Bookview Journal:

April 2011

last updated 4/5/11

Past Bookview Journal entries are archived at the bottom of this page.


Issue 312

Harley Earl by Stephen Bayley

Issue 311 Word Definers

The Brothers Grimm by Donald R. Hettinga

Peter Mark Roget by Nick Rennison

Issue 310 The Entertainers

Liberace by Bob Thomas

Issue 309 Legendary Comedians

Kovacsland by Diana Rico

Issue 308 Aviation Legends

Howard Hughes: Aviator by George J. Marrett

Issue 307 Con Games

Hoax by Fay, Chester & Linklater

Issue 306 Legendary Scientists

Tesla: Master of LIghtning by Cheney & Uth

Issue 305 Unique Filmmakers

Quentin Tarantino by Wensley Clarkson

Filthy by Robert Pela

Issue 304 Legendary Composers

On the Sunny Side of the Street by Deborah Grace Winer

Issue 303 Beer History

Ambitious Brew by Maurren Ogle

Issue 302 Legendary Writers

A Gentleman of Broadway by Edwin P. Hoyt

Issue 301 The Entertainers

Will Rogers by Richard M. Ketchum

Issue 246 About business

Zippo: An American Legend by Baer & Neumark

But, Wait! There's More! by Timothy Samuelson

Barbie by Marco Tasa

Issue 245 Hamburger History

Selling Steakburgers by Robert P. Cronin

The Hamburger: A History by Josh Ozersky

Hamburger: A Global History by Andrew Smith

Hamburger Heaven by Jeffrey Tennyson

Issue 244 Business Icons

The Book of SPAM by Armstrong & Black

Campbell Kids by Aric Chen

Finding Betty Crocker by Susan Marks

Issue 243 Toy History

A Toy Is Born by Mavin Kaye

"I Had One of Those" by Robin L.. Sommer

Classic Toy Trains by Gerry & Janet Souter

Barbie by Marco Tasa

Hot Wheels: 40 Years by Angelo Van Bogart

Issue 242 About airships

The Giant Airships by Douglas Botting

The Golden Age of Great Passenger Airships by Dick & Robinson

The Hindenburg by Michael Macdonald Mooney

Issue 241 Toy History

Tonka by David & Laumann

Disneyana by Heide & Gilman

Hot Wheels Cars by Mac Rogan

Lionel by Gerry & Janet Souter

Issue 240 Cartoonists' Memoirs

Herblock by Herbert Block

My Life as a Cartoonist by Kurtzman & Zimmerman

The Brass Ring by Bill Mauldin

Issue 239 Aircraft History

Seaplanes & Flying Boats by Maurice Allward

The Giant Airships by Douglas Botting

Gigantic Jets of the World by Norris & Wagner

Issue 238 Chocolate History

Hershey by Michael D'Antonio

Chocolate: A Sweet History by Beth Kimmerle

See's Famouse Old Time Candies by Margaret Moos Pick

Issue 237 Legendary Voices

Welcome Foolish Mortals... by Ben Ohmart

Daws Butler by Ohmart & Bevilacqua

Walter Tetley by Ohmart & Stumpf

Issue 236 A look at comic books

Comix: A History of Comic Books In America by Les Daniels

Baby Boomer Comics by Craig Shutt

The Classic Era of American Comics by Nicky Wright

Issue 235 Advertising Legends

Five Giants of Advertising by Bernbaeh & Alonso

The Man Everybody Knew by Richard M. Fried

The Father of Spin by Larry Tye

Issue 234 Animated History

Comics: Between the Panels by Duin & Richardson

Comic Book Encyclopedia by Ron Goulart

Masters of Animation by John Grant

Issue 233 Restaurant History

America's Great Delis by Sheryll Bellman

The Automat by Diehl & Hardhart

Fast Food by Jakle & Scull

The Drive-In Restaurant by Michael Karl Witzel

Issue 232 Cartoonists' Memoirs

My Well Balanced Life... by Al Capp

Living Life Inside the Lines by Martha Sigall

The Comic Book Makers by Joe & Jim Simon

Issue 231 Legendary Film Makers

Just the Facts Ma'am by Moyer & Alvarez

Orson Welles by John Russell Taylor

Oscar Micheaux by Betti Carol VanEpps-Taylor

Issue 230 Comedy Greats

Life and Times of Marx Brothers by Ronald Bergman

The Stooges Chronicles by Jeffrey Forrester

Stan and Ollie by Simon Louvish

Red Skelton by Arthur Marx

Harold Lloyd by Richard Shickel

Issue 229 Film History

Cliffhanger by Alan G. Barbour

Tarzan of the Movie by Gabe Essoe

A Charlie Brown Christmas by Lee Mendelson

Oz Before the Rainbow by Mark Evan Swartz

Issue 228 Pulp History

Cheap Thrills by Ron Goulart

The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines by Peter Haining

The Great Pulp Heroes by Don Hutchinson

The Classic Era of Crime Fiction by Peter Haining

Issue 227 Legendary Writers

The World of Damon Runyon by Tom Clark

Cain by Roy Hoopes

Who Was That Lady? by Jeffrey Marks

Cornell Woolrich by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.

Zane Grey by Thomas H. Pauley

Issue 226 Legendary Leading Ladies

Mae West by Simon Louvish

Joan Crawford by Quirk & Schoell

Sweetheart by Robert Wheeler

Issue 225 Classic Comedians

Life and Times of Laurel & Hardy by Ronald Bergan

W. C. Fields by James Curtis

Buster Keaton by Edward McPherson

The Day the Laughter Died by David Yallop

Issue 224 Toy History

Fantasy by William Hoffman

Monopoly by Kennedy & Waltzer

Boys' Toys by Jed Novick

A Century of Lionel by Dan Ponzol

Timeless Toys by Tom Walsh

Issue 223 Unique Aircraft

Fork-Tailed Devil: The P38 by Martin Caidin

P-51 Mustang by William N. Grant

The Legendary DC-3 by Glines & Moseley

Issue 222 Legendary photographers

Blood and Champagne by Alex Kershaw

Fire in the Wind by Roberta Ostroff

Matthew Brady by Geroge Sullivan

Issue 221 Hollywood Legends

Mary Pickford by Scott Eyman

Gentleman: Wm Powell Story by Charles Francisco

Judy Garland by Morley & Leon

Douglas Fairbanks by Richard Schickel

Issue 220 Legends

Will Eisner by Bob Andelman

Winsor McCay by John Canemaker

The Suess... by Charles D. Cohen

Krazy Kat by Patrick McDonnell

Issue 219 Vixens

The Real Bettie Page by Richard Foster

Mabel by Betty Harper Fussell

Pin-Up by Spero Pastos

Bombshell by David Stenn

Issue 218 Toy History

Kewpies: Doll & Art by John Axe

All Aboard by Ron Hollander

The Game Makers by Philip E. Orbanes

American Flyer by Gerry & Janet Souter

The Man Who Changed... by Bruce Watson

Issue 217 Jazz Legends

Pops by Thomas A. DeLong

Leader of the Band by Gene Lees

Trumpet Blues by Peter J. Levinson

Artie Shaw by John White

Issue 216 SF Legends

I Am Alive... by Emmanuel Carrrere

Dreamer of Dune by Brian Herbert

James Tiptree, Jr. by Julie Philips

The Bradbury Chronicles by Sam Weller

Isaac Asimov by Michael White

Issue 215 Legends

Out of the Inkwell by Richard Fleischer

Hal Foster by Brian M. Kane

Tales to Astonish by Ronin Ro

Jack Cole & Plastic Man by Spielgelman & Kidd

Wally's World by Starger & Spurlock

Issue 214 The Producers

The Animated Life by Michael Barrier

Merchant Prince of Poverty Row by Bernard F. Dick

Spiegel by Andrew Sinclair

Howard Hughes in Hollywood by Tony Thomas

Issue 213 Tunesmiths

Irving Berlin by Philip Furia

Scott Joplin by Haskins & Benson

George M. Cohan by John McCabe

On the Sunny Side of the Street by Debrah G. Winer

Issue 212 Soda Pop History

"Your Friendly Neighbor" by Mike Cheatham

Twelve Full Ounces by Milward W. Martin

The Legend of Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up by Jeffrey L. Rodengen

