Mittens in the Boundary Waters (Mittens in the Boundary Waters, 1)

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A delightful Story.......2005-07-12

This book was a delightful story Larry Ahlman, does a wonderful job, making the reader "feel" for his character. I found the book one of the best depictions of real life and real people I have ever read that could keep me entertained. The hero Mittens, experiences a life time of growth and maturation over his fall in the wilderness. He learns harsh but valuable life lessons about love, perseverance, and the bitter taste of revenge. Mittens is Just as real as you and I, bull headed, clumsy and not so bright, making costly mistake after costly mistake. Larry Ahlman has done a splendid job keeping human nature in his character. As I put the book down, my heart was touched, by the revelations of truth. I have passed it on to my 13 year old son and will read it with my 9 year old nephew here in a week or so.

Mittens in the Boundary Waters.......2003-01-26

Mittens In The Boundary Waters is filled with such vivid detail and beautiful illustrations; it makes you feel as though you were actually there. Well written and smooth storyline peaked my interest. This book magically takes you back to a simpler time, when values and perseverance defined a person's character. A great read for all ages. I highly recommend this book.

Mittens in the Boundary Waters.......2003-01-26

Danger, humor, & a love of the outdoors.......2003-01-04

Set in 1931, Mittens In The Boundary Water by Larry Ahlman is an adventurous novel about Charles "Mittens" Perkins, a dedicated man who dared to brave the Boundary Waters Wilderness of northern Minnesota in pursuit of his dream. Danger, humor, a love of the outdoors, and the insistent demands of survival are deftly blended together in this engaging, thoroughly entertaining, and highly recommended read.

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Three novels complete in one volume.

Stardance: Shara Drummond was a gifted dancer and a brilliant choreographer, but could not pursue her dream of dancing on Earth, so she went to space, creating a new art form in three dimensions. And when the aliens arrived, there was only one way to prove that the human race deserved not just to survive, but to reach the stars. The only hope was Shara, with her stardance.

Starseed: Years later, another dancer of genius faced the end of her career when her body failed her, and Rain McLeod followed Shara into space. If she joined with a symbiotic lifeform that would let her live without artificial protection in the vacuum of space, she would take a quantum leap in human evolution.

Starmind: Rand Porter has been offered the job of a lifetime, as a shaper of visual effects and music for the world's most famous zero-gravity dance company in High Orbit. But his beloved novelist wife Rhea Paixao has her roots sunk deep in the Earth, in her beloved Cape Cod. And as they wrestle with their private dilemma, bizarre things-small miracles-are beginning to occur everywhere on Earth and throughout the entire Solar System. The human race-and its evolutionary successors, the space-dwelling Stardancers-find themselves approaching the terrifying cusp of their shared destiny, an appointment made for them a million years ago, a make-or-break point beyond which nothing, anywhere, can ever be the same again.

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"This is what it is to be human...........2007-01-08

This a master story teller plying his trade. First we have the story of a marvelous dancer and choreographer, Sharra Drummond. Trouble is, how many six foot tall stacked ballerinas do you know? So she ends up dancing in free space, where she can only stay for a short time before the calcium starts leaching from her bones. She is about to return to Earth when aliens show up. She dances for them a dance to tell them what it is to be hum that ends "this is what it is to be human - to PERSIST." And having overstayed her time in space she reenters the atmosphere and burns up. This is the way the original novella from Analog ends. Robinson extended it, and the ending is very different. It is a sustaining story, one that I have depended on again and again (I have multiple sclerosis.)
The heroine of the second novel of the trilogy, Rain Mcleod, is a very different sort of persistent. The third novel, Starmind, is an attempt to tell the ultimate fate of humanity and the universe. The trilogy is not hard science fiction, but it is literature, and mayhap great literature. It is a largely successful attempt to define what it is to be human.

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Not Free SF Reader
Slumping Star Dance
Dance is a Verb
An amazing combination of tech and the arts
Best pity buy I ever made.

Stardance
Jeanne Robinson , and Spider Robinson
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0385271166

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

A woman that wants to be a dancer finds she is not suited to do so in the usual arena, but more than finds her niche when contact with aliens is made.

Close Encounters, but using the legs, instead, as her dancer skills adapt well to gravity, and apparently is a language that the aliens can understand.

Slumping Star Dance.......2007-05-05

Indeed I wonder why all those previous reviews are that positive. Stardance simply is much ado about nothing. I hardly finished the book. First, human characters are as thin as soap bubbles; we are left with the feeling they talk and act without thinking. Most actions are unfleshed and unexpectedly occur. Second, aliens are ludicrous omnipotent floating insects that badly want Earth to spawn but are deterred by a ballerina who commits suicide right after! After some time, they come back and station by Saturn where they wait for a year! for earthlings (a "troop" of dancers!) to come. As soon as the earthlings turn up, the insects deliver a philosophical message that reflects all what being human is about! Then they spurt some matter at the dancers to make them evolve into another species! Pure nonsense. Besides, Stardance is not consistent. It's an assembly of three short stories. The first story is just acceptable. The second story is empty, simply there to bridge the previous one and the next one. The third story tries (and fails) to wrap up the novella with a contrived trick. No wonder there is no deepness in it. Why Stardance got the 1978 Hugo award is a mystery to me.

