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The wicked waterpark of Wyoming / by Rand, Johnathan.;
"In Casper, Wyoming, a new waterpark is ready to open. Hundreds of people from all over will be attending the grand opening. Including Madison Armstrong and her friend, Griffin Claremont. But WonderSplash holds a sinister secret that no one is supposed to know about. When Madison and Griffin have the opportunity to take a guided tour of the waterpark the day before it opens, they jump at the chance. But instead of getting a behind-the-scenes look a WonderSplash, they are soon lost in a hidden world beneath the facility...a world with strange creatures no one has ever seen. Frightened and confused, Madison and Griffin are forced to fight for their lives. But even if they survive the vicious attacks from unearthly creatures, will they make it out alive? Or will they remain lost in a strange world beneath the mysterious waterpark known as WonderSplash?"-- Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Amusement parks; Monsters;
© [2013], AudioCraft Publishing,
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The kid of Coney Island : Fred Thompson and the rise of American amusements / by Register, Woody.;
Includes index.
Subjects: Thompson, Fred.; Amusement park owners;
© 2003., Oxford University Press,
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Summer dreams : the story of Bob-Lo Island / by Livingston, Patrick.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index.Prologue -- Bob-Lo in the river of time -- Amusing times for the twentieth century, 1892-1902 -- Dance fever, 1902-1912 -- Good times and hard times, 1913-1939 -- Under new management, 1938-1949 -- Bob-Lo : a Browning line, 1949-1979 -- Thrills and spills in the amusement business, 1979-1993 -- The thrill is gone, 1993-2006 -- Afterword.
© c2008., Wayne State University Press,
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Jurassic Park / by Spielberg, Steven,1946-film director.; Koepp, David,screenwriter.; Kennedy, Kathleen,1954-film producer.; Molen, Gerald R.film producer.; Crichton, Michael,1942-2008,screenwriter.; Neill, Sam.actor.; Dern, Laura.actor.; Goldblum, Jeff,1952-actor.; Williams, John,1932-composer (expression); Motion picture adaptation of (work):Crichton, Michael,1942-2008.Jurassic Park.; Universal Pictures (Firm),production company.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
DVD; NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digtial 5.1 sound; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1)Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, Joseph Mazzello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ariana Richards.Live action dinosaurs, Stan Winston ; full motion dinosaurs, Dennis Muren ; special dinosaur effects, Michael lantieri ; music, John Williams ; editor, Michael Kahn ; production designer, Rick Carter ; director of photography, Dean Cundey.Rating: PG-13; Intense science fiction terror.This epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Film adaptations.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008; Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.; Dinosaurs; Amusement parks;
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Electric dreamland : amusement parks, movies, and American modernity / by Rabinovitz, Lauren,1950-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index.Introduction: artificial distractions -- Urban wonderlands: the "cracked mirror" of turn-of-the-century amusement parks -- Thrill ride cinema: Hale's tours and scenes of the world -- The miniature and the giant: postcards and early cinema -- Coney Island comedies: slapstick at the amusement park and the movies -- Conclusion: the fusion of movies and amusement parks -- Appendix: directory of amusement parks in the United States prior to 1915.More than two thousand amusement parks dotted the American landscape in the early twentieth century, thrilling the general public with the latest in entertainment and motion picture technology. Amusement parks were the playgrounds of the working class, combining numerous, mechanically-based spectacles into one unique, modern cultural phenomenon. Lauren Rabinovitz describes the urban modernity engendered by these parks and their media, encouraging ordinary individuals to sense, interpret, and embody a burgeoning national identity. As industrialization, urbanization, and immigration upended society before World War I, amusement parks tempered the shocks of racial, ethnic, and cultural conflict while shrinking the distinctions between gender and class. As she follows the rise of American parks from 1896 to 1918, Rabinovitz seizes on a simultaneous increase in cinema and spectacle audiences and connects both to the success of leisure activities in stabilizing society.
Subjects: Amusement parks; Motion pictures;
© 2012., Columbia University Press,
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The five people you meet in heaven / by Albom, Mitch,1958-;
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?" -- provided by Amazon.com.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Accident victims; Amusement parks; Amusement rides; Future life; Older men; Heaven; Death;
© c2003., Hyperion,
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Disneyland and culture : essays on the parks and their influence / by Jackson, Kathy Merlock,1955-; West, Mark I.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."These essays explore the far-reaching ideology unleashed by Disneyland, the world's first permanent, commercially viable theme park. Topics include Disney's role in the creation of children's architecture; Frontierland as an allegorical map of the American West; the "cultural invasion of France" in Disneyland Paris; the politics of nostalgia; and "hyperurbanity" in the town of Celebration, Florida"--Provided by publisher.Introduction -- The Disneyland Concept. The Theme Park : The Art of Time and Space / Margaret J. King and J. G. O'Boyle -- Synergystic Disney : New Directions for Mickey and Media in 1954-1955 / Kathy Merlock Jackson -- Animator as Architect : Disney's Role in the Creation of Children's Architecture / Mark I. West -- Disneyland Attractions. Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., and Its Sources in Hollywood, U.S.A. / Robert Neuman -- Frontierland as an Allegorical Map of the American West / Richard Francaviglia -- The Dark Ride of Snow White : Narrative Strategies at Disneyland / Suzanne Rahn -- Tom Sawyer Island : Mark Twain, Walt Disney, and the Literary Playground / Mark I. West -- A Southern California Boyhood in the Simu-Southland Shadows of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room / Craig Svonkin -- Disneyland's Variations. Disneyland Paris : A Clash of Cultures / Christian Renaut -- Hong Kong Disneyland : Feng Shui Inside the Magic Kingdom / Derham Groves -- Hyperurbanity : Idealism, New Urbanism, and the Politics of Hyperreality in the Town of Celebration, Florida / Eric Detweiler -- Disneyland's Influence. Theme Parks and Films : Play and Players / J. P. Telotte -- Of Theme Parks and Television : Walt Disney, Rod Serling, and the Politics of Nostalgia / Douglas Brode -- Vacation in Historyland / Katherine Howe -- Autographs for Tots : the Marketing of Stars to Children / Kathy Merlock Jackson -- Forget the Prozac, Give Me a Dose of Disney / Cathy Scibelli -- The Disney Effect : Fifty Years After Theme Park Design / Margaret J. King.
Subjects: Amusement parks; Walt Disney Enterprises.; Walt Disney Company.;
© c2011., McFarland & Co.,
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Joyland / by King, Stephen,1947-author.;
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.; City and town life; Amusement parks; Nineteen seventies; Carnivals; College students; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Life change events;
© 2013., Hard Case Crime/Titan Books,
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Joyland [sound recording] / by King, Stephen,1947-; Kelly, Michael,1969-nrt;
Read by Michael Kelly.Set in a small town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; City and town life; Amusement parks; Nineteen seventies; Carnivals; College students; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Life change events;
© p2013., Simon & Schuster Audio,
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5 minute Mickey Mouse stories / by Olsen, Leigh,author.; Hurley, Kate,author.; Risco, Elle D.,author.; O'Ryan, Ellie,author.; Bryant, Megan E.,author.; Rudnick, Elizabeth,author.; Bumbalo, Frank,author.; Disney Storybook Artists,illustrator.;
"Follows Mickey and his friends on twelve adventures, as they learn to surf, go white-water rafting, and visit the amusement park."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Mouse, Mickey (Fictitious character); Mouse, Mickey (Fictitious character); Children's stories, English.; Friendship;
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