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Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Series
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 5
Publisher
TimeLife
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
Author
Language
English
Description
"Against the electrifying backdrop of the 1960s, Danielle Steel unveils the gripping chronicle of a young woman discovering a passion for justice and of the unsung heroes she encounters on her quest to fight the good fight. The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes...
6) Criss cross
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
7) The girls
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
One-time underground journalist Sandy Blair has come a long way from his radical roots in the '60s--until something unexpectedly draws him back: the bizarre and brutal murder of a rock promoter who made millions with the '60s band the Nazgûl. Now, as Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself drawn back into his own past--a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the Nazgûl...
Publisher
Tsv/Time/Life Star Vista
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After a brief stint at the lake and equally brief summer romance, Kevin returns home to start school at McKinley High. Between Driver's Ed drama, love triangles, a controversial English teacher, R-rated movie, and an unforgettable double date there's plenty of excitement at McKinley.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This documentary features revealing interviews with the prominent figures of the era including: Barbara Ehrenreich, Daniel Ellsberg, Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, Arlo Guthrie, Henry Kissinger, Norman Mailer, Robert McNamara, Ed Messe III and Bobby Seale.
13) Leigh
Author
Series
Women of Ivy Manor volume 3
Publisher
Warner Faith
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"A young woman pursues her dreams of being a journalist, immersing herself in the rights movement and antiwar protests over Vietnam"--Provided by publisher.
14) Eden Hill
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In unchanging Eden Hill Kentucky, Virgil T. Osgood's simple life as the owner of the only service station in town is complicated by a new station opening up across the road.
Publisher
Time Life
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
For six seasons, The Wonder Years captured the angst of growing up in suburban middle-class America in the late '60s, as seen through the life and times of Kevin Arnold. Audiences eagerly followed his evolution as a typical teenager who remembered every moment of his transition from childhood with excruciating detail and remarkable hindsight. Each episode of this award-winning show weaves cultural events and music into the storylines. Through it all,...
16) The drifters
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2015, c1971.
Language
English
Description
James A. Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of disenchanted youth during the Vietnam era. Against exotic backdrops including Spain, Morocco, and Mozambique, he weaves together the heady dreams, shocking tribulations, and heartwarming bonds of six young runaways cast adrift in the world—-as well as the hedonistic pursuit of drugs and pleasure that collapses all around them.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From afar Talitha's life seemed perfect. In her twenties, and already a famous model and actress, she moved from London to a palace in Marrakesh, with her husband Paul Getty, the famous oil heir. There she presided over a swirling ex-pat scene filled with music, art, free love and a counterculture taking root across the world. When Claire arrives in London from her small town, she never expects to cross paths with a woman as magnetic as Talitha Getty....
18) The Witches
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe, undercover, to carry out her nefarious...
19) When June comes
Author
Publisher
Koehlerbooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Virgil Martin is a dedicated teacher facing unusual challenges at Merritt High School. As senior class advisor, he finds himself in the the middle of several conflicts. Students plan an unauthorized bonfire. An argument between two colleagues leads to a heart attack and death. A troubled student threatens the safety of Virgil and a female colleague and a fellow teacher struggles with a draft notice that would take him into a war he feels is wrong....
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Lenny works for a ruthless gangster in Toronto, and his days are spent terrorizing the locals into paying protection on their shops. But Lenny has debts of his own, and he would rather get than be gotten, and so he comes up with a surefire way to end his marital and money problems.
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