Got Job Stress? Join The Circus! Self-Published Author from the States Finds Her Niche in China (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Shanghai Peoples' Publishing House, a division of the conglomerate Century Publishing Group, has joined the circus! The Corporate Circus' book, a humorous animated corporate metaphor, is licensed and now published in Chinese by top publisher in China....more...TIME Podcasts (Time Magazine)
10 Questions for Drew Carey He's been a writer, a stand-up comic and a sitcom star. His next challenge is to fill the shoes of daytime-TV institution Bob Barker, as host of The Price Is Right....more... Bill Griffiths (Independent)
Brian Bransom Griffiths, poet: born Kingsbury, Middlesex 20 August 1948; died Seaham, Co Durham 13 September 2007....more... Rumor about "Secret Nuclear Cooperation" between DPRK and Syria Dismissed (Korean Central News Agency)
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA today as regards the rumor about "secret nuclear cooperation" between the DPRK and Syria spread by some media of the United States: Recently, the New York Times and some other media of the United States spread the rumor about the DPRK's secret nuclear cooperation with ......more... Persians and Greeks: Hollywood and the Clash of Civilisations (Payvand Iran News)
The movie industry has not been immune to the dramatic possibilities inherent in the controversial thesis of the "clash of civilisations" and its antinomy, the harmony or dialogue of civilisations. On the contrary, Hollywood in particular has accommodated itself to both perspectives, as evidenced by such films as Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and this year's huge box office success, ......more... September 15, 2007 (Arts Journal)
-- James Joyce, Maya Angelou and Salman Rushdie make Radar magazine's Overrated Hall of Fame. Such daring choices. Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer and Ernest Hemingway weren't available?...more... 'Arsonist's Guide ...' by Brock Clarke (Newsday)
Brock Clarke's darkly comic new novel begins with a confession that's as matter-of-fact as its splendid title, "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England."...more... Clarity is a key attribute of every 'DDN' headline (Dayton Daily News)
Put away the paperbacks: It's time for the hard stuff. This time of year, frothy beach reads go the way of the gin and tonic, meaning they're off to recycling-ville, where they'll be picked up and propped up in front of new eyes next June, somewhere in South Carolina....more... Comic Book Review: 52, Vol. 1 by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen (Blogcritics.org)
The first 52 collection offers both great super-heroics and a behind the scenes look at the making of the series. The first collection of 52 works especially well as a trade paperback. In part because the weekly book offered only twenty pages instead of the standard twenty-two, the writers pack each chapter full of short scenes with plenty of information -- sometimes, multiple plotlines are ......more... |