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	TV Guide Guide to TV: The Most Definitive Encyclopedia of Television Editors of TV Guide 0760756341 November 2004 Paperback ·



	The Star Trek Encyclopedia Michael Okuda, et al 0671536095 October 1, 1999 Paperback ·
Book Review This new version of the Star Trek Encyclopedia is a reissue of the 1997 edition, plus a 128-page supplement of additional material that updates Deep Space Nine to the end of its run and Voyager to midway through season five. It also covers the movie Star Trek: Insurrection. The supplement is as meticulously detailed as the rest of the volume, listing such fascinating trivia as chadre kab (Seven of Nine's first meal), 'Kahless and Lukara' (a Klingon opera), and voraxna (a Cardassian poison), as well as all the new characters and species. Appendices include illustrations of starships, cast and crew listings, a historical timeline, and a bibliography. All photographs and illustrations (except for a few historical shots) are in color. The encyclopedia was devised in part to help production staff on the various Star Trek TV...


	The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television John Kenneth Muir 0786417234 Feb 2004 Hardcover ·
From School Library Journal Grade 8 Up–In this arbitrary but riveting survey, Muir sandwiches entries on 71 superheroic individuals or teams from the past 50-plus years of broadcast media between a pithy historical overview and back matter that includes a compendium of plot clichés and several "Best/Worst" lists. Each main entry opens with a briskly opinionated introduction, then goes on to extensive cast lists, (usually) comments from other critics, and, for nearly all, plot summaries for every episode, released or not. Though the bibliography is barely adequate and the black-and-white publicity stills are disappointingly sparse, the sheer quantity of information, much of it difficult or impossible to find elsewhere, more than compensates for the book's limitations. Where else are readers going to find such depth of...


	Television Cartoon Shows Hal Erickson 0786420995 July 2005 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Approximately 10 years after the first edition of this major reference source, Erickson has provided a second edition to cover the prolific growth of made-for-television animation. From 1993 through 2003, almost 450 new cartoon series premiered on television, with the help of the cable television outlets. This reference describes them as well as earlier cartoons. The encyclopedia covers all made-for-television cartoon series telecast in the U.S. between January 1, 1949, and December 31, 2003. Arranged alphabetically by title, entries provide network or cable affiliation, broadcast history, production and voice credits, synopsis, and often detailed commentary on characters, style, and the significance of the elements of each show. Entry length generally ranges from one-half page to nearly 10 pages for The...


	The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present Tim Brooks 0345455428 October 2003 Paperback ·
Review “This is the Guinness Book of World Records . . . The Encyclopedia Britannica of television!” –TV Guide Review ?This is the Guinness Book of World Records . . . The Encyclopedia Britannica of television!? ?TV Guide See all Editorial Reviews


	Television Cartoon Shows Hal Erickson 0786422556 July 2005 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Approximately 10 years after the first edition of this major reference source, Erickson has provided a second edition to cover the prolific growth of made-for-television animation. From 1993 through 2003, almost 450 new cartoon series premiered on television, with the help of the cable television outlets. This reference describes them as well as earlier cartoons. The encyclopedia covers all made-for-television cartoon series telecast in the U.S. between January 1, 1949, and December 31, 2003. Arranged alphabetically by title, entries provide network or cable affiliation, broadcast history, production and voice credits, synopsis, and often detailed commentary on characters, style, and the significance of the elements of each show. Entry length generally ranges from one-half page to nearly 10 pages for The...


	The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family Matt Groening 0060952520 November 1997 Paperback ·
Book Review Nearly a decade into their run, it's clear that The Simpsons is one of the best-loved and most influential television shows to come down the pike in a long while. If the show's attitude was a little less pervasive, this encyclopedic book would be aimed solely at Simpsons addicts. But that's not entirely true--Matt Groening and Ray Richmond have created a book that is essential for anyone interested in where TV is today. That's not to suggest that the book is serious, though--it's not. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (that's debatable, but who cares?) is a collection of everything related to the show, from all the "couch gags" during the end of the opening credits, to the complete words to the theme song from The Itchy and Scratchy Show. There are broadcast dates,...


	The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Daytime TV but Didn't Know Where to Look! from American Bandstand, As the World Turns, and Bugs Bunny, to Wesley Hyatt 0823083152 October 1997 Paperback ·



	The Vampire Encyclopedia Matthew Bunson 0517162067 September 2000 Hardcover ·
From School Library Journal YA-This reference source, which includes all one ever wanted to know about the undead, is a real find for devotees of the horror genre as well as readers enticed by the 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula and current novels by Anne Rice and others. The alphabetic entries, which vary in length, relate to vampires in film, literature, folklore, poetry, art, medicine, religion, and comedy. The encyclopedia includes four appendixes: short stories, novels, a suggested reading list, and vampire societies and organizations with addresses and membership fees. All of this plus black-and-white photos from memorable movies and sets make for fascinating research and browsing.Carol Clark, R.E. Lee High School, Springfield, VACopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback ...


	Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (Total Television) Alex McNeil 0140249168 September 1996 Paperback ·
Amazon.com If you're a fan or student of American TV, you must have this book, which provides descriptions of 5,400 series and their major participants from 1948 to 1995. The information is presented in alphabetical order in entries up to several pages long. Special broadcasts are also listed chronologically in an appendix. Thankfully, the index is comprehensive, so you can easily trace the mayfly-like flitting of stars, personalities, and lesser deities from show to show. And, I don't usually say this, but it's really a heck of a bargain. Los Angeles Times There are other guides to television, but nothing so vast, so thick, so comprehensive as this one.


	Television Cartoon Shows Hal Erickson 0786422564 July 2005 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Approximately 10 years after the first edition of this major reference source, Erickson has provided a second edition to cover the prolific growth of made-for-television animation. From 1993 through 2003, almost 450 new cartoon series premiered on television, with the help of the cable television outlets. This reference describes them as well as earlier cartoons. The encyclopedia covers all made-for-television cartoon series telecast in the U.S. between January 1, 1949, and December 31, 2003. Arranged alphabetically by title, entries provide network or cable affiliation, broadcast history, production and voice credits, synopsis, and often detailed commentary on characters, style, and the significance of the elements of each show. Entry length generally ranges from one-half page to nearly 10 pages for The...


	TV Guide Guide to TV 2006 TV Guide (Editor) 0760775729 September 2005 Paperback ·



	Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters Everett Aaker 0786424761 Jan 2006 Hardcover ·



	I'm Just Here for More Food Alton Brown 1584793414 November 2004 Hardcover ·
Book Review Alton Brown's I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking should be required reading for those who truly want to learn how to become great bakers. In his own off-beat style Alton explains the science behind the process simply and in a manner you will not only remember, but subconsciously apply to all your baking endeavors. What is salt's role in the baking process? Why use eggs? Why is the way you mix important to overall success? Stylized and presented like his first book and popular Food Network show Good Eats, Baking is more like a goofy textbook rather then a pretty, photographed book with a bunch of recipes. If you are looking for a couple of quick, simple recipes to make cookies or bread, keep looking. If it's an education about the "Whats," "Whys," and "Hows" of baking with the intent to lift your...


	The Encyclopedia Of Tv Pets A Complete History Of Television's Greatest Animal Stars Ken Beck, Jim Clark 1558539816 April 1, 2002 Paperback ·
Book Description The Encyclopedia of TV Pets is an entertaining and comprehensive journey into the lives of the world's most famous television animal stars. All creatures great and small, from kangaroos, sea lions, simians, and horses to elephants, dogs, lions, cats, and bears are here and pictured in nearly 200 photographs. More than 100 TV series are represented along with the biographies and true-life stories of such memorable animals as Lassie, Mr. Ed, Gentle Ben, Wishbone, Flipper, Trigger, Arnold the Pig, Murray, Morris, Silver, J. Fred Muggs, Spuds McKenzie, Nunzio, Clarence the Cross-eyed Lion and Judy the Chimp, Benji, Morty the Moose, Marcel the Monkey, Salem from Sabrina, Fred the Cockatoo, Flicka, Fury, Lancelot Link, Tramp, Comet, Skippy the Kangaroo, Rin Tin Tin, Cheetah, London, C.J. the...


	Written Out of Television Steven Lance 0810829029 Jan 1996 Hardcover ·
Book Description Examines cast changes in television programs in nearly 400 entries filled with fascinating television facts and trivia. About the Author Steven Lance is an entertainment industry consultant, author, and internationally syndicated columnist.


	The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Television Ronald W. Lackmann 0816045542 Oct 2002 Hardcover ·
From Booklist Lackmann previously authored The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern (Facts On File, 2000). His latest work covers his other love, television, to which he was introduced at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Alphabetically arranged entries cover many nationally televised programs, with information about the premise and actors or personalities, dates and time shown, and network affiliation. With the exception of some important specials and miniseries, programs must have aired for at least a season. Cable productions are excluded. Other entries offer biographies of popular, important, or award-winning personalities, among them Ed Asner, Milton Berle, Julia Child, Garry Marshall, Rosie O'Donnell, and Dan Rather. Pictures of cast members of various shows are interspersed....


	Encyclopedia of Hell Miriam Van Scott 0312244428 November 1999 Paperback ·
Review "Miriam Van Scott outpaces Dante...a Thomas Guide to the Dark Side." --Detour magazine "With entries ranging from Dante's Inferno to the 1994 noir film Dark Angel: The Ascent, Van Scot's hellacious handbook entertains as it guides readers through a cultural history of Hell." --Publishers Weekly "Fascinating reading...Van Scott's fine research and treatment of the material enables the reader to grasp specific points with great depth. All libraries will do well to add such a contemporary title." --Library Journal


	Disney A to Z : The Updated Official Encyclopedia (Disney a to Z) David Smith 0786863919 August 19, 1998 Hardcover ·
Book Review You may well know that Mickey Mouse's first appearance was in the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie, but do you know where Donald Duck made his debut? With the help of Disney A to Z: The Updated Official Encyclopedia, you'll know that Donald made his first appearance in 1934's Wise Little Hen--and that his middle name is Fauntleroy. This wonderful book contains hundreds of illustrations and nearly 3,000 entries covering all aspects of Disney's world, from brief synopses of all the Disney cartoons, films, and television programs to the names of the restaurants and shops at the Disney theme parks and the names of all 39 original Mouseketeers. Compiled by Dave Smith, Archives Director for the Walt Disney Company, this book is the definitive guide to Disney. For example, a glimpse under the letter "P" reveals that Prince Charming...


