“Put Something In,” a short poem by popular poet and children’s book writer Shel Silverstein, is interpreted with a dark twist in this video.
In this video, bestselling fantasy author Terry Brooks describes his new book, Armageddon’s Children.
Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval talk about their book, The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness to be released in September.
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Heidi Julavits on her novel, The Uses of Enchantment, to be released in October.
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Alex Kuczynski on her book, Beauty Junkies: Inside our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery, to be released in October. Topics discussed in this video may be graphic for some.
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Charlotte’s Web
by E. B. White
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One of the classics of children’s literature, this widely read tale takes place on a farm in Maine and concerns a pig named Wilbur and his devoted friend Charlotte, the spider who manages to save his life by writing words in her web. The movie stars Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, among others.
Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs
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The true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. It is a funny, harrowing and bestselling account of an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
The Prestige
by Christopher Priest
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Winner of the World Fantasy Award
In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose one another. Directed by Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Memento), the movie stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine.
Catherine Webb was just fourteen years old when she completed her first novel, Mirror Dreams (2002), which she wrote during her school summer holidays. Since then, she has gone on to write further books which have been favourably compared with Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, two of her literary heroes.
Catherine prides herself on the scientific and historical accuracy of her latest series, the Horatio Lyle books, which have been universally acclaimed by reviewers and readers alike. A lifelong Londoner, she enjoys walking through the areas she describes in her books - Bethnal Green, Clerkenwell and along the Thames - comparing the city as it is now to how it was then. Catherine is currently studying history at the University of London.
(Source: atombooks.co.uk)
Kingdoms of the Void Series
Mirror Dreams
Mirror Wakes
Sam Linnifer Series
Waywalkers
Timekeepers
Horatio Lyle Series
The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
The Obsidian Dagger, Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle
Book trailers? Why not? New filmmakers of top U.S. film schools have created Book Videos for three of the hottest debut titles of 2006. Here are the winners of the 2006 Book Video Awards:
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Shadow Man
by Cody McFadyen
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Special Agent Smoky Barrett was one of the FBI’s best at hunting down serial killers - until a madman destroyed her family and shattered her life. Now she feels she has nothing left to lose. She’s wrong. She’s about to encounter the Shadow Man. And he’s issued Smoky a direct challenge, coaxing her back from the brink with the only thing that could convince her to live.
Stuart: A Life Backwards
by Alexander Masters
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When they met, Alexander Masters was an American living in England and Stuart Shorter was, by his own admission, a chaotic, knife-wielding alcoholic with a heroin problem who had spent half his life in prison and the other half on the streets. Thus began the unlikeliest of friendships from which grew this extraordinary biography, one which will leave readers changed forever by the story of a man who could be someone they pass on the street every day. Film rights sold to Sam Mendes and HBO/BBC.
The Thieves of Heaven
by Richard Doetsch
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In a small, heavily fortified room just north of the Sistine Chapel, a master thief is about to strike. All he needs is an instant to steal the most important treasure in the Vatican museum: two antique keys - one gold, one silver - that protect the secret of salvation. This spellbinding debut thriller has already been snapped up for a major motion picture by Twentieth Century Fox.
