Desc: This is the new book trailer for the newest Kayla Perrin novel, OBSESSION, an erotic thriller from Spice Books (a division of Harlequin). The novel is a cross between "Unfaithful" and "Fatal Attraction".
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Desc: NOVELS
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Desc: Alissa Torres, 9-11 Widow, authors Graphic Novel relating her experiences before, during, and after the attack on the World Trade Center and the media storm surrounding it. Available in bookstores this week. Contemporary Adult Non Fiction Graphic Novels: Part 2 of 3. Interviewed by Anna Cody. Comicology.TV 2008 Week 36, August 31-September 6
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Desc: It's 1995. Riot Grrl is being bought out and sold back to us as the Spice Girls. Gays are gaining some legitimacy but the queers are rioting against assimilation. Eve is falling in love with a girl who just might be a fiction, and her world is about to be thrown into a blender.
Tags: , Alissa, Torres, American, Widow, writer, author, Comicology.TV, 9-11, Contemporary, Adult, Non-Fiction, Graphic, Novel, World, Trade, Center, attack, media, comicology, comicologytv, random, house, salon.com, archie, anna, cody, jeff, peters, 911, WTC, comicology.tv,

Desc: Mary Novik talks from her Vancouver home about the inspiration for her debut novel, Conceit, the story of Pegge, the daughter of the English love-poet, John Donne. http://www.marynovik.com
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Desc: British writer Doris Lessing on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for five decades of epic novels that have covered feminism and politics, as well her youth in Africa. Lessing, who will be 88 on October 22, is only the 11th woman to have won the prize since it was first awarded in 1901. The Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny." Lessing was out shopping when the prize was announced and only learned the news several hours later when she returned to her London home, where she was met by a throng of journalists. "This has been going on for 30 years," said Lessing who put down her shopping bag and sat on her doorstep, head in her hand, after being told of the award by the waiting photographers. "I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one, so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush," she said. Lessing, whose work has covered a multitude of topics, has over the years been mentioned as a possible Nobel laureate but she was not seen as among the frontrunners this year. Although "The Golden Notebook", her best known work, established her as a feminist icon back in 1962, she has consistently refused the label and says her writing does not play a directly political role. Nonetheless, for the Nobel jury, "the burgeoning feminist movement saw it as a pioneering work and it belongs to the handful of books that informed the 20th century view of the male-female relationship." Born Doris May Taylor in Khermanshah, in what is now Iran, on October 22, 1919, Lessing spent her formative years on a farm in Southern Rhodesia, what is now Zimbabwe, where her British parents moved in 1925. It was, she later reflected, a "hellishly lonely" upbringing. In "Africa Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe", published in 1992, she describes going back in 1982 to the country where she had grown up. Unsurprisingly, she could not wait to escape and in 1939 married Frank Wisdom, by whom she had two children before their divorce in 1943. She then married a German political activist named Gottfried Lessing, but divorced again in 1949, when she fled to Britain with her young son and the manuscript of her first novel, "The Grass Is Singing." A searing examination of racial oppression and colonialism, it was published the following year to rapid success. Her radical political affinities drew her into the British Communist Party, but she resigned in 1956 at the time of the Hungarian uprising, never to return. Her "Children of Violence" series of novels, published between 1952 and 1969 around a central character named Martha Quest, first established her credentials as both a writer and a feminist. "I wasn't an active feminist in the 1960s, never have been," she has since insisted. "I never liked the movement because it's too ideologically based. All sorts of claims were made for me that simply weren't true." In the 1980s, with her popularity in brief decline, she decided to test the importance of a name in publishing, and submitted a novel under a pseudonym, only to find it rejected. It was later published, when she revealed her true identity. Over the years, she became an increasingly outspoken critic of Africa, particularly the corruption and embezzlement by governments. She was barred entry to South Africa in 1956, but was finally able to revisit in 1995, after the fall of apartheid. Her novel "The Good Terrorist" (1985), about an immature young woman who joins a terrorist cell, has strong echoes today. In recent years Lessing, who lives in the London suburb of Hampstead, has also written several works of science fiction. She is also probably one of the oldest people anywhere to have her own page on the popular social networking web site MySpace. On a recent visit the site announced, under the label "Female - 87 years old," that "Doris Lessing has 136 friends." Last year, the Nobel Literature Prize went to Turkish author Orhan Pamuk. Lessing has won a number of awards and prizes, including the Prix Medicis in 1976 and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1995. She will receive a Nobel gold medal, a diploma and 10 million Swedish kronor from the hands of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a formal ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel prizes. The Nobel peace prize will be announced on Friday.
Tags: , Mary, Novik, Conceit, John, Donne, SPiN, Writing, Group, Pegge, historical, fiction, debut, novel, novels,

