Best Television Guides & Reviews
It was only a matter of time before Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga made the leap from book to hit TV series, and the millions of readers captivated by the epic romance of Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser have eagerly followed.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I watch the shows, I have now read the books, I listen to the podcasts and I follow the FB pages. And I know a LOT, but this book still told me things I didn't know and was filled with great color photos and quotes from the actors and others involved in the production of the show."
"I was waiting to see if this book would actually be a companion book or a re-hash of everything social media savvy Outlander fans have seen and heard for a few years now."
"I'm now on book 5."
"The information provided about each member of the main cast of characters gives an in depth take on how the role came about and some of their thoughts about the series."
"Got this for my wife for Christmas."
"This is a MUST HAVE for any OUTLANDER FAN."
"Not really a 'story'...just a fantastic 'the making of' for my favorite TV adaptations of my favorite books."
"I love all things Outlander❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️."
Drawing on interviews with the show’s creators, actors, guest stars, producers, writers, and crew members, Jim Colucci paints a comprehensive portrait of the Girls both in front of the cameras and behind the scenes. The ebook also feautures 30 pages of material not inlcuded in the print edition, such as 17 Golden Episodes, a piece on Estelle Getty's make-up, the Rue LaRue Cafe, and additional fan art. Step inside a wicker wonderland with the complete, first-ever Golden Girls retrospective, packed with hundreds of exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes and never- before-revealed stories and photos, and more. For seven seasons, this hilarious quartet enchanted millions of viewers with their witty banter, verve, sass, and love, and reaffirmed the power of friendship and family. Drawing on interviews with the show’s creators, actors, guest stars, producers, writers, and crew members, Jim Colucci paints a full-scale portrait of the Girls both in front of the cameras and behind the scenes.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A peek behind the camera of your favorite show."
"This book is very entertaining and informative."
"So many fan books are poorly produced, both in terms of material selected for inclusion and physical production – but that isn't the case here."
"Don't let the "Unauthorized" in the title scare you off: this is an excellent oral history of The Golden Girls with tons of behind-the-scenes insight from writers, cast, and crew."
"Great book for any Golden Girls fan."
"I gifted this to my friend who is obsessed with the Golden Girls and he absolutely loved it!"
Explore the magical world of Ooo with Jake the dog and Finn the human, along with the Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and all your favorite Adventure Time characters, in this first official guide to Cartoon Network's hit animated series. ( Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex ) Martin Olson is a comedy writer, television producer, stage director, and composer.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I've been a huge AT fan since the show began and was hoping the book would be more like an actual encyclopedia of the Land of Ooo. The sections I enjoyed most were the ones not written by Abadeer or sections where he isn't talking about the characters. While I would have liked a more comprehensive guide book to Ooo with more detail, I think this book would be especially great for kids (as long as you don't mind helping them with the ten cent words) and fans that came to the show later who might not know as much about the setting."
"Seriously entertaining."
"A great and enjoyable little book for any fan of Adventure Time, got two copies of this."
"This book contains Information on most of the main characters and locations from the show."
"The art found on each page will make you smile, and the dialogue as great, as it is written from the point of view of Marceline's father."
"if you ever had any questions about the adventure time universe you'll find them here."
"BF really liked this Encyclopedia."
"!Fun read!"
Best Television Reference
It was only a matter of time before Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga made the leap from book to hit TV series, and the millions of readers captivated by the epic romance of Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser have eagerly followed.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I watch the shows, I have now read the books, I listen to the podcasts and I follow the FB pages. And I know a LOT, but this book still told me things I didn't know and was filled with great color photos and quotes from the actors and others involved in the production of the show."
"I was waiting to see if this book would actually be a companion book or a re-hash of everything social media savvy Outlander fans have seen and heard for a few years now."
"I'm now on book 5."
"The information provided about each member of the main cast of characters gives an in depth take on how the role came about and some of their thoughts about the series."
"This is a MUST HAVE for any OUTLANDER FAN."
"Not really a 'story'...just a fantastic 'the making of' for my favorite TV adaptations of my favorite books."
"I love all things Outlander❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️."
"Jamie is every woman's perfect man without the story turning sappy."
Best Children's Television & Radio Books
Everypony is sure to love the abridged, digital-only edition of The Official Guidebook! Brandon T. Snider has authored numerous books for Little Brown featuring pop culture favorites such as the Transformers, Minions and My Little Pony.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"She loves to read up on each character and know all she can know about the episodes. *My Little Ponies. *Cutie Mark Crusaders. *Fellow Equestrians and Animal Friends. *The Dark Side. *The Elements of Harmony. *The Magical World of Equestria. *An Interview with Lauren Faust. *Chronicles of Friendship. *The Musical Pony. *Friendship Fanatics. There are very cool things that a real fan will love: Pre-production artwork! Highly recommended for MLP fans and fanatics of all ages, shapes and sizes!"
"My daughter loves MLP and this book!"
"There are pages for each of the main characters, and small segments for the side characters, and even little bits about some of our favorite background characters. There's an awesome interview with Lauren Faust, messages from writers, artists, and more!"
"Beyond that, there's also an indepth interview with the show creator, Lauren Faust, as well as a lyric guide for all the songs featured in the show at the time of the book's creation."
