Seven years after his debut, the award-winning story collection “For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,” Nathan Englander has finally published a second book. nabokov novel His publisher must be relieved that it’s a novel. Even readers who end up not liking “The Ministry of Special Cases” ought at least to admire Englander’s good sense.
“The Ministry [...]
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Jul
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Jun
Not only are the movies based on comics but the movies have spawned media-tie-in novels. Halo and Indiana Jones have done this as well - not to mention the ever present World of War Craft (War Crack, to some). But are they worth checking out? Do these novels have the same merits the comics and [...]
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Jun
Novel About An Awakening Sense Of Social Responsibility Receives Editors Choice
Posted by admin Published in Online NovelFor a book that Midwest Book Review has highly recommended as “an involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility,†Joe Redden Tigan has received both the Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice designations from publisher iUniverse for his first novel, “Waggle†(ISBN: 978-0-595-41619-6). iUniverse chooses only those titles that have the essential qualities to [...]
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Jun
The complexity of molecular pathways indicates that cellular networks greatly coordinate and interconnect. This, in turn, essentially means that the non-functioning of any specific component in the cell proliferation pathway could result in several anomalies that could manifest as different cancers.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (technicalinsights.frost.com), Advances in Apoptosis Research, finds that the apoptosis [...]
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Jun
Young readers today are enjoying a new twist on literature.
Not quite a comic book or chapter book, the increasingly popular graphic novel has qualities of both.
The graphic novel and even more specifically, “Manga,†is derived from Japanese culture. The book starts at the back and reads forward, plus the pages read from right to left. [...]
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Jun
Apparently I acted too hastily. Forty-five years later, comic books are the common currency of contemporary Hollywood.
Today’s mass moviegoers might not read novels or go to Broadway plays. But they sure know Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and, now, Iron Man.
This should be the point where your grumpy critic goes on a rant against cultural trash and [...]
4
Jun
It looks a bit like a comic book, but it’s anything but a lighthearted story.
A new graphic novel being put out by the National Center for State Courts is intended to help the public learn about the court system in a way that’s a far cry from a simple brochure anyone can pick up at [...]
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Jun
Book Expo ‘08: Manga In Costco At The Airport? At The Px
Posted by admin Published in Graphic Novel, Mystery NovelImmediately following Saturday morning’s Graphic Novels breakfast that kicked off Graphic Novels Day at Book Expo America 2008 in Los Angeles, the panelists for the Graphic Novels and Manga Distribution panel got down to business to talk about changes and challenges of the marketplace. As graphic novels and manga continue to make inroads into new [...]
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Jun
One day, while living with her husband in London, Elisabeth Payne Rosen spilled her groceries in front of the Duke of York’s Barracks on King’s Road and in a flash of inspiration, decided that she wanted to know everything about the American Civil War. Rosen’s ensuing research is presented in her first novel “Hallam’s Warâ€â€”the [...]
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May
The hero of Omaha Perez’s black-and-white graphic novel piss-take on the world’s greatest detective, Holmes (AiT/Planet Lar), is far removed from the familiar deerstalker capped brainiac we’re accustomed to seeing. This Sherlock Holmes is a half-crazed dope fiend more concerned with looking good in the press than in actually solving the case. Prone to paranoid [...]
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