Desc: Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor, set in England, 1905. Angel Deverell is a gifted young writer who dreams of success, fame and love. But what will happen if all her dreams come true? Acclaimed director Franois Ozon's first English language feature has been selected as closing film at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, and will screen in the festival's official competition. The story of a destitute-but-determined young woman living in turn-of-the-century England who ascends the social ranks after authoring a series of successful romantic novels. A dreary city tenement provides backdrop to this tale of exclusion and the magic it takes to become accepted. This is the story of a young woman with incredible imagination who refuses to accept the world around her, and creates her own realities.
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Desc: Subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life", the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 183032. It has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative),[1] and the canvas is very broad. Despite the fact that it has some comical characters (Mr Brooke, the "tiny aunt" Miss Noble) and comically-named characters (Mrs Dollop), Middlemarch is a work of realism. Through the voices and opinions of different characters we become aware of various broad issues of the day the Great Reform Bill, the beginnings of the railways, the death of King George IV and the succession of his brother, the Duke of Clarence. We learn something of the state of contemporary medical science. We also encounter the deeply reactionary mindset within a settled community facing the prospect of what to many is unwelcome change. The eight "books" which comprise the novel are not autonomous entities, but merely reflect the form of the original serialisation. A short prelude introduces the idea of the latter-day St. Theresa, presaging the character Dorothea; a postscript or "finale" after the eighth book gives the post-history of the main characters. In general Middlemarch has retained its popularity and its status as one of the masterpieces of English fiction,[2] although some reviewers have expressed dissatisfaction at the destiny recorded for Dorothea. From separate centuries Florence Nightingale and Kate Millet both remark on the eventual subordination of Dorothea's own dreams to those of her admirer, Ladislaw.[3] However, Virginia Woolf gave the book unstinting praise, describing Middlemarch as the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.[4] Subtitled "A Study of Provincial Life", the novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 183032. It has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and in addition to its distinct though interlocking narratives it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, political reform, and education. The pace is leisurely, the tone is mildly didactic (with an authorial voice that occasionally bursts through the narrative),[1] and the canvas is very broad. Despite the fact that it has some comical characters (Mr Brooke, the "tiny aunt" Miss Noble) and comically-named characters (Mrs Dollop), Middlemarch is a work of realism. Through the voices and opinions of different characters we become aware of various broad issues of the day the Great Reform Bill, the beginnings of the railways, the death of King George IV and the succession of his brother, the Duke of Clarence. We learn something of the state of contemporary medical science. We also encounter the deeply reactionary mindset within a settled community facing the prospect of what to many is unwelcome change. The eight "books" which comprise the novel are not autonomous entities, but merely reflect the form of the original serialisation. A short prelude introduces the idea of the latter-day St. Theresa, presaging the character Dorothea; a postscript or "finale" after the eighth book gives the post-history of the main characters. In general Middlemarch has retained its popularity and its status as one of the masterpieces of English fiction,[2] although some reviewers have expressed dissatisfaction at the destiny recorded for Dorothea. From separate centuries Florence Nightingale and Kate Millet both remark on the eventual subordination of Dorothea's own dreams to those of her admirer, Ladislaw.[3] However, Virginia Woolf gave the book unstinting praise, describing Middlemarch as the magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people.[4]
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Desc: Reading from Friction. A neat new novel.
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Desc: Amazing singer from Sweden. U can download this song for free from Lykke Li official site - www.lykkeli.com
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Desc: Stephenie Meyer discusses her novels: Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse.
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Desc: Geeks are not known for their ability to keep their enthusiasm to themselves. Maybe you cant keep from launching into dissertations on Heinlein novels at the office party, but what if your life was on the line?
Tags: Stephenie, Meyer, Twilight, New, Moon, Eclipse, vampire,

