Otto: A Palindrama

Otto: A Palindrama
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 75
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ISBN-10 : 9780593112847
ISBN-13 : 0593112849
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Otto: A Palindrama by : Jon Agee

This absurdly clever and funny graphic novel, told entirely in palindromes, is created by World Palindrome Champion Jon Agee, author of Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! Otto is having a very palindramatic day. His pet, Pip, has gone missing, and his search for the dog leads him deeper and deeper into a strange and perplexing world--full of talking owls, stacks of cats, storms and mazes, boats and trains and automobiles . . . oh my! Everything seems to be the same backward and forward, and Pip isn't sure he'll ever find his way home to Mom and Pop. But you, reader, will enjoy his Oz-like journey thoroughly.

The Stand

The Stand
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 1388
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ISBN-10 : 9780385528856
ISBN-13 : 038552885X
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis The Stand by : Stephen King

#1 BESTSELLER • The apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting—and eerily plausible—as when it was first published. • The tie-in edition of the nine-part CBS All Access series starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Marsden. A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.

Hollywood's Stephen King

Hollywood's Stephen King
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0312293216
ISBN-13 : 9780312293215
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Hollywood's Stephen King by : Tony Magistrale

Tony Magistrale explores many of the movie versions of Stephen King's works and provides important insights into both the films and the fiction on which they are based.

Reading Stephen King

Reading Stephen King
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Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1587674815
ISBN-13 : 9781587674815
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Reading Stephen King by : Stewart O'Nan

Because He's Jeff Goldblum

Because He's Jeff Goldblum
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781524746032
ISBN-13 : 1524746037
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Because He's Jeff Goldblum by : Travis M. Andrews

An irreverent yet deeply researched biography about the always offbeat, suddenly meme-able, and wildly popular actor When did you first encounter Jeff Goldblum? Maybe as a deranged killer in his 1974 screen debut in Death Wish? Maybe as a cynical journalist in 1983s The Big Chill? Or a brilliant if egotistical scientist-turned-fly in 1986s The Fly? Perhaps as the wise-cracking skeptical mathematician in 1993s Jurassic Park? Or maybe you’re not a film buff but noticed his face as part of one of the Internet’s earliest memes. Who knows? Whenever it was, you’ve probably noticed that Goldblum has become one of Hollywood’s most enduring actors, someone who only seems to grow more famous, more heralded, more beloved through the decades, even though he’s always followed his own, strange muse. The guy primarily plays jazz music these days, but is more famous than ever. Actor, pianist, husband, father, style icon, meme. Goldblum contains multitudes, but why? What does he mean? The Washington Post’s Travis M. Andrews decided to find out. And so he set out on a journey through Goldblum's career, talking to directors like Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman, colleagues like Harry Shearer and Billy Crudup, and pop culture experts like Chuck Klosterman and Sean Fennessey, to get to the bottom of this whole Goldblum thing. And then he took what he learned and he wrote this book, which is titled Because He’s Jeff Goldblum and is the best thing written since The Brothers Karamazov and slightly easier to follow. But you should already know that. In this new semi-biography, semi-rumination, and semi-ridiculous look at the career of Goldblum, Andrews takes you behind the scenes of his iconic movies, explores the shifting nature of fame in the twenty-first century, and spends far too much time converting Goldblum’s name into various forms of speech. Want to hear how Goldblum saved a script supervisor from an amorous baboon? Or what he would write on the mirror after taking showers when he was a teenager? How about his feelings on various brands of throat lozenges? (That one could be an entire book unto itself.) Then this is the book for you!

The Running Man

The Running Man
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 340
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0451197968
ISBN-13 : 9780451197962
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Running Man by : Stephen King

Welcome to America in 2025 when the best men don't run for president. They run for thier lives--in the ultimate death game.

Adapting Stephen King

Adapting Stephen King
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 229
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781476648217
ISBN-13 : 1476648212
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Adapting Stephen King by : Joseph Maddrey

Stephen King's fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author. His earliest short stories, collected in the Night Shift anthology, have been adapted into hit features including Creepshow, Children of the Corn, Cat's Eye, Maximum Overdrive, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They Come Back, and The Mangler. Through his "Dollar Baby" program, King licensed several Night Shift stories to aspiring filmmakers for just one dollar each, resulting in numerous student film adaptations. This book critically examines and contextualizes adaptations of the Night Shift short stories, from big box office features to relatively unknown student films. It illuminates how each film is a uniquely and intricately collaborative endeavor, and charts the development of each adaptation from first option to final cut. Through old and new interviews with the creators, the work explores how filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake and reboot King's stories.

Dark Tower

Dark Tower
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Publisher : Marvel Comics Group
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0785135715
ISBN-13 : 9780785135715
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Dark Tower by :

Gunslinger Roland Deschain is pursued, along with Cuthbert and Alain, by the Big Coffin Hunters, and they are forced into the desert while Roland is in a coma with his consciousness held captive by Maerlyn's mystical sphere.

Storm of the Century

Storm of the Century
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780671032647
ISBN-13 : 067103264X
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Storm of the Century by : Stephen King

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The Art of Vinyasa

The Art of Vinyasa
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780834840409
ISBN-13 : 0834840405
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Art of Vinyasa by : Richard Freeman

A radical presentation of the most rigorous form of contemporary yoga as meditation in motion In The Art of Vinyasa, two of the most well-respected teachers of the Ashtanga style of yoga, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor, explore this rigorous practice not as a gymnastic feat, but as a meditative form. They reveal that doing the practice—and particularly the vinyasa, or the breath-synchronized movements—in such a deep and focused way allows practitioners to experience a profound awakening of the body and mind. It also develops an adaptable, flexible practice that can last a lifetime. Freeman and Taylor give an in-depth explanation of form, alignment, and anatomy, and how they work together in the practice. They also present a holistic approach to asana practice that includes an awareness of the subtle breath and seamlessly merges yoga philosophy with practical technique. Unlike other books on Ashtanga, The Art of Vinyasa does not follow the linear pattern of the sequences of postures that are the hallmark of Ashtanga yoga. Instead, it interlinks the eight limbs: yama and niyama (ethical practices), asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (nongrasping of the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), samadhi (harmony, insight)—and shows how to establish an internally rooted yoga practice.