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41) Charlie Brown's Christmas miracle: the inspiring, untold story of the making of a holiday classic
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made it onto television. Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate broadcast of the Christmas special-given its incredibly tight five-month production schedule and the decidedly...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"By 1963, Julia Child had already achieved widespread recognition as the bestselling author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but it wasn't until her television debut with The French Chef that she became the superstar we know and love today. Over the course of ten seasons, millions of Americans learned not only how to cook, but how to embrace food. The series completely changing the way that we eat today, and it earned Julia a Peabody Award...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture. "They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. "We're on a mission from God." So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local...
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Join YouTube's Claudia Regalado as she presents 100 Mexican recipes she and her family have enjoyed for years. Family favorites, new classics, delectable desserts, and so much more from Claudia's kitchen are present in the pages of this book"--
45) The death of WCW
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1997, World Championship Wrestling was on top. It was the number-one pro wrestling company in the world, and the highest-rated show on cable television. Each week, fans tuned in to Monday Nitro, flocked to sold-out arenas, and carried home truckloads of WCW merchandise. It seemed the company could do no wrong. But by 2001, however, everything had bottomed out. The company -- having lost a whopping 95% of its audience -- was sold for next to nothing...
Author
Series
Bollingen volume 42
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The origins and history of consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C.G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating...
Author
Publisher
Flammarion
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Legendary chef Paul Bocuse described this essential guide as "an invaluable kitchen companion" for novice and established cooks. Traditional French cuisine can seem daunting, but it's one of life's great pleasures. This comprehensive, illustrated guide to classic French cooking techniques and recipes, with detailed explanations from culinary school instructors, is an essential reference for the home cook. The secret to success is demonstrated in...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Washington Irving published The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in 1820, introducing the eerie Headless Horseman character to readers worldwide. Readers were both scared and intrigued by the horrific character, who is the ghost of a soldier who had been decapitated during the American Revolution. Now, the character is an American classic, featured in movies, television shows, cartoons, comic books, and even video games, thanks to Irving's chilling story...
50) Cinda meets Ella
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this western reinvention of the classic tale "Cinderella," Cinda participates in a rodeo and wins the attention of the nonbinary rider hosting the competition"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
City of glass: A writer of a detective stories becomes embroiled in a complex and puzzling series of events, beginning with a call from a stranger in the middle of the night asking for the author.
Ghosts: Introduces Blue, a private dectective hired to watch a man named Black, who, as he becomes intermeshed into a haunting and claustrophobic game of hide-and-seek is lured into the very trap he created.
The locked room: The nameless hero journeys...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Britain's best-loved cookery writer, Mary Berry, is back with an updated edition of her bestselling complete cookbook. Learn to cook like your favorite TV chef with hundreds of delicious tried-and-tested recipes and must-know cooking techniques for you to give a whirl. From mouth-watering classics like cheesy cottage pie, steak Diane, and salmon en croûte to family favorites such as lasagne, chili con carne, and three-cheese macaroni, you'll find...
Author
Series
Garfield classics volume 75
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Garfield was born to be wired! Coffee-and lots of it-is the only way to kick-start his day. Got chocolate? He'll binge on that, too. Garfield lovers will get a jolt of joy from this new collection of comics guaranteed to boost your spirits!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Will we ever get tired of watching Cher navigate Beverly Hills high school and discover true love in the movie Clueless? As if! Written by Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, Clueless is an enduring comedy classic that remains one of the most streamed movies on Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes even twenty years after its release. Inspired by Jane Austen's Emma, Clueless is an everlasting pop culture staple. In the first book of its kind, Jen...
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on ancient writers, from Aesop to Ovid, classicist and working farmer, Mark Usher compiles in this book an anthology of Greco-Roman passages illustrating how they thought about animals and illuminating they might help us to rethink our relationships with them. Not many contemporary readers will know, for example, the compelling arguments the second century AD Greek philosopher Porphyry makes for vegetarianism, long before a plant-based diet...
Author
Publisher
Happy Yak, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Armadillo sets out to please the jungle animals with classic party treats and games, but everything turns out a little peculiar... like a sponge cake made of sponges and an actual musical chair!"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Astérix volume 10
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Three newly-translated classic Asterix stories in one volume! Asterix is a fearless Gaul with a magic potion that grants him incredible strength to protect his village and ward off the Roman Empire from invading. With his pal, Obelix, they not only defend their village from the blundering Roman legionairies, but also lend their services to the rest of the world. First, Asterix and Obelix and their tone-deaf bard Cacofonix attempt to bring rain to...
Author
Publisher
Grafton and Scratch Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The art and history of the famous Christmas poem, Twas The Night Before Christmas, written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822. The history of the development of the poem over two centuries. 2022 and 2023 mark bicentennial milestones for the poem, the writing and publishing debut. With hundreds of art works in the book the story of the poem's rise in popularity is told through primarily through the images represented in the book. The history follows...
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