Dance is a Verb.......2002-10-06

Come prepared for this book with a large box of tissues; those who find they don't need them while reading this book aren't really human. Spider and his wife Jeanne have created something here that is quite rare in the realms of science fiction, a true mating of music and dance with a story that could only be told within the non-confines of this field.

Charlie Armstead, former premier dancer who now makes his living as an audio-visual man for dance companies, meets Sharon Drummond, a young lady who has dedicated her life to being the best dancer possible. But Sharon, though incredibly excellent at her craft, can't get accepted by any dance company because she is physically too big. Charlie, seeing her dance, and knowing the problem she faces, tries to help by going independent with her, helping her define her own type of dance and properly filming it, but nothing works.

Here in this early section of the book, however, we are treated to the impossible: a description in words of music and dance that actually makes you see and hear the dance. This may be one of the most difficult feats of writing that I have ever read, to translate art forms from the totally different realm of the audio-visual into such a readable, coherent, mental painting that puts you right in the dance studio. And along the way, the Robinson's characters come to life, to where you can feel the triumphs and disappointments, the sweat and exhaustion, the exhilaration and despair of this pair.

Up to here, the story could have been told as normal fiction, but now comes the first of the elements that transform this from the world of everyday to the world of the future, as Sharon conceives the idea of doing her unique form of dance in free-fall at an orbiting space station. We watch as she adapts to the new environment, and modifies her dance to take advantage of its properties, and slowly we begin to see her creations as message, as a unique channel of communication.

This channel of communication forms one of the lynch-pins of the plot, and the Robinsons do an excellent job of melding their characters with both this item and the very plausible impediments that Sharon and Charlie must overcome. The conclusion to the first section of this book will shatter you; most of your tissue box will be depleted here. But there's much more, a logical yet surprising continuation that allows for a good exposition of the book's theme of the community of not just man, but a community of mind.

Excellent in almost every aspect, the first section of this book deservedly won both the 1977 Nebula and 1978 Hugo Novella awards. In this expansion to full book length it lost none of its power, and allowed for both greater character development and a vision of the future of mankind that speaks to the reader in an impossible to ignore voice. Keep your last tissue for the last line; you'll need it.

An amazing combination of tech and the arts.......2001-11-18

It shouldn't be suprising, really--when you put together a fine science fiction writer with a talented choreographer/dancer, both of whom happen to be both empathic and married to each other, how could you not come up with excellent work? Still, it's astonishing just HOW good this work is, as well as how well it's stood up to the two decades + since it was written. I first read this book as a young teenager; recently re-reading it after earning a dance degree. I'm glad to report that the story has an added depth now, not just in terms of dance, but in terms of the role of the arts in our culture. Pre-NEA meltdown, pre-digital media, Spider and Jeanne identified both the problems that come when the human aesthetic expands itself and many potential solutions.

Did I mention it's a rollicking good read? Intrigue, suspense, incredible choreography mixed with the vastness of space (hell, just being able to pull those off in a verbal medium is enough to deserve the awards this book has earned), it's all there. Yeah, it's out of print for now--but that won't last, as the present catches up with this particular future. So grab it now, so they can continue the good fight!

Best pity buy I ever made........1998-11-15

I bought the novella version in bookform because I heard the author's career was on the skids. Sounds strange, but I've found that many of the authors I like aren't well appreciated. Anyway this was pretty good, if somewhat more artsy than I usually like. In fact few male authors write artsy so it was interesting. It is good at being optimistic without being cloying. It isn't the best thing I've ever read, but it is better than a lot of the stuff that's popular. In some ways it reminded me of "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" by Roger Zelazny, but I think Zelazny's story is probably a bit better. This is pretty good nevertheless, & although I rarely say this if there were a market for artsy science fiction movies I could see this being adapted. It has some nice imagery and I'd like to see who'd play whom. Well enjoy it.

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Stardance (Easton Press)

Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HKA9KO

Stardance (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)

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Stardance (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)
Spider Robinson;Jeanne Robinson
Manufacturer: Science Fiction Analog
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NCY72W

3 Sci Fi PBs by Spider Robinson: By Any Other Name, Stardance, Starseed

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3 Sci Fi PBs by Spider Robinson: By Any Other Name, Stardance, Starseed
Spider & Jeanne Robinson
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000T7JCJE

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ANALOG - Science Fiction Science Fact - Volume 98, number 11 - November Nov 1978: Hunter's Moon; Endgame; Killing Children; This Space for Rent; Stardance ll; Accord; Maximum Security; The Plague

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ANALOG - Science Fiction Science Fact - Volume 98, number 11 - November Nov 1978: Hunter's Moon; Endgame; Killing Children; This Space for Rent; Stardance ll; Accord; Maximum Security; The Plague
Ben (editor) (Poul Anderson; D. C. Poyer; Orson Scott Card; Joe Haldeman; Spider Robinson; Jeanne Robinson; Lord St. Davids; Tom Sullivan; Michael C. Kohn) Bova
Manufacturer: Conde Nast Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IDMN5E

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Stardance
Spider And Robinson; Jeanne
Manufacturer: DIAL PRESS
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OKVA0U

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Stardance
Spider and Jeanne Robinson
Manufacturer: Sidgwick & Jackson
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Binding: Hardcover

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Stardance
Spider Robinson
Manufacturer: Dial Press/James Wade, c1979.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UC50ZI

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Stardance
Spider, Jeanne Robinson Robinson
Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000U81HA4

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You will never buy "grocery store" BBQ sauce again....