Desc: music video directed by Olivia K and Mary C
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Desc: Leading UK publisher HarperCollins is using a digital outdoor campaign to promote the forthcoming childrens title The Boy in the Dress, written by David Walliams and illustrated by Quentin Blake. The campaign breaks on 17th November and will run on CBS Outdoors Digital Escalator Panels (DEPs) for two weeks. Blake, who illustrated Roald Dahls classic novels, has created a series of special illustrations for the campaign inspired by those featured in The Boy in the Dress. Grand Visual is animating the sketches to produce a 10 second multi panel sequence for the London Underground DEP environment. The creative spans 2 screens and shows a boy in a dress taking a running kick at a football. The football shoots across the screens and appears to smash through them towards commuters. The words boys will be boys, even in dresses! then appears on screen followed by the author and comedian David Walliams and a product shot on alternating panels. Walliams has signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins, his debut; The Boy in the Dress was published in October and the DEP campaign goes live in November to capture the Christmas market. The campaign was booked by OMD and is supported by national PR activity and in-store promotions. Quentin Blake, commented: I am really pleased to have been involved in an innovative campaign that provides a visual evocation of the story and encourages people to think of The Boy in the Dress when they're looking for a special Christmas present for a child. Alison Ruane, Marketing Director, HarperCollins commented: "We are thrilled to have such an inspiring campaign to bring The Boy in the Dress to life. Quentin Blake is one of the most iconic figures in children's books today and his illustrations beautifully visualise David Walliams' charming and funny story" Dan Dawson, Digital Director at Grand Visual commented: We are delighted to be working with Quentin Blake on this bespoke campaign. Digital escalator panels are a great story telling medium and running the creative across two consecutive screens is a good way of really involving the commuters in the narrative thread as they travel on the escalators.
Tags: , Lykke, Li, dance, cental, station, youth, novels, music, summer,

Desc: Trailer for the German film version of Michel Houellebecq's novel 'Atomised'. Houellebecq's works are attempts to deal with the contemporary illusion that an increase in freedoms and rights necessarily results in equality, social progress and individual happiness. In Atomised, this is illustrated through the blighted lives of two half-brothers raised in the 1960's era of sexual permissiveness. The film version is a slightly unsatisfying translation of the novel and rather misinterprets Houellebecq as mercilessly attacking sexual permissiveness. It seems to me, his novels are rather more philosophical and bleak representations of the impossibility of sex ever being free of morality, that pleasure will always come with a price attached and that unless we fall back on religious mores, the best we can do is try to regulate the free sexual marketplace to remove inequalities, just as we do with the economic one. Of course, increasingly, we are seeing the sexual free market being regulated, but it is being done so almost exclusively by feminists for the benefit of middle-aged, plain women (i.e. feminists).
Tags: , david, walliams, harper, collins, quentin, blake, digital, outdoor, campaign, grand, visual, dep, advertising,

Desc: Today we've got TWO shows for you guys, counting down the Top Twenty Comic Books, Series, and Graphic Novels of 2008. Look for Part Two, where we count down from #10-#1! Be sure to comment, subscribe, and tell your friends.
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Desc: There's more information about Ian Rankin here... http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/5814-1/Author-Ian-Rankin.htm The year 2007 marks Detective Inspector John Rebus's last year in the Scottish police force. Forced to retire by both the law and his - relieved - superiors, Rebus knows that his time in the blue ranks must now come to an end. But how will the irascible detective deal with this grim terminus? Particularly with his nemesis, Ger Cafferty, still walking the streets of Edinburgh. And how will John's protege and friend Siobhan Clarke move forward with the old relic finally gone? Ian Rankin: Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into twenty-two languages and are bestsellers on several continents. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, as well as receiving two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh. A contributor to BBC2's 'Newsnight Review', he also presented his own TV series, 'Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts', on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
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Desc: Today we've got TWO shows for you guys, counting down the Top Twenty Comic Books, Series, and Graphic Novels of 2008. Look for Part One, where we count down from #20-#11! Be sure to comment, subscribe, and tell your friends.
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