How to view entire library in iTunes 7.

Folks,
Anybody know how to view the entire library in iTunes 7? I want to see everything I have in iTunes without regard to categorization, (Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Radio).
Thanks in advance.

Mimico Kid,
Thanks for the idea. I tried using a Smart Playlist approach to your idea and found that it works too. Just define your Smart Playlist with something all-inclusive -- I used "Year", "is less than", "2010". (I'm hoping Apple will have fixed this problem by then...)
The resulting Smart Playlist includes Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Audiobooks all together the way they should be inside of a Library. It leaves out Games (I didn't try Radio), and it should update itself automatically. I named mine AAA so that it will always be at the top of the Playlists.
This is still not the way that iT7 should be working on its own, but maybe it is a little easier than having to drag lots of files by hand and update a static playlist. :-|
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