The Vernor's Story by Lawrence L. Rouch

Issue 211 Actors' Biographies

Inherited Risk by Jeffrey Meyers

The Other Side of the Moon by Sheridan Morley

Boris Karloff by Scott Allen Nollen

George Sanders by Richard Vanderbeets

Issue 210 Children's Literature

The Big Book of Big Little Books by Borden & Posner

Fantasy of the 20th Century by Randy Broecker

100 Years of Oz by John Fricke

Storybook Culture by Joseph & Cheryl Homme

Issue 209 Blues Legends

"Blues Boy" by Sebastian Danchin

Josh White by Elijah Wald

The Life & Legend of Leadbelly by Wolfe & Lornell

Issue 208 A look at comic books

Wonder Woman by Les Danels

The Adventrous Decade by Ron Goulart

The Comic Book Heroes by Jacobs & Jones

The Comic-Book Book edited by Thompson & Lupoff

Issue 207 About Disney

The Art of Walt Disney by Christopher Finch

The Man Behind the Magic by Katherine & Richard Greene

Mickey Mouse by Heide, Gilman, Peterson & White

The Making of Snow White by Holliss & Sibley

Since the World Began by Jeff Kurtti

Issue 206 The Making of Classic Movies

The Making of Citizen Kane by Robert L. Corringer

The Making of King Kong by Goldner & Turner

All Quiet on The Western Front: The Story... by Andrew Kelly

GWTW: The Makig of Gone With the Wind by Gavin Lambert

Casablanca: Behind the Scenes by Harlan Lebo

Issue 205 Silver Screen Legends

Gary Cooper by Hector Arce

Errol Flynn by David Bart

Pieces of Time by Gary Fishgall

Ladd by Beverly Linet

Issue 204 About Ford

Henry and Edsel by Richard Bak

Disaster In Dearborn by Thomas E. Bonsall

Never Complain, Never Explain by Victor Lasky

Issue 203 Classic Comedians

Buster: A Legend in Laughter by Larry Edwards

Monkey Business by Simon Louvish

Charlie Chaplin by John McCabe

Will Rogers by Ben Yogoda

Issue 202 Ragtime Legends

Blind Boone by Jack A. Batterson

King of Ragtime by Edward Berlin

Dancing to a Black Man's Tune by Susan Curtis

Eubie Blake by Al Rose

Issue 201 Business Memoirs

To Russia With Fries by Cohon & Macfarlane

Grinding It Out by Kroc & Anderson

Pizza Tiger by Monaghan & Anderson

Time to Make the Donuts by Rosenberg & Kenner

Issue 200 Songs of Impact

The Flag, The Poet and The Song by Irvin Malotsky

Strange Fruit by David Margolick

White Christmas by Jody Rosen

America the Beautiful by Lynn Sherr

Amazing Grace by Steve Turner

Issue 199 Business Pioneers

The Good Provider by Robert C. Alberts

Tandy by Fran Bennett

The Cereal Tycoon by Joe Musser

Sweet Success by C. A. Oliphant

Milton S. Hershey by Sippen & Wallace

Issue 198 About cars

Cars That Time Forgot by Giles Chapman

Cars Detroit Never Built by Edward Janicki

Corvette by Lyons & Katz

Mustang by McClurg & Willsheer

Issue 197 Aviation Pioneers

The Northrop Story by Richard Sanders Allen

They Said It Couldn't Be Done by Victor Boesen

Igor Sikorsky by Frank J. Delear

Larry by Donald J. Norton

Man Flies by Nancy Winters

Issue 196 Aviation Pioneers

The Bishop's Boys by Tom Crouch

 

