(Book) Shopping Season Has Begun

Recently, we mentioned The Costco Experience as a bookyou'll find helpful for managing shopping at a megastore. But did you know there are few E-Reads titles that can help you with one of the season's most ubiquitous gifts, DVDs? When choosing the right gift for friends or family, there's nothing like having a giant repository of classic films and television at your fingertips.

If you're interested in Oscar™ winning films and the nitty gritty of the Academy Awards voting history, dig into the Academy Awards Handbook, with its precise listing of Hollywood's most treasured films, actors and actresses. Who was nominated for best supporting actor in 1978? Sometimes you need to know these things on the go.

With all the new television shows that have been finally released on DVD, it can be hard to know where to start. A very interesting index with information about every famous children's television program until 1972, from Howdy-Doody to SeaLab, can get your nostalgia kick started, so look no further than Stuart Fischer's Kids TV: The First 25 Years. It's the ultimate reference work on the subject of kids' television that will take you back to the past that was laced with gold.

Everyone at E-Reads is a fan of Leonard Maltin's Family Film Guide. Entertainment writer and television personality Leonard Maltin lists and reviews films suitable for family viewing. It came out in 2004 and we hope to see an updated version soon, but that's okay -- they don't make 'em like they used to, anyway. There are lots and lots of movies to choose from.