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Nicholas Condé
Robert Stuart Nathan (born August 13, 1948), usually credited as Robert Nathan, is an American novelist, journalist, screenwriter, director, and television producer. Early life Nathan was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and was raised in Clayton, Missouri. His father was a toy wholesaler and his mother an accountant. He graduated from Amherst College. He began his career in politics and print journalism, then joined the reporting staff of National Public Radio’s ''All Things Considered'', first as New York Bureau Chief and subsequently as White House Correspondent and occasional weekend anchor. He has been a contributor to many magazines, including ''The New Republic'', ''Harper's'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''The Nation,'' and elsewhere. Career Novels Nathan is the author of four novels, including the political thriller ''The White Tiger'', a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year and a Book of the Month Club selection published in seventee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Metropolitan statistical area, Johnstown metropolitan area and had 133,472 residents in 2020. It is also part of the Johnstown–Somerset combined statistical area, which includes both Cambria and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset Counties. History Johnstown was settled in 1770. The city has experienced three major floods in its history. The Johnstown Flood of May 31, 1889, occurred after the South Fork Dam collapsed upstream from the city during heavy rains. At least 2,209 people died as a result of the flood and subsequent fire that raged through the debris. Another major flood occurred in 1936. Despite a pledge by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to make the city flood free, and despite subsequent work to do so, another major flood occurred in 1977. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Religion
''The Religion'' is a horror novel written in 1982 by Nicholas Conde. It explores the ritual sacrifice of children to appease the pantheon of voodoo deities, through the currently used practice of Santería. The novel depicts the various deities and personas commonly seen in Santería, and it attempts to explain the connection and differences between Santería(white magic)and Brujeria (black magic). In essence, the novel shows that there is a difference between Santeria and Brujeria, in which Brujeria is the evil force in the novel, where as Santeria is a force for good . This religion is huge, complex and living in our midsts. Sacrifices must be made to save the world, or so they believe. Anthropologist Cal Jamison intends to study 'Santaria' but finds himself hopelessly ensnared. Trying to help a NY cop discover the killers of several children, he gets in over his head and finds his 7-year-old son Chris is in jeopardy. What is the price needed to ensure good? Can he rescue C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. #Regional, Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walon Green
Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American documentary film director and screenwriter, for both television and film. Career Green produced and directed documentaries for ''National Geographic'' and David Wolper, including '' The Hellstrom Chronicle'', for which he was accorded the Oscar and the BAFTA in 1972, and ''The Secret Life of Plants'' in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films ''The Wild Bunch'', ''Sorcerer'', '' The Brink's Job'', ''Solarbabies'', ''Eraser'', ''The Hi-Lo Country'' and '' RoboCop 2''. On television, he wrote and produced episodes of ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Law & Order'', '' ER'' and ''NYPD Blue'' for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. He was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series ''Millennium'', where he co-wrote the episode " Paper Dove" with Ted Mann. He is also notable for allowing a millipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. In fall 2008, he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Client (TV Series)
''The Client'' (also referred to as ''John Grisham's The Client'') is an American legal thriller drama television series developed by Judith Paige Mitchell that aired on CBS for one season, premiering with a two-hour pilot on September 17, 1995, and airing new episodes through April 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film '' The Client'', itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel. It starred JoBeth Williams, John Heard, and Polly Holliday in the roles created in the film by Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Micole Mercurio, respectively. Cast Main * JoBeth Williams Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in such films as '' Kramer vs. Kramer'' (1979), '' Stir Crazy'' (1980), ''Poltergeist'' (1982), '' The Big Chill'' (1983), '' The Day After' ... as Reggie Love * John Heard as Roy Foltrigg * Polly Holliday as Momma Love * David Barry Gray as Clint McGuire * Ossie Davis as Judge Harry R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirt (TV Series)
''Dirt'' (styled ''d!rt'' for logos) is an American television series broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007, and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine ''DirtNow''. A 13-episode second and final season was announced on May 8, 2007. However, only seven episodes were produced before the 2007 WGA strike shut down production. The shortened second season began airing on March 2, 2008. ''Dirt'' was created by Matthew Carnahan and produced by Coquette Productions in association with ABC Studios. On June 8, 2008, FX canceled the series after two seasons. Plot Season one The series revolves around Lucy Spiller and her best friend, the freelance photographer Don Konkey, who aids Lucy in her career as editor-in-chief of ''Dirt'' and ''Now Magazines'', which Lucy merges into a single magazine at the end of the second episode due to budget issues. Most episodes focus upon Lucy's never-ending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairly Legal
