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  • Forest School for Grown-Ups

    Explore the Wisdom of the Woods

    by Richard Irvine ...
    From starting a fire to foraging for food, basket making to making a bird feeder, tree hugging and cloud scrying, this beautifully designed forest almanac is a treasure for anyone who loves the outdoors.Forest schools for kids originated in Scandinavia as outdoor play-based learning groups, and in 2016 The Forest School Foundation was established in the USA. But why should kids have all the fun? ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Dumont Television – Television the Way It Use To Be: The Dumont TV Network’s Inventive Shows

    by Richard Irvin ...
    Television the Way It Used to Be: The Dumont TV Network's Inventive Shows highlights the live, original series broadcast on that network from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. Details on innovative anthologies like Hands of Murder and Dark of Night are included along with several other forgotten shows such as Program Playhouse – one of the first series of TV pilots for viewers to select which could ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pioneers of "B" Television

    Independent Producers, Series and Pilots of the 1950s

    by Richard Irvin ...
    As television grew more enticing for both viewers and filmmakers in the 1950s, several independent film producers with knowledge of making low-cost films and radio shows transferred their skills to producing shows for the small screen. Rather than funding live programs that were popular at the time, these producers saw the value in pre-taped shows, which created large financial returns through ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Film Stars' Television Projects

    Pilots and Series of 50+ Movie Greats, 1948-1985

    by Richard Irvin ...
    Bette Davis as a madam. Orson Welles hosting The Twilight Zone. Mae West voicing a cartoon character. Shirley Temple playing a social worker. While Hollywood stars like Lucille Ball, Loretta Young and Donna Reed successfully transitioned to television in its early days, many others tried and failed to become TV regulars. Drawing on contemporary interviews and other sources, this book profiles more ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Judy Garland: The Movie Roles That Might Have Been

    by Richard Irvin ...
    Judy Garland was one of the greatest entertainers of the twentieth century. As Yip Harburg, who composed the lyrics for "Over the Rainbow," wrote in a letter to Ms. Garland, "I would consider myself fully compensated and my life work richly rewarded because of your singing of Rainbow alone. It is a gift most writers are never lucky enough to know. Your voice, above all others, touches a song with ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales of Tomorrow: Television’s First Science Fiction Series for Adults

    by Richard Irvin ...
    Before The Twilight Zone and before The Outer Limits, there was Tales of Tomorrow, the first science fiction series on television aimed at adult viewers. Premiering on ABC on August 3, 1951, the live drama featured several actors just beginning their careers. Lee Grant, Leslie Nielsen, Cloris Leachman, Paul Newman and his future wife, Joanne Woodward, and James Dean were just some of the players ... Read more

    $9.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • George Burns Television Productions

    The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981

    by Richard Irvin ...
    An elementary school dropout, George Burns went on to become one of America's most beloved entertainers. This book covers a neglected part of his career--his work as a television producer. Burns was not only a behind-the-scenes producer, but also filled the role of producer in various comedies in which he starred. Though his forte was situation comedies, Burns' company, McCadden Productions, also ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Comedy Archaeology: Unearthing The Unproduced Episodes of Iconic Sitcoms as Well as Unmade Comedy Pilots, Specials, and Movies

    by Richard Irvin ...
    Do you remember seeing an episode of Bewitched that guest starred comedian Red Skelton, or The Honeymooner's story where Ralph and Alice adopt a puppy, or the Life with Lucy Christmas episode? If you answered "no" to these questions, you are correct. Despite scripts or treatments being written for these shows, none of the episodes were ever produced.Comedy Archeology not only includes descriptions ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    X-Men

    Days of Future Past

    by Alex Irvine, Marvel ...
    Narrated by Richard Rohan, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 43 min

    In a dark and dangerous future, the mutant-hunting machines known as the Sentinels rule America with an iron fist. Almost all mutants and superhumans have been exterminated. Only a handful of imprisoned mutants remain to fight against their oppressive robotic overseers! Now Kate Pryde, former X-Man, must travel back in time and warn her present-day teammates of the coming danger—and hopefully ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • An Anthropology of Deep Time

    Geological Temporality and Social Life

    by Richard D. G. Irvine ...
    Series series New Departures in Anthropology
    In the face of debates about the Anthropocene - a geological epoch of our own making - and contemporary concerns about ecological crisis and the Sixth Mass Extinction, it is more important than ever to locate the timeframe of human activity within the deep time of planetary history. This path-breaking book is a timely critical review of the anthropology of time, exploring our human relationship ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    Marvel Super Heroes

    Secret Wars

    by Alex Irvine ...
    Narrated by Richard Rohan, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 40 min

    The fate of the entire Marvel Universe hangs in the balance as Earth's mightiest heroes face their greatest challenge! Summoned across the stars by the mysterious and unbelievably powerful Beyonder, the Avengers, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men are set against their deadliest foes on the mysterious planet known as Battleworld—with the winner promised the ultimate prize. But as battle ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Ratings Are Murder

    by Robert R. Irvine ...
    Narrated by Richard Waterhouse ...
    Series Audiobook 4 - The Robert Christopher Series

    Unabridged

    6 hours 30 min

    Bob Christopher, investigative reporter for Channel 3 in Los Angeles, is an old hand at ferreting out consumer fraud. He hardly feels that an all-out effort to reinstate Saint Christopher to the church's calendar fits that category. Then the cleaning woman who had taken up the saint's cause is brutally murdered.Bob, guilty because he brushed the old woman off, is compelled to search for her killer ... Read more

    $16.95 USD