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1999

Out of the Madhouse


Christopher Golden - 1999
    But even with Buffy providing her unique style of damage control, it's more than one Slayer can handle - especially since the abominations are coming from a centuries-old portal through time and space.https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14963...

The Power of Three


Eliza Willard - 1999
    Give us the power! Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Halliwell didn't think reading a magical incantation would really work. But it did. Now Prue can move things with her mind, Piper can freeze time, and Phoebe can see the future. They are the Charmed Ones--the most powerful of witches.But being enchanted has a price. There's a warlock who wants to steal their powers. And he'll do it any way he can--even if it means killing them!https://openlibrary.org/books/OL35503...

Father Ted: The Complete Scripts


Graham Lineham - 1999
    A collection of final drafts - jokes, characters and scenes that didn't make it into Father Ted series, along with an introduction to each episode by the authors, which explains how the insane plot lines arose.

The Long Night of Centauri Prime


Peter David - 1999
    In this first novel of a new trilogy based on the Hugo Award-winning TV series, the malevolent beings are reshaping the Centauri Republic into a secret seat of power from which to launch deadly strikes against Interstellar Alliance President John Sheridan and the Earth itself.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Monster Book


Christopher Golden - 1999
    "The Monster Book" looks at how vampires are created on the show. There are interviews with the series creator, Joss Whedon, as well as the writers, make-up and costume artists, stunt men and actors. It explores the mythology surrounding vampires and other ghouls, in other forms of popular culture. Meet the vampires and other Sunnydale hellmouth creatures, safely, in this monster book.

The Psi Corps Trilogy


Greg Keyes - 1999
    

Monty Python Speaks!


David Morgan - 1999
    Blending brilliant satire with slapstick silliness, The Pythons—Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin—spoke to a generation eager to break free of the conventional. Making their way across the Atlantic and the world, the Pythons’ zany approach to comedy would have a monumental influence on modern popular culture, paving the way for farcical entertainment from Saturday Night Live to The Simpsons to Austin Powers.In Monty Python Speaks, David Morgan has collected interviews with Monty Python’s founding members, actors, producers, and other collaborators to produce a no-holds-barred look at the Pythons’ legendary sketches and films, including Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot), and The Meaning of Life.

The Games


John Clarke - 1999
    Satire of the highest kind re: Politics & the Olympics

Dinnerladies: First Helpings


Victoria Wood - 1999
    They come to work, they put on their overalls, they fanny about with tins of beans, they wash up, they take off their overalls, they go home. But within their daily routine they bicker, fall out, run into the toilet crying, plan romances, weigh themselves, fantasize, and try to read the telly pages without their glasses.Dinnerladies stars Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Thelma Barlow, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Anne Reid, Andrew Dunn, Shobna Gulati, and Maxine Peake.

Liz Makes a Rainbow (The Magic School Bus)


Tracey West - 1999
    Liz learns all about colors when she and her friends paint a rainbow on a garden wall.

Only Fools And Horses: The Bible Of Peckham


John Sullivan - 1999
    Contains scripts from Series 1-5 6 in each. Turn book over and around and you get the Trotter Dictionary Trotter > English 1st Edition

Liz Takes Flight (The Magic School Bus)


Tracey West - 1999
    A book about flight, from the animated television series on the Learning Channel.

Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple


Rob Edelman - 1999
    This meticulously researched book contains interviews with Frawley's and Vance's colleagues, friends, and relatives, and explores their personal and professional lives before, during, and after I Love Lucy. With a complete filmography and videography of each, Meet the Mertzes finally sets the record straight on the lives and legacies of these compelling stars who detested one another.You'll learn about:-Vance's successful Broadway career prior to I Love Lucy-Frawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseball-Vance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriage-Frawley's drinking and carousing-Lucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costars-Vance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz