Younger Than That Now: The Collected Interviews with Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan, enigma and superstar, has intrigued millions of fans over the past five decades. His life, music, and influences have been explored through numerous mediums and the market for Dylan-related products continues to grow. Nonetheless, the oral records of his career—his interviews—have been unavailable until now. Gathered here are the most revealing and personal of Dylan’s interviews. As a group they show a brilliant, adored, and eclectic musician, unsettled and angered by the fame and reverence surrounding him. In one interview with Time magazine he denigrates his newfound celebrity status, belligerently attacking the interviewer, pushing him nearly to tears. In a later Rolling Stone interview Dylan announces that the archangel Gabriel has visited him, and that he is a born again Christian. Collected from small publications and zines like Positively Tie Dream, Trouser Press, and New Music Express as well as mainstream outlets as disparate as Seventeen, Playboy, Spin, and the New York Times, Dylan’s interviews illuminate his journey from ornery folksinger to acclaimed Grammy-winner. Included are interviews by Pete Seeger, Nora Ephron, Susan Edmiston, Studs Terkel, Jon Pareles, Nat Hentoff, Kurt Loder, Steve Allen, Ron Rosenbaum, Bono, Jonathon Cott, Jann Wenner, Robert Shelton, and many others.

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Mistitled.......2005-08-31

"Younger Than That Now" is subtitled "The Collected Interviews with Bob Dylan," which implies you'll find every interview Dylan has given through the years. That may be an impossible task, but certainly it would be practical to collect the interviews he gave to major publications in one thick volume.

"Younger Than That Now" doesn't do that. Notably absent are the interviews I was hoping to find, particularly Dylan's hilariously elusive conversation with Jann Wenner in a 1969 issue of Rolling Stone in which Wenner tries and fails to get Dylan to acknowledge that he's a "youth leader" and a spokesman for someone other than himself. Then there's the 1978 interview with Jonathan Cott, also in Rolling Stone, that, in hindsight, hinted at his conversion to Christianity while also demonstrating his sense of humor.

So, "Younger Than That Now" isn't definitive. As long as you know that before you dive in, it's a worthwhile read collecting many memorable exchanges Dylan had with the press through the years.

Brian W. Fairbanks

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LEGO MINDSTORMS let you design and program robots that can do just about anything!
The Dark Side Developer's Kit is targeted towards the young or novice LEGO MINDSTORMS designer, age 9 and up, although experienced MINDSTORMS fans will appreciate the unique possibilities offered by this kit as well. The Dark Side Developer's Kit includes special MINDSTORMS pieces that allow the user to create a host of Star Wars themed robots, creatures, and vehicles. It also comes with the Micro Scout, a mini-computer with 7 built-in programs, a motor, and a light sensor that brings the MINDSTORMS creations to life with a minimum of effort.

10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour provides step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations for users of all skill levels and proficiencies.

A blend of the hugely popular LEGO and STAR WARS lines. Appealing to fans of both, this book will allow readers to build unique creations using the special parts found in the "LEGO MINDSTORMS: Dark Side Developer's Kit" that mimic the robots, vehicles and creatures found in the STAR WARS movies.
From out of the box to up and running in less than an hour. This book teaches users how to create 10 amazing projects, each in under an hour.
8-page color insert. An eight-page color insert illustrates the complete projects in full-detail.

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Obsolescence: the Dark Side's greatest weapon.......2006-03-11

I run a LEGO League Robotics team and we were thrilled with the idea of "Dark Side" robots. Unfortunately, since a key part is no longer available, we are trolling e-Bay for parts. This title is a great concept, but it's very unpleasant that it's still being marketed when mission-critical components are not reliably available.

NOT FOR RIS 2.0!!!.......2006-01-04

The description should state this! My 8 year old son, who is a Mindstorms genius, has wanted this for so long! How disappointed he was Christmas morning. "This doesn't use my pieces, or even my RCX" he said--very disapppointing, and I think it should clearly say this is not for the CURRENT version of mindstorms. This book is completely useless to us, he cannot build ANYTHING in the book with his Mindstorms RIS 2.0 set.
We have another book from this line, and it is for RIS 2.0, and my son loves it.
Update: We learned this book is for the Lego Mindstorms "Dark Side Developer" kit (Star Wars). It is no longer made, but we found a set on ebay. Son loves it--and now this book, too!