Great book

BBQ BIBLE - RUBS ETC

Good book for beginners

Loves it

Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes
Steven Raichlen
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback

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Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill

ASIN: 0761119795

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Steven Raichlen, whose name needs no introduction to fans of The Barbecue! Bible, has spent years tasting the best barbecue the world has to offer. This global exposure is deliciously evident in his newest "bible," Barbecue! Bible Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes. Raichlen's latest cookbook offers a lively introduction to such saucy American standbys as Kansas City-style and Texas-style barbecue while paying due respect to such international grill classics as Indian tandoori, Argentinean chimichurri, Korean boolkogi, and Indonesian satay (the recipes for these, by the way, are carefully authentic as well as delicious). The most important lesson Raichlen offers is his careful explanation of the components of great barbecue, which builds upon different layers of flavor. Variously referred to as wet rubs, marinades, cures, bastes, glazes, or slather sauces, these layers are clearly defined and supplemented by dozens of recipes. How to deploy these layers? According to personal taste, says Raichlen, but he helpfully offers a peek at the structure of a "championship barbecue," which might start with a long deep soak in marinade, followed by a dusting of spice mix, before being basted and glazed during the cooking process. When the meat is ready to be eaten, it is served with a finishing sauce, slather sauce, dipping sauce, or chutney. Raichlen provides fascinating recipes for every step, from the Only Marinade You'll Ever Need to recipes for homemade ketchups and mustards, both classic slather sauces. Novices who have yet to light their first grill and seasoned smoke hands alike will find this guide inspiring and indispensable. --Sumi Hahn Almquist

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STEVEN RAICHLEN IS THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORITY...on international barbecue. The recipes in this book are finger-licking good...try them all! --Rich Davis, Creator of K.C. Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce

Transform meats and seafood into world-class barbecue with the flavor foundations, wet and dry, that give grilled food its character, personality, and soul. Chili-fired rubs, lemony marinades, buttery bastes, and pack-a-wallop sauces, mops, slathers, sambals, and chutneys - in over 200 recipes from around the globe, master griller Steven Raichlen shows how to add the expert touch to every dish in your repertoire, from a simply steak to an exotic kebab. Includes a short refresher course in grilling and a step-by-step guide to building a signature sauce.

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You will never buy "grocery store" BBQ sauce again...........2007-09-02

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This is the perfect addition to the The Barbecue! Bible. Some of the recipes are repeats, but most are new.

I like grilling so much that I give a sampler set of some homemade rubs and sauces from this book to family and friends that enjoy grilling, and a select few that didn't...they do now.

After buying this book, you will never settle for store-bought again. That's a promise.

Great book.......2007-05-27

This is just another great book by Steven. I highly recommend purchasing all of his books as there is a ton of info in them as well as more recipes than you can enjoy in a lifetime.

BBQ BIBLE - RUBS ETC.......2007-02-08

IF YOU BBQ....YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS BOOK - BUYING IT SAVED ME FROM STEALING MY FRIEND'S DOG-EARED STAINED COPY.

Good book for beginners.......2007-01-18

If you are a beginner to BBQ sauces then this book is for you. If you are a serious BBQ Hound like myself, its OK.

Loves it.......2007-01-09

Hubby got this one for xmas and he loves it! Thinkgs he is becomeing a true grilling master now! Thanks for the Great book!

Barbecue Sauces, Rubs and Marinades, Bastes, Butters and Glazes : A Barbecue Bible Cookbook

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Barbecue Sauces, Rubs and Marinades, Bastes, Butters and Glazes : A Barbecue Bible Cookbook
Steven Raichlen
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ASIN: B000R2R1IK

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Pleasures From the Good Earth

Manufacturer: morris press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000I3YC2G

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cookbook by the congregation of the metropolitan community church-asheville north carolina .

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Pleasures of the Good Earth
The Pearl S. Buck Volunteer Association
Manufacturer: Morris Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Ring-bound
ASIN: B000VUNMEK

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A collection of Favorite Receipes from Members and Friends of the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc.

Pleasures Of The Good Earth (Knopf Cooks American Series)

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Pleasures Of The Good Earth (Knopf Cooks American Series)
Edward Giobbi
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Baking | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0394561309
Release Date: 1991-05-14

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Pleasures from the Good Earth
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Women's Health Initiative
Manufacturer: Morris Press Cookbooks
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Pleasures from the Good Earth - Recipes from Familes and Friends of Pioneer Christian Academy

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Pleasures from the Good Earth - Recipes from Familes and Friends of Pioneer Christian Academy
Pioneer Christian Academy - 4479 Jackson Road - White's Creek IN 37189
Manufacturer: Cookbooks by Morris Press - Kearney, NE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000UOFVAA

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Frank Sinatra is widely acclaimed as "the Voice of the Century". Though he later conquered recordings, films and television, it was radio that first made "ol'Blue Eyes" a susperstar. Radio Spirits proudly presents the classic radio shows that introduced the world to "the greatest male vocalist in the history of popular music".