Donald W. Douglas by Wilbur H. Morrison

Stormy Genius by Richard Rashke

Glenn Curtiss by C. R. Roseberry

Issue 195 Aviation Legends

Rosco Turner by Carroll V. Glines

Colonel Cody and The Flying Cathedral by Garry Jenkins

The Happy Bottom Riding Club by Lauren Kessler

Skylark by Howard Mansfield

Forgotten Legend by Bryan B. Sterling & Frances N. Sterling

Issue 194 Legends

The Will Eisner Companion by Couch & Weiner

Dick Giordano by Michael Eury

The MAD World of William Gaines by Frank Jacobs

Stan Lee... by Raphael & Spurgeon

Bradbury: An Illustrated Life by Jerry Weist

Issue 193 The business of beer

Citizen Coors by Dan Baum

Silver Bullets bu Robert J. Burgess

Under the Influence by Hernon & Ganey

Redhook by Peter Krebs

Issue 192 Legendary Ladies

Lucille by Kathleen Brady

Brazilian Bombshell by Martha Gil-Montera

Beomcing Mae West by Emily Wortis Leider

Take It from the Big Mouth by Jean Pitrone

"I Got Rhythm" by Bob Thomas

Issue 191 The Entertainers

Fred Astaire by Bill Alder

All Or Nothing At All by Donald Clarke

The One and Only Bing by Bob Thomas

Gene Kelly by Alvin Yudoff

Issue 190 A History of the New York Times

Behind the Times by Edwin Diamond

A Women of the Times by Marilyn S. Greenwald

The Girls in the Balacony by Nan Robertson

Issue 189 Pulp Writers

Max Brand by Robert Easton

The Big Swingers by Robert W. Fenton

Zane Grey by Frank Gruber

Jack: A Biography of Jack London by Andrew Sinclair

Master Storyteller by William J. Widder

Issue 188 Legendary Directors

Quentin Tarantino by Wensley Clarkson

David Cronenberg by Peter Morris

Filthy by Robert L. Pela

James Cameron by Marc Shapiro

The Man Who... by Andrew Yule

Issue 187 Hollywood Legends

Alice Faye by Jane Lenz Elder

In Search of Donna Reed by Jay Fultz

Hattie by Carlton Jackson

Jane Wyman by Morella & Epstein

Jean Arthur by John Oller

Issue 186 Comedy Legends

Groucho, Harpo, Chico... by Joe Adamson

Nobody's Fool by Martin Gottfried

King of Comedy by Shawn Levy

Bob Hope by Lawrence J. Quirk

Jackie Gleason by W. J. Weatherby

Issue 185 Business Pioneers

Taco Titan by Debra Lee Baldwin

Stuckey by Elizabeth McCants Drinnon

The Colonel by John Ed Pearce

Pop Corn King by Len Sherman

Issue 184 Favorite Foods

Bananas by Virginia Scott Jenkins

Honey by Stephanie Rosenbaum

The Primal Cheeseburger by Elizabeth Rozin

Peanuts by Andrew F. Smith

Jell-O: A Biography by Carolyn Wyman

Issue 183 Popular Fiction

The History of Mystery by Max Allan Collins

The Great American Paperback by Richard A. Lupoff

The Fiction Factory by Quentin Reynolds

Pulp Culture by Robinson & Davidson

Danger Is My Business by Lee Server

Issue 182 All the News

Al-Jazeera by El-Nawawy & Iskandar

The C-SPAN Revolution by Frantzich & Sullivan

The House That Roone Built by Marc Gunther

Nightline by Koppel & Gibson

CNN by Hank Whittemore

Issue 181 Genre Stars Memoirs

Who On Earth Is Tom Baker? by Tom Baker

If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell

Tall, Dark and Gruesome by Christopher Lee

2001 Memories by Lockwood & Jones

Life's A Scream by Ingrid Pitt

Issue 180 Screenwriters' Memoirs

Monster by John Gregory Dunn

As Time Goes By by Howard Koch

Kiss Hollywood Good-by by Anita Loos

A Gaudy Spree by Samuel Marx

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim by Frederica Sager

Issue 179 America's Music: Ragtime

Ragtime by Edward A. Berlin

They All Played Ragtime by Blesh & Janis

Scott Joplin & the Ragtime Era by Peter Gammond

That American Rag by Jasen & Jones

Rags and Ragtime by Jasen & Tichenor

Issue 178 The Memoirs of Jazz Legends

Swing That Music by Louis Armstrong

Hamp by Hampton & Haskins

The Woodchopper's Ball by Herman & Troup

Rhythm Man by Jordan & Scanian

Issue 177 Jazz Legends

"Just A Gigolo"by Garry Boulard

Louis Armstrong by James Lincoln Collier

Duke by Derek Jewell

Fats Waller by Alyn Shipton

Issue 176 Comedy Legends

Groucho by Hector Arce

Keaton by Tom Dardis

Stan: The Life of Stan Laurel by Fred Lawrence Guiles

Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy by John McCabe

American Original by Roy Robinson

Issue 175 Legendary Writers

Damon Runyon by Jimmy Breslin

Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Cook

The Five Lives of Ben Hecht by Doug Fetherling

Shadow Man by Richard Laymon

Robert Benchley by Babett Rosmond

Issue 174 Memoirs of Legendary Writers

Hollywood Exile by Bernard Gordon

I'd Hate Myself in the Morning by Ring Lardner, Jr.

Back Lot by Maurice Rapf

Refugees From Hollywood by Jean Rouverol

Issue 173 Comedians Remembered

My Father, Uncle Miltie by Berle & Lewis

Larry by Feinber & Skratz

W. C. Fields & Me by Monti & Rice

Son of Groucho by Arthur Marx

Issue 172 Silver Screen Legends

Burton by Hollis Alpert

Spencer Tracy by Bill Davidson

Clark Gable : A Biography by Warren G. Harris

Golden Boy by Bob Thomas

Shooting Star by Maurice Zolotow

Issue 171 The Directors

Woody Allen: A Biography by John Baxter

Coppola: A Biography by Peter Cowie

Robert Altman by Patrick McGilligan

Stone: A Biography by James Riordan

Picture Shows by Andrew Yule

Issue 170 Comedians Remembered

Lou's On First: A Biography by Chris Costello & Raymond Strait

Buster Keaton Remembered by Eleanor Keaton & Jeffrey Vance

Notes on A Cowardly Lion by John Lahr

My Life With Groucho by Arthur Marx

Issue 169 The Story of Television

The Story of Television by George Everson

Philo T. Farnsworth by Donald G. Godfrey

The Last Lone Inventor by Evan I. Schwartz

The Boy Genius and The Mogul by Daniel Stashower

Issue 168 Legendary Actress

Baby Doll: An Autobiography by Carroll Baker

Elsa Lanchester, Herself by Elsa Lanchester

There Really Was A Hollywood by Janet Leigh

Life Is A Banquet by Rosiland Russell

On the Other Hand by Fay Wray

Issue 167 Silver Screen Legends

Burt Lancaster by Kate Buford

James Stewart by Donald Dewey

Robert Mitchum by Lee Server

Haunted Idol by Geoffrey Wansell

Marvin: The Story of Lee Marvin by Donald Zec

Issue 166 Legendary Directors

Between Flops by James Curtis

Print the Legend by Scott Eyman

A Talent for Trouble by Jan Herman

Howard Hawks by Todd McCarthy

John Huston by William F. Nolan

Issue 165 Actors' Memories

Company of Heroes by Harry Carey, Jr.

