Peter Jackson set to direct J.R.R Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ in a two-part 3D-production of extraordinary scope.
The two films based on “The Hobbit” are now greenlit and will begin principal photography in February 2011, under the direction of Peter Jackson, it was jointly announced by Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema, Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros. and Steve Cooper, co-Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Continue Reading October 17th, 2010
Visit us this weekend in St. Petersburg at the 29th Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
March 12, 5:30-9pm, March 13, 10am -5pm, and March 14, 11am -4pm.
If you cannot be on site, please browse the selection of books at Books Tell You Why – Florida selection.
Presented items include collectible books in the following areas: Antiquarian Golf and Fishing Books, Awarded Children’s Books, Books To Film, Collectible Cookbooks (incl. signed items from Julia Child, Emeril, Thomas Keller, Paula Deen), Caroliniana and a couple of Charles van Sandwyk illustrated books incl. his new title, Canadian Content.
March 11th, 2010
A new exhibition has filled Firestone Library’s main gallery with 100 portraits of poets, novelists and essayists, pulled from the holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Continue Reading January 25th, 2010
A fascinating little movie/book on Going West. A great contribution by the New Zealand Book Council – where books come to life
Continue Reading January 17th, 2010
Ready for Valentine’s Day? So, they’re making this movie on “our” beach, Charleston, South Carolina. They must have known that we have all Nicholas Sparks books, signed first editions.
Continue Reading January 16th, 2010
So here is how this book thing started, a couple of hundred years ago. Quite obvious that the initial books triggered a number of questions among the medieval users.
Continue Reading January 15th, 2010
