Howard Reid: 52 books

The following review by Ross Adams appeared in "Dress Circle: The Movie Enthusiasts' Magazine": I don't wish to be offensive when I regard John Howard Reid as a bottomless pit. It is meant in a most complimentary way. The array of books he has already produced is amazing. And he is still...

Here is a review by Chantel Stewart, featured on the back page of the 1987 Large Print edition: Thirteen guests at a health farm -- an unknown killer -- remote and exotic settings in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales -- here are all the ingredients for a classic mystery thriller. Strongly plotted...

An interesting and unusual title for a book, "These Great Movies Won No Hollywood Awards" is nonetheless a great new entry in the John Howard Reid series. 142 movies are covered in this volume, with the special added attraction of two articles about director Henry Hathaway and his movies....

As a keen fan, I'm naturally aware that classic movies are often available on two or more DVD labels. Which is the best? This book will tell you. And surprise, surprise! The best is often the least expensive version. Why pay $29.95 when you can buy a superior DVD of exactly the same movie for $2?...

John Howard Reid's books just seem to get bigger and better and more informative. His new 2011 e-book release will fill a void for all who are interested in movies that deal with science fiction, fantasy, horror and the supernatural. Many books deal with these subjects, but most are just glossy picture...

Prizewinning poet, John Howard Reid, feels that humorous poetry is more effective if it is enlivened with clever rhymes and follows some sort of metrical scheme, no matter how loose or amusingly inconsistent that meter may be. In fact, Reid believes that humorous verse should have a cheeky look about...

Another essential book for the film buff's library, this book, at a little over A5 size, is smaller than previous books in the series. Nonetheless, its 343 pages are packed with information and reviews on classic movies. Not as many photos in this edition, but some of the reviews are quite extensive....

A first rate primer for anyone considering an entry into the many prose and poetry contests offered by mail as well as online, this handbook does not itemize these contests but gives basic procedural and format information. The author relates his experiences entering a number of contests. He also...

Around 500 movies from the silent and early talkie era are now available on DVD. Of course this figure includes shorts as well as features, plus 40 or 50 films that are available in multiple versions. This handbook reviews 178 movies, dating from 1918 through 1934, that are now available to purchase...

This book details some very interesting – indeed essential – anamorphic films, plus some equally important wide-screen attractions of the 1950s and 1960s. Leading anamorphic movies covered in exhaustive detail include "And God Created Woman", "Auntie Mame", "Ballad of...

27 short prose pieces, two novelettes and a one-act play provide a feast for all who love mysteries, romance, fantasy, humor and suspense. The novelettes are thrillers, set in Egypt. Two essays won awards for Best Humor, while another two are drawn from the author's own encounters as an apprentice...

Using the best available texts, Bible scholar, John Howard Reid, throws new light on the Gospels of Mark and John. Mark has been re-written from Saint Peter's point of view, while John is totally re-arranged to present the narrative in some semblance of order. It now accurately differentiates John,...

Everyone knows that the ancient Egyptians were great mummifiers, and their sarcophagi and bandage-wrapped corpses are familiar images to us all. Yet across the vast sweep of history, we find many other great cultures in which the bodies of the dead were preserved as a matter of course. In coastal...

Movies that combine American and British casts have always been very popular with film-makers, but somewhat less so with film-goers. The reason, of course, is simple. British stars always added luster to a Hollywood movie at U.K. ticket windows. But the reverse, alas, was not always 100% true. Vera-Ellen...