Stunt Man by Yakima Canutt & Oliver Drake

I Was That Masked Man by Clayton Moore & Frank Thompson

Happy Trails by Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

My Days With Errol Flynn by Wiles & Donati

Issue 164 The Classic Comedians

Keaton by Rudi Blesh

The Abbott & Costello Story by Cox & Lofflin

Harold Lloyd: The Man On the Clock by Tom Dardis

The Three Stooges by Michael Fleming

Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy by John McCabe

Issue 163 Memoirs of legendary directors

The Name Above the Title by Frank Capra

A Mad, Mad, Mad World by Stanley Kramer

Josh by Josh Logan

Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges

Each Man in His Time by Raoul Walsh

Issue 162 Legends of Rock 'n' Roll

Colonel Tom Parker by James L. Dickerson

Baby, That Was Rock & Roll by Robert Palmer

He's A Rebel by Mark Ribowsky

Les Paul by Mary Alice Shaughnessy

Music Man by Wade & Picardie

Issue 161 Jazz Legends

Billie's Blues by John Chilton

Celebrating Bird by Gary Giddens

Unforgettable by Leslie Gouse

Dead Man Blues by Phil Pastras

Issue 160 Silver screen legends

Cagney by John McCabe

Bogart by Jeffrey Meyers

Gary Cooper by Jeffrey Meyers

John Wayne by Randy Roberts

Clark Gable by Jane Ellen Wayne

Issue 159 Automotive Legends

More Than They Promised by Thomas E. Bonsall

Chrysler by Vincent Curcio

Sloan Rules by David Farber

Ford: The Men and the Machine by Robert Lacey

The Deal Maker by Axel Madsen

Issue 158 A look at books

At Random by Bennett Cerf

Book Business by Jason Epstein

Warmly Inscribed by Michael & Nancy Goldstone

Another Life by Michael Korda

The Business of Books by Andre Schiffrin

Issue 157 Fantastic writers

Dreams of Exile by Ian Bell

Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus... by Walter M. Brasch

Jack London by Alex Kershaw

L. Frank Baum by Katherine M. Rogers

Ruyard Kipling by Harrry Ricketts

Issue 156 Journalist memoirs

On Camera by Hugh Downs

A Life on the Road by Charles Kuralt

So Long Until Tomorrow by Lowell Thomas

You Should Have Been Here Yesterday by Garrick Utley

Issue 155 Controversial writers

Let It Blurt by Jim DeRogatis

Literary Outlaw by Ted Morgan

Mr. Mike by Dennis Perrin

Fear and Loathing by Paul Perry

Issue 154 Media Memoirs

That's NOT All Folks! by Blanc & Bashe

My Life As A 10-Year-Old Boy by Nancy Cartwright

Barney Fife... by Knotts & Metz

Inside the Prisoner by Ian Rakoff

Get A Life! by Shatner & Kreski

Issue 153 Journalist memoirs

My Times by John Corry

Boxing the Kangaroo by Robert J. Donovan

Moving Violations by John Hockenberry

Good Evening Everybody by Lowell Thomas

Issue 152 Animation Giants

The Walter Lantz Story by Joe Adamson

The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass by Rick Goldschmidt

The Hand Behind the Mouse by Iwerks & Kenworthy

Walt in Wonderland by Merritt & Kaufman

The Moose That Roared by Keith Scott

Issue 151 Transportation

America On Wheels by Coffey & Layden

No Hands by Crown & Coleman

Home on the Road by Roger B. White

Outlaw Machine by Brock Yates

Issue 150 Book People

Shakespeare & Company by Sylvia Beach

Slighty Chipped by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone

Old Books, Rare Friends by Rostenberg & Stern

Bookstore by Lynne Tillman

A Degree of Mastery by Annie Tremmel Wilcox

Issue149 Masters of horror

Bram Stoker by Barbara Belford

H. P. Lovecraft by L. Sprague de Camp

Edgar Allan Poe by Jeffrey Meyers

Prisim of the Night by Katherine Ramsland

Midnight Deary by John Evangelist Walsh

Issue 148 The history of plastic

Tupperware by Allison J. Clarke

Plastic by Stephen Fenichell

Pioneer Plastic by Rober Fridel

American Plastic by Jeffrey I. Meikle

Issue 147 Tabloid Journalism

It's Alive by Steven Cuozzo

Poison Pen by Moskowitz-Mateu & LaFontaine

Current Affairs by Povich & Gross

Hard Times by Chris Simunek

Issue 146 Business Leaders

Citizen Turner by Robert & Gerald Goldberg

Richard Branson by Tim Jackson

The Rise and Rise of David Geffen by Stephen Singular

Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young

Issue 145 A look at Amelia Earhart

East to the Dawn by Susan Butler

Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved by Elgen M. & Marie K. Long

Whistle Like a Bird by Sally Putnam &

Amelia Earhart: A Biography by Doris L. Rich

Issue 144 Writers biographies

Ben Hecht by William MacAdams

Louis L'Amour: His Life and Trails by Robert Phillips

Irwin Shaw by Michale Shnayerson

The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler by H. Allen Smith

Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner by Jonathan Yardley

Issue 143 Jazz Masters

Satchmo by Gary Giddin

Lush Life by David Hajdu

Suits Me by Diane Wood Middlebrook

Charlie Parker by Carl Woideck

Issue 142 Writers' memoirs

Inside Out by Walter Bernstein

When the Century Was Young by Dee Brown

Being Red by Howard Fast

Writing Was Everything by Alfred Kazin

Issue 141 The history of the record industry

Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records by Rob Bowman

Spinning Blues Into Gold by Nadine Cohodas

The Story of Chess Records by John Collis

Jelly Rool. Bix, and Hoagy by Rick Kennedy

Little Labels - Big Sound by Kennedy & McNutt

Issue 140 A look at Mark Twain

My Mark Twain by William Dean Howells

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography by Justin Kaplan

Mark Twain A to Z by R. Kent Rasmussen

White Town Drowsing by Ron Powers

Issue 139 The movie masters

Kubrick: A Biography by John Baxter

Mythmaker: Life and Times of George Lucas by John Baxter

Roger Corman by Beverly Gray

Tim Burton by Ken Hanke

Spielberg by Frank Sanello

Issue 138 The history of Jazz

Milestones of Jazz by Linton Chiswick

Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow

The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia

Black Bottom Stop by Jasen & Jones

Kansas City and All That's Jazz edited by The Kansas City Jazz Muesuem

Issue 137 SF Masters

The Twinkling of an Eye by Brian W. Aldiss

I. Asimov by Isaac Asimov

Once Aronund the Bloch by Robert Bloch

Time & Chance by L. Sprague de Camp

The Way the Future Was by Frederik Pohl

Issue 136 Cult Stars

Lon Chaney by Michael Blake

Speeding Bullet by Jan Alan Henderson

Hollywood Kryptonite by Sam Kasner & Nancy Schoenberger

Dear Boris by Cynthia Lindsay

Vincent Price by Victoria Price

Issue 135 The Classic Comedians

Frame Up: The Untold Story of Roscoe "Fatty Arbuckle by Andy Edmonds

Groucho: The Life and Time of Juliue Henry Marx by Stefan Kanfer

Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W.C. Fields by Simon Louvish

Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase by Marion Meade

Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin by Joyce Milton

Issue 134 Technological stories

IBM Redux by Doug Garr

Silicon Boys and Their Valley of Dreams by David A. Kaplan

The Plot to Get Bill Gates by Gary Rivlin

High Noon by Karen Southwick

Issue 133 Secret Agents

The Prisoner: A Televisionary Masterpiece by Curroze & Oswald

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book by John Heitland

The Essential Bond by Preiffer & Worrall

The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier by Patrick J. White

Issue 132 Tales of technology

The Nudist on the Late Shift by Po Bronson

Digital Babylon by John Geirland & Eva Sonesh-Kedar

Joystick Nation by J. C. Herz

Geeks by Jon Katz

Net Slaves by Bill Lessard & Steve Baldwin

Issue 131 Pop Culture Eats

Selling 'Em by the Sack by David Gerard Hogan

McDonald's by John Love

Got Milk?: The Book by Jeff Manning

Popped Culture by Andrew F. Smith

Spam: A Biography by Carolyn Wyman

Issue 130 The History of Animation

The Fleischer Story by Leslie Cabarga

Felix by John Canemaker

Walt Disney's Fantasia by John Culhane

Of Mice and Magic by Leonard Maltin

Disney's Art of Animation by Bob Thomas

Issue 129 Cartoonists Memoirs

The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino by Infantino & Spurlock

Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee by Lee & Mair

Bizarro Among the Savages by Don Piraro

A Life in Comic Fandom by Bill Schelly

Man of Two Worlds by Julius Schwartz & Brian M. Thomsen

Issue 128 Creators of animation

Tex Avery by Joe Adamson

Remembering Walt by Amy & Howard Green

Good Grief by Rheta Grimsley Johnson

Chuck Jones by Hugh Kenner

The Great Cartoon Directors by Jeff Lenburg

Issue 127 The Master of Mystery

John Dickson Carr by Douglas G. Greene

Agatha Christie by Gillian Gill

Alias S. S. Van Dine by John Laughery

Ross Macdonald by Tom Nolan

Teller of Tales by Daniel Stashower

Issue 126 The history of radio

Active Radio by Jeff Land

Empire on the Air by Tom Lewis

The Sound and The Story by Thomas Looker

The Great American Broadcast by Leonard Maltin

Raised on Radio by Gerald Nachman

Issue 125 The movie masters

James Whale by James Curtis

Stanley Kubrick: A Biography by Vincent Libratto

Steven Spielberg: A Biography by Joseph McBride

Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast by Patrick McGiligan

Dark Carnival: Secret World of Todd Browning by Skal & Savoda

Issue 124 Female avaitors

Soaring Above Setbacks by Bragg & Kris

East to the Dawn by Susan Butler

Amelia Earhart's Daughters by Haynsworth & Toomy

Queen Bess by Doris L. Rich

Daughter of the Air by Rob Simbeck

Issue 123 The History of Science Fiction

Trillion Year Spree by Brian Aldiss & David Wingrove

Pioneers of Wonder by Eric Leif Davin

Alternate Worlds by James Gunn

Ages of Wonders by David G. Hartwell

The World Beyond the Hill by Alexi & Cory Pashin

Issue 122 The History of the Space Program

Reaching for the Stars by Peter Bond

The Apollo Adventure by Jeffrey Kluger

Back in Orbit by Montgomery & Gaffney

Moon Shot by Shepard, Slayton, Barbree & Benedict

Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8 by Robert Zimmerman

Issue 121 The computer industry

Inventing the Internet by Janet Abbate

Accidental Empires by Robert X. Cringely

Fire in the Valley by Freiberger & Swaine

Apple Confidential by Owen W. Linzmayer

ENIAC by Scott McCartney

Issue 120 The makers of horror movies

Flying Through Hollywood By the Seat of My Pants by Arkoff & Trumbo

Step Right Up by William Castle

How I Made 100 Movies by Corman & Jerome

All I Need To Know About Filmmaking... by Kaufman & Gunn

Dark Visions by Stanley Winter

Issue 119 The business of entertainment

The Gross by Peter Bart

Fast Forward by James Lardner

Game Over by David Sheff

The Entertainment Economy by Michael J. Wolf

Issue 118 The genre writers

Raymond Chandler by Tom Hiney

Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycott

Rex Stout by John McAleer

Red Hot Typewriter by Hugh Merrill

Hammett by William F. Nolan

Issue 117 A look at Mark Twain

Lighting Out for the Century by Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Inventing Mark Twain by Andrew Hoffman

Mark Twain by Richard B. Lyttle

Dangerous Water by Ron Powers

Issue 116 About Science Fiction

The Making of Kubrick's 2001 edited by Jerome Agel

Yesterday's Tomorrow by Joseph Corn & Brian Horrigan

The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch

The Unauthorized Star Wars Compendium by Ted Edwards

Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels by David Pringle

Issue 115 Memoirs of people with the right stuff

Countdown by Frank Borman & Robert J. Serling

The Last Man on the Moon by Cenan & Davis

John Glenn: A Memoir by John Glenn & Nick Taylor

The Wrong Stuff by John Moore

Yeager by Chuck Yeager & Leo Janus

Issue 114 The average American diet

Secret Fromula by Frederick Allen

Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast

Selling 'Em by the Sack by Kavid Hogan

Crisis In Candyland by Jan Pottker

Pure Ketchup by Andrew F. Smith

Issue 113 The technology that changed our lives

Apple by Jim Carlton

We Were Buring by Bob Johnston

Nerds 2.0.0: A Brief History of the Internet by Stephen Segaller

Forbes Greatest Technology Stories by Jeffrey Young

Issue 112 Computers, Internet, Xerox, and Apple

Computer by Campbell-Kelley & Aspray

Where Wizards Stary Up Late by Hafner & Lyon

Dealers In Lightning by Michael Hitlzik

Infinite Loop by Michael S. Malone

Turing and the Computer by Paul Strathern

Issue 111 The genius of Alfred Hitchcock

Vertigo by Dan Auiler

Psycho by Janet Leigh & Christopher Nickens

Alfred Hitchcock by Stephen Rebello

Hitch by John Russell Taylor

The Dark Side of Genius by Donald Spoto

Issue 110 The making of classic sci-fi

Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Companion by Neil Gaiman

The Battle of Brazil: Terry Gilliam v. Universal by Jack Matthews

Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon

Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam & Munchausen Saga by Andrew Yule

Issue 109 Cartoon icons we love

Bugs Bunny by Jon Adamson

Saturday Morning Fever by Timothy & Kevin Burke

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Book by Louis Chunovic

Batman: The Complete History by Les Daniels

Batman Animated by Paul Dini & Chipp Kidd

Issue 108 The communicators

Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg

Firebrand by Tom Dardis

A Creed for My Profession: Walter Williams by Ronald T. Farrar

William Linsday White by E. Jay Jernigan

Genius In Disguise by Thomas Kunkel

Issue 107 A look at the print entertainment

The Merchants of Venus by Paul Grescoe

Theirs Was the Kingdom by John Heidenry

The Franchise by Michael MacCambridge

Inside MS. by Mary Thom

Issue 106 Memoirs of editors and publishers

In the Web of Ideas by Charles Scribner, Jr.

If You Don't Laugh... by Matty Simmons

A Love Affair With Life & Smithsonian by Edward K. Thompson

The Best Seat in the House by Pat Weaver & Thomas Coffey

Issue 105 The technology that chaged our lives

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh by Steven Levy

House of Invention by David Lindsay

Crystal Fire by Rordan & Hodeson

Engines of the Mind by Joel Shurkin

The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage

Issue 104 The scientists who changed the world

Edison: Inventing the Century by Neil Baldwin

Tesla: Man out of Time by Margaret Cheney

Albert Einstein: A Biography by Albert Folsing

Alexander Graham Bell: A Biography by James Mackay

Issue 103 A look at Star Trek

The Star Trek Interview Book by Allan Asherman

The Secrets fo Star Trek: Insurrection by Terry J. Erdmann

The Art of Star Trek by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Star Trek Memoires by Wm Shatner & Chris Kreski

Issue 102 Technology memoirs

Extra Life: Coming of Age in Cyberspace by David S. Bennahum

Release 2.1 by Esther Dyson

Deeper: My Life on the Net by John Seabrook

Cyberia: Life in the Trenches by Douglas Ruskoff

Issue 101 Motor Memoirs

Roadster by Chris Goodrich

Rebuilding the Indian by Fred Haefele

Driving to Detroit by Lesley Hazelton

Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride by Gary Paulsen

Issue 100 A look at the worlds of Oz

The Munchkins of Oz by Steve Cox

The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmzeta

Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum by Michael O. Riely

The Wizardy of Oz by Jay Scarfone & William Stillman

The Ruby Slippers of Ox by Rhys Thomas

Issue 99 Boomer Icons

DC Comics: 60 Years... by Les Daniels

Superman: The Complete History by Les Daniels

Batman Collected by Chip Kidd

GI Joe: The Complete History by John Michlig

Issue 98 Writers of the fantistic

J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter

Remember the Laughter by Neil A. Grauer

Dr. Seuess & Mr. Geisel by Judith & Neil Morgan

J. K. Rowling by Sean Smith

Roald Dahl by Jeremy Treglawn

Issue 97 Master writers of the fantastic

Bigger than Life by Marilyn Cannaday

Robert A. Heinlein by H. Bruce Franklin

Dark Valley Destiny by de Camps & Griffen

The Futurians by Damon Knight

Tarzan Forever by John Taliaferro

Issue 96 The Beatles...