Assemble your own Star Wars action robots.......2004-04-29

The robots described in detail in this book are really cool, and once you look at them, your patience will be tried until you get to the assembly stage. Constructing the robots is easy, each one is split into a series of small steps where the parts to be added are listed in a caption and the placement of the parts on the robot are highlighted on a second figure. We have all faced situations where we had to follow directions to put something together and struggled to make sense of the diagrams. In this case, that should not be a problem, these are some of the most understandable diagrams that I have ever seen.
The robots are all from the Star Wars series of movies and associated novels, which makes them even better. Most people with an interest in robots have seen the Star Wars movies, so it is wondrous to watch the robot gradually grow into something you have seen in action.
Lego Mindstorms is a robot kit that can be effectively used in class work from elementary school up though graduate school. In this book you will learn how to build some of the best robots, which will appeal to students throughout this spectrum.

Leisurely stimulating.......2004-03-02

Again, why doesn't Lego publish these books, Syngress though has definitely filled the gap in the industry, and I can't put these books down. Awesome Star Wars themed dudes, great graphics

Fairly Good.......2003-01-03

This is a wonderful inspirational book! There are lots of mechanisms here that are good to play around with and modify. Every robot has some interesting functions - since it's using the Microscout only, everything (often two functions) is done with only one motor! It's also inspiring seeing what can be done with limited pieces. Every model in the book is built ONLY using DSDK parts!

The pictures (or rather, CAD renderings) are crystal-clear, thanks to Kevin's LPub. The downside is that they're black-and-white, but it's fairly easy to tell the difference between a white part and a red part.

There's not much commentary in this book - it's mostly instructions. That makes it easier to follow, but it doesn't help much if you have a question about modifying the robot.

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This book is a state-of-the-art look at where toys have come from and where they are likely to go in the years ahead. The focus is on the interplay between traditional toys and play, and toys and play that are mediated by or combined with digital technology. As well as covering the technical aspects of computer mediated play activities, the authors consider how technologically enhanced toys are currently used in traditional play and how they are woven into childrens' lives. The authors contrast their findings about technologically enhanced toys with knowledge of traditional toys and play. They link their studies of toys to goals in education and to entertainment and information transfer.

This book will appeal to students, researchers, teachers, child care workers and more broadly the entertainment industry. It is appropriate for courses that deal with the specialized subject of toys and games, media studies, education and teacher training, and child development.

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Aggression and violent media: playing video games may lead to more violence than watching TV.(Society): An article from: The Futurist

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Aggression and violent media: playing video games may lead to more violence than watching TV.(Society): An article from: The Futurist
Cynthia G. Wagner
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Title: Aggression and violent media: playing video games may lead to more violence than watching TV.(Society)
Author: Cynthia G. Wagner
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 38 Issue: 4 Page: 16(1)

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ATVs and entertainment.(all terrain vehicles)(Editorial): An article from: Cruising Rider

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ATVs and entertainment.(all terrain vehicles)(Editorial): An article from: Cruising Rider
Jerrod Kelley
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Title: ATVs and entertainment.(all terrain vehicles)(Editorial)
Author: Jerrod Kelley
Publication: Cruising Rider (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 15, 2004
Publisher: Ehlert Publishing Group
Volume: 7 Issue: 10 Page: 6(1)

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Dickens on Lost: text, paratext, fan-based media.(traces of Charles Dickens's style in the television program): An article from: Wordsworth Circle

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Dickens on Lost: text, paratext, fan-based media.(traces of Charles Dickens's style in the television program): An article from: Wordsworth Circle
Steven E. Jones
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000VXR1SA
Release Date: 2007-09-11

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This digital document is an article from Wordsworth Circle, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6245 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Dickens on Lost: text, paratext, fan-based media.(traces of Charles Dickens's style in the television program)
Author: Steven E. Jones
Publication: Wordsworth Circle (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
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Volume: 38 Issue: 1-2 Page: 71(7)

