Dedham's 1974 List | Bedford Free Public Library

1) Being Henry: the Fonz . . . and beyond

Author

Winkler, Henry

Notes

Happy Days debuted in 1974

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"From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the...

2) Days of rage: America's radical underground, the FBI, and the first age of terror

Author

Burrough, Bryan

Notes

Patricia Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974

3) Brady, Brady, Brady: the complete story of The Brady bunch as told by the father/son team who really know

Author

Schwartz, Sherwood

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Final episode of The Brady Bunch airs in 1974

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"Here's the real story-- In 1969, television history changed forever with the debut of The Brady Bunch. Popular but never #1 in its time, the original series ran for five years before being canceled. But soon after the series ended, the legend began. After decades of continuous syndication, spin-off series, fan clubs, unofficial books and novelties, TV documentaries, feature films, and a stage musical, The Brady Bunch is recognized as one of the most...

4) Carrie

Author

King, Stephen

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Carrie, Steven King's debut novel, was originally published in 1974

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Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates. Carrie White may be picked on by her classmates, but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem. Then, an act of kindness, as spontaneous as the vicious taunts of her classmates, offers Carrie a chance to be a normal... until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of horror...

5) The Hall: a celebration of baseball's greats : in stories and images, the complete roster of inductees

Notes

Hank Aaron beats Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974

6) The Carnation Revolution: the day Portugal's dictatorship fell

Author

Fernandes, Alex

Notes

Portugal's Carnation Revolution occurs in 1974

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"On the night of 24 April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal's Eurovision entry. By 6.20 p.m. the next day, Europe's oldest fascist regime has fallen. Hardly a shot has been fired. As citizens pour into the streets, they offer carnations to the revolutionary soldiers. For the first time in forty-eight years, Portugal is free. The Carnation Revolution winds through the streets of Lisbon as the revolution unfolds,...

7) Watergate: a new history

Author

Graff, Garrett M

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President Richard Nixon resigns the presidency in 1974 as a result of the Watergate Scandal

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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of our modern era."--Amazon.

8) Ali: a life

Author

Eig, Jonathan

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Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's famous 'Rumble in the Jungle' fight occurred in 1974

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"Based on more than 500 interviews, including Muhammad Ali's closest associates, and enhanced by access to thousands of pages of newly released FBI records, this is a thrilling story of a man who became one of the great figures of the twentieth century."--

9) Lucy's legacy: the quest for human origins

Author

Johanson, Donald C

Notes

Lucy the Australopithecus Afarensis was discovered in 1974

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In this sequel to the bestseller Lucy: the beginnings of mankind, celebrated paleoanthropologist Johanson and science journailst Wong explore the extraordinary discoveries since Lucy was unearthed more than three decades ago.

10) The puzzler: one man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life

Author

Jacobs, A. J

Notes

The Rubik's cube was invented in 1974

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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world"--

11) Fifty years of Dungeons & Dragons

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Dungeons and Dragons was first released in 1974

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"An edited collection that overviews the game's evolution, the broader sociocultural impacts it has had throughout its first 50 years, and reflects on D&D's past, present, and future"--

12) Monty Python's flying circus

Notes

Monty Python's Flying Circus' first broadcast in the US was in 1974

13) All about me!: my remarkable life in show business

Author

Brooks, Mel

Notes

Blazing Saddles premiered in 1974

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For anyone who loves American comedy, the long wait is over. Here are the never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances from a master storyteller, filmmaker, and creator of all things funny. All About Me! charts Mel Brooks's meteoric rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Brooks's iconic career began with Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows. After co-creating both the mega-hit 2000...

14) Chinatown

Series

Widescreen colección

Notes

Chinatown premiered in 1974

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Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.

15) The Godfather DVD collection

Notes

The Godfather II premiered in 1974

16) Batman begins

Notes

Christian Bale was born in 1974

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As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes. This trauma led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with a ninja cult leader, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City. The City is now overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit...

17) Joker

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Joaquin Phoenix was born in 1974

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Most days, Arthur Fleck is bullied in public as he works as a clown-for-hire, but his slow descent into madness is hurried along by his mother's failing health, their strained connection with the rich Wayne family, and his failed comedy career.

18) Batman: a celebration of 75 years

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Batman co-creator Bill Finger died in 1974

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"2014 marks the 75th anniversary of Batman, the world's greatest detective! And if a hero is measured by his foes, then Batman is truly the greatest hero of all, as his incredible rogues gallery is unrivaled in comics history. This new title collects the best Batman stories of all time, arranged according to era, and featuring appearances by The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, The Riddler and many others"-- "Celebrating Batman's 75th anniversary in...

19) The jazzmen: how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America

Author

Tye, Larry

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Duke Ellington died in 1974

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"This is the story of three revolutionary American musicians, the maestro jazzmen who orchestrated the chords that throb at the soul of twentieth-century America. Duke Ellington, the grandson of slaves who was christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, was a man whose story is as layered and nuanced as his name suggests and whose music transcended category. Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in a New Orleans slum so tough it was called The Battlefield and,...

20) My mama, Cass: a memoir

Author

Elliot-Kugell, Owen

Notes

Cass Elliot died in 1974

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"To the rest of the world, Cass Elliot was a rock star: A charismatic, wisecracking singer from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted band, The Mamas & The Papas; A legend of Laurel Canyon, decked out in her custom-made Muumuus, glittering designer jewelry, blessed with a powerful, instantly identifiable singing voice which helped define the sound of the 1960s counterculture movement. But to Owen Elliot-Kugell, she was just Mom. In the nearly fifty...