In scripted fare, the lineup includes two shows based on books: "The Nanny Diaries" and "The Mad Ones, " based on a crime novel about the Gallo brothers and the New York mob in the 1950s and 1960s.
SimAnt, a game in which players design their own complex ant colonies, is based on the books of Harvard biologist Edward O.
Midsomer Murders, based on the books by Caroline Graham, was launched in 1997 and has featured 251 deaths, 222 of which were murders.
Merck is being accused of playing games with its books based on an accounting strategy used by its Merck-Medco pharmacy benefits arm.
Of course one should not make the mistake that business cases and business books based on personal observation and opinion are without value.
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It's the latter that people will be looking out for: a 3-D motion-capture film that could set the stage for a new franchise based on the Belgian comic books.
The patent application, filed back in late-2009, describes a location-based social network that helps users discover people in their vicinity, based on common interests like books, movies, and, naturally, music.
The editorial content in the 112-page issue was made up of the kind of short, uplifting contributions from real people that made the series of books based on Chicken Soup for the Soul a success.
In the future, UNESCO hopes to create similar books based on the heritage of various provinces across Afghanistan to encourage greater understanding and awareness of the threats to the heritage in different parts of the country and the value in preserving it.
Made as a series last year for British television and available now either as a single, mammoth five-hour movie or three features, the trilogy is based on a quartet of books (one was dropped for the TV adaptation) written by the British noir specialist David Peace.
It is based on a series of five books, with more under way, and will probably run for years.
The movie was based on a successful series of books, the first of which came out in 2000, at the height of the dot-com boom.
The HBO series, based on the best-selling fantasy books by George R.
These books will be based on characters developed by Alan Moore in Watchmen, the 1986 graphic novel that became the standard by which all other graphic novels are now judged.
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The problem with flops is that they scare studios away from risky films and the movie-viewing public ends up with an endless procession of sequels and films based on best-selling young adult books.
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Amazon.com, an online bookseller, recommends books to customers based on past choices. 1-800 Flowers will keep a list of important birthdays for you and even remind you of what you bought last time.
Such books often are based on the simple yet appealing formula that they look at a number of successful companies, see what they have in common, and then conclude that other companies should strive to do the same thing.
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Producers Summit Entertainment has already announced a follow-up to the film, based on the second of Meyer's books, New Moon.
No sense in wagering your life savings based on the advice in a couple of books or an article you just read.
U.K. retailer Tesco this week sealed a partnership with movie-production firm Amber Entertainment to produce and release films based on some of the best-selling books it sells.
"Toyota is a car company that challenges itself in a way that makes the world shudder, " says Maryann Keller, a U.S.-based consultant and author of two books on the auto industry.
He says he's also got a number of books in the works, based on his photos of sharks.
Zhongwang, based in Liaoning, kept the loan on its books but disclaimed any responsibility for repayment.
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Later on, he decided to expand the project by launching a series of fun and educational books, songs and cartoons based on the dolls' characters.
He has has written several children's books, including Millions - based on Danny Boyle's 2004 film - and Cosmic, nominated for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2008.
The series, based on George RR Martin's best-selling books, has won numerous awards and nominations.
What is being taught in management books and classrooms is usually not based on rigorous research.
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As well as distributing the new films, Tesco will have a say in picking actors and in which books are turned into movies, based on what it thinks is "appropriate" for its customers.
Now will also show you cards for upcoming books, albums and TV shows based on what Google thinks you'll like -- which could either be quite helpful or exasperating depending on how well it knows you accuracy.
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