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A lot more varied than you might guess.......2000-08-16

<60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows Starring Frank Sinatra and Friends> is a monumental memorial to a showbiz phenomenon. Radio Spirits has issued this collection in two formats: 20 audio cassettes each holding 90 minutes of material (usually 3 half-hour shows) and 30 CDs each holding 60 minutes. This last is an improvement over other tape/CD issues in which the latter had to be abridged to fit in the shows what the corresponding tape could easily hold without cuts.

Some of the shows here have only a fleeting visit by Sinatra, others have him in short sketches, still others as co-star, and a few as the star himself. For example, he plays a major role when guesting on a Burns &Allen Show but is the star of his own series, "Rocky Fortune," of which this collection offers four episodes. These episodes, by the way, are a good example of Sinatra in his bad years after MGM fired him because of an unfortunate remark he made about the studio head's mistress. They work very well as light comedy mysteries but certainly do not call for any great acting skills. At his nadir, he substituted for Bill Stern in the Sports Newsreel series and did a very good job as narrator.

He is heard in several dramatic roles in "Suspense" and "Lux Radio Theater," and a good deal of jokes are made about his possibly receiving and later his actually receiving an Academy Award for his role in "From Here to Eternity." Included in his many comic guest spots with Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, Joan Davis, and Martin & Lewis are endless "skinny" jokes, none of which seem to be repeated except possibly the one about being buried in the back yard by the family dog.

Naturally, you will hear a good deal of his vocalizing, once even with Lou Costello, and that is pretty much the raison d'etre of this collection. And if you have to listen to "Nancy With the Laughing Face" three times, well that is what fathers are for.

The question is whether to purchase the tapes or CDs. I have both. I heard all the tapes in my car and will use the CDs for my classes because of the direct access feature. However the CDs are packaged in such a way that you must touch the surfaces in removing them from their plastic envelopes--and drivers should take note that you need two hands to do so.

As a postscript, I should add that you don't have to be a particular fan of Sinatra to enjoy this collection. You get "A Date With Judy," "Command Performance," "Life With Luigi," a "Savings Bond Show," and so many other radio gems that still linger in the memories of us older crowd--and some that would be totally forgotten were it not for such Radio Spirit compilations as this one.

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Andrews Sisters Oldtime Radio Shows (Audio CDs, 8 CD Set)

Manufacturer: Radio Revival
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000UT0DTE

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This is an 8 Audio CD Set of The Andrews Sisters, an oldtime radio show from the 1940's. If you love a good comedy with lots of laughs, you'll love these. Here are the exciting episodes on these discs: Andrews Sisters 1946-01-30 Musical Showroom w Hoagy Carmichael Andrews_Sisters.1945.09.02_Penns_Polka Andrews_Sisters.1945.10.17_Sophie_Tucker Andrews_Sisters.1945.10.24_Navy_Day_Lou_Holtz Andrews_Sisters.1945.10.31_Jane_Powell Andrews_Sisters.1945.11.07_Morton_Downey Andrews_Sisters.1945.11.14_Mills_Brothers Andrews_Sisters.1945.11.21_Ethel_Merman Andrews_Sisters.1945.11.28_Abbott_and_Costello Andrews_Sisters.1945.12.05_Xavier_Cugat Andrews_Sisters.1945.12.12_George_Jessel Andrews_Sisters.1945.12.19_Ray_Noble Andrews_Sisters.1946.01.23_Eddie_Duchin Andrews_Sisters.1946.01.30_Hoagy_Carmichael Andrews_Sisters.1946.02.20_The_Charioteers Andrews_Sisters.1946.02.27_Gene_Austin These are regular audio CDs and all you need to play it is any CD player that plays audio or music CDs. There is no other special equipment needed. If you can play music CDs, you can play these CDs. This listing is in compliance with existing copyright laws and Amazon's policies. These are public domain oldtime radio shows legally produced by Radio Revival.

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Collecting old radios and crystal sets
Max Alth
Manufacturer: Wallace-Homestead Book Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Old Radio Sets (Shire Albums)
Jonathan Hill
Manufacturer: Shire Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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Also available on CD -- if you can find it
The Detective in Radio
Great Stories
Sixty Delightful Detective Stories

Old Time Radio's Greatest Detectives
Radio Spirits
Manufacturer: Radio Spirits
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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CBS's 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows

