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Permission slips Permission slips Sherri Shepherd Covering topics such as "It's Jesus or Jail,""Marriage, the Hard Way,""Children: The Gift You Can't Give Back," and "All the Things I Don't Know...And All the Things I Definitely Do," stand-up comedi… OL13763335W
Why Do I Say These Things? Why Do I Say These Things? Jonathan Ross Scenes from life: anecdotal, wicked and witty. This is 'Wossy' in his own words and at his best.Irreverent, tangental, witty and outrageous, Jonathan Ross is our best-known television personality for… OL14937480W
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey Jean F. Blashfield A biography of the talk-show host who has used her popular television program to venture into publishing, music, movies, and education. OL15099649W
Meet Jim Henson Meet Jim Henson Susan Canizares Photographs and simple text introduce Jim Henson and the popular puppets he created. OL15129150W
Atravesando fronteras Atravesando fronteras Jorge Ramos After exploring the Latin American immigrant experience in "The Other Face of America," Ramos now explores his own immigrant experience via the passion that brought him to the United States: journali… OL16066129W
Joss Whedon Joss Whedon Amy Pascale "Follows [Whedon's] development from a creative child and teenager who spent years away from his family at an elite English public school, through his early successes--which often turned into frustra… OL19984275W
Even this I get to experience Even this I get to experience Norman Lear The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture, w… OL19984614W
Crane Crane Robert Crane "On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane, known to Hogan's Heroes fans as Colonel Hogan, was discovered brutally murdered in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment. His eldest son, Robert Crane, was called to the cr… OL20000684W
This just in This just in Bob Schieffer From one of television's most experienced, best-liked journalists comes up behind-the-scenes account of the news as you've never seen it before. Bob Schieffer started his reporting career in Texas wh… OL4777059W
Mustn't Grumble Mustn't Grumble Terry Wogan Written in a style familiar to his millions of listeners, rich with warmth and irony, Terry introduces his post-emergency Ireland, his chain-smoking maiden-aunts, his quick-witted mother and hard-wor… OL4830032W
Bob Newhart Bob Newhart David Paige A biography of the popular comedian who stars in his own television show and sometimes appears in serious dramatic roles in movies. OL5353362W
Tell me a story Tell me a story Don Hewitt "Don Hewitt is the most successful producer in the history of television news. In more than a half century with CBS News, he bas been responsible for many of America's greatest television moments, in… OL5479785W
Ken Burns's America Ken Burns's America Gary R. Edgerton "The Civil War. Baseball. Jazz. More than 150 million Americans have seen Ken Burns's documentaries chronicling their history on public television. With their signature blending of images, interviews… OL6092545W
The gatekeeper The gatekeeper Alfred R. Schneider "The former chief censor for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) chronicles the battles, controversies, and changes in taste and acceptance of network entertainment programs of three decades.". … OL7798287W
The real Grey's anatomy The real Grey's anatomy Andrew Holtz A behind-the-scenes look at the real lives of surgical residents, from the author of The Medical Science of House, M.D. Do surgeons talk about their sex lives while cutting a heart open? How do surg… OL8110313W
Billion-Dollar Kiss Billion-Dollar Kiss Jeffrey Stepakoff When Jeffrey Stepakoff was graduating with an MFA in playwriting, he imagined a life in the New York theater, wearing a beret and smoking clove cigarettes. Writing for the "boob tube" didn't even cro… OL8986545W