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Effects of affective orientation and video game play on aggressive thoughts and behaviors. : An article from: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

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Effects of affective orientation and video game play on aggressive thoughts and behaviors. : An article from: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Vincent Cicchirillo , and Rebecca M. Chory-Assad
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 7194 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: This study examined the effects of playing a violent video game on aggressive thoughts and behaviors and the moderating role of affective orientation in the violent video game-aggression relationship. Approximately 2 weeks after having their affective orientation measured, 59 participants (plus 5 additional participants) played a violent or nonviolent video game for 10 minutes. Participants then performed a word completion task and judged the researcher's competence, courtesy, and deservedness of financial support. Results show that participants who played the violent video game rated the researcher as less courteous and less deserving of financial support than did participants who played the nonviolent video game, and affective orientation and video game condition interacted to predict evaluations of courtesy and deservedness of financial support.

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Title: Effects of affective orientation and video game play on aggressive thoughts and behaviors.
Author: Vincent Cicchirillo
Publication: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
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Volume: 49 Issue: 4 Page: 435(15)

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For The Love of It.(Product/service evaluation): An article from: Training Media Review

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For The Love of It.(Product/service evaluation): An article from: Training Media Review
Lee Smedley
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Author: Lee Smedley
Publication: Training Media Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2007
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Game makers slowly shift to year-round sales emphasis: 'first-person shooters' likely to remain staple of holidays.(Media & Technology): An article from: Los Angeles Business Journal

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Game makers slowly shift to year-round sales emphasis: 'first-person shooters' likely to remain staple of holidays.(Media & Technology): An article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
Rebecca Flass
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This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by CBJ, L.P. on December 13, 2004. The length of the article is 1009 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Game makers slowly shift to year-round sales emphasis: 'first-person shooters' likely to remain staple of holidays.(Media & Technology)
Author: Rebecca Flass
Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 13, 2004
Publisher: CBJ, L.P.
Volume: 26 Issue: 50 Page: 15(1)

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Happy meal deal: two Indiana firms pull off a design project the "big boys' wouldn't touch. (Meridian Design Studio Inc.; Bean Graphics Inc.) (Media & ... An article from: Indiana Business Magazine

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Happy meal deal: two Indiana firms pull off a design project the "big boys' wouldn't touch. (Meridian Design Studio Inc.; Bean Graphics Inc.) (Media & ... An article from: Indiana Business Magazine
Steve Kaelble
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This digital document is an article from Indiana Business Magazine, published by Curtis Magazine Group, Inc. on October 1, 1990. The length of the article is 1004 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Happy meal deal: two Indiana firms pull off a design project the "big boys' wouldn't touch. (Meridian Design Studio Inc.; Bean Graphics Inc.) (Media & Marketing)
Author: Steve Kaelble
Publication: Indiana Business Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1990
Publisher: Curtis Magazine Group, Inc.
Volume: v34 Issue: n10 Page: p77(3)

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TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television
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Past Programming Brought to Life

A colorful guide to the box in the corner.

What a fun look at TV history!

Nostalgic

TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television
TV Guide , and Mark Lasswell
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Release Date: 2002-10-29

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Imagine the greatest week of television ever. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, TV GUIDE has done just that. Picking and choosing from classic programs, unforgettable characters, hilarious moments and broadcast-interrupting tragedies, TV GUIDE has created in this deluxe and nostalgic history the ultimate week of programming. Here are fifty years of riveting innovation distilled into one unforgettable book.

From Saturday morning cartoons through prime time and late night, Fifty Years of Television pays tribute to hundreds of the most important shows of all time. More than 250 color and black-and-white photographs capture the giants of TV in their prime—from "The Great One," Jackie Gleason, to his latter-day descendant Homer Simpson, from Jack Webb of Dragnet to James Gandolfini of The Sopranos. The exciting, graphic covers of TV GUIDE offer a fantastic voyage through generations of pop culture. More than 400 collectible covers are included, featuring the work of artists such as Charles Addams, Salvador Dalí, Al Hirschfield, Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol. Landmark essays from the pages of TV GUIDE by Oprah Winfrey, John F. Kennedy, Alex Haley and other American icons shed light on the seductive power of the medium. In original interviews, some of TV's best known and most beloved personalities reminisce about the shows that made the country tune in. A sweeping appreciation of TV, this is the ultimate book of its kind.

