Soon Hatty Potter will be in a e-book!
29 Mar 2012 12:42:36
The seven novels about J.K. Rowling's boy wizard are for sale as e-books and audio books on the author's Pottermore website, the site's creators announced Tuesday.
The books are currently available in English, in U.S. and U.K. editions, priced at $7.99 or 4.99 British pounds for e-books and $29.99 or 17.99 pounds for audio versions.
The site says French, Italian, German and Spanish editions will follow in the coming weeks.
The books are available only through the website, which says they are com... Read Full Story
Frank Langella starts his memoir
29 Mar 2012 12:40:50
Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Paul Newman, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis are among those cast in a none-too-flattering light by Broadway and film star Langella, 74, in "Dropped Names: Famous Men And Women As I Knew Them." Harper Collins is releasing the book on Tuesday.
He recalls a desperately lonely Taylor who, after a second date in 2001, told him "Come on, baby, and put me to sleep."
After helping the then-69-year-old actress upstairs by pushing her from behi... Read Full Story
Soon "Hunger Games" on the screens!
27 Mar 2012 02:54:56
With massive advance ticket sales, the PG-13 film about a dystopian future where teenagers fight to the death on live TV is poised for one of the biggest opening weekends of all time, with a potential domestic gross in the $130 million to $140 million range or more.
Sony's action-comedy "21 Jump Street" had a much-stronger-than-expected debut last weekend and should have a solid second go at it with around $20 million, despite that hungry 500-pound gorilla at the top of the box office.
Starring ... Read Full Story
In a waiting of new book from writer Mitt Romney
27 Mar 2012 02:53:11
"Mitt Romney In His Own Words" will be released in May and compiled by author Philip Hines, who also authored an unofficial quote book on basketball player LeBron James. It will be written in the style of "I, Steve," a book which offered quotes by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that was rushed to the marketplace after Jobs died in October.
The collection of quotes on "hot button-issues" by the former Massachusetts Governor will be published as a paperback by Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon ... Read Full Story
Book written by Ahmed Rashid
27 Mar 2012 02:51:43
The writer, Ahmed Rashid, who frequents the dinner tables of the world's top leaders offering advice, gives a dire assessment of the region he has reported on for more than 30 years in "Pakistan On The Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan" released in the United States this week.
In his fifth book the Lahore-based prize-winning journalist says he fears Pakistan is on the verge of a meltdown and blames both Pakistan and the Obama administration for the deterioration in their ti... Read Full Story
"John Carter" doesn't popular?
25 Mar 2012 05:09:57
If so - and box office math is always a little tricky in Tinseltown - the megaflop would achieve iconic status by surpassing the 1995 Geena Davis-Matthew Modine pirate flick "Cutthroat Island" that the Guinness Book of World Records lists as the biggest bomb of all-time. That movie lost $147 million, according to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which also puts the MGM film at the top of its list.
Infamous misfires like director Ron Howard's "The Alamo," Eddie Murphy's "The Adventures of Pluto... Read Full Story
Guus Kuijer become the new winner of Astrid Lindgren award
25 Mar 2012 05:07:19
Kuijer, 69, has written more than 30 books since making his debut in 1975, releasing works such as "The Book of Everything" and "Florian Knol" — mainly directed at adolescents entering their teen years.
"Respect for children is as self-evident in his works as his rejection of intolerance and oppression. Kuijer combines serious subject matter and razor-sharp realism with warmth, subtle humor and visionary flights of fancy," the jury said in its citation, noting that he consistently conveys a mess... Read Full Story
In a waiting of new book from Kevin Smith
25 Mar 2012 05:05:03
Smith, director of "Clerks," ''Mallrats" and "Jersey Girl," reflects on why he decided film was his future, and brings his humor and potty mouth along for the ride in "Tough Sh-t: Life Advice From a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good." Fans who listen to his various podcasts probably will have heard these stories, but they are still fresh and insightful.
Entertainment junkies will savor the insider look at how movie studios operate, especially The Weinstein Co. Smith also reveals a systematic blow to h... Read Full Story
What interesting in the book "The American Way of Eating" written by Tracie McMillan?
21 Mar 2012 00:40:20
McMillan spent nearly a year working in California farm fields, as a Walmart produce handler and as an Applebee's kitchen worker. She chronicled her adventures in a book with the intention of explaining why it's so difficult for people to get access to cheap, nutritious food.Her journey is certainly captivating, her writing elegant. But all the book ends up doing is confirming things that people might have suspected about the food industry.The book is titled, "The American Way of Eating: Underco... Read Full Story
"Force of Nature" written by C.J Box
21 Mar 2012 00:37:40
Nate Romanowski has been living off the grid, and his reason for staying low has just come to town. When his friend, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, tries to help, Nate tells him to back off. Nate knows that the man who is after him is ruthless and will kill anyone to get what he wants.
The man who is after Nate was his boss when Nate was in a secret Special Forces unit.
Joe cannot back down from a fight, especially when a friend is involved, but his usual allies want to take Nate out of the eq... Read Full Story
Where have spent her time Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo?
21 Mar 2012 00:35:52
The former Washington Post editor and reporter and current New Yorker staff writer figured that if she couldn't escape calamity in her own home, she may as well do what she loved: report on poverty from one of its epicenters.Boo does just that in her first book, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity." Since its release in February, the book has become a top 10 New York Times best seller in the nonfiction and political categories. It has attracted wide praise... Read Full Story
Women of the Revolution by Kira Cochrane
19 Mar 2012 13:52:53
When hundreds gathered in 1970 for the UK's first women's liberation conference, a movement that had been gathering strength for years burst into a frenzy of radical action that was to transform the way we think, act and live. In the 40 years since then, the feminist movement has won triumphs and endured trials, but it has never weakened its resolve, nor for a moment been dull. The Guardian has followed its progress throughout, carrying interviews with and articles by the major figures, chronicl... Read Full Story
