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England is aghast. Newspapers are aflame with blazing headlines. And Shakespeare's statue in Stratford has been covered. All because a new movie has claimed Shakespeare was a fraud. "Anonymous," the new film released Friday by Sony Pictures and directed by Roland Emmerich (director of disaster movies like "2012" and "Independence Day") has ordained a controversy the likes of which moviedom hasn't seen in decades.

Prophets of the Ghost Ants has been selected by Kirkus Reviews as A Best of 2011 for their end of the year edition.  The novel is categorized in a number of genres including science fiction, fantasy, action-adventure, epic fiction and literary fantasy.  The setting is Earth, hundreds of millions of years from now, when humans have evolved to the size of insects and live intertwined with their world. 

A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved. New infrared observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, reveal how the first supernova ever recorded occurred and how its shattered remains ultimately spread out to great distances.

Film buffs and horror fans have a new book to scream about. New independent publishing imprint Stinger Books announced 'Scream Deconstructed: An Unauthorized Analysis' is set for an October 25, 2011 online release through Amazon. 'Scream Deconstructed' is the first book about all four 'Scream' films.

Represented by four films she made under contract to Columbia Pictures, the Jean Arthur Comedy Collection features the charismatic blonde haired thespian in a quartet of comedies that make perfect DVD shelf mates to such “Arthurian legends” as Mr Deeds Goes to Town (1936),  Easy Living (1937), You Can’t Take It With You (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The More The Merrier (1943), and Talk of the Town (1942).

Tired of lurking in the shadows of the Jedi, waiting for a chance to seize control? At long last, the secrets of the dark side are being revealed. Whether you are a master or an apprentice, you can now fulfill your destiny with BOOK OF SITH: Secrets from the Dark Side, a collection of Sith texts written throughout galactic history and gathered in one epic volume.

Registration for the world's largest student rocket competition is open now through November 30. The Team America Rocketry Challenge will accept up to 1,000 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home school or non-profit youth organization.

Daniel Quinn fans have new reason to be excited as one of the author's beloved works finally makes it to audiobook format. "After Dachau" has the vocal talents of voice actor John McLain to provide the narration. In the novel Quinn explores a world in which Nazi Germany wins World War II and fulfills its Aryan vision, removing all but Caucasians from the entire world's gene pool.