top Senator with the help of his former adversary, the prince of darkness, Vincent J Fumo, arguably the most powerful politician in Pennsylvania and maybe America. Fumo became Mike's most important friend, and the roller coaster ride through the corridors of power and row home streets of Philly took place by his side. Soon came a storm of corruption investigations and Fumo was ...

When a top Hollywood Agent is found poisoned in the bathtub of her home, suspicion quickly turns to one of her two nieces. But Carol Childs, a reporter for a local talk radio station, doesn’t believe it. The suspect is her neighbor and friend, and also her primary source for insider industry news. After a media frenzy pits one niece against the other—and the body count starts to rise—Carol knows she must save her friend from being tried in the court of public opinion. Even the most seasoned reporter can be surprised, and when a Hollywood psychic shows up in Carol’s studio one night ...

Vacances. Bled paumé. Cinq ados dans l'ennui total. Rafael vient de rejoindre le village et cette bande, et il ne connaît pas encore les mystères qui animent « Horror city », comme on le surnomme… Et lorsque la pluie les pousse à se réfugier dans un local radio abandonné, tout tourne mal. Quelles sont les ondes que la machine d'Emma a perçu ? Quel est donc l'étrange mal qui touche Lola ? Comment fuir cet endroit ? D'où viennent ces phénomènes mystérieux qui touchent Horror city ? Et surtout, de Clément, Nolan, Raf, Emma et Lola et Alex... Combien ressortiront-ils du tunnel ?

BLACK CRACKER is a reflection by the author on prejudices from his experiences that include extensive travel and exposure to many different cultures. His autobiography provides the reader with the filter through which he sees the world. Share his sometimes happy, angry, sad, frightened, comical, confused or loving look at himself and others. Every person has a story, and this one is worth hearing.

In the depths of the Great Depression a group of soaring skyscrapers took shape in New York City. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. financed a project comprised of office buildings, plazas, and theatres on a scale never imagined for any metropolis. And to complete the dream he lured Samuel Lionel Rothafel--"Roxy"--to work his magic on two magnificent theatres: the cavernous Radio City Music Hall and a smaller, now-demolished sister theatre, the R-K-O Roxy. Both of these modern entertainment houses were equipped with pipe organs--resources that Roxy required to create his special and well-known brand...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter. Over the past three...

Jimmy was an idealistic farm boy who dreamed of more than life on the farm. With limited means but unlimited dreams, he moved to the city to escape the drudgery of farm life and discover a new life he never knew existed. But life in the city was full of unexpected twists and turns, and Jimmy soon found himself in a roller-coaster life where he had to make difficult choices with far-reaching consequences. Discover this engrossing and fast-paced tale of life in turn-of-the-century America and follow Jimmy's journey as he navigates his way through the tumultuous waters of city life. If you ...

When the Radio City Theatres complex was conceived by New York's Associated Architects in the 1930's, the RKO Roxy Theatre was an important part of the scheme. Later renamed the Center Theatre due to a lawsuit over the use of the name "Roxy" by the owners of S.L. Rothafel's original "cathedral," the brilliantly designed building is the only major portion of Rockefeller Center to ever be destroyed. It fell to the wreckers in 1954 in a time when a full appreciation for its deco and moderne style had not come to fruition. It is a regrettable part of man's destructiveness in the name of ...

Vale ha quasi quarant'anni, un lavoro mediamente creativo, una Temibile Direttora Editoriale che la tiranneggia e una madre che non vede l'ora di vederla sull'altare. Innamorata del proprio piacere e romantica part-time, divoratrice di junk-food e impallinata di Tinder, affronta la vita con la battuta pronta e uno Spritz in mano. Donna dalle molte passioni, ne ha una che vince su tutte: gli uomini. Li colleziona senza patemi, partner occasionali, amori che iniziano e non richiamano, corteggiatori seriali.