Pocket Guide to Pubs and Their Histories – Book Review
Aficianados of British pubs and beer culture will undoubtedly enjoy ....more
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Jan 25, 2012, 3:33 GMT
Best friends Anne Calloway and Kitty Morgan went to nursing school together despite the misgivings of their families and as World War II escalates, wondered how best to put their new skills to work. Growing up in a well-to-do, society conscience family, Anne was expected to marry the...
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When the administrator of yet another high school informed Victoria Costello that her seventeen year old son Alex was not to come back, followed by Alex running her car into a fence for no apparent reason, she had little choice but face facts. Especially as those facts included a diagnosis of paranoid...
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Julia Bailey bet a goodly portion of the family nest egg on the success of Julia’s Child, her start-up company that offered organic, wholesomely, prepared food for toddlers. Using recipes developed for her own two toddlers and marketed with catchy names like Gentle Lentil and Its Not Easy Being...
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Ray Harryhausen is a master of special effects and a pioneer of stop motion animation. His work is legendary, involving films like Clash of the Titans, Gullivers Travels and One Million Years BC. This book contains details of many of the artifacts created for films over the past forty or so years. ...
moreJan 17, 2012, 3:01 GMT
Waking up in a London park drenched by a downpour and the ground littered with bodies all of whom are wearing latex gloves, an amnesiac woman discovers two letters in her coat pocket along with an epi-pen. One of the strange letters explains how the body she currently inhabits was once owned by...
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Lions, tigers and bears oh my, plus giant snakes, birds, reptiles and creatures of our imaginations have all played a major role in human evolution as demonstrated by this fascinating book that examines the role predators have played in shaping large portions of our psyches. Trout draws readers into...
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The incredibly handsome but not-too-bright Devereux Lyminster who goes by the name of Blotto and his bright, beautiful sister Lady Honoria Lyminster, better known as Twinks have been conscripted by their mother the Dowager Duchess of Tawcester to attend a weekend...
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As head of security for an upcoming summit between the Master of the City and a master vampire seeking permission to establish his own territory, skinwalker Jane Yellowrock has left the crowded streets of New Orleans for the “quiet” countryside of Asheville, North Carolina. Shortly after her arrival, werewolves attacked a...
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In-depth interview with philosopher Mark Rowlands
Mark Rowlands, who is the author of titles such as Sci-Phi: Philosophy from Socrates ....more
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Jan 27, 2012, 15:57 GMT
The classic A Wrinkle in Time has returned in a new 50th Anniversary Edition that comes loaded with bonus material. M&C is getting in on the celebration by giving away two copies of the 50th Anniversary Edition and a $50 VISA gift card!
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Los Angeles - Dead End in Norvelt, a novel by Jack Gantos about the summer adventures of a teenager in small-town America, won the Newberry Prize Monday for the best children's book of 2011. ... more
Jan 6, 2012, 19:07 GMT
One of the funniest writers and on-air talents to grace Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" is Frank DeCaro, radio host and the author of a fun new book, The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: A Resurrection of Recipes from More Than 145 Stars of Stage and Screen. ...
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Los Angeles - A copy of Action Comics Number 1, which featured the first appearance of Superman has sold at an online auction for a record 2,161,000 dollars, according to the Hollywood Reporter Thursday. ... more
Nov 16, 2011, 6:32 GMT
The Boondock Saints' Troy Duffy and J.B. Love - the writers behind The Boondock Saints' initial foray into comics - will be signing the collected graphic novel edition at Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles and they’re bringing David Della Rocco too. ...
moreOct 27, 2011, 10:51 GMT
Los Angeles - The author of the classic anti-war satire Catch-22 actually enjoyed the combat role in World War II that was the basis of his famous book, he wrote in a 1974 letter that was published this week by an online auction house. ... more
Oct 18, 2011, 14:03 GMT
Written and Illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi, the thrilling New York Times bestselling series continues with the release of Amulet Book Four: The Last Council and M&C’s giving away a copy of the book with a $100 Visa Cash Card!
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“St. Regis [the paper mill] was one of the impediments to falling back into the barrio and the craziness this would lead to. This was because the drugs, the homies, the homegirls, the excitement and violence often called me back. For so long this was all I knew. I didn’t return much to the old neighborhood but when I did I fell back into the hole.” —excerpted from It Calls You Back ...
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Oct 24, 2011, 1:00 GMT
This eclectic collection of twenty stories covers everything from a price increase on the New York subway to an ill-fated entrepreneurial venture into a water taxi service to the loss of a testicle. It is amply illustrated by hilarious drawings in black... ...
moreOct 9, 2011, 18:02 GMT
In the first issue of the new DC Comics series Huntress, the female crime fighter leaves the cold streets of Gotham to bring her own form of justice to the Italian city of Naples, and stumbles into a criminal ring shipping girls and guns worldwide. ...
moreOct 9, 2011, 17:58 GMT
With a cinematic feel that would be comfortable in a Martin Scorsese gangster film, Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1 sees one of Batman’s classic villains stepping out of the shadows thanks to a gritty story written by Gregg Hurwitz and art chores by Szymon Kudranski. ...
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Jan 19, 2012, 20:38 GMT
We have added a new set of pictures from the event Clayton Kershaw and Ellen Kershaw Arise Book Press Conference. ...
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We have added a new set of pictures from the event Jennifer Hudson Book Signing. ...
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We have added a new set of pictures from the event Jennifer Hudson I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down Book Signing. ...
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