As part of Penguin UK’s re-release of Ian Fleming’s classic 007 Bond books on May 29th, they commissioned Michael Gillette to paint 14 covers for the project. They are all done in ‘60s pin-up style with the book titles in retro fonts across the backsides of the Bond girls.
I thought Joan Rivers already had that job. Jesus, that one is starting to look like one of the Nazis that didn’t look away from the Ark of the Covenant when Indy warned everybody to keep their eyes shut.
Anyway, Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a certified plastic surgeon, wrote a children’s book/ horror story called “My Beautiful Mommy” that explains to kids about their mommy’s new body parts. Isn’t that adorable? Newsweek reports:
Salzhauer got the idea for a book after noticing that women were coming into his office with their kids in tow. He says that mysterious doctor’s visits can be frightening for children. “Parents generally tend to go into this denial thing. They just try to ignore the kids’ questions completely.” But, he adds, children “fill in the blanks in their imagination” and then feel worse when they see “mommy with bandages,” he says. “With the tummy tucks, [the mothers] can’t lift anything. They’re in bed. The kids have questions.”
Questions like:
Mommy, why are your boobs all lopsided and hard?
Mommy, why are you leaking silicon again?
Mommy, why do you smell like formaldehyde and vodka?
All good questions. Kid’s are smart.
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Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of J.K Rowling has announced the name of the latest and last Harry Potter book.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” will be the final book in the series. A publication date has not been set as Rowling is still working on the book.
A note from the author on her website said “”I’m now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more.” She continued, “I don’t think anyone who has not been in a similar situation can possibly know how this feels: I am alternately elated and overwrought. I both want, and don’t want, to finish this book (don’t worry, I will.)”
The previous books in order of publication:
The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted.
Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land
after it comes under Taliban rule.
In 2005, the Kite Runner was chosen by Villanova University as the first selection in its One Book Villanova Program. A free copy of the book was given to each student, faculty, and staff member, who was encouraged to read it and attend the various discussion groups and related events throughout the 2005-2006 academic year.
The Kite Runner
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