	The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued Created by Matt Groening 0060987634 November 1999 Paperback ·
Book Review Viewers who acknowledge The Simpsons as one of the best shows ever to hit television are doubtless already proud owners of The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. But since the show is still in production, that guide is no longer complete. And can you really live a second longer without a full list of last season's blackboard inscriptions? Simpsons creator Matt Groening and editor Scott M. Gimple come to the rescue with The Simpsons Forever! A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family--Continued. It's an exhaustive list of all the episodes of the ninth and tenth seasons, including screen shots, dialogue highlights (Moe, packing for Hawaii: "Ukulele, pineapples, beach pistol, scandalously revealing thong"), and "Stuff You May Have Missed," such as the fact that the motto of In 'n' Out Ear Piercing is "If It...


	The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Jeff Lenburg 0816038317 June 1999 Hardcover ·
Wisconsin Bookwatch, May 2000 "The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons is an important, benchmark publication for students, fans, and historians of cartoon animation." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Animation Journal "What the book does really well is compile a great deal of information on an impressive number of subjects. . ." See all Editorial Reviews


	The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications Froehlich E. Froehlich 0824729153 Dec 1998 Hardcover ·
Book Description Television Technology to Wire Antennas


	The Hill and Beyond Alistair D. McGown 085170879X Apr 2003 Paperback ·
Book Description Some of the best-loved television programs of all--hazily remembered but never forgotten--were the exciting drama series, serials, and plays made for children. Firing the imaginations of generations, these programs invited viewers to visit the distant past or the far-flung future and save the world before bedtime. This book includes entries on every program defined as British-made children's drama to have been shown on UK screens since 1950--more than 250 of them. The vast majority of these are receiving in-depth coverage for the first time anywhere. Critical appraisals assess the kinds of stories told for children and include a wealth of technical data and trivia. The enormous variety of children's drama on television is recalled from Grange Hill to Stig of the Dump, from The Railway Children to The...


	Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia Michael Karol 0595297617 January 2004 Paperback ·
Craig Hamrick, author, Barnabas & Co. and Big Lou, Jan. 2004 "If you need any 'splainin' about Lucy's life and career, you'll find it here!" Stefan Kanfer, author, Ball of Fire, 2003 "[Lucy A to Z is a] compound of insight, fact, and trivia." See all Editorial Reviews


	Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Michael Newton 0816061963 March 2006 Paperback ·



	Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television William L. Deandrea 0028616782 May 7, 1997 Paperback ·
Book Review While it would be impossible for one volume to reference every interesting piece of trivia in the world of mysteries (after all, that's what they make computers for), William DeAndrea has captured most of the key writers, character, movies, TV series, and books in this 1994 Edgar-winning volume. The alphabetical entries often include lengthy lists of books or movies and their publication/release dates--a bonus for completists looking for forgotten Nero Wolfe tales or classic noir films to rent. Some entries, like that for "The A-Team" are tongue-in-cheek: "characters used what critic Ric Meyers has called 'antineutron bullets'--they destroy property for miles around, but never harm a human being." As an added bonus, DeAndrea has included 11 extended essays on historically vital issues like dime novels, pulps, Sherlockiana,...


	The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television Claude J. Summers 1573442097 Nov 2005 Paperback ·
Bay Area Reporter "This book is indispensable." Book Description Film and TV aficionados will relish this volume celebrating the actors, directors, screenwriters, and producers whose queer sensibilities infuse our popular culture with brilliance, drama, and wit. How did Liberace's costumes almost kill him?* Which lesbian comedian spent her high school years as "the best white cheerleader in Detroit"?** For these answers and more, dip into The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television. Drawn from glbtq.com—dubbed the "Encyclopedia Britanniqueer" by The Advocate—this is the only reference book in which Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Cocteau, Judy Garland, Gus Van Sant, and Christine Vachon jostle for space. From Dorothy Arzner to John Waters, from Alla Nazimova to Divine, and from Paul Lynde to...


	Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions Huston Smith 0060674407 October 1995 Paperback ·
From Publishers Weekly In lucid and captivating prose, Smith, the dean of world religionists, conducts readers on a whirlwind tour of the beliefs, practices and experiences of the world's religious traditions. Smith explores the major features of these religions by combining his own worlds with passages from the sacred texts of each. In addition, beautifully arresting images of icons, religious practitioners, sacred texts and sacred art accompany Smith's lyrical writing. The words and images of this book continually remind us that the world's faiths are not stagnant pools of decaying values but dynamic and vibrant waters from which their practitioners daily drink. The book also brings within range of our American hearing the voices of a wide variety of people for whom religion is the central fact of social and cultural life. If one...