Sunday, 24 November 2024
Sunday, 24 November 2024
A new Chinese dictionary backed by the national language regulator offers a glimpse into the social and environmental concerns of the citizenry, adding nearly 100 phrases to the lexicon, a report...
Read moreA near-flawless edition of the first book featuring cartoon hero Superman from June 1938 has fetched US$3.2 million (RM10.12 million) at auction, according to e-Bay, surging past the previous...
Read moreFor British author Mark Lewisohn, telling the story of the world's greatest rock band the way it deserves to be told will take time – a quarter-century, to be exact. The noted Beatles scholar,...
Read moreA historic library in Germany that was ravaged by fire in 2004 has restored 118,000 books including a 471-year-old copy of astronomer Copernicus’s work in which he argued the sun, not the earth,...
Read moreAt the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention, which wrapped up this week in Washington, DC, York University psychologist Raymond Mar led a presentation on the important and...
Read moreThe relationship between the sexes remains one of the most examined subjects of modern society, but Chinese graphic designer Yang Liu has put a fresh spin on the issue with her new book “Man...
Read moreA series of stylish temporary literary tattoos has taken Kickstarter by storm, resulting in what is believed to be the longest tattoo chain in the world. "Litographs tattoos: wearable tributes...
Read moreAn anthology of crime stories from the best crime writers sounds just about right for a sinful indulgence without committing crime yourself. After all, it’s only a crime when you commit it;...
Read moreWho cares, really, if chickens are sandwiched together in a tight space, dancing around in their own manure and pecking at each other? Or if the cows that provide us with that lean cut of...
Read moreThree years ago playwright Laline Paull began to notice bees in her garden in Sussex, southeast England. Her interest was inspired by the death of a beekeeping friend. "Angie had breast cancer,...
Read moreA purportedly pristine copy of the first Superman comic book could fetch millions of dollars when it goes up, up and away in an auction at online marketplace eBay. A copy of Action Comics #1 in...
Read moreIt may be one of the oldest books in the world, but the Bible hasn't had a makeover for centuries. Now California-based graphic artist Adam Greene is set to redesign Western literature's most...
Read moreNow dated for April 2015, a ten-issue run from Dark Horse Comics is Chuck Palahniuk's sequel to the 1996 novel. The first story achieved global recognition via a 1999 film adaptation with David...
Read more“The Incarnations”, the third novel by British author Susan Barker, depicts China's transformation across millennia, as two repeatedly reborn souls encounter each other at various points through...
Read moreYoung Indian women fear and loathe her. Soap operas showcase her iron-fisted rule. And sociologists spend hours debating the torment she is accused of unleashing across the...
Read moreUS online giant Amazon unveiled a Netflix-style subscription plan Friday for unlimited access to e-books, a move which could shake up the world of publishing. The US$9.99 (RM31.80) per month...
Read moreThe outsider always pays a heavy price for upending someone's religious beliefs. In some places, doing that gets you killed. On that note, so can spending two decades writing about Jesus in ways...
Read moreHe is famed as the God of Thunder, but Thor is to change sex, launching an "all-new era" for the comic book icon, its publishers said yesterday. Marvel Comics will introduce the female Thor in...
Read moreSouth African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, an unwavering moralist who became one of the most powerful voices against the injustice of apartheid, has died at the age of 90, her...
Read moreUS comic book character Archie Andrews will die this week taking a bullet intended for a gay friend, publishers said yesterday, calling it a fitting turning point for the iconic brand. In the...
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