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John Green has done it again. His most recent book, The Fault in Our Stars – an honest and touching portrayal of two cancer patients who fall in love – certainly won’t disappoint fans of his previous award-winning work. Green decided to take a different approach by narrating this story from the female character’s point of [...]
Did you know that Darth Vader’s two wingmen during the climatic scene in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope are under the callsigns “Mauler” and “Backstabber?” Did you also know that Vader’s squadron was called “Black Squadron?” And did you also know that Mauler has a son named Rejlii Mithel who is a lieutenant [...]
Over the last decade, Norway-native Jo NesbØ has taken the literary world by storm. With eight internationally acclaimed novels translated into over 40 languages, NesbØ has cemented himself as one of the world’s premier contemporary crime/thriller writers. It’s taken four years, but his seventh novel The Snowman has finally been translated into English and has [...]
In the vast world of reality television, no individual has accrued as much infamy as Nicole “Snooki” Polizzo. In the last couple of years, she has captivated viewers with her gargantuan hair poof, love for “guido juicehead gorillas” and advocacy of a tanning bed in every home. She recently released a book entitled A Shore [...]
I picked up Lucy Weston’s The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer expecting it to follow in the footsteps of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer. I expected the campy, witty plot that seems to be en vogue these days. What I got was a somber and serious novel whose [...]
Since the release of the last novel in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, and the enduring fiasco of their movie adaptations, I searched for a mature vampire epic that does not read like a daytime soap opera. For four years I have searched in vain until, alas, I stumbled upon my salvation in The Fall (Book [...]
Matched, the first book in a new trilogy by Ally(son) Condie, has been taking the literary world by storm. Since its release in November 2010, it has become one of the most talked-about dystopian books since The Hunger Games series, even becoming a New York Times bestseller as of Jan.16.
Despite this national acclaim, the hype [...]
To understand the effects invasive species are having on the population of native Sonora Mud Turtles, researchers from the USGS’s Southwest Biological Science Center are trying to learn all they can about the existing turtles and their habitat. Research ecologist Jeff Lovich narrates this short video describing the phases of the project and the importance [...]
This profile scratches the surface into the journey of seasoned writer and poet, Mikel Weisser of Kingman, AZ. Weisser worked as a freelance journalist, and has published over 7 poetry and fiction books. Weisser teaches history at White Cliffs middle school in Kingman, is a member of NORAZ poets, and is currently campaigning for a [...]
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