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Author Ace Collins talks about many of his Christmas books, and later in the show actress Karolyn Grimes that played the beloved character Zuzu on It's a Wonderful Life! Merry Christmas!

Author Ace Collins talks about many of his Christmas books, and later in the show actress Karolyn Grimes that played the beloved character Zuzu on It's a Wonderful Life! Merry Christmas!

Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn’t need further analysis. In his new book, Luke Skywalker Can’t Read Ryan contends that Barbarella is good for you, that monster movies are just romantic comedies with commitment issues, that Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are total hipsters, and, most shockingly, shows how virtually everyone in the Star Wars universe is functionally illiterate.

Denny Somach's Get the Led Out is the ultimate book for the ultimate fan of the ultimate band—Led Zeppelin. It provides a behind-the-scenes view, revealing quirky details, achievements, and adventures big and small. Twenty-seven rare, unguarded interviews feature the band members themselves, as well as other musicians and insiders who witnessed it all, including Jason Bonham, Chris Squire (Yes), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Alice Cooper, and music industry legends Danny Goldberg and Ron Nevinson.

Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn’t need further analysis. In his new book, Luke Skywalker Can’t Read Ryan contends that Barbarella is good for you, that monster movies are just romantic comedies with commitment issues, that Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are total hipsters, and, most shockingly, shows how virtually everyone in the Star Wars universe is functionally illiterate.

Denny Somach's Get the Led Out is the ultimate book for the ultimate fan of the ultimate band—Led Zeppelin. It provides a behind-the-scenes view, revealing quirky details, achievements, and adventures big and small. Twenty-seven rare, unguarded interviews feature the band members themselves, as well as other musicians and insiders who witnessed it all, including Jason Bonham, Chris Squire (Yes), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Alice Cooper, and music industry legends Danny Goldberg and Ron Nevinson.

Ron Fierstein was a young lawyer on the team of litigators from the prestigious patent law firm of Fish & Neave representing Polaroid in its epic patent battle with Eastman Kodak over instant photography technology. He had the unique experience of working closely with Polaroid’s two main witnesses, Dr. Edwin Land and Howard Rogers, during the discovery phase of the litigation and then throughout the dramatic federal court trial in Boston. You can learn more about this in his book A Triumph of Genius.

A small-town boy who has maintained his small-town values, Dr. Rick Niece remembers his childhood with fond nostalgia. Growing up in picturesque DeGraff, Ohio, young Rickie was influenced by many endearing friends and neighbors who taught him the important life lessons that shaped his future–especially Bernie Jones. Confined to a wheelchair with severe cerebral palsy, Bernie became Rickie’s friend, inspiration and superhero, opening a world of compassion, trust and adventure that benefited them both. From Bernie, Rickie learned the value of unconditional acceptance, kindness and the triumph of the human spirit–lessons he took with him from his years as a newspaper boy to a career in academia. He talks about this in his book Side-Yard Superhero.

Ron Fierstein was a young lawyer on the team of litigators from the prestigious patent law firm of Fish & Neave representing Polaroid in its epic patent battle with Eastman Kodak over instant photography technology. He had the unique experience of working closely with Polaroid’s two main witnesses, Dr. Edwin Land and Howard Rogers, during the discovery phase of the litigation and then throughout the dramatic federal court trial in Boston. You can learn more about this in his book A Triumph of Genius.

A small-town boy who has maintained his small-town values, Dr. Rick Niece remembers his childhood with fond nostalgia. Growing up in picturesque DeGraff, Ohio, young Rickie was influenced by many endearing friends and neighbors who taught him the important life lessons that shaped his future–especially Bernie Jones. Confined to a wheelchair with severe cerebral palsy, Bernie became Rickie’s friend, inspiration and superhero, opening a world of compassion, trust and adventure that benefited them both. From Bernie, Rickie learned the value of unconditional acceptance, kindness and the triumph of the human spirit–lessons he took with him from his years as a newspaper boy to a career in academia. He talks about this in his book Side-Yard Superhero.

Ron Fierstein was a young lawyer on the team of litigators from the prestigious patent law firm of Fish & Neave representing Polaroid in its epic patent battle with Eastman Kodak over instant photography technology. He had the unique experience of working closely with Polaroid’s two main witnesses, Dr. Edwin Land and Howard Rogers, during the discovery phase of the litigation and then throughout the dramatic federal court trial in Boston. You can learn more about this in his book A Triumph of Genius.

A small-town boy who has maintained his small-town values, Dr. Rick Niece remembers his childhood with fond nostalgia. Growing up in picturesque DeGraff, Ohio, young Rickie was influenced by many endearing friends and neighbors who taught him the important life lessons that shaped his future–especially Bernie Jones. Confined to a wheelchair with severe cerebral palsy, Bernie became Rickie’s friend, inspiration and superhero, opening a world of compassion, trust and adventure that benefited them both. From Bernie, Rickie learned the value of unconditional acceptance, kindness and the triumph of the human spirit–lessons he took with him from his years as a newspaper boy to a career in academia. He talks about this in his book Side-Yard Superhero.

Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff’s groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years.

The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, two surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. International Best Selling Author, Karin Slaughter talks about her writing and her new book, Pretty Girls.

No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write.

Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff’s groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years.

The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, two surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. International Best Selling Author, Karin Slaughter talks about her writing and her new book, Pretty Girls.

No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write.

Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over two hundred original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff’s groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past one hundred years.

The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, two surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. International Best Selling Author, Karin Slaughter talks about her writing and her new book, Pretty Girls.

No one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music and the remarkable rock and roll history he and his band helped to write.