Do have a favorite TV show?  Are you sad about the season ending and not looking forward to a summer of endless re-runs?  Get to know your favorite shows better by reading a related book from the library’s collection:

 
May 2006

 

The Amazing race

Adkins, Leonard.  Adventure Guide to Virginia.  F224.3 A38 2000

Krotz, Larry.  Tourists: How Our Fastest Growing Industry Is Changing The World.  G155 A1 K79 1996

Payment, Simone.  Cool Careers Without College For People Who Love To Travel.   Careers G155.5 P38 2004

Rogers, Barbara.  Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay.  F187 C5 A38x 2001

Wheeler, Tony.  Lonely Planet Unpacked: Travel Disaster Stories.  G151 L664x 1999

 

American Idol

Anderson, Stephen.  So You Wanna Be A Rock Star? How To Create Music, Get Gigs, and Maybe Even Make It Big.  ML3795 A828 1999

Johnson, Jeff.  Careers for Music Lovers & Other Tuneful Types.  Careers ML3790 J65 2004

Kalmar, Veronika.  Label Launch: A Guide to Independent Record Recording, Promotion, and Distribution.  ML3790 K264 2002

Passman, Donald.  All You Need To Know About The Music Business.  ML3790 P35 2003

Weisbard, Eric.  This is Pop.  ML3470 T48 2004

 

CSI

Owen, David.  Hidden Evidence: Forty True Crimes And How Forensic Science Helped Solve Them.  HV8073 o94x 2000b

Starrs, James.  A Voice For The Dead: A Forensic Investigator’s Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave.  HV8073.5 S75 2005

  

Desperate Housewives

Kaufman, Loretta.  And What Do You Do?  When Women Choose To Stay Home.  HQ759 K3477 2000

Swain, Sally.  Great Housewives of Art.  NC1429 S83 A4 1989

Yalom, Marilyn.  A History of the Wife.  HQ1206 Y35 2001

 

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Hamilton, Gene.  Fix It Fast, Fix It Right: Hundreds of Quick & Easy Home Improvement Projects.  TH4816 H286 1991

Kennedy, Terry.  Fix It Before It Breaks.  TH4817.3 K46 2004

Vandervort, Don.  This Old House Complete Remodeling.  TH4816 V36x 2004

Vila, Bob.  Bob Vila’s Complete Guide to Remodeling Your Home.  TH4816 V53797 1999

 

Law & Order

Adler, Stephen.  The Jury.  KF8972 A735 1994

Belli, Melvin.  Everybody’s Guide To The Law.  KF387 B38 2003

Camenson, Blythe.  Careers For Legal Eagles & Other Law-And-Order Types.  Careers KF297 Z9 C358 2005

Roche, Brien.  Law 101.  KF387 R572 2004

Tiersma, Peter.  Legal Language.  K213 T54 1999

Westervelt, Saundra.  Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on Failed Justice.  KF220 W76 2001

 

The Office

Bailey, Barbara.  Toxic Work: How To Overcome Stress, Overload, And Burnout And Revitalize Your Career.  HF5548.85 R444 1997

Cavaiola, Alan.  Toxic Coworkers: How To Deal With a Dysfunctional People on the Job.  HF5549.5 E42 C38 2000

Gellerman, Saul.  How People Work: Psychological Approaches To Management Problems.  HF5548.8 G397 1998

Lundin, William.  When Smart People Work For Dumb Bosses,  HF5548.83 L86 1999

Philipson, Ilene.  Married to the Job: Why We Live To Work and What We Can Do About It.  HF5548.8 P46 2002

Straub, Joseph.  The Rookie Manager.  HF5549.12 S77 2000

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