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Josh Berk
Josh Berk (born 1976) is an American author of books for children and teens. His first published Young Adult novel, ''The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin'' (Random House, 2010) won a Parent's Choice Silver Medal and was named "a best book of 2010 for teens" by Amazon and '' Kirkus Reviews''. His first mystery for young readers, ''Strike Three, You're Dead'' was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2014. Biography Berk was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Bethlehem, where both of his parents worked as librarians. He graduated from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey and also holds an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. He has worked in public libraries since 1998 and was appointed as executive director of the Bethlehem Area Public Library in 2014. He has served as a professor of English, writing, and young adult literature at several colleges and is an active member of the Society for American Baseball Research. Berk began writing for newspapers and magazines, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", and is one of the world's most valuable brands. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington, on July 5, 1994. Initially an online marketplace for books, it has expanded into a multitude of product categories, a strategy that has earned it the moniker ''The Everything Store''. It has multiple subsidiaries including Amazon Web Services (cloud computing), Zoox ( autonomous vehicles), Kuiper Systems (satellite Internet), and Amazon Lab126 (computer hardware R&D). Its other subsidiaries include Ring, Twitch, IMDb, and Whole Foods Market. Its acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census. It is the fastest-growing major city in Pennsylvania and the state's third largest city, behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It is the largest city in both Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of 2020. Allentown was founded in 1762 and is the county seat of Lehigh County. Located on the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, Allentown is the largest of three adjacent cities, along with Bethlehem and Easton, in Lehigh and Northampton counties that form the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Allentown is located north of Philadelphia and west of New York City. History Origins In the early 1700s, the area that is now Allentown and Lehigh County was a wilderness of scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