A Cellarful of Noise by Brain Epstein & Derek Taylor

With A Little Help From my Friends by George Martin & Wm Pearson

The Beatles Movies by Bob Neaverson

A Hard Day's Write by Steve Turner

Issue 95 A look at business

In Sam We Trust by Bob Ortega

Remembering Woolworth's Karen Plunkett-Powell

The Rain on Macy's Parade by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial by John Vidal

Issue 94 A look at the creators of Star Trek

Great Birds of the Galaxy by Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman

Patrick Stewart by James Hatfield & George Burt

Captain Quirk by Dennis William Hauck

The Man Who Created Star Trek by James Van Hise

Issue 93 The world of Disney

The Mickey Mouse Watch by Heide & Gilman

Mouse Tales by David Koenig

Disney's World by Leonard Mosley

Building A Company by Bob Thomas

The Magic Kingdom by Steven Watts

Issue 92 A look at Star Trek

Star Trek: Action! by Terry J. Erdmann

Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation by Yvonne Fern

Star Trek Phase II: The Lost Series by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Inside Star Trek: The Real Story by Herbert F. Solow & Robert H. Justman

On the Good Ship Enterprise: My 15 Years With Star Trek by Bjo Trimble

Issue 91 Memoirs of the comedians

Name-Dropping by Alan King

...And Jerry Mathers as "The Beaver" by Jerry Mathers & Herb Fagan

Love, Alice by Aurey Meadows & Joe Daley

Pryor Convinctions and Other Life Sentences by Richard Pryor & Todd Gold

Take My Life, Please by Henny Youngman & Neal Karlen

Issue 90 A look at technology

Machine Beauty by David Gelernter

The Story of Libraries by Fred Lerner

Digital Nomad by Makimoto & Manners

Remaking the World by Henry Petroski

Route 128 by Rosegrant & Lampin

Issue 89 The memoirs of cartoonist

My Life in Toons by Joe Barbera

Talking Animals and Other People by Shamus Culhane

Good Days and MAD by Dick DeBartolo

A Cast of Friends by Bill Hanna & Tom Ito

Chuck Amuck by Chuck Jones

Issue 88 A look at BATMAN

Barris TV & Movie Cars by George Barris & David Fetherston

From Ballett to the Batcave and Beyond by Yvonne Craig

Batman & Me by Bob Kane

Boy Wonder by Burt Ward & Stanley Ralph Ross

Back to the Batcave by Adam West & Jeff Rovin

Issue 87 Memoirs of journalists

From Bostwana to the Bering Sea by Thomas Y. Canby

Looking for Trouble by Leslie Cockburn

A reporter's Life by Walter Cronkite

"Reporters" by Will Fowler

Five Seconds to Air by Bob Losure

Issue 86 A look at books

The Joy of Books by Eric Burns

The Book In America by Richard W. Clement

Used and Rare by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone

Booknotes by Brian Lamb

Inventing the Truth edited by William Zinsser

Issue 85 A look at doing business

Titan by Ron Chernow

The Billionaire Shell Game by L. J. Davis

I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke by David Greising

Crisis in Candyland by Jan Pottker

The Microsoft File by Wendy Goldman Rohm

Issue 84 Memoirs of space

Men from Earth by Buzz Aldrin & Malcolm McConnell

Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.

Lost Moon by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger

Deke - U.S. Manned Space Program by Donald K. "Deke" Slayton & Michael Cassutt

Managing Martins by Donna Shirley & Danelle Morton

Issue 83 A look at comic books

Over 50 Years of American Comic Books by Ron Goulart

Serious Business by Stefan Kanfer

All In Color For A Dime edited by Dick Lupoff & Don Thompson

Kitchen Sink Press by Dave Schreiner

Comic Book Rebels by Stanely Wiafer & Stephen R. Bissette

Issue 82 Technology of change

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates by Jennifer Edstrom & Marlin Eller

And That's the Way it Will Be by Christopher Harper

aol.com by Kara Swisher

Speeding the Net by Joshua Quittner & Michell Statalla

Burn Rate by Michael Wolff

Issue 81 The creators of popular cinema

Star Trek Creator by David Alexander

Rod Serling by Joel Engel

Nightmares of Ecstacy by Rudolph Carey

George Lucas by Chris Salewicz

Walt Dinsey by Bob Thomas

Issue 80 A Look at Comic Books and Comics

Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades by Les Daniels

The Funnies: 100 Years of American Comic Strips by Ron Goulart

America's Greatest Comic Strip Artists by Richard Marschall

Completely MAD: A History by Maria Reidelbach

Comic Books and America, 1945 - 1954 by Wm W. Savage, Jr.

Issue 79 The rememberances of Science Fiction writers

Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters edited by Stanley Asimov

Astounding Days by Arthur C.Clarke

The Motion of Life in Water, Sex and SF Writing by Samuel R. Delany

Over My Shoulder: Reflection on a Science Fiction Era by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach

Wonder's Child: My Life in SF by Jack Williamson

Issue 78 The shows we loved

Zorro Unmasked: The Official History by Sandra Curtis

The Night Stalker Companion by Mark Dawidiziak

The Official Godzilla Compendium by Lees & Cerasini

The Avengers & Me by Patrick Macnee & Dave Rogers

Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet

Issue 77 The business of the toy industries

Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story by Handler & Shannon

G.I. Joe:Story Behind the Legend by Levin & Michlig

From Workshop to Toy Store by Levy & Weingartner

Toy War by G. Wayne Miller

Star Wars: From Concept to Screen to Collectible by Stephen J. Sansweet

Issue 76 A look at Star Trek

Trek Navigator by Altman & Gross

Future Perfect by Jeff Greenwald

All the Other Things I Really... by David Marinaccio

Star Trek Concordance by Bjo Trimble

The Best of Enterprise Incidents edited by James van Hise

Issue 75 The memoirs of our favorite Classic Trek actors

Beam Me Up, Scotty by James Doohan & Peter David

Warped Factors by Walter Koenig

Beyond Uhura by Nichelle Nichols

To the Stars by George Takei

The Longest Trek by Grace Lee Whitney & Jim Denney

Issue 74 A look at computers

Jamming the Media by Gareth Brawyn

Dictionary of the World Wide Web by Cynthia B. Leshin

Tales from the Tech Line edited by David Pouge

Data Smog by David Shenk

Hypertext by Ilana Synder

Issue 73 The producers of Hollywood

Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince by Marc Eliot

Gene Roddenberry by Joel Engel

Pufnstuff & Other Stuff by David Martindale

Skywalking: Life and Films of George Lucas by Dale Pollock

Serling by George F. Sander

Issue 72 A look at Hollywood

Reel Life in Hollywood Movie Sets by May Wale Brown

Round Up the Usual Suspects by Aljean Harmetz

Talking Pictures by Shorris & Bundy

Music for the Movies by Tony Thomas

The Encyclopedia of Novels into Films by Tibbets & Welsh

Issue 71 A look at the writers of science fiction

Isaac Asimov by James Gunn

Roger Zelazny by Theodor Krulik

Philip K. Dick by Douglas A. Mackey

Lester Dent: The Man, His Craft and His Market by M. Martin McCarey-Laird

Jack Vance edited by Underwood & Miller

Issue 70 Writers of the fantastic

Stephen King: America's Best-Loved Boogeyman by George Beahm

Bigger than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage by Marilyn Cannaday

