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DVD, $39.99
Pink bunny pajamas ... frozen flagpole ... leg-shaped lamp. Relive the classic moments as this holiday favorite from 1983 celebrates its 25th anniversary with a tin-box treasure chest that includes two DVDs loaded with extras, a set of whimsical cookie cutters, a book of photos, quotes and recipes, and a kitchen apron. But where’s the official Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range-model air rifle? Yeah, yeah, I know—“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
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by Karen Robert
Hardcover, 160 pages, $14.95
This collection of 150 whimsical, heartwarming and just plain odd Christmas cards will make you smile—and help kids around world do the same. Half the proceeds go to Smile Train, an organization that provides surgery for children with cleft lips and palates.
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DVD, $12.99
It’s Christmas- past time in TV land with these classic holiday-themed episodes from I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, The Brady Bunch, Taxi, Frasier, Wings, Family Ties and The Andy Griffith Show. If you can’t muster up any peace-on-Earth good will after watching Andy and Barney throw a Christmas party for a lonely prisoner down at the jailhouse, you’re just a big ol’ bag of bah-humbug.
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Hardcover, 144 pages (retail $29.95) Amazon
One hundred of history’s most memorable photographs are presented in this unique “gallery,” which displays them on full, oversize pages, with 25 of the images as detachable pullout duplicates, suitable for framing. See the world as some of Life magazine’s greatest photographers did, once upon a time, clicking their shutters at just the right instant to capture fleeting moments that would become timeless.
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DVD set (retail $119.98)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s impressive comedy career arched masterfully across burlesque, vaudeville, radio, TV and film, where they made dozens of madcap comedies into the 1950s. This handsome collection rounds up all 28 big-screen capers made under the banner of Hollywood’s Universal Studios, including “Buck Privates,” “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” and “The Naughty Nineties,” which enshrined their legendary “Who’s On First” baseball routine. Bonus features include a documentary hosted by comedian Jerry Seinfeld and a collectible booklet with details on each movie. It’s a bounty of finely crafted buffoonery for fans of comedy the way it used to be.
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By Tom Moon
Softcover, 1,007 pages (retail $19.95)
Face it—you’ll probably never listen to all of them. But you’ll nonetheless get a profound kick out of the stunning diversity of the 1,000 songs, albums, symphonies and other musical works selected by Moon, a longtime critic for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” who makes even the pieces you’ve never heard of sound so interesting you’ll want to get them into your ears. From Bach to the Beatles, with stopovers at a spectrum of musical points in between, it’s essential reading sure to expand the horizons of anyone who loves music.
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David Hassehoff and his crime fighting, computer-marvel car, K.I.T.T., return in this deluxe boxed set of all 85 episodes of the hit mid-1980s TV series. Sleekly packaged in a box with a built-in flashing red light and a press-button recording of the show’s theme, it also includes a trunk load of bonus features, including the TV movie “Knight Rider 2000,” interviews with the stars and a K.I.T.T. owner’s manual.
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By David E. Klutho
Hardcover, 96 pages (retail $21.95)
Kids of all ages will delight at this eye-popping collection of sports photos from Sports Illustrated, all presented in 3-D (book includes a pair of 3-D glasses). Football, basketball, baseball, rodeo, monster trucks, hockey, skating, rugby, racing, rock climbing and other activities burst vibrantly to dimensional life in ways that’ll make you feel like you’re smack in the middle of the action.
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From Pixar, the makers of “Cars” and “Finding Nemo,” comes this charming intergalactic love story about two little robots who follow their hearts across the futuristic universe. The movie’s terrific, but only a start—hours of DVD bonus features are a candy store of featurettes, deleted scenes, a game, digital copy of the movie and more.
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The three-disc “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” DVD includes the recent fantasy-adventure feature film, plus commentary, bloopers and a tour of the movie’s lavish sets and lush locations, and a digital copy that can be downloaded onto portable players… The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield is saluted in “Greatest Bits,” a hilarious new CD of comedic stand-up bits culled from his numerous comedy albums… Find out the real story of famed “Walking Tall” movie sheriff Buford Pusser in “Walking On,” a fascinating biography by his daughter, Dwana… Saddle up—and bring plenty of trail mix—for “Wagon Train: The Complete Color Season,” a 16-DVD set of all 32 episodes from 1963, when the popular TV Western made the switch from black-and-white to color… The “Gregory Peck Film Collection,” a new 6-movie DVD set, includes “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Cape Fear,” Arabesque,” “Mirage,” “Captain Newman, M.D.” and “The World in His Arms,” all starring one of Hollywood’s all-time-classic leading men.
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- 'Petticoat' Memories
- Holiday Gift Guide
- Cranberry Country
- Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Dishes
- Managing Money as a Couple
- Tortellini Toss
- Yo-Yo Fanatic
- Citrus Treats
- Far Flung
- The Rocking Rockettes
- Library Cats
- What's the Deal with the Imus Ranch?
- Handcrafting Fish Lures
- Kenny Chesney's Christmas
- Barber Shops
- Home Sweet Home
- Smoke, Sizzle & Sauce!
- Knitting with Love
- Facing the Giants
- The Quilt Bus
- Blueberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake
- Everyone's Favorite Chicken
- Italian Cream Cake
- Zucchini Bake
- Chicken Supreme
- Chicken Wings
- Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- Green Tomato Casserole
- Quick Apple Dumpling
- Georgia Cornbread Cake
- Slice & Bake
- A Stuffing Called Panade
- Salad Spinner
- Sweet Home Tennessee
- Holiday Lamb
- Going Cold Turkey
- Sugar & Spice (and a carton of eggnog) is So Nice
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
- Three Great Turkey and Gravy Recipes
- Four Great Cranberry Sauces
- Turkey-day dilemmas, solved!
- The Truth About Your Pet's Health
- To dye or not to dye
- Going Gray . . . or Going Broke
- Your Best Defense
- An Unwelcome House Guest
- Perfect Timing
- The Ride of My Life
- A diabetes cure?
- Live Better Now November 2009