ASIN: 1570190631
Release Date: 1998-09-15

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Sixty of radio's greatest detective episodes from 20 of radio's most popular gumshoes. You'll be entertained with 60 episodes (three episodes from each of 20 different detective series) on twenty 90-minute cassettes. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe w/ Gerald Mohr The Hairpin Turn 01-28-50 The Grim Echo 02-14-50 The Gold Cobra 06-21-50 Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator w/ William Gargan Blood Money 08-24-54 Hay is for Homicide 08-31-54 Ghosts Don't Die In Bed 09-07-54 Boston Blackie w/ Chester Morris Star of the Nile 07-14-44 Black Market Case 07-21-44 Devon Estate 07-28-44 Broadway Is My Beat w/ Larry Thor Thomas Hart 04-14-51 Philip Hunt 04-21-51 Georgia Gray 04-28-51 Box Thirteen w/ Alan Ladd Daytime Nightmare 12-06-48 Death Is No Joke 12-13-48 Design for Danger 12-27-48 Casebook of Gregory Hood w/ Elliott Lewis The Daphne Bloggs Case 09-30-46 Tommy, The Saddest Clown in the World 10-07-46 Eloquent Corpse 10-14-46 Casey, Crime Photographer w/ Staats Cotsworth Loaded Dice 09-04-47 Chivalrous Gunman 08-14-47 Tobacco Pouch 09-18-47 Dragnet w/ Jack Webb The Big Little Mother 10-06-53 The Big Plea 10-13-53 The Big Paint 10-20-53 Gang Busters The Carnival Caper Case of The Four Feathers Horserace Hijackers Jeff Regan, Investigator w/ Jack Webb Prodigal Daughter 07-17-48 Pilgrim's Progress 11-20-48 Man Who Fought Back 11-27-48 Michael Shayne, Detective w/ Jeff Chandler The Man Who Lived Forever Hate That Killed The Gray Eyed Blond Pat Novak, For Hire w/ Jack Webb Escape From Prison 04-02-49 Pat's Boat is Missing 04-23-49 Watch Wendy Morris 04-30-49 Philo Vance, Detective w/ Jackson Beck The Little Murder Case The Nightmare Murder Case The Thundering Murder Case Richard Diamond, Private Detective w/ Dick Powell Casebury Case 02-02-51 Blue Serge Suit 02-09-51 The Gray Man 02-16-51 Rogue's Gallery w/ Dick Powell The George Grant Case 12-20-45 The Stark McVey Case 01-03-46 The Judge Collin Baker Case 05-16-46 The Saint w/ Vincent Price Baseball Murder 09-03-50 The Ghost That Giggled* 09-17-50 Dossier on a Doggone Dog* 09-24-50 The Shadow w/ Bill Johnstone Death Shows The Way 12-03-39 Flight of the Vulture 12-10-39 Murder Incorporated 12-17-39 Sherlock Holmes w/ John Stanley & Alfred Shirley The Case of the Dog Who Changed His Mind 09-28-47 The Case of the Missing Heiress 10-05-47 The Adventure of the Red Headed League 10-12-47 Tales of the Texas Rangers w/ Joel McCrea Dead Head Freight 01-07-51 Death in the Cards 01-14-51 Blood Harvest 01-21-51 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar w/ Edmond O'Brien The London Matter 06-22-50 The Barbara James Matter 06-29-50 The Bello-Horizonte Railroad Matter 07-06-50 *These episodes star Barry Sullivan

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Also available on CD -- if you can find it.......2005-12-15

This is a great collection with only two potential drawbacks: 1) Sam Spade is not included, and 2) the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episodes are not from the Bob Bailey years (1955-60). This set is available on CD, but the CD copy is not listed on Amazon. The ISBN for the CD version is 1570194297 and the UPC code is 748754455928.

The following is a complete listing of the episodes on both the cassette and CD versions:

1) The Adventures of Philip Marlowe w/ Gerald Mohr
- The Hairpin Turn 01-28-50
- The Grim Echo 02-14-50
- The Gold Cobra 06-21-50

2) Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator w/ William Gargan
- Blood Money 08-24-54
- Hay is for Homicide 08-31-54
- Ghosts Don't Die In Bed 09-07-54

3) Boston Blackie w/ Chester Morris
- Star of the Nile 07-14-44
- Black Market Case 07-21-44
- Devon Estate 07-28-44

4) Broadway Is My Beat w/ Larry Thor
- Thomas Hart 04-14-51
- Philip Hunt 04-21-51
- Georgia Gray 04-28-51

5) Box Thirteen w/ Alan Ladd
- Daytime Nightmare 12-06-48
- Death Is No Joke 12-13-48
- Design for Danger 12-27-48

6) Casebook of Gregory Hood w/ Elliott Lewis
- The Daphne Bloggs Case 09-30-46
- Tommy, The Saddest Clown in the World 10-07-46
- Eloquent Corpse 10-14-46

7) Casey, Crime Photographer w/ Staats Cotsworth
- Loaded Dice 09-04-47
- Chivalrous Gunman 08-14-47
- Tobacco Pouch 09-18-47

8) Dragnet w/ Jack Webb
- The Big Little Mother 10-06-53
- The Big Plea 10-13-53
- The Big Paint 10-20-53

9) Gang Busters
- The Carnival Caper
- Case of The Four Feathers
- Horserace Hijackers

10) Jeff Regan, Investigator w/ Jack Webb
- Prodigal Daughter 07-17-48
- Pilgrim's Progress 11-20-48
- Man Who Fought Back 11-27-48

