November 14, 1851, marked the first day that the American public could purchase Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the latest novel by the modestly successful author Herman Melville, for $1.50 (around $60 ...

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“The Great When,” a book with a keen sense of the uncanny, has a pleasant lightness. At his 40th birthday party in 1993, Moore announced after what he later described as “more beers than I ...

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but if you want to read a prequel to Dune in comic-book format, the ongoing series is worth checking out. The lavish Deluxe Edition hardcover box set featuring the first three Dune novels is on ...

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The first thing you’d say about the weekend is that the Football Review Committee (FRC) are some men to do a sales pitch. It’s a long time since I’ve seen anything happen in the GAA that was ...

As the royals head back to Admiralty House for the evening, that's where we'll wrap up our live coverage. Thanks for joining me throughout the day 😊 The ABC will also be live blogging Monday ...

Some of the best horror films ever made were adapted from books: The Exorcist by William ... So what aspect of these stories made them such a great fit for the silver screen?