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Past Programming Brought to Life.......2006-05-24

This book and its photos stir up unforgettable memories: Mickey Mouse, Leave it to Beaver, Dennis the Menace, Get Smart, Ed Sullivan, Batman, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Lawrence Welk, Bonanze, Flipper, Daktari, the JFK assassination, and much more. It also provides a useful TV Guide index covering the years 1953-2002.

A colorful guide to the box in the corner........2004-09-21

This is typical of those overpriced books that come out for buying in the festive season but the good news is that after December you can usually find them at a greatly reduced price. I got my copy via the Net at well below ten dollars.

Read the Book Description above to find out about the contents of this thick coffee table book. Most of the two hundred and fifty photos (all publicity shots) are one to a page with long captions and covers of the Guide, more than four hundred, pop up at relevant places. Other covers are shown on five spreads devoted to each decade and actually I would have preferred the book to have concentrated on the covers rather than the publicity photos, a lot of well known illustrators were used, like Jack Davis, Ronald Searle, Al Hirschfeld, LeRoy Neiman and Bob Peak to name a few.

I did like the way the material was divided into themes, Weekends, Daytime, Evenings, Prime Time and Late Night, rather presenting it all in strict historical order. The back of the book has an interesting complete list of covers from April 1953 to April 2002 but unfortunately it is set in a real tiny type (Day-lite Sans would be an appropriate font name).

If you can find this book at a low, low price it will certainly be worth buying.

What a fun look at TV history!.......2003-04-18

I got this book for my TV buff husband for Christmas... he has been reading it ever since. The whole family has enjoyed reading it. This book is a must for any true TV buff... and what man isn't one! Looking for a great gift for a man in your life... this is a must, especially if he's a babyboomer or prior. Highly recommended for the money!

Nostalgic.......2003-01-19

Be prepared for a flood of memories from your youth. Great look back at what's kept us entertained from the most powerful cultural medium of the last 50 years.
Also recommended - "No One's Even Bleeding" & "Delano"

Buyer's Guide to Fifty Years of TV on Video

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Ugh.
'Buyer's Guide' is flawed but valuable resource
Too Much Bias
Authors with grudges should not write books.
One Star is not low enough

Buyer's Guide to Fifty Years of TV on Video
Sam Frank
Manufacturer: Prometheus Books
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Ugh........2003-11-07

A terrible waste of shelf space.
This guy is curmudgeonly, arrogant and ill informed. He criticizes like-minded books in the field for their inaccuracies and yet this book is riddled with laughable errors.
Get a fact-checker, buddy.

'Buyer's Guide' is flawed but valuable resource.......2003-05-27

While it is still several years before DVDs completely push "Buyer's Guide to Fifty Years of TV on Video" into obsolescence, it may be useful to note that the book, for all of its flaws, contains some extremely valuable information.

Yes, the late Sam Frank hammers away relentlessly at the mistakes of other TV historians, then makes numerous errors of his own; and certainly his editorial comments often seem like unwarranted intrusions, even though the premise of an opionated buyer's guide isn't inherently wrong (Leonard Maltin's annual Video Guide is clearly meant at least in part to be a consumer guide, to name one example; yet the Maltin guide is superior because it is seems far less capricious).

Nonetheless, there are things here that are difficult to find elsewhere. For example, it lists the episodes available from many of the series released by Columbia House Video Library through mid-1997 (and does so in chronological order, rather than the order of each volume). Even if you ask Columbia House for a list of every episode it offers of, say, "The Untouchables," you will get just a list of episodes, with no airdates, and no plot descriptions. Frank doesn't always give you plot descriptions, but generally he does, and with the airdates included, you can at least choose episodes from your favorite period of the show's development, if you're so inclined.

