The sale of the Superman book marks the third time this year that a record was set for the sale of a comic book.
As Apple prepared to introduce its first iPad, the late Steve Jobs, then its chief executive, suggested moving to an "agency model, " under which the publishers would set the price of the book and Apple would take a 30% cut.
She spends the first part of her book trying to set up her argument with an exhaustive history of evolutionary thought, both pre- and post-Darwin.
Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh are no longer involved with a film adaptation of a book set during Guernsey's German occupation, its producer has said.
Those shows are now on "They All Played for Us, " a lavish 4-CD set with a hardbound book of commentary and colorful photography, released by the label last month.
Several of the book's 11 stories are set in Elk Tooth, a two-bit town of three bars and 80 residents, many with mouth-clogging names: Gilbert Wolfscale, Hard Winter Ulph, Wiregrass Cokendall.
This model does three things very well that address all my concerns: it stays balanced while rolling, it is much, much easier to load and unload thanks to a zipper that goes all the way around the head of the clubs so it opens more like a book, and it has an awesome set of retractable legs that make it into a four wheeler.
His book advances a nested set of arguments on behalf of work that meaningful, because it is genuinely useful to identifiable people.
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The main thesis of this book is that Milton is similarly changeless, and that one set of notions runs through all of his works, from lyrics composed in the 1630s to his epic poetry of the 1660s.
For those attending the memorial, a book of condolence will be set-up in the lobby for everyone to sign.
It typifies the credo set forth in the book, A Sense of Urgency by John P Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Ms. Buchanan, co-author of the bestseller "The Daring Book for Girls, " says she set out to create a multimedia story that took advantage of the protean nature of the latest e-readers, which can function as a book one moment and a photo album or movie player the next.
"It's no coincidence that the phrase 'je ne sais quoi' is used to describe something so beautiful and elegant that it is seemingly indescribable, " said Erin Swift, a Manhattan-based set designer, prop stylist and author of the new book, "French Accents: At Home With Parisian Objects and Details" (Clarkson Potter).
The game itself doesn't start until more than a third of the way through the book, so the there's plenty of room for Kettmann's set-up, before he goes into a virtual box score in the remaining chapters.
The classic 1949 Ealing comedy, Whisky Galore, based on Compton Mackenzie's book was set on the fictional Hebridean island of Todday.
The college is home to the Book of Kells, an eighth century set of gospels created by the monks of the Abbey of Kells in County Meath.
The book, a series of interlocking stories set against the background of the US music industry, jumps around in time from the punky 1970s to the near-future.
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From these discussions emerged a book of 18 white papers, a set of analyses of the origins of the problems facing our economy, as well as a set of policy recommendations.
And his latest book called The Best of Worlds is set in Barcelona, but in a way he merely uses Barcelona as a kind of back drop for the black humour which has made him famous.
Although he draws too much on his earlier writings, Peter Nichols in a fine new book suggests that the rot of sponsorship set in here: a trophy of a golden globe and a cash prize offered by the Sunday Times for, respectively, the first and the fastest circumnavigation.
In the late Heian era (893-1185), when the book is set, the ruling Fujiwara clan of upper-class commoners (to which Murasaki belonged) would send their daughters to court at Kyoto, hoping that one would give birth to a crown prince and ensure their control of the imperial power.
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Pottermania is set to escalate this year when the film version of the first book 'Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone' is released.
He explores this alleged phenomenon and alleges other instances of corruption in the madrassas of Bangladesh in his book, Inside Madrassa, set for release this year.
Dealing with these large chains reduced distribution costs, facilitated efficient ordering practices, allowed the creation of set title lists, and created a coherent network for book signings and literary events that promoted publishers and sellers joint interests.
Book two, Exposure, a retelling of Macbeth set in an Alaska high school, will be released in January.
At Esbooks, a Japanese book Web site set up last November, 93% of people who bought books have chosen to pick them up at 7-Eleven instead of having them home-delivered.
The book, set in London and Guernsey, details the lives of islanders during the early 1940s through letters.
But for all that, the book remains rooted in its time and in a single set of ideas.
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