20 Literary Facts To Impress Your Friends With
Aside from scoring book nerd points, these will also help you dominate on trivia night!
Aside from scoring book nerd points, these will also help you dominate on trivia night!
Cats still rule. But nice try, these guys!
Need something nifty for the bookish person in your life that isn’t, well, a book? We’ve got some ideas.
Odd Future’s hardcore/punk pals, Trash Talk, have come out with a 400+ page hardcover titled Book 2 that includes a previously unreleased 7” and plenty of mayhem.
Mmmmmmm, books. (via idreambooks.com)
Because if you are going to color anything, it should be Ryan Gosling. (via stylist.co.uk)
It’s not a tragic case of hoarding, but an art installation in London.
Tales of David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s sexual escapades together have been published in a new book by Christopher Andersen. The Daily News gave us a sneak peek. Here are a few excerpts.
The last three pages of “Strange Feelings for Steve” explain why.
I now feel strangely compelled to read “The Hunger Games.” From last night’s book signing at Barnes and Noble in New York City.
He’s a published meowther. God…that doesn’t even make sense.
New book reveals JSOC’s secrets. Special Forces would stop a coup in the United States.
Tanabe’s roman a clef portrays “cut-throat political rag.”
What he asked her to do in the swimming pool will floor you. From the upcoming tell-all by former White House intern Mimi Alford, “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair With President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath,” an early copy of which was obtained by The New York Post. President Kennedy was, shall we say, a complicated man.
Were you the kid reading Catcher In The Rye, did you go through a really bitter Lord Of The Flies phase, how many times were you forced to read The Great Gatsby? We want to know what your favorite book was and why! Read More ›
Ever wondered how to “get a web-based email account” or “find old friends and make new ones” on Facebook? Thank heavens there’s a book to tell us how.
It’s not as hot as it sounds. On a chilly night in Grapevine, Texas, last week Reverend Ed Young and wife Lisa fired up the webcam and got under the covers on top of their Fellowship Church to promote “bring[ing] God back into the bed,” by having sex seven days straight. [Spoiler alert: They didn’t have sex that night.]
Need to teach your children a foreign language that doesn’t exist? You may consider picking up Wu Kee Smith’s “How To Speak Wookiee,” even though I have no idea how, exactly, the illustrated title actually educates your padawan on the Kashyyyk language arts. Especially when the book totally misspells “Wookiee.”
Diddy served as “executive editor” on this new coffee table book, a collection of artful ass photography by Raphael Mazzucco. “Culo” is Spanish for booty, by the by. Keep an eye out for celebrity culo from Lady Gaga, Nicole Scherzinger and Stacy Keibler.
This is hilarious. From the soldier who anonymously posted this photo on Tumblr: “Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book (SPOILER ALERT: George Washington - Patriot; George Soros - Pinhead) instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say, food or soap. Just burned the whole lot of them on my Commander’s orders.” View Image ›
Marcel, the little guy with an exoskeleton who charmed the internet with his debut video Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, has made the leap from viral video star to children’s book author. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me is due out Nov 1 and looks like it will be a thimbleful of adorableness. (via jezebel.com) Read More ›
The new tell-all from Joe McGinniss—The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin—isn’t even out yet, but the skeeziest bits are already oozing into the media septic tank. Here are the tabloidiest allegations leveled at Sarah and Todd Palin from The National Enquirer’s report on the book. View List ›
Indeed, another blog-to-book deal. But no reason to hate. You could get all meta with your parents junk by cluttering up their place even more with a throwaway book about their worthless clutter. (via.) Watch Video ›
David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” has been re-imagined as a brilliant but disturbing children’s book by Andrew Kolb. (via.) View List ›
For the passing fan or honorary Jedi that knows every detail of the series, “Star Wars: The Blueprints” pulls back the nerf-herding curtain to show how an entire galaxy was engineered. (via via.) View List ›
I can’t get enough of these. To learn more about the artist and her stunning work, click here. (via 1800recycling.com) View List ›
Can’t decide on a summer read yet? Sit right back and let this handy flowchart do all the work for you! (via twitter.com) View Image ›
And not in the metaphorical, heart and soul kind of way. The book is Girlvert: A Porno Memoir, authored by porn star Oriana Small (aka, Ashley Blue). We’ll let the press release explain why it’s $200 a copy. More over at Forbes. View List ›
The recently released cover for Levi Johnston’s new tell all, Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs. From Playgirl centerfold to literary and publishing titan. Much respect. Bristol will soon be crawling back. View List ›
Further proof that applied science is awesome. Whew. And here we all thought books weren’t going to have a niche in the digital world. Watch Video ›