11) Michael Shayne, Detective w/ Jeff Chandler
- The Man Who Lived Forever 05-10-49
- Hate That Killed 08-27-49
- The Gray Eyed Blond

12) Pat Novak, For Hire w/ Jack Webb
- Escape From Prison 04-02-49
- Pat's Boat is Missing 04-23-49
- Watch Wendy Morris 04-30-49

13) Philo Vance, Detective w/ Jackson Beck
- The Little Murder Case 11-15-49
- The Nightmare Murder Case 11-22-49
- The Thundering Murder Case 11-29-49

14) Richard Diamond, Private Detective w/ Dick Powell
- Casebury Case 02-02-51
- Blue Serge Suit 02-09-51
- The Gray Man 02-16-51

15) Rogue's Gallery w/ Dick Powell
- The George Grant Case 12-20-45
- The Stark McVey Case 01-03-46
- The Judge Collin Baker Case 05-16-46

16) The Saint w/ Vincent Price
- Baseball Murder 09-03-50
- The Ghost That Giggled* 09-17-50
- Dossier on a Doggone Dog* 09-24-50

17) The Shadow w/ Bill Johnstone
- Death Shows The Way 12-03-39
- Flight of the Vulture 12-10-39
- Murder Incorporated 12-17-39

18) Sherlock Holmes w/ John Stanley & Alfred Shirley
- The Case of the Dog Who Changed His Mind 09-28-47
- The Case of the Missing Heiress 10-05-47
- The Adventure of the Red Headed League 10-12-47

19) Tales of the Texas Rangers w/ Joel McCrea
- Dead Head Freight 01-07-51
- Death in the Cards 01-14-51
- Blood Harvest 01-21-51

20) Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar w/ Edmond O'Brien
- The London Matter 06-22-50
- The Barbara James Matter 06-29-50
- The Bello-Horizonte Railroad Matter 07-06-50

*These episodes star Barry Sullivan

The Detective in Radio.......2005-08-26

There was a time when radio was everything. Sure, you could go to the movies on the weekends, maybe even during the week if you had the dough, but for entertainment on a regular basis, radio was all there was. Everyone knew where you'd be Sunday nights at 7:00; you'd be sitting around the radio with the family, listening to Jack Benny. On a different night you might listen to "The Shadow" or "The Life of Riley" with William Bendix. Or maybe Alan Ladd was your favorite, and you waited all week for "Box 13." When you were broke, and couldn't go to the movies, you could still listen to big stars doing radio adaptions of their films on "Lux Radio Theatre." Maybe you turned the lights out and huddled with your girl while Roma Wines presented "Suspense."

It was entertainment before people got lazy. You used your imagination and the world was endless. One of the most popular type of shows was the mystery or detective drama. This collection has 60 programs and over 30 hours of quality entertainment on 20 audio cassettes. There are rare episodes included that were formerly only available at the Library of Congress and had never been in circulation.

I've owned this for several years and they have brought me many hours of enjoyable and nostalgic adventure. New, this comes with a great booklet containing details about each program, including the cast, the plot, and the date aired. These program notes by Anthony Tollin with cast identifications by Tollin and William Nadel are invaluable, also giving an overview of the show's history.

There are three programs from 20 different shows. Here is my overview of each show included in this fine collection:

THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE---Gerald Mohr had played The Lone Wolf in "B" films and did a great job as Chandler's Marlowe.

BARRY CRAIG, CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATOR---William Gargan is a name familiar to all film buffs and this was a great show.

BOSTON BLACKIE---These are the early summer replacement shows with Chester Morris as Blackie, before it was syndicated and Richard Kollmar took over. Blackie was sort of a "B" series and very enjoyable as such.

BROADWAY IS MY BEAT---Larry Thor was N.Y.P.D. Detective Danny Clover, whose beat was the mile between Times Square and Columbus Circle. This was a really good police show with good sound effects.

BOX THIRTEEN---Alan Ladd was Dan Holiday, a novelist who placed an ad for adventure in the Star-Times so he could get ideas for his books. Sylvia Picker was his daffy secretary. This show had great and exciting stories and always a touch of humor at the end. My favorite radio show of all time. A Mayfair production (Ladd's own company).

THE CASEBOOK OF GREGORY HOOD---Elliot Lewis portrayed the importer-turned-sleuth from San Francisco and Howard McNear was his attorney pal, Sanderson Taylor. Origionally a summer replacement show for Sherlock Holmes, there was witty banter between Gregory and his pal and some good scripts. Good show.

CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER---Anchor Hocking, the most famous name in glass! They were the sponsor for this fun show that ran for 12 years under several variations of Casey, Crime Photographer. Staats Cotsworth was Jack "Flashgun" Casey and Jan Miner was his girl Ann. John Gibson was Ethelbert and Tony Marvin did a great job as the announcer who would help make the light and lively crime show one of the best!

DRAGNET---Jack Webb. "Nuff said!

GANGBUSTERS---Popular in its day, it had authentic crime stories from F.B.I. files made available to the show by Hoover. This is my least favorite in this collection. It's still worth listening to, just not on a par with the other shows, at least for me. Others may like it more.

