Friday, February 25, 2011
Book + Trailer: Drinking Closer to Home, by Jessica Anya Blau
Animated trailer for the novel published by Harper Perennial.
www.jessicaanyablau.com
Art and animation by Luca Dipierro.
www.lucadipierro.com
Music by Mahmoud Guinia
(Adapted from the YouTube description)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Book + Trailer: The Band that Played On, by Steve Turner
When TITANIC collided with an iceberg at 23:40 on April 14th, the eight members of the band had already retired for the evening. Still, they put on overcoats and mufflers and came out to play in the lounge. When most of the First Class passengers had taken to their lifeboats, the musicians simply moved to the deck and continued to play, calming the passengers as the ship sank. One second class passenger said: "Many brave things were done that night, but none were more brave than those done by men playing minute after minute as the ship settled quietly lower and lower in the sea. The music they played served alike as their own immortal requiem and their right to be recalled on the scrolls of undying fame." Survivors' accounts differ about whether their final tune was "L'Automme" or "Nearer My God To Thee." What has never been disputed is the courage of these musicians who deliberately sacrificed the possibility of escape in order to produce a mood of tranquillity at a time of extreme anxiety. But who were they? What journeys brought them to this deck on this icy ocean? Had any of them previously displayed signs of great courage? Who did they leave behind? Historian and biographer Steve Turner delves into the lives of these brave men, revealing eight unique portraits of bravery.
(From the YouTube description)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
When the Killing's Done, by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Official Book Trailer for T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done. Available from Viking Books on 2.22.11.
Dir. Jamieson Fry
http://www.tcboyle.com
http://jamiesonfry.com
(From the YouTube description)
Friday, February 18, 2011
Book + Trailer: Let's Panic About Babies! by Alice Bradley
(@finslippy)
Babies. So small, so terrible.
In this educational filmstrip, we learn that the only cure for the horrors of new motherhood is a healthy dose of information-soaked pages, conveniently bound into the new book LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES!
Written by Alice Bradley (www.finslippy.com) and Eden M. Kennedy (www.fussy.org) and released by St. Martin's Press, LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES! is available in bookstores everywhere March 1.
(From the YouTube description)
Babies. So small, so terrible.
In this educational filmstrip, we learn that the only cure for the horrors of new motherhood is a healthy dose of information-soaked pages, conveniently bound into the new book LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES!
Written by Alice Bradley (www.finslippy.com) and Eden M. Kennedy (www.fussy.org) and released by St. Martin's Press, LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES! is available in bookstores everywhere March 1.
(From the YouTube description)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Book + Trailer: Fuddles, by Frans Vischer
A pampered fat cat finds his grounding.
(From the YouTube description)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Book + Trailer: Strings Attached, by Judy Blundell
(@judymblundell) via @reverieBR: From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, comes Strings Attached—a daring blend of love, mystery, and the Mob.
(From the YouTube description)
(From the YouTube description)
Book + Trailer: Play Like a Girl!, by Jennifer Shahade
(@JenShahade)
The Play Like a Girl! Tactics by 9 Queens trailer features author and 2-time US Women's Champ Jennifer Shahade and former Denker Champion Abby Marshall.
Buy the book at mongoosepress.com, uscfsales.com, amazon.com or 9queens.org!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Book + Trailer: Chocolate & Vicodin, by Jennette Fulda
(@jennettefulda)
The pretty pink teddy bear tries 12 things that didn't cure my headache. The best cure? "Chocolate & Vicodin" by Jennette Fulda. http://www.chocolateandvicodin.com/
Music is "Penalties" by The Odyssey Favor. http://odysseyfavor.com/
(From the YouTube description)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Book + Trailer: You Killed Wesley Payne, by Sean Beaudoin
YA novel by @SeanBeaudoin to be released Feb. 2011. Learn more at www.seanbeaudoin.com
Trailer directed and scored by the awesomely talented Shawn Harris http://oxenoxen.com/
(Adapted from the YouTube description)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Book + Trailer: Press Here, by Hervé Tullet
It's not magic . . . It's the power of your imagination! PRESS HERE. That's right. Just press the yellow dot and turn the page. Follow the instructions and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising, irresistible book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt them, and even blow on them—who knows what will happen next! Read-aloud fun for all ages!
Visit www.chroniclebooks.com/presshere to learn more.
(From the YouTube description)
Book + Trailer: Death Cloud (Young Sherlock Holmes), by Andrew Lane
Coming February 2011: Two dead bodies. One unforgettable hero. A teenage Sherlock solves his first murder mystery . . . and the legend begins.
It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers—his uncle and aunt—in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amyus Crowe. So begins Sherlock's true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent.
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux BYR
An Imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
www.macteenbooks.com
youngsherlockseries.com
Also available as an Audiobook from Macmillan Audio!
(From the YouTube description)
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