Frank's guide is particularly good for anyone interested in television's so-called "Golden Age." He was a Baby Boomer, and takes a great interest in playing up -- and simultaneously debunking myths about -- what made this era special.

It is here that his editorializing, particularly on things like picture and sound quality, is quite useful, as there are some horrible third-or later-generation public domain video dubs out there that should be avoided. The worst of these sometimes use kinescopes that are just overexposed or otherwise compromised to begin with. Yet, there are others that look and sound quite good, and it's good to have a reference point that helps to make the distinction. Listings are included for a lot of the "Playhouse 90," "Studio One," "Four Star Playhouse" and other early anthology shows released by Video Yesteryear and other public domain dealers, many of which are still available through retailers like Movies Unlimited. Inevitably there are listings for dealers in the book that no longer exist, or have since stopped selling videos, but in the age of the Web, a lot of this stuff can be found.

The book also includes exhaustive appendixes about the history of videotape and the development of color television, which seem to be squarely aimed at TV historians. In fact, throughout "Buyer's Guide," Frank's extreme interest in both innovations is underscored again and again. His main point seems to be that old television shows that can now only be seen on somewhat blurry black and white kinescopes looked crisp and bright in their original telecasts, and for that reason, among others, we shouldn't automatically judge these shows, and the audiences who appreciated them, harshly today. Whenever Frank does find a tape of something shot on video before the late '60s that actually looks close to pristine, he makes sure to draw our attention to it. How relevant this is to the typical reader is open to conjecture.

Numerous items from the MPI Home Video catalog are another welcome feature, including their "Nightline" tapes, "Hullabaloo," "The Missiles of October" and more. Frank's overview and descriptions of a number of episodes in the "Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts" series are solid, and again represent something you don't see discussed very often today.

"Buyer's Guide" is a good supplementary reference if you've already got Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh's "The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable Television Programming: 1946 to Present," or Alex McNeil's "Total Television." Frank's myopia keeps it from being anything like the definitive tome he apparently envisioned, but it's hardly a disaster.

Too Much Bias.......2000-03-14

This book ultimately has to be had because it at least provides assistance to collectors in knowing what shows are on tape. Unfortunately the style of this book is atrocious. It is almost impossible to thumb through at random because something convenient like an alphabetical heading at the top of the page to key the reader as to where he is is not provided (this especially hurts when one flips through and finds a whole page spread and no sense of where one is at all!). And frankly, Mr. Frank's personal biases and assessments of various shows are just downright annoying and guaranteed to offend more people than inform them because he doesn't have the decency to offer a caveat at the beginning that others who don't share his politics, tastes in music etc. should take what he says about a lot of things with a grain of salt (I especially take umbrage to his characterization of Battlestar Galactica as a "bomb", saying not one word about Zeffirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" one of the most important TV miniseries ever produced, and I wanted to scream shut up everytime he opened his mouth about Richard Nixon and blacklisting). A simple reference guide with equal comment for each show in a neutral manner in the tradition of Brooks/Marsh, McNeil etc. would have worked much better. Those books aren't popular because readers want to know what they think of those shows, they just want the facts. In the end, Frank comes across as a man talking down to the reader and that defeats the whole point of the project. Even on those points where I do agree with him (I too love "Our World" and the Goodson-Todman panel shows) I think it was for the most part out of place.

Since Mr. Frank (who I understand has since passed away) sees fit though to talk about the errors of other reference sources, I should feel compelled to correct a goodly number that I found in just one afternoon after I bought the book.

1-In his review of "The Late Shift" Frank reverses the actors who played David Letterman and Jay Leno respectively.

2-John Brown did not leave the Burns And Allen Show because he was blacklisted. This occurred long after he had left the show, and in fact Burns did make an on camera reference to his departure as being because of "other committments." Also, Frank is dead wrong in his description of the transition from Fred Clark to Larry Keating in the Harry Morton part. First, the episode is available in the Columbia House series, and second it took place entirely with Keating.

3-His summation of Burns And Allen shows on tape is woefully incomplete.