JEFF REGAN, INVESTIGATOR----AND----PAT NOVAK, FOR HIRE-------Two separate shows with a lot in common; both starred Jack Webb as a hardboiled gumshoe and both had good stories. Both of these shows were pre-Dragnet. Novak was set in San Francisco.

MICHAEL SHAYNE, DETECTIVE---Jeff Chandler was great as David Dresser's (a.k.a.Bret Halliday) redheaded Irish P.I., who was based on a real guy who'd bailed Dresser out of a brawl in a Mexican cantina. The radio show was pulp fun, just like the books. Dresser's origional Michael Shayne novel was rejected by 22 publishers before he got a taker! Being redheaded and Irish, I have to like this one!

PHILO VANCE---Jason Beck portrayed S.S. Van Dine's high society sleuth. Another fun summer replacement show.

RICHARD DIAMOND--A young Blake Edwards wrote the scripts for this fun detective show. Dick Powell got to shed his early 1930's image and became a detective. He still got to sing, however, and this is a very good show.

ROGUE'S GALLERY---Dick Powell in another detective show. Not as good as Diamond, but still worth a listen.

THE SAINT---Vincent Price is The Saint on one episode and Barry Sullivan takes over on the other two as Leslie Charteris' cool-as-a-cucumber creation.

THE SHADOW---Probably the greatest show in the history of radio! Bill Johnstone is Lamont Cranston/The Shadow in all three of these shows and Marjorie Anderson is Margot Lane. Cranston used a strange power he learned in the orient to cloud minds and make him invisible so he could fight crime.

All three of these shows are terrific! My favorite of the three would be "Death Shows the Way" in which a weekend getaway for Lamont and Margo is halted by a diamond with a curse and.......well, you'll just have to listen!

SHERLOCK HOLMES---John Stanley and Alfred Shirley rather than Rathbone and Bruce, but entertaining still. Next to Gangbusters, my least favorite show in the collection, however.

TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS---Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jase Pearson. Based on authentic case files of the Texas rangers, this was a marvelous combination of crime and modern day cowboys. Many of the shows were based on the experiences of legendary Ranger Captain M.T. Gonzaullas, who was a consultant for the show. McCrea was the perfect guy to play a Texas Ranger. A fantastic show!

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR---Edmund O'Brien was the insurance investigator with a padded expense account. These were good stories and this was an excellent show. Widely regarded as the last of the great radio detective shows before television finally put the dagger in the heart of the greatest of all mediums, radio.

If you are a radio buff and detective fan, this is a must have collection. You'll be taken back in time to better days when you listen to this stellar compilation of the best shows of their kind ever produced. Pull up a stool by the cracker barrel, pop the cap on an orange soda, and use your imagination.

Great Stories.......2002-09-24

I agree with everything the previous reviewer wrote. Aside from being annoyed by Boston Blackie, and one detective getting knocked out every episode(Jeff Regan or Pat Novak), I really enjoyed these stories. My favorite was Tales of the Texas Rangers with Joel McRae. I highly recommend this collection. This was my first time hearing any of these shows. Dragnet is often hysterical!! Like a good book, I'm sorry I'm on my last tape. This is great stuff!!

Sixty Delightful Detective Stories.......2000-12-11

Sixty shows at a dollar a show. You get quality and quantity at bargain basement prices. The show types range from true crime ("Dragnet", "Gangbusters", and "Tales of Texas Rangers") to traditional mystery/whodunnit ("Michael Shayne", "Philip Marlowe", and "The Saint") to comic book ("The Shadow"). The quality ranges from very good ("Box Thirteen", "Broadway is my Beat", and "Casey, Crime Photographer") to good ("Barry Craig", "Philo Vance", and "Richard Diamond") to not so good ("Jeff Regan", "Pat Novak", and "Rogue's Gallery") to ludicrous ("Boston Blackie"). The collection inevitably omits some shows (e.g. "Sam Spade", "This is Your FBI", and "The Black Museum"), but it gives you a wide-ranging overview of radio detective shows in the late 40's and early 50's. This collection gave me thirty hours of listening pleasure.

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Old-Time Radio Comedy Superstars
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Radio Spirits
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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Walter Cronkite Selects: The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows That Transitioned to TV (20 cassettes, 30 hours)

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Walter Cronkite Selects: The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows That Transitioned to TV (20 cassettes, 30 hours)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Radio Spirits
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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Over 800 Art-Nouveau florals, swirls, women, animals, borders, scrolls, wreaths, spots and dingbats, copyright-free.

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A fabulous resource for black and white ornaments.......1999-02-01

This book contains hundreds of black and white images, borders, ornaments, rules, corners and other graphics. The pages are printed on both sides, it is necessary to make a xerox copy of a page before attempting to scan, or ghost-through will occur. The copyright notice is somewhat confusing, it appears to be a boiler-plate for use in books containing alphabets and states that use is free for no more than "six words composed from them", although there are no alphabets in this particular book. The images once scanned and digitally tweaked make wonderful graphics to create intricate selections from within your graphics application.