J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carter

Dean Knootz by Katherine Ramsland

Divine Invasion by Lawrence Sutin

Issue 69 A look at favorite sci-fi

George Lucas: Lucasfilm's First 25 Years by Charles Champlin

STtNG Sketch Book: The Movies by Evans & Dillard

Babylon 5: The Coming of the Shadows by Jane Killick

The Complete Avengers by Dave Rogers

Sci Fi TV: Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine by James Van Hise

Issue 68 Memoirs of renowned actors

Endlesss Highway by David Carradine

Warped Factors: A Neurotic's Guide to the Universe by Walter Koenig

Blind in One Ear: The Avenger Returns by Patrick Macnee & Marie Cameron

When Do I Start? by Karl Malden & Carla Malden

I Think I'm Outta of Here by Carrol O'Conner

Issue 67 A look at pop culture icons

TV Sets by Mark Bennet

The Big Book of Big Little Books by Sorden & Posner

TV's Biggest Hits by Jon Burlingame

Ultra Lunge: The Lexicon of Easy Listening by Dyaln Jones

Lost In Space: Pop Culture and Space Adventures by Mark Cotta Vaz

Issue 66 Memoirs of business people

On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple by Amello & Simon

WallStreet.Com: Fat Cat Investing by Andrew D. Klien

If You Don't Buy This Book... by Matty Simmons

Managing Ingatius: The Lucancy of Lucky Dogs by Jerry E. Strahan

The Best Seat In the House by Weaver & Coffey

Issue 65 A look at pop culture

The Complete Cross-Reference Guide... by Gasline & Porter

What Were They Thinking: Marketing Lessons... by McMath & Forbes

Retro Hell: Life in the 70s & 80s by Darby Romeo

The Von Hoffman Bros. Big Damn Book... by Tim & Brant Von Hoffman

Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, The Times by Bill Vosler

Issue 64 A look at sci-fi favorites

The Making of Lost In Space by Pat Cadigan

Star Trek Fans & Costume Art by Heaterh R. Joesph-Witham

Babylon 5: Season by Seanson, Signs & Portents by Jane Killick

Star Trek Voyager: A Vision of the Future by Stephen Edward Poe

Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fans & Zine History by J. M. Verba

Issue 63 The Worlds of Science Fiction

No Strings Attached... by Matt Bacon

Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Sf Art by Vincent DiFate

Star Trek Ecny (revised & expanded) by Michael & Denis Okuda

The Marvel Universe by Peter Sanderson

ILM: Into teh Digital Realm by Mark Cotta Vaz & Patricia Rose Dnignan

Issue 62 A look at American Culture

Gas Stations: Landmarks... by Henderson & Benjamin

Selling'em by the Sack: Whie Castle... by David Derard Hogan

The American Drive-In Movie Theater by Daon& Susan Sanders

Pepsi: 100 Years by Bob Stoddard

Drive-In Delux by Michael Karl Witzel

Issue 61 The scientists who changed our society

Marshall McLuhan...by W. Terrence Gordon

Wizard of the Dome: R. Buckminister Fuller by Sidney Rosen

Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikoa Tesla by Marc J.Seifer

Edison in Flordia by Olay Thulesius

Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush... by G. Pascal Zachary

Issue 60 Some sci-fi favorites

Blake's 7: The Programme Guide by Tony Atwood

Quantium Leap: A to Z by Julie Barret

The A to Z Guide to Babylon 5 by David Bassom

The Babylon File byAndy Lane

The Completely Useless Star Trek Guide by Lyons & Howarth

Issue 59 A look at the Internet

Rules of the Net: Online Operating Instructions... by Mandel & Leun

The Emperor's Virtual Clothes... by Inty W. Moore

Cybergrrl! by Alza Sherman

Voices of the Net by Clay Sharky

Issue 58 A personal look at technology

Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age by Esther Dyson

Cyberville: Clicks, Culture & the Creation... by Stacy Horn

Hamlet on the Holodeck by Janet H. Murray

Close to the Machine by Ellen Ullman

Issue 57 A look at crime

My Dark Places by James Ellroy

Bitter Harvest by Ann Rule

The Union Station Massacre by Robert Unger

The Gang They Couldn't Catch by Debra Weyermann

Issue 56 Out favorite comedy shows

Call Me Lumpy by Bank and Twyman

Gilligan, Maynard and Me by Bob Denver

Just Farr Fun by Farr & Kaiser

Here On Gilligan's Island by Johnson & Cox

Growing Up Brady by Williams & Kreski

Issue 55 Howard Hughes and other billionaires

Howard Hughes: The Untold Story by Brown & Braeske

Of Perment Value by Andrew Kilpatrick

The Passions of Howard Hughes by Moore & Rivers

Painfully Rich by John Pearson

The Money by Phelan & Chester

Issue 54 A delightful collection of trivia

Not So!: Popular Myths About Americans by Paul F. Boller, Jr.

Bizarro Facts & Radical EArthlings by Tracy Stephen Burroughs

New Moments in Science #1 by Dr. Earl Druszelnicki

Lucy Bones, Sacred Stones & Einstien's Brain by Harvey Rachlin

Issue 53 Personal memoirs

Good Lands by Bruce Bair

Going to Ground by Amy Blackman

Blessed Toots & Tender Juice by Dan Henry

Wait till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Crystal Sets and Satellite Service by Joe H. Vaughan

