Radio / podcasts

This is a comprehensive encyclopedia to the more than 100 radio programs portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, heard by generations of listeners from the Great Depression through the Cold War era.

This critical reexamination of Amos 'n' Andy, the pioneering creation of Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden, presents an unapologetic but balanced view lacking in most treatments.

During the first half of the 20th century, radio's hunger for captivating characters and stories could not be sated.

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Who were the 35 actors that performed with stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in radio's The Abbott and Costello Show?

Quiz Kids was a network radio program that aired from 1940 to 1953 featuring smart children answering difficult questions submitted by listeners.

"e;Top 40"e; was the preeminent American radio format of the 1950s and 1960s.

What became of radio after its Golden Age ended about 1960?

The openings and closings to radio programs of all types, from comedies (Blondie, The Jack Benny Program, Lum and Abner) to mysteries (Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Black Chapel) to game shows (Can You Top This?

In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing.

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This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984.

Religious programming has been on the airwaves since broadcasting began, but today it is one of the fastest growing categories in radio.

From its inception in New York City, radio dramatically changed the city.

In July 1923, less than three years after Westinghouse station KDKA signed on, company engineer Frank Conrad began regular simulcasting of its programs on a frequency in the newly-discovered shortwave range.

This reference work contains exhaustive histories of 31 of network radio's most durable soap operas on the air between 1930 and 1960.

This book is the definitive guide to the film, stage, radio and television career of Kay Francis, one of the most glamorous stars from the golden age of Hollywood.

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This history of radio news reporting recounts and assesses the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed since the 1920s.

James Earl Jones voicing Darth Vader in Star Wars had a set of pipes a radio news anchor in the 1970s might envy.

'Full of glorious examples of caller wisdom [with] laugh-out-loud anecdotes' Allison PearsonHaving taken over 25,000 listener calls on his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime show, Jeremy Vine decided it was time to take stock of the wisdom his listeners have imparted over the airwaves.

The groundbreaking story of the BBC's first Black woman broadcaster - finally brought to light.

During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from being an experiment to virtually an art form.

For over half a century, Henry Blofeld has conveyed his unfailing enthusiasm for the game of cricket as a much loved broadcaster and journalist.

The Calmanifesto of Happiness'One of the kindest people I have ever met - a beautiful dancer and a beautiful person' Kevin Clifton'Be good, be kind, be more like Susan Calman' Kirstie Allsopp'Be kind to yourself - read this book, keep it on your bedside table or on your Kindle - even Kindle has the word kind in it' Sandi Toksvig'Full of wisdom and humour, with the soft underbelly of the profound' Fi Glover'It's a warm, funny and delightful book that is sure to cheer even the grumpiest curmudgeon in your life' Woman and HomeSusan Calman's enthusiasm at being on Strictly Come Dancing was an inspiration to all of us.

It's lucky you're here.

The jaw-dropping and joyful story of a life like no other - from one of Britain's best loved writers and actors'Funny, sad, totally no-holds-barred' The Scotsman'No life can really be all black, right?

**As seen in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Ghostbusters**Years before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L.

In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and failures of an ambitious one-man assault on one medium after another theatre, radio, film, television, even, at one point, ballet in each of which his radical and original approach opened up new directions and hitherto unglimpsed possibilities.

Football isn't life or death - it's much more serious than that.

Jude Angelini s tales of depravity are uncompromising, brutally honest and shocking.

The rhythmic lullaby of North Utsire, South Utsire has been lulling the nation s insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years.

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This early work by Stephen Vincent Benet was originally published in 1942 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEARSports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEARSports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.

As the Second World War raged throughout Europe, modernist writers often became crucial voices in the propaganda efforts of both sides.

As the Second World War raged throughout Europe, modernist writers often became crucial voices in the propaganda efforts of both sides.

A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species.

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories by Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman is a tie-in edition to the unique Sky Arts series starring a host of British acting talent led by Tom Hughes and Johnny Vegas.

For fans of Neil Gaiman and Welcome to Night Vale, Aaron Mahnke's The World of Lore (based on the hit LORE podcast) explores the chilling truth behind the legendary creatures, peculiar people and horrific places that arouse our deepest fears.

A fascinating, beautifully illustrated collection of stories from the hit podcast Lore - now an online streaming series They live in shadows - deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our mind.

A chilling, lavishly illustrated who's-who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, now an online streaming series.

Ari Gold is known for his ruthless approach to deal-making and client relationships that made him one of, if not the, most powerful and sought-after agents in Hollywood until he retired in 2011.

The Sunday Times bestseller.

Sixty extraordinary years of Eurovision, from C line Dion to Dustin the Turkey, from Abba to Conchita Wurst - the drag acts, the bad acts and all the nul points heroes.

'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man' Ken LoachTony Garnett's story begins in working-class, war-torn Birmingham where he movingly describes the trauma of his mother's death following a back-street abortion.

'A wickedly entertaining new memoir' Daily MailAccording to the Daily Mail Ian Ogilvy was 'the undisputed star of 1970s TV as the dashing Simon Templar in Return Of The Saint'.

'Brilliant' Mail on SundayTake a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and 'Axel F'; of outsiders, lost boys and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's, two Coreys and one summer when everyone called her Baby .

What if Dorothy Gale wasn't the only person who went to see the Wizard of Oz?