LA: Excerpts from the Antagonistic Field Guide to North American Birds |
INTRODUCTIONBird Watching is a wonderful hobby that can provide hours of enjoyment. It's also a great way to get outside and explore nature. What better way to wile away the interminable days than by ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:13:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: Winnie the Pooh |
I ransacked A.A. Milne's house over the weekend. I had been meaning to do it for a while, but I've been busy (reading!). Also, his house is in England, which is a pain in the ass to get to. Anyway, I ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:37:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: The Bottom Three Books on the New York Times Worstseller List |
I was having lunch earlier this week with a powerful literary agent whose name I'm not at liberty to divulge (although it starts with an M, ends with a Y, and rhymes with "sneezy"). We were enjoying m...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:13:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: Memoirs of a Geisha |
Arthur Golden's debut novel Memoirs of a Geisha was recently made into a film by Sony Pictures. The book presents the fictional confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geishas. Western readers w...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:15:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure answers letters from our readers |
Dear Literary Adventure,My baby bears a striking resemblance to you. Ever had a few too many drinks at the Elbow Room bar and grill in Gary, Indiana? Sincerely,You Know Who, you son of a bitchDear Rea...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:36:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: The Devil Wears Prada |
Lauren Weisberger's Chic Lit novel the Devil Wears Prada was a huge hit in 2003 and stayed on the New York Times best seller list for six months. The novel is a dramatization of her own experiences as...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:05:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: Remembering Mickey Spillane |
As most of you doubtless know already, Mickey Spillane passed away this week.For those of you sissies who don't know who Mickey Spillane is because you're too busy reading Salman Rushdie, Spillane is ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:57:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: The History of The Berenstain Bears |
A lot of celebrities (Sean Penn) have been complaining that Literary Adventure has plenty of thrills, chills, and great, crackerjack writing, but lacks enough educational content (as though how to mak...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:20:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: War & Peace, part 2 |
Day 5:Page 664: I awake on the shore of page 664. Behind me, stretching unbroken to the horizon, lays the mammoth paragraph which nearly claimed my life. But how did I get here? In the midst of the se...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:41:00 GMT |
Literary Adventure: War and Peace |
War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy began writing War and Peace, his epic story of Russian Society during the Napoleonic era, in 1863 and finished it 6 years later, in 1869. Today, many people spen...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:22:00 GMT |