Issue 52 Rock and Roll and what went on

Moguls & Madman by Jory Farr

The Mansion on the Hill by Fred Goodman

Bootleg by Clinton Heylin

Rhino History of Rock n Roll: The 70s by Eric Lefcowitz

MTV: The Making of a Revolution by Tom McGrath

Issue 51 The memoirs of journalists

Live from the Battlefield by Peter Arnet

Meet the Press by Rick Ball & NBC News

China Live by Mike Chinoy

Nightline: History in the Making by Ted Koppel & Kyle Gibson

The Mark by Jacques Leslie

Issue 50 A look at the worlds of sci-fi

Ackerman's World of SF by Forrest J. Ackerman

Empire Building by Garry Jenkins

Saucer Attack! by Eric & Leif Nesheim

The Joy of Trek by Sam Ramer

That's All Folks! by Steve Schneider

Issue 49 A look at the computer industry

Apple: The Inside Story by Jim Carlton

Microsoft Secrets by Cusmano & Selby

Inside Intel by Jim Jackson

Going Public by Michael S. Malone

The Difference Between God & Larry Ellison by Mike Wilson

Issue 48 Money and business

Why Didn't I Thinkof That? by Freeman & Godden

The Complete Book of Greed by M. Hirsh Goldberg

How Con Games Work by M. Allen Henderson

Traders' Tale by Ron Insana

Rorbes: Great Minds of Business edited by Gretchen Morgenson

Issue 47 A look at communications

Suck: Worst-Case Scenarios by Anuff & Cox

Publishing Books edited by Dennis, LeMay, Pease

The Book in the United States edited by Graham & Abel

Zines! Vol. 2 edited by V. Vale

Hot Wired Style by Jeffrey Veen

Issue 46 Sci-Fi and animaiton

Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Guide by Howarth & Lyones

The Disney Films by Leonard Maltin

Speed Racer by Elizabeth Moran

The Simpsons edited by Richmond & Coffman

The Official Prisoner Guide by White & Ali

Issue 45 The writers who made an impact

The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by John Dickson Carr

H. P. Lovecraft: A Biography by L. Sprague de Camp

H. G.: The History of Mr. Wells by Michael Foot

Jules Verne: An Exploratory Biography by Herbert R. Lottman

Orwell: The Authorized Biography by Michael Shelden

Issue 44 How the classics were made

The Prisoner: A Televisionary Masterpiece by Carraze & Oswald

George Lucas: The Creative Impluse, The First 20 Years by Charles Champlin

The Wonderful World of Disney TV by Bill Cotter

The Making of Oz by Steve Cox

The Disney That Never Was by Charles Solomon

Issue 43 Business and those who made a change

Ben & Jerry's Double Dip by Cohen & Greenfield

Nuts!: Southwest Airlines by Kevin & Jackie Frieberg

Mouse Under Glass by David Koenig

The Burger King by James W. McLamore

Pour Your Heart Into It by Schultz & Young

Issue 42 The best of sci-fi

The Making of Star Trek First Contact by Ander, Nemecek, Spelling

Creating Babylon 5 by David Bassom

2001: Filming the Future by Piers Bizony

STtNG: The Continuing Mission by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

From Star Wars to Indiana Jones by Voz & Harts

Issue 41 Publishing, collecting, & surfing

How to Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book by Tony C. Caputo

Spasm by Athur Kriker

Collecting SF & Fantasy by Gary Lovisi

Zines! Vol. 1 edited by V. Vale

Net Sci-Fi by Michael Wolff, et al

Issue 40 An all country issue

Rough Mix by Jimmy Bowen & Jim Jerome

Music City Babylon by Scott Faragher

Three Chords and the Truth by Laurence Leamer

Life In the Kornfield by Sam Lovullo & Marc Eliot

That's Alright Elvis by Scotty Moore & James Dickerson

Issue 39 A look at different forms of communications

The Graphic Works of M. C. Escher translated by John E. Bringham

Dangerous Drawings edited by Andrea Juno

Start Your Own Zine by Veronkia Kalmar

Mind Gernades Manifestos... edited by Plunkett & Rosetto

Mondo 2000 edited by Rucker, Sirus, Mondo

Issue 38 Disney Issue

Building A Dream by Beth Dunlop

The Disney Touch by Ron Grover

Walt Disney Imagineering by The Imagineers

The Disney Version by Richard Shickel

Disney Art of Aniamation by Bob Thomas

Issue 37 Old time baseball

Honus Wagner by Dennis & Jeanne DeValeria

Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball by Harry Fromer

I Was Right On Time by Buck O'Neil

The Power and the Darkness by Mark Ribowsky

Cobb by Al Stump

Issue 36 The memoirs of journalists

I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me by Jimmy Breslin

Everyone Is Entitled to My Opinion by David Brinkley

Leaving Home by Art Buchwald

A Bus of My Own by Jim Leher

I Never Had A Best-Seller by Jacob Steinberg

Issue 35 Famous people from the midwest

I Never Met A Man I Didn't Like by Joseph H. Carter

Growing Up With My Grandfather by Clifton Truman Daniel

They Married Adventure by Pascal & Elenor Impertor

Bob Dole by Jake H. Thompson

Lost Star by Patricia Lauher

Issue 34 Women who have made a change

Lucille Ball by Kathleen Brady

Whistled Like A Bird by Sally P. Chapman & Stepheanie Mansfeld

After All by Mary Tyler Moore

Amelia Earhart by Doris L. Rich

Inside MS by Mary Thom

Issue 33 Different types of communicators

A User's Guide to the Millennium by J. G. Ballard

With William Burroughs by Victor Bockris

McLuhan for Beginners by W. Terrance Gordon

Chaos and Cyber Culture by Timothy Leary

Being Frank by Nigey Lennon

Issue 32 A sci-fi issue

Captain's Log Supplemental by Gross & Altman

Star Trek Chronology by Michale & Denise Okuda

A Trekkers Guide to the Future by Jeffrey B. Synder

Trek: The Printed Adventures by James Van Hise

Trek: The Unauthorized Behind-the-Scenes by James Van Hise

Issue 31 A look at the sciences

Yes, We Have No Neutrons by A. K. Dewdney

Bots: The Origins of New Species by Andrew Leonard

Allergic to the 20th Century by Peter Radetaky

Playing the Future by Dougals Rushkoff

The Culture of Surveillance by William G. Staples

Issue 30 Memoirs of Hollywood

Odd Man Out by Edward Dmytryk

Harry King, Director by King, Shepard, Perry

Legends by Tom Stakes

Birth of the Motion Picture by Emmaulle Taulet

Issue 29 Sci-fi issue

The Nitpicker's Guide for DS9 Trekkers by Phil Farrand

The World of Star Trek by David Gerrold

Captains' Log by Gross & Altman

Sci-Fi On Tape by James O'Neil

Batmania by James Van Hise

Issue 28 Star Trek issue

The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman

"The Touble With Tribbles" by David Gerrold

Chekov's Enterprise by Walter Koenig

Trek: The Unauthorized A to Z by Shuster & Rathbone

Trek: Behind the Scenes of the Next Generation by James Van Hise

Issue 23 History of business

Blue Sky Dreams: A Memoir by David Beers

Probhibition by Edward Behr

Executive Blues by G. J. Meyer

Changing the Focus by Alecia Swasy

Beer Blast by Philip Van Munching

Issue 6 The materials and technology of our world

The Pinball Effect by James Burke

Plastic by Stephen Fenichell

Zipper by Robert Friedel

Birds of Prey by Matthew Lynn

American Steel by Richard Preston

Issue 5 Our favorite cartoons

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Book by Lauis Chunovic

DC Comics by Les Dainels

Batman Collected by Chip Kidd

The Comic Book by Paul Sassienie

Comic Book Heroes on the Screen by William Schoell

Issue 4 The printed word and the silicon chip

The Book In America by Richard W. Clement

The Microprosser by Michael S. Malone

How to Write by Richard Rhodes

24 Hours in Cyberspace created by Smolan & Erwitt

Hal's Legacy by edited David G. Stark

Issue 3 Playing games and Elvis

What A Character by Dotz & Morton

Jeopardy! by Harry Eisenberg

Elvis Inc. by Sean O'Neal

Toyland by Stern & Schonenhaus

Palying By Different Rules by Ellen Wojahn

Issue 2 The memoirs of journalist

A Good Life by Ben Bradley

A Memoir by David Brinkley

I'll Always Have Paris! by Art Bulchwald

Moving Violations by John Hockenberry

Poison Pen by Moskowitz-Mateu & LaFontaine

Issue 1 All about nature

Weathering the Storm by Gary A. England

Smokescreen by Philip J. Hilts

A Garden of Unearthly Delights by Robin Mather

The Great Dinsaur Extinction Controversy by Officer & Page

The Last Harvest by Paul Raeburn

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