entertainment - "book"

HOUSTON, Texas, April 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Today Financial Softworks, LLC announced the release of DashBook 1.0, Microsoft(R) Windows based software, expressly designed for small and medium sized publishers. According to founder Gregory Carrier, 'DashBook is focused on the idiosyncrasies of selling books.'

Poker has been compared to many other things: Zen Buddhism, playing the stock market, general business practices, and even how to raise your children - but a new book might be making the first connection between poker and sex. Written by Randall Klitz, 'The Winner's Guide to Dating: What I Learned About Love and Sex from Playing Texas Hold'em' gives readers a clear indication on the book's contents with the long title. The author uses stories and humor to draw connections between the two...

Chris Farley's celebrity friends Chevy Chase and David Spade tried desperately to save the actor from his drug addiction before he died of an overdose, a new book reveals.

Gerard Butler (300) plays dual roles in the family film Nim's Island co-starring Jodie Foster. Butler plays the main character in a series of adventure books as well as dad...

Nevada gaming regulations prohibit the use of cell phones in and around the sports book area. It was originally designed to stop the transmission of sports betting lines across state...

Michael Billington's State of the Nation, an analysis of British theatre since 1945, has today been named theatre book of the year by the Society for Theatre Research....

Comic book legend Stan Lee has set up three projects at Disney, which houses his production shingle POW! Entertainment.

The claim that George Orwell once tried to rape someone received scant attention in the United States, perhaps because the book bearing the charge did not become readily available. It made news in Great Britain, where the newly amended memoir of his supposed victim appeared and where one of the novelist's biographers gave credence to the charge. When I saw a passing mention of the accusation in a book review, it disturbed me and prompted me to dig deeply into the matter.

Anything can happen on Nim’s Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl’s imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover- the world’s greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim’s father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim’s Island.

About 35 people showed up at a New Jersey bookstore to see Jose Canseco, whose new book, 'Vindicated,' claims that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids supplier.