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Just in case you missed this gallery of reimagined posters for the Best Picture Oscar nominees when College Humor debuted it last month...

The expert narration coupled with a powerful and heartfelt story make E.M. Kokie's Personal Effects audiobook a must-have for all high school and public library collections.

Necromancing the Stone , sequel to Lish McBride's Hold Me Closer Necromancer, is as darkly hilarious, horrifically suspenseful, and heartbreaking as the first book.

A deluxe edition of John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' offers educators a variety of multimedia resources to share with students.

"I think it's a tragedy that most of today's textbooks completely ignore media and the important process of scriptwriting."

The Legend of Zelda is one of the few video games my son plays that tempts me to park on the couch and watch. Valiant effort, haunting melodies, faerie-like creatures, and lots of swordplay are part of this hero’s journey tale. We even have some Zelda memorabilia around the house, including a not-often-played ocarina. Zelda fans are legion and loyal, and they proved it by pushing The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, the 274-page chronological account on The Legend of Zelda universe, to the top of the New York Times Advice and Miscellaneous Hardcover bestseller list on February 10, where it still sits as of this writing.

There's still time to make good on those New Year resolutions, and if yours was to get in shape, you'll want to check out Nike + Kinect Training. Fine motor skills can get a workout from all the axe swinging and scything in Devil May Cry. Been looking for some romantic listening? Love Charlie from Charlie Wilson may just be the ticket for your next date night.

The only problem with inspirational movies is that they can be kind of corny. Know what I mean? I’m not talking about message movies, although plenty of those attempt to inspire us–it’s just that their attempts are so transparent that the audience feels like it’s being treated like idiots. (And for some reason we educators, [...]

Peter Brown’s endearing bulldog, Chowder rendered lovingly in acrylic-and pencil in the original picture book, is even more appealing in this iconographic DVD production.