In the Trailer Park: Big Monsters, Big Ships, and Big Cats

Today’s Trailer Park holds a wildly diverse cornucopia of enticements. There’s no common theme amongst these three titles, I just enjoyed the trailers. Hope you do too.

First up, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith and (natch) Jane Austen. This one has been getting a lot of press, and it looks hysterical. I shamefully admit I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice, but I might be tempted now. Zombies make everything better!

Next we have Titanic: The Untold Story by W. Mae Kent. Since Hollywood thought it had made the quintessential Titanny project, I was happy to see someone else look at it from a different angle. This version focuses on some lesser-known passengers, including the ship’s only African-American.

Finally, we have A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall. This book tells the story of two friends who purchased a lion–yes, a lion–at Harrod’s in the 1960s, and their adventures with the big lovable cat. Now, a word of warning: this trailer had me on the floor in a puddle of tears. This, my friends, will move you. Never doubt the humanity of animals.

February 27, 2009 | Filed Under Trailer Park | 7 Comments 

Hooray for Cheap(er) Books

A1Books.com, one of the largest online book retailers, is now offering a bonus point program for loyal customers. The A1 Points Program rewards returning buyers by assigning points to their account, based upon the dollar amount spent (e.g. $10.55 equals 10.55 points). When customers come back to A1 to make another purchase, they have the option of applying their points to their order total. Points can be redeemed for 1% of the total price.

The program automatically keeps track of customers’ points and is free to join.

A1Books CEO Shinu Gupta plans to add further incentives to the program in the near future, like chances to earn double and triple points. 

A1Books.com also sells DVDs, games, and electronics.

Cheap books? I’m there! Maybe now I can afford my copy of La Dotta Mano.

 

Story Source  Publishers Weekly  |  Image Source  Youth.sg

February 25, 2009 | Filed Under Newsies | 3 Comments 

Agatha Christie’s Summer House Welcomes Visitors

Roadtrip!

Actually, it would be more of a canoe trip. A very looooong canoe trip.

Anyhoo, the grande dame of the mystery novel, Agatha Christie, spent her summers from 1938 to 1959 at Greenway, a history-rich manor near Dartmouth in southern England. She gave the home to her daughter and grandson, who donated it to the UK’s National Trust nine years ago.

And this Saturday for the first time ever, Greenway will open its doors to we peons of the reading public. The house has been completely restored to the pristine condition it was in when Christie summered there, and the rooms remain very similar to how they were when she was in residence–filled with books, papers, chocolates, flowers.

(Did someone say chocolate?!?!? What time do they open?!?!?)

Greenway opens its doors at 10:30 Saturday morning (oh, OK), and admission is £7.45. For more information, visit the The National Trust website.

 

Story Source  Yahoo  |  Image Source  BBC

February 24, 2009 | Filed Under Authors, Newsies | 2 Comments 

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