4-NBC did not "bring" Steve Allen from New York to Hollywood in 1960, Allen personally asked for the show to move there so he could spend more time with his children from a previous marriage.

Authors with grudges should not write books........1999-12-03

When I first heard about this book being published I couldn't believe it! This is a dream come true! I can finally stop searching and let this book do all the working for me. What I found instead was an author that was very opinionated, arrogant and, I'm sure, held several grudges. In the beginning of the book he lists several sources of where to order the listed tapes (many of which is either wrong contact information or the companies are now out of business) Did he verify and update his sources before this book was published? He also includes a brief description of each company, many of which he criticizes. It almost seems the author either is an ex-employee or somehow clashed with these companies, but what he says ranges from total praise to downright rude, even calling some of these companies "Greedy" or "They steal from some of the other public domain companies". He also states throughout the book many complaints about companies who refused to give out thier owner's name or "lend" him screener tapes. Unfortunatly just because someone is writing a book does not mean that these companies are obligated to either lend him tapes, or they will receive a bad review. That aside I found the reviews not too helpful, I put this book down MANY times because the opinion got in the way. There are several sources to find information on what's out there without the opinion (the internet is a HUGE palce) so I cannot suggest this book.

One Star is not low enough.......1999-05-13

I had the same thoughts as above, but what the heck. The author is opinionated, inaccurate, and arrogant in the extreme. Everyone has a right to his or her own opinion, but not in a "buyers" guide. It is okay to praise, but...well, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. As mentioned in a previous review, Sam Frank's taste is highly questionable, and he rams it down the reader's throat. Quite frankly, the author's comments indicate a jerk. Not worth one's time or money. A real waste of space.

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A longstanding favorite among teachers, parents, and those tasked with boosting office morale, The Print Shop Deluxe can't be beat as a simple tool for creating posters, banners, calendars, and other cool stuff to hang on walls. The Print Shop Deluxe for Dummies, your ticket to learning to use this tool, is typical of the Dummies series in that no prior knowledge is assumed (other than a general familiarity with Windows), but the book manages to avoid coming across as condescending. It acknowledges that smart people can have a hard time figuring out software, and proceeds to show you what you need to know. It's funny too!

In a typical section, you learn how to create greeting cards. The terms the software uses to describe different kinds of cards (quarter-fold, half-fold, and so on) are explained, and then you find out how to use the QuickLayout features to generate a card in a hurry. (Forgetters of anniversaries, take note.) You learn how to create a card from scratch, including borders, graphics, and text (which you can choose from the hilariously named Sentiment Gallery if you can't come up with your own bon mot). A sequences of numbered steps (with tips) shows the project at various points during the creation process. --David Wall

Topics covered: How to use The Print Shop Deluxe for Microsoft Windows. Sections address particular kinds of publications suited to The Print Shop, including banners, certificates, business cards, forms, newsletters, and fancy stuff like coffee cups and T-shirts. An eight-page color section shows how The Print Shop works with color.

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See how The Print Shop works and take a look at the components that make up a desktop-publishing project.
Plan and choose the best way to create a Print Shop project.
Explore the versatile uses of The Print Shop (at home or in the office) to design and make signs and banners, certificates, diplomas, calendars, greeting cards, and labels.
Use The Print Shop to build Web pages.
Uncover tips, taboos, and tricks that professionals use to create top-notch publications every day.

Handy appendixes introduce you to the other programs included with The Print Shop program: 3DGreetings, Photo Organizer, Photo Pro, Serif DrawPlus, and The Ultimate Mail Manager.

Customer Reviews:

Print shop for dummies.......2007-05-07

This is a good book. I hate the name Dummies. No one is a dummy. Good directions easy to follow. Good all around book.

PrintShop Deluxe for Dummies........2007-03-19

A great book. Explains everything so I can understand it. Very helpful in getting my new web site published. Expert help. The author was no
DUMMIE. Thanks for a wonderful book.

Print Shop for Dummies.......2007-02-13

I was very pleased with this book. All the Dummie books that I've had are pretty easy to understand.

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