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Monday, November 19, 2012

Osama (Chris Ryan)

Osama

Chris Ryan

Blurb: Osama Bin Laden is dead.

The President of the United States knows it. The world know it. And SAS hero Joe Mansfield knows it. He was on the ground in Pakistan when it happened. He saw Seal Team 6 go in, and he saw them extract with their grisly cargo. He was in the right place at the right time.

Or maybe, the wrong place at the wrong time.

Because now somebody wants Joe dead. His world is violently dismantled. His family is targeted, his reputation destroyed. And as he learns of a devastating terror attack on both sides of the Atlantic, Joe knows this: his only chance of survival is to find out exactly what happened in Bin Laden's compound the night the Americans went in.

But an unseen, menacing power has tracks it needs to cover. And it will stop at nothing to prevent him uncovering the sinister truth...

ISBN: 9781444706451 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Coronet

Pages: 380 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Buy from WhSmith

3. Interview with the author

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Sunday Sun article for the book

Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Mysterious Stranger - Toy Story (Dan Jolley & Chris Moreno)

The Mysterious Stranger - Toy Story

Dan Jolley & Chris Moreno

Blurb: This action-packed trade collects all four issues of Toy Story: The Mysterious Stranger. Woody, Buzz and the gang encounter a mysterious egg-shaped toy... They crash Andy's science fair in a heroic attempt to repair his broken exhibit... They toys must make peace with the family's new dog, buster...And finally, Sarge decides that the only way he can keep his troops safe is by revealing their walking-and-talking nature to Andy! Can Woody stop him before it's too late?

ISBN: 9781934506912 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Boom Kids

Pages: 96 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Preview some of the comic

3. Buy from Borders

4. Wikipedia page for the Toy Story series

5. Review of the film series

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Defining Moments in Movies: The Greatest Films, Stars, Scenes, and Events that Made Movie Magic (Chris Fujiwara)

Defining Moments in Movies: The Greatest Films, Stars, Scenes, and Events that Made Movie Magic

Edited by Chris Fujiwara

Blurb: Part expert selection of seminal moments, part glorious celebration of over 100 years of cinema. The moments are divided into categories. The seminal films, the major players - actors, actresses, directors, producers - focusing on a moment that encompasses their contribution, great scenes, great lines, and major events - from meetings and debuts to casting quirks and deaths. Whether dazzlingly inventive, technically breathtaking, shockingly simple or simply shocking, these moments took movies to their greatest heights. Some are legendary - the spectacular action sequence, awesome special effects, extraordinary performances, genius direction or unforgettable dialogue. Others are more subtle - groundbreaking films that inspired decades of imitators, the first screen appearance of a future star, the untimely death of a major player, or even the roll of the dice on the casting couch that gave us Brandon's Godfather rather than Borgnine's.

Each moment is an indelible, vital or explosive turning point in filmmaking, each reviewed in its historic context with an overview of its impact on movie history, movie making and movie viewing.

-Written by a superb selection of international film writers, critics, experts and film makers, here is an intelligent guide to over a century of major movies, film history and criticism.

-In depth reviews of key scenes, speeches and seminal films from over 50 countries offer rare insight into the giants of the silver screen.

-Biography and impact of the major movers and shakers covers the great directors, cinematographers and stars.

ISBN: 9781844036042 (Softback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Cassell

Pages: 800 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. About the editor

2. Goodreads page for the book

3. Examples from the book

4. Blog on the book

5. Buy from QBD

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World At Large (William Shatner with Chris Regan)

Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World At Large

William Shatner with Chris Regan

Blurb: You love William Shatner.

You admire his many varied talents.

You appreciate his creativity and willingness to take risks.

You want to learn his master negotiation techniques.

You wish you could hang out with him.

Admit it. You want to BE William Shatner.

And now...you can (almost)

To be Shatner, you must follow the rules included in the lively, entertaining, and thoughtful volume you now hold in your hands. This collection of rules, illustrated with stories from Bill's illustrious life and career, will show you how Bill became William Shatner, larger than life and bigger than any role he ever played.

Shatner rules is your guide to becoming William Shatner. Or, more accurately, beautifully Shatneresque. Because let's face it...Shatner does rule, doesn't he?

ISBN: 9780525952510 (Hardback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Dutton

Pages: 252 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Google books page

2. Good reads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. US Publisher's page

5. Review

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Family Guy: Peter The Great - Cine-Manga #1 (Chris Sheridan and Ricky Blitt)

Family Guy: Peter The Great - Cine-Manga #1

Chris Sheridan and Ricky Blitt

Blurb: Peter Griffin thrives on the virtues of life, liberty and the pursuit of freebies. When he receives a clean bill of health from the hospital, he writes on his chart that he's dead so that he can skip out without paying. Peter might be able to cheat the doctors, but will he be able to cheat death? Also in this volume, Peter has to attend sensitivity training and ends up at a women's retreat. Will this man's man get in touch with his feminine side? It's outrageous values in this slapstick volume of Family Guy, which will have the whole family praying...that they don't turn into the Griffins!

ISBN: 1595321667 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: TokyoPop

Pages: 91 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. List of Family Guy quotes

3. Wikipedia page for Peter

4. Family Guy Wiki

5. Bios on the characters