Category: books

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Sundays at Tiffany’s (James Patterson/Gabrielle Charbonnet) is now a Lifetime original movie from Sony Pictures television which will air on Monday December 6th at 9:00 PM ET/PT, 8:00 PM CT.

Alyssa Milano who also serves as producer, stars as Jane Claremont, who, as a young girl, would accompany here mother Vivian (Stockard Channing) to Tiffany’s in New York every Sunday and bring along her imaginary friend, Michael.

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Family Matters, and we all have great stories to tell!  People everywhere gain so much from the encouragement of Chicken Soup for the Soul books, but this one shares laughter above all.

Read Bruce Jenner’s story about his own Jenner/Kardashian family, and then join him in reading about everyone else’s family! 

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Scholastic has an awesome book that peels back the layers of the Millennium Falcon, showing in a unique 3-D way the layout of the interior and exterior of the ship.  You now have access to the owner’s manual of a Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 light freighter! 

This would be an incredible piece of memorabilia to add to any Star Wars collection. 

Now you can find out exactly how “she” holds together!

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Movie Dinners serves up delicious movie-themed fare

Food and movies were born to be put together.  Food in films can be as important as the cast.  When you think about it, food has had a major role in many classic cinema moments.

Becky Thorn takes the “dinner and a movie” concept to a new mouth-watering level in Movie Dinners: Reel Recipes From Your Favourite Films (Portico, and imprint of Anova Books, January 2011), bringing delectable dishes from the silver screen to the kitchen table.

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Remember folding paper into a hand-held fortune teller, paper airplane or secret note square? Whether a fortune teller novice or a seasoned paper-folding expert, the new book World’s Best Origami (ISBN: 9781615640539, Alpha Books, November 2010, $19.95) challenges readers with more than 100 of the most unique and best-loved origami patterns ever created.

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Guest Post by Amber Litke

OtherWorlds: How to Imagine, Paint and Create Epic Scenes of Fantasy
by Tom Kidd
$26.99

I’m one of those semi-creative people, or at least I pretend to be.  I love to draw, mainly fantasy characters.  One thing that has eluded my abilities to do is paint.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Jeff Kinney
Amulet Books
$13.95

We’ve been following the day to day life of Greg Heffley for a while.  We know how he thinks and how he lives in a world of people who don’t make sense.  But it’s been a long time and Greg is starting to grow up.

Christmas Gift Guide

In an effort to cover books for all age groups and genres on my Christmas Gift Guide, if I didn’t include something for all those comic lovers out there I’d be remiss.  So I want to share Obsessed With Marvel:  Test Your Knowledge of the Marvel Universe, by Peter Sanderson.  So, here we go!

What’s It All About?

This is the Marvel Comic Fanatic’s ulitmate challenge.  It’s more than just a trivia book,

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Star Wars has fans of all ages from five to ninety-five, and Christmas is a great time of year to get gifts for those folks.  There are an enormous amount of fan paraphernalia to choose from and getting a gift can sometimes feel overwhelming.  Here are a few Star Wars books from Chronicle Books that I’d like to highlight that are a definite must for the Star Wars fan in your life!

Yoda
Bring You Wisdom, I Will
By Yoda
$16.95

The ultimate Jedi Master from Star Wars is also the perfect totem for wisdom in all of life’s pursuits.  Having explored the galaxy and studied the Force for hundreds of years, Yoda has passed on his knowledge of the Jedi arts to generations of the galaxy’s greatest heroes.  Now you can have your own Yoda sensei in your life!  This one-of-a-kin, hand-painted Yoda statue comes with a customizable galactic display stand, a booklet of Yoda’s most inspirational musings alongside full-color illustrations, and a sheet of removable stickers of select quotes.  Perfect for the office, mantle, bedside table, or anywhere else the Force might come in handy.  (Maybe the car dashboard?!)

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One gadget that’s likely to be on a lot of Christmas wish lists this year are eReaders.  There are many to choose from with different price points, and different features, and one of the newest on the market is from Sharper Image and it’s called Literati.  Just released in October of 2010, it’s available at retail locations nationwide just in time for Christmas shopping.

Sharper Image has long been a company that has enthralled people with lights and buttons on electronic devices, so it makes sense that they would enter the booming retail presence with an eReader of their own.  What makes this one a bit different than the majority of the ones on the market is that is has an LCD display rather than an E-ink one.