"It looks like the book from the pilot episode and contains some great illustrations and info, including insights from Lauren Faust, the show's creator."
"It covers just about every pony that has ever had screen time from Seasons 1-3, every villain, big or small, and literally every thing else."
"My sister and I (both intense pony fans, aha~) argue a lot over our favorite songs' words (pathetic, I know). This book also includes details on all of our favorite ponies and other characters, places, the elements, and episodes."
Best Textile & Costume
From basics to expert, it's two books in one, an efficient sewing machine guide and in-depth reference book that can stay with you for years to come. Both home machines and industrial machines are covered with sections dedicated to modern machines and vintage machines. From straight stitch machines to electronic machines over 100 of the most popular home and industrial machines are featured with insights on capabilities for each type of machine.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book covers a lot, before this book we had to use 4 books to get the same information and the other books were expensive. If you want a more basic book the same author also has another book called the Sewing Machine Quick Guide that we have also been using for our basic sewing class. The beginning chapters of both books are similar but the Master Guide has advanced chapters and goes into greater detail, also Quick Guide does not cover industrial machines. The book covers both modern and vintage machines, the other books we found are outdated. The chapters on quilting machines and embroidery machines are a good introduction to these types of machines and give the fundamentals and cover some of the more popular models."
"The most popular sewing machine then was the 15-91 which she bought as soon as sewing machines could be manufactured after WWII."
"This book is very helpful in giving some ideas about what kind of sewing machine to buy."
"But now that's a matter of making space and time for it, verses matter of intimidation (which understanding just how the stuff works has eliminated)."
"I dont know anything about sewing machines and the subject is not well known and not written a lot."
"Gives great information on adjustments you can make yourself instead of taking in for repairs."
"I was considering buying a Singer 404...I read the review of this machine in the book, and bought the machine THE NEXT DAY."
"After not sewing for over 20 years, I've started again after purchasing a vintage Singer Machine model 66-k."
Best Television History & Criticism
This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett -- funny, irreverent, and irresistible. In her second book, comedy legend Burnett looks back fondly on her long and successful career in short, easily digestible chapters that part the curtain on her private life. She also dishes about her famous costars and friends, including Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Julie Andrews, and, of course, Carol Burnett Show regulars Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. Fans of both the show and the actress will enjoy this mostly lighthearted though sometimes poignant look back at Burnett’s career. --Kathleen Hughes "These short memories, of the people Burnett met and interviewed over the years, on- and off-camera, bring it back — the golden age of variety shows....Burnett has a writer's eye for the moment, the detail, the slip that reveals character. — Los Angeles Times "Carol was a huge star on television because she was funny, daring, and always genuine.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It brought back such wonderful memories of Carol Burnett on the Garry Moore show, her specials, the variety show and co-workers."
"Carol Burnett is a truly talented lady who is extremely funny."
"Carol, if you ever want to give your staff a weekend off, I will make sure you laugh as hard as you made me laugh."
"She is a great story teller and I chose to listen to this book because it is Carol who reads it."
"Carol wrote like she was talking."
"Through Carol’s memoirs I am still laughing."
"I have loved Carol Burnett all my life every since I was a kid watching her show and specials when she #irst got started. She seems in her book to be just as I imagine her in life, kind and generous to everyone she deals with and never has a bad word to say about anybody."
"Carol Burnett is someone I grew up with, watching her on tv."
Best Television Screenwriting
The Hollywood Standard describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script. The book's strength lies in its ability to combine important specifics (e.g., the proper use of punctuation) with broader aspects of scriptwriting (e.g., how to describe what's being seen and heard within a shot or sequence). Riley, who's also written screenplays for Touchstone Pictures, Paramount and Mandalay, supplies what may be the first accurate, complete and practical guide to standard script formats, a reference that writers of film would do well to keep handy as they work.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"NGL, it takes practice to learn to write this way compared to writing other types of work--novels, short stories, essays."
"(This and The Screenwriter's Bible, 6th Edition: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Expanded & Updated). This is not a thick book (like Trottier's) so it gets straight to the point and almost any situation you run into with screenwriting, you can find an answer in here."
"The details on script writing for Hollywood have been invaluable in helping me clean up scripts I have already been working on."
"I have bought several books on script formatting and this one is, by far, the best."
"I found this a great resource with lots of detailed information about formatting scripts."
"(I've been writing scripts for years and this is such a great reference guide!"
"I've gone through a lot of book and this is by far the best book for formatting probably because it is the sole focus of the book."
"I have the hard copy but wanted a digital copy that would be easy to carry around."
Best Television Direction & Production
A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. Film Directing Shot by Shot offers a good introduction to the rudiments of film production. Steven Katz's book gives a great breakdown of the fundamentals of film directing.
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Find Best Price at Amazon""Shot by Shot" is very detailed;a book you want to keep close by, even if you think you know what you're doing."
"Helpful and great book but the condition wasn't to swell when i recieved it."
"Good Book for understanding Visual Storytelling."
"A great book on Film Directing."
"It covers a wide range of important filmmaking concepts in a well-illustrated and easy to understand manner. I would say that if you can understand and retain all the information in it, you would have an above average level of knowledge about filmmaking."
"You will get some basic advice for film making."
"This book is as important to a budding filmmaker/videographer as is "The Elements of Style" for any writer/journalist."