''Fairly Legal'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series which aired on USA Network from January 20, 2011, to June 15, 2012. The series starred Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco, Virginia Williams, Baron Vaughn, and Ryan Johnson. USA Network canceled the show on November 1, 2012, after two seasons, due to low ratings. Overview ''Fairly Legal'' stars Sarah Shahi as Kate Reed, a young woman who changes her profession from lawyer to mediator and works at the San Francisco law firm her father started. As the series opens, Kate's father has just died, leaving his young widow Lauren in charge as Kate and the firm adjust to the loss. Kate and Lauren, who are approximately the same age, generally engage in comical banter while attempting to work together, and the development of their relationship is a central focus of the series. According to Shahi, the characters "take a couple steps forward and then take gigantic leaps back". She has also stated that their history divides the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Murder Club (TV Series)
''Women's Murder Club'' is an American police procedural and legal drama that aired on ABC from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008. The series is set in San Francisco, California, and is based on the series of novels by the same name written by James Patterson. Series creators Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain also served as executive producers alongside Patterson, Joe Simpson, Brett Ratner, and R. Scott Gemmill. The latter also served as showrunner, with Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts co-executive producing. The pilot was directed by Scott Winant. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, the series first aired on Friday nights at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central. On October 31, 2007, ABC ordered an additional three scripts. On March 31, 2008, it was announced that ''Women's Murder Club'' would return with three new episodes, beginning on Tuesday April 29, 2008, at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central, replacing ''Boston Legal''. On May 12, 2008, ABC confirmed that the series wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragnet (series)
''Dragnet'' is an American media franchise created by actor and producer Jack Webb and owned by his company Mark VII Limited and Universal Pictures. It follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Joe Friday and his partners as they conduct by-the-book police work and solve crimes in Los Angeles. Originating as a radio drama on NBC in 1949, ''Dragnet'' has been adapted into several successful television shows and films, though the franchise's popularity has reduced since Webb's death in 1982. Its name is derived from the police term " dragnet", a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. ''Dragnet'' is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural crime drama in American media history. Webb's aims in ''Dragnet'' were for unpretentious acting and a realistic depiction of policing. The series portrayed police work as dangerous and heroic, and helped shape public perception of law enforcement in the 20th century, improving the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BenBella Books
BenBella Books is an independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas. BenBella was founded by Glenn Yeffeth in 2001. It specializes in Non-fiction novel, nonfiction books on popular culture, business, health, and nutrition, along with books on science, politics, psychology, and other topics. BenBella Books has four imprints. The BenBella Books imprint publishes broadly in non-fiction. The Smart Pop imprint (trade name), imprint, headed by Robb Pearlman, originally focused on essay anthologies on popular culture but now focuses more broadly on fan-friendly titles. The BenBella Vegan imprint focuses on plant-based cookbooks and lifestyle titles. The Matt Holt imprint, launched in 2020, focuses on business, finance, and professional development titles. Selected works BenBella published the nutrition book ''The China Study'' by T. Colin Campbell in 2005, which has gone on to sell over 3 million copies. The company published NYT bestseller ''Presumed Guilty: Casey Anthony: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SVU
SVU may refer to: Places * Savusavu Airport, an airport in Savusavu, Fiji (IATA: SVU, ICAO: NFNS) Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (or ''Law & Order: SVU''), an American police procedural TV series set in New York City * Standard Value Unit, the universal currency in the ''Demon Princes'' sci-fi pentalogy * Sweet Valley University, a fictional university in the ''Sweet Valley High'' book series Universities * Shri Venkateshwara University, Uttar Pradesh, India * Silicon Valley University, San Jose, California, U.S. * South Valley University, Egypt * Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Virginia, U.S. * Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh, India * Syrian Virtual University, Syria Other uses * Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, a nonprofit, nonpolitical, cultural organization * Dragunov SVU, a Russian sniper rifle * Special Victims Unit, a specialized division within some police departments * SuperValu (United States) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
