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It's Book Expo week and the e-book announcements are flying
Jacket CopyKeeping up with the news from Book Expo 2012 - just barely.... -
Harry Potter 'Book of Spells' by J.K. Rowling launches Wonderbook
Jacket CopyJK Rowling has written "Book of Spells," an interactive e-book-slash-game for the Sony Playstation and its new Wonderbook.... -
Feedback: If you could dine with an author, who would it be?
Definitely Christopher Fowler, who writes the "Peculiar Crimes Unit" and "Bryant & May" series. He has such a great sense of humor and knows so much about the history of London. His books are so much fun to read.
— Rena Gorman, Aurora
I would...Tags: Nick Hornby, Harry Potter (fictional character), World War I (1914-1918), Literature, Thomas Pynchon
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'The Hunger Games' adaptation hits the target ✭✭✭
The hypocrisy at the heart of "The Hunger Games" is irresistible. Novelist Suzanne Collins, whose trilogy has been decreed "awesome" by, among others, my 5th grade son, indicts violence and organized brutality as tools of mass-audience manipulation. Yet...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Celebrities, Donald Sutherland, Movies, Liam Hemsworth
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In Theory: Interpreting the Harry Potter series
Q. With the Harry Potter movies wrapped up, a blogger has published an article calling the main character “one of the most Christian symbols of modern pop culture.” Writing on RelevantMagazine.com, Ryan Hamm argues that, for all the criticism...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Human Interest, Christianity, Movies, Television
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Happy Bookers
Our home base is Woodstock, Marengo and Union, Illinois. Our group of 15 to 20 members has been meeting for 20-plus years. We meet the fourth Thursday of the month, and each member is assigned one meeting per year The hostess chooses the book for the...
Tags: Marengo, Woodstock (McHenry, Illinois), Union (McHenry, Illinois), Gary Chapman, Mark Twain
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J.K. Rowling's new book: 'The Casual Vacancy'
J.K. Rowling's first book aimed at adults will be called "The Casual Vacancy," and will be released Sept. 27, her British publisher announced today. Of course, Rowling's Harry Potter series appealed to kids and adults alike, so she comes with a ready-...
Tags: Nick Frost, Harry Potter (fictional character), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book, Simon Pegg
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Alice P. Davies, co-owned resume writing business
Alice Pinkham Davies, who helped thousands of clients with their business careers as the co-owner of a resume writing service, died of Alzheimer's disease Thursday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 85 and lived in Towson.
Born Alice Arnold Pinkham in...Tags: Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art, Rentals, Charles Theatre, Education
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Harry Potter novels available for loan via Kindle
Harry Potter novels will be available through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, Amazon said today, in announcing a deal with J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website. announced today. Of course, there's a catch. To get access to the library, you'll need...
Tags: Jeff Bezos, Harry Potter (fictional character), Amazon Kindle, Libraries, Arts and Culture
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Small Wonders: A few things he just doesn't get
Things I simply just don’t get: So, the last Harry Potter movie just came out. Spoiler Alert: J.K. Rowling is a gazillionaire. And leading up to the release was a gauntlet of publicity about the middle-aged actors pretending to be 17-year-old...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Harry Potter (fictional character), Social Issues, Politics, Interior Policy
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Unclassified Info: The hard reality behind censorship
I have three words for Glendale Unified School District officials and those parents who seek to ban Truman Capote’s masterpiece “In Cold Blood” from being added to the English curriculum. Get. Over. It. Yes, the novel depicts an almost...Tags: Fiction, Harry Potter (fictional character), Murder, Shrek (fictional character), Crimes
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Harry Potter e-books to join Amazon's Kindle lending library
Jacket CopyJ.K. Rowling's bestselling Harry Potter series will be available as free e-books to Kindle owners through Amazon's members-only lending library beginning June 19....
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