Birdbooker Report 140
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this is a weekly report about nature, science and history books that have been newly published in North America and the UK. Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children’s books. Compiled by Ian …
Swift and Shooting Star – Little Bird

Anthology 1 $11.17 BEATLES THE ANTHOLOGY I (2CD)…

Anthology 2 $16.90 BEATLES THE ANTHOLOGY II (2CD)…

Spice $3.27 Putting aside the Girl Power phenomenon–really, what were the chances five scantily-clad birds flashing their knickers with kung-fu kicks wouldn’t make it in the music industry?–the Spice Girls really do mean something: great singles. There’s not a dog in their whole back-catalogue. They kicked off their career with “Wannabe”, “Say You’ll Be There” and “2 Become 1″–that’s the pop equivalent of …

Elmo’s World – Wild Wild West [VHS] $4.44 The first Elmo’s World home video special. Starring the Muppets of Sesame Street. Special appearances by Travis Tritt and The Noodle Family, Kristen Chenoweth, Bill Irwin and Michael Jeter. Bonus segments include Hero Guy and Monster Clubhouse…

I Am Legend [Blu-ray] $4.98 Will Smith stars in the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic science-fiction novel about a lone human survivor in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by vampires. This new version somewhat alters Matheson’s central hook, i.e., the startling idea that an ordinary man, Robert Neville, spends his days roaming a desolated city and his nights in a house sealed off from longtime neighbors who h…