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C. S. Lewis's classic "Space Trilogy" Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength are getting their first ever E-Book release courtesy of publisher HarperOne. Standing alongside such classics as George Orwell's 1984 and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the Space Trilogy follows the brilliant Dr. Elwin Ransom—a character modeled after none other than Tolkien himself—as he wages war against the powers of evil in universes familiar and unknown. Confronted by dark forces who threaten to destroy "The Silent Planet," Ransom must travel throughout the galaxy in order to save his home, once known simply as "Earth."

As the democratic process in Africa grows momentum and the people express their will, news from the Continent continues to dominate the headlines. The people are increasingly challenging the status quo, their efforts recalling the works and philosophy of the late author and director Ousmane Sembene, known as the "Father of African Cinema."

I’m honored to serve the planet Earth for the last 3 to 4 millennia. I have been directly involved in such famous activities as, The Great Flood, The sack of Troy, The sack of Rome, The Spanish Inquisition, The Bay of Pigs, and the intelligence foundation for the Bush attacks in Iraq, to name just a few. 

Hemlock Grove, is a tale of murder, mystery and monsters set in a ravaged Pennsylvania steel town, starring Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard and made by Horroe Director Eli Roth is currently in production and due for release via Netflix early in 2013.

Geillan: A Prisoner’s Tale plays out on a mythical pre-historic Earth as the young lad Geillan leaves his humble stone-age village to search for his missing father. In turn he finds himself thrust into a mysterious and capricious world where those who prize wisdom and goodness are driven to the margins by those who prize power, wealth, and conquest.

Robert B. Sherman, one half of the Sherman Brothers songwriting team, passed away in London, England, on March 5 at The London Clinic, from an age-related illness. He was 86 years old. In collaboration with his brother, Richard (who survives him), Robert wrote some of the most memorable and beloved songs in the history of modern family entertainment.

E-book readers (people, not the device) are buying more books— both print and e-book formats—online and especially through in-app purchasing, and thus causing more woes and lack of sales for the beleagured brick-and-mortar stores, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)’s closely watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey.

A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cap.

Stephen King will read his new audiobook, The Wind Through The Keyhole. it will be the first time in more than a decade that King will narrate a full-length audiobook. Simon & Schuster Audio will publish the book simultaneously with the Scribner hardcover and ebook on April 24, 2012.