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“Magnificent” (The Sunday Times)—a fascinating portrait of one of the great love affairs of show business and a compelling account of a woman coming into her own

Siân Phillips and Peter O’Toole were one of the theater’s most fabulous couples—a marriage perhaps rivaled only by that of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in terms of glamour, power, and public fascination. In her exceptional memoir, Phillips reveals in thoughtful detail their tumultuous life together. She describes the mad and impulsive times with the infamous hellraiser alongside the tempestuous, insecure, and often lonely periods in their marriage. When O’Toole’s career took off with Lawrence of Arabia, Siân found life increasingly difficult in her parallel roles as wife, mother, and actress, and watched as her own career became progressively sidelined. Against all expectations, though, their union endured for twenty years. When it ended, incredibly, even to herself, Siân plunged straight into another marriage, to a much younger man. Ultimately she emerges alone—triumphant and unrepentant—and the story she recounts here ranks alongside the very best in show business.

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A sensible woman of a life valiantly lived.......2005-07-07

After this book, one feels Sian Phillips deserves an award just for surviving her marriage to O'Toole (the man and an era of carouser-talent-industry it symbolized), with her sanity, talent, and will to trudge on INTACT. You have to admire a woman who sees O'Toole's bullying (among more redeeming acts) as valuable training for OTHER bullies in her professional life.

Between a tone of "I had The Life" and purge sessions by an anorexic depressive, Phillips opts for the Sensible Survivor tradition of celeb bios. The underlying theme is a willing but unhappy submissive to a talented but Jekyll-Hyde husband, and the tough sell of female, married professional in 60s England.

On a larger scale, this outlines the operations of a modest but robust creative force (Keep Films run by Jules Buck/O'Toole families) in 60s-70s, during the waning studio system and before the advent of 80s high-concept blockbuster swamped out the maverick, artsy tirades of the 70s.

Better than commented on.......2004-03-13

Having seen her perform in Pal Joey in London and again in My Old Lady in Hollywood, I was quite interested to read her story. I was not disappointed. The book tells HER story, not the story of O'Toole and others. For the lady who wanted gossip, I suggest getting the scandal sheets at your local super market when you check out.

The book covers not only her stage career and O'Toole relationship, but her thoughts and feelings about both and many other aspects over about a 40 year period.It is an intimate commentary on what she was going through from day, week, month and year onward.

For the comment that O'Toole wrote a good book... that is rubbish. He can't hold a candle to her as a writer. His "style" is awful. A poor man's James Joyce! And Joyce was bad enough himself.

I wanted more dirt.......2004-03-02

If you want to hear droning stories about British theatre life, then this is your baby. However, if you're hoping for some juicy revelations about Peter O'Toole, look someplace else. What a crushing disappointment this is. Sian was married to O'Toole for 20 years and during the height of his world-wide fame. She was with him during his breakthrough role as Lawrence of Arabia, in Becket, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and all his other stellar 60's roles. I expected gobs of gossip on Taylor and Burton, but Sian merely relates Peter's drinking binges with Burton and the fact Kate Hepburn referred to Liz and Richard as "fat pigs."

And what about O'Toole's drinking? As one of the most famous drunk actors of all time, in the league of Lee Marvin, Burton, Oliver Reed and Richard Harris, I expected some fireworks in this area. Forget it. Sian clinically describes Peter's addictions, his out of control lifestyle and racing cars, but it's all told in a desperately dry manner. All very disappointing.

Fascinating!.......2003-12-29

I loved this book! First of all because I think that Sian Phillips is an amazing actress who is terribly underappreciated -at least in this country. (I can't help but wonder what she would have achieved had Peter O'Toole allowed her to work more often.) I think her book is an honest, insightful picture of what her life was like - being married to a superstar, trying to juggle a career and a family, with less than no support from a husband who felt her only place was in the home - or at his beck and call - all pretty standard views at that time. Certainly the frustration she felt comes through very clearly, as does the turmoil she felt when she had to make the choice whether to stay in the marriage and go on the way they had been, or leave and find her own life. Obviously the success she has had (in Britain, anyway) since the marriage ended would indicate she made the right choice. But the stories of their life and adventures make for a fascinating and enjoyable read.

As for the reviewer who complained that there was nothing about her childhood in Wales - the reason is simple. This is the second part of her autobiography. Her life in Wales and her early days in London - up to the time she met Peter O'Toole - was beautifully told in the first book - "Private Faces" which was never released in this country, but which you can get through amazon.co.uk. It too is a fascinating story, since I doubt very many of us can even imagine what it would be like growing up in a very rural part of Wales.

I can't recommend this book highly enough - if only for more people to discover this amazinglybeautiful and talented woman.

Delicious Stories of an Adventurous Life.......2003-12-09

I loved reading this book. Sian Phillips took me places I wouldn't dream of venturing. One ride with O'Toole as driver and I would have said, "Enough already!" But she seems to adore a daring life -- and it takes her places. I was thrilled to go along, sinking ever deeper into my armchair. I'm reading to others at a Christmas party for booklovers the sequence that starts with her arrival in Cambodia in a "little girl" Mary Quant outfit that enrages her husband through the Hong Kong roaming in a neighborhood too dangerous for the police to enter.

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