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Category Archives: Literature

Sleeper: Season Two

March 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: It’s the final SLEEPER collection from the team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Criminal). While spymaster John Lynch slept in a coma, his protégé Holden Carver was trapped […]

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Muppet Treasure Island

March 14, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate tale takes on new life of its own in the hands of the hilarious Muppets! Muppet Treasure Island – the Muppet’s very first action-adventure […]

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Fatale, Book 3

March 13, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The third arc of the hit series hits stands the same day as the next one begins! From the dark days of the depression, to the middle ages and […]

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The Morning Star

February 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The mystery that began with a single enigmatic postcard reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Morning Star. Three million readers the world over await this last chapter of the […]

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Alexandria

February 26, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Alexandria will continue to delight the 3 million readers who fell in love with the epistolary romance of Griffin & Sabine. Awash with gorgeous artwork, the mystery of Griffin […]

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The Gryphon

February 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Griffin & Sabine, Sabine’s Notebook, and The Golden Mean have sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and spent over 100 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. At […]

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The Golden Mean

February 20, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: In this final volume of the phenomenal, best-selling trilogy begun with Griffin & Sabine and continued in Sabine’s Notebook, the mystery of the two artists deepens, their questions grow […]

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Sabine’s Notebook

February 18, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to appear on his doorstep, […]

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Beyond My Control

February 14, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The bestselling author of My Secret Garden exposes the wild and sexy fantasies that many of us have but are afraid to share. For over thirty years, Nancy Friday […]

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Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence

February 7, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Griffin: It’s good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of your fish postcards? I think you were right — the wine glass has […]

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Life of Pi

February 5, 2014by The Thorn 4 Comments

Synopsis: Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar winner Ang Lee, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds […]

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

February 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, which chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 […]

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Scarlet, vol. 1

February 3, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: THE AWARD WINNING, BEST SELLING POWERHOUSE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND DAREDEVIL, HALO, AND THE AVENGERS UNLEASH THEIR BOLDEST PROJECT YET! SCARLET! This is the comic experience of the year! The […]

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