The story of World War II was told first not by historians, but by reporters. And no one told that story with more impact than Edward R. Murrow and the remarkable band of reporters he assembled. World War II on the Air recounts the dramatic stories behind these extraordinary correspondents. And it lets you hear their actual broadcasts, culled from the archives and collected here-many for the first time-on audio CD, narrated by Dan Rather. When war broke out, there was no TV, no satellites, no Internet to spread the news. There was radio. Murrow and his fellow CBS radio correspondents reported directly to listeners as news unfolded. They invented a new kind of reporting while bringing the events of the war into America’s living rooms from capitals and battlefields all over the world. Hear the history of the war through more than 50 broadcasts, including reports from: --a rooftop looking out over London as German bombers buzzed the skies, to… --a clearing in a forest where Hitler was laying down the terms of France’s surrender… --a Normandy beach on D-Day… --soldiers parachuting from a C-47 into Holland… --a street battle in a crumbling German city before the Battle of the Bulge… Experience World War II as it happened-with the reporters who lived it and the broadcasts that defined the war for a nation.

World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation

History

Alex Lubertozzi

Mark Bernstein

Dan Rather

Americas

Sourcebooks, Inc.

Featuring the most terrifying, ghoulish stories in text and on audio, songs, creepy sound effects, decorations, costumes, games, recipes and other brainstorms, Halloween Howls serves up all the spooky fun you need to celebrate this haunted holiday. Stories about ghosts, monsters, possessed creatures and other assorted nasties are perfect to read on your own or listen to with the lights turned down low. The spooky sound effects-which can be played for trick-or-treaters or to set the mood at Halloween parties-and the silly songs in the text ("We Three Ghosts" and "The Hearse Song"), as well as on the audio CD ("The Addams Family" theme), are guaranteed to bring a smile. Fun for all ages and members of the family, Halloween Howls will become an indispensable part of your Halloween celebration.

Halloween Howls: Spooky Sounds, Stories & Songs

Politics & Social Sciences

Edgar Allen Poe

Megan Dempster

Mollie Denman

Laura Kuhn

Social Sciences

Sourcebooks Inc Media Fusion

In 1898, H.G. Wells wanted to find out what it would be like if an intelligent race of Martians turned the tables on Victorian England by conquering and colonizing the world’s greatest empire. For readers around the world, The War of the Worlds elicited their darkest, deepest fears. In 1938, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air adapted the H.G. Wells novel to radio and used that medium’s immediacy, along with a series of realistic “newsflashes” as part of the story, to drive more than a million people mad with terror. Orson Welles said he “wanted people to understand that…they shouldn’t swallow everything that came through the tap, whether it was radio or not.” He succeeded beyond his wildest expectations, while claiming absolute innocence the next day. The “Panic Broadcast,” as it would be known, became the most notorious radio broadcast in history. The Complete War of the Worlds tells the story behind the story-how H.G. Wells’ tale of Martian invasion captured the imagination of Orson Welles, and how the book and the broadcast went on to inspire hundreds of imitators. In this book and audio CD, you will hear the actual 1938 Orson Welles broadcast, read the original book by H.G. Wells and the radio play by Howard Koch, and see the people, places and things that turned a story into a legend.

The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars' Invasion of Earth from H. G. Wells to Orson Welles

Brian Holmsten

Humor & Entertainment

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