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7 unusual facts about book series


Cloud's Rider

It is the second of a series of two novels written by Cherryh and is set in the author's Finisterre universe.

G. M. Ford

As well as being Ford's début novel, this book was also the first in a series of seven books based on the character Leo Waterman, a detective working in Seattle, Washington.

Kleine Schriften

A scholar's Kleine Schriften may be contained in a single volume, or several volumes published at once or (more commonly) in series within a period of a few years.

Rider at the Gate

It is the first of a series of two novels written by Cherryh and is set in the author's Finisterre universe.

Rudolf Leonhard

From 1919 onwards he was a freelance author for the publication Die Weltbühne, and worked for the publishing house Verlag Die Schmiede as a lector and as the editor of two series of books, “Außenseiter der Gesellschaft” (Outsiders of Society) and “Berichte aus der Wirklichkeit” (Reports from Reality).

The Silver Ship and the Sea

The Silver Ship and the Sea is the first book in a series.

Winfried Nachtwei

Namibia : Von der antikolonialen Revolte zum nationalen Befreiungskampf; Geschichte der ehemaligen deutschen Kolonie Südwestafrikas, Mannheim: Sendler, 1976 (Book series Nationale Befreiung; 7) ISBN 3-88048-029-X


Austin 12

The Twelve-Four is familiar to children in the form of Gumdrop, the title character of a series of books authored by Val Biro, who owns an example.

Fairview Press

The company published a number of popular general-interest hardcover books during this time, including Good Morning, Captain (autobiography of Bob Keeshan, TV’s original Captain Kangaroo) and a book series by TV’s original Slim Goodbody.

Jerome Beatty, Jr.

The series was first published in the early 1960s, at the dawn of the Space Age, and is clearly influenced by that era.

Kaimira

Kaimira is a series of novels by the fantasy fiction authors Monk Ashland and Nigel Ashland, beginning with The Sky Village and published in 2008) by Candlewick Press in the United States and Walker Books in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Malarky

Malarky was developed by Ernie Capobianco, a Dallas advertising executive, and David Feldman, the maker of the Imponderables novels, and published by Patch Products in 1997.

Needle and Thread

Needle and Thread is the second book in the Main Street series of children's novels by Ann M. Martin.

The 5th Horseman

The 5th Horseman is the fifth book in the Women's Murder Club series featuring Lindsay Boxer by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro first published on February 2006.

The Bourne Betrayal

The Bourne Betrayal is the title for the novel by Eric Van Lustbader and the fifth novel in the Jason Bourne series created by Robert Ludlum.

The Bourne Deception

The Bourne Deception is the title for the novel by Eric Van Lustbader and the seventh novel in the Jason Bourne series created by Robert Ludlum.

The World of Tosh

The World of Tosh (Swedish: Sune och hans värld) is an animated TV series based on the Sune books by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson, and produced by the animation studios Happy Life.

Torrey DeVitto

In 2010, DeVitto was cast as Melissa Hastings in the TV series Pretty Little Liars based on the book series by Sara Shepard.

Winds of the Forelands

"The Winds of the Forelands" is a five-book fantasy series written by American author David B. Coe and consisting of "The Rules of Ascension", "Seeds of Betrayal", "Bonds of Vengeance", "Shapers of Darkness", and "Weavers of War".


see also

Active Enterprises

Action 52 also included a game titled The Cheetahmen, which Active Enterprises trademarked in 1992 and hoped to turn into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-inspired media franchise consisting of action figures, a comic book series and even a television cartoon series.

Adventures of Captain Marvel

In 1994, comic book writer/artist Jerry Ordway wrote and painted a graphic novel, The Power of Shazam!, and an ongoing comic book series spin-off which ran from 1995 to 1999.

Ambrós

Miguel Ambrosio Zaragoza (31 August 1913 – 30 September 1992), better known as Ambrós, was a distinguished comic strip cartoonist, most famous for the comic book series Capitán Trueno (Captain Thunder).

Bell Gothic

The typeface was used as a display and caption face by Metropolis magazine, by Canadian graphic designer Bruce Mau in designing the initial ZONE book series, Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom, and has been widely used by Semiotext(e) Books, the MIT Press, and Dia Art Foundation.

Betelgeuse in fiction

2000AD (1977- ), British comic book series written by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Pat Mills, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Ian Edginton, and Alan Moore.

Beyond the Nightmare Gate

Beyond the Nightmare Gate is the third book in the World of Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever and written by Ian Page.

Brian Biggs

Brian Biggs later began to illustrate for small projects, and eventually illustrated a children's book series, Shredderman, written by Wendelin Van Draanen in 2004-05, which was turned into the Nickelodeon TV film Shredderman Rules.

Christian Reus-Smit

At present, he is co-editor (with Nicholas J. Wheeler) of the Cambridge Studies in International Relations book series, and co-editor (with Duncan Snidal and Alexander Wendt) of the journal "International Theory".

Connor Wilkinson

Just before getting the part of Hollyoaks, Connor spent time in Belgium and Scotland filming a pilot for a children’s movie based on the Ulysses Moore fantasy book series.

Damian Darklord

Damian Darklord, or sometimes simply Darklord, was a recurring villain in Erik Larsen's The Savage Dragon comic book series who would have major ramifications on the series every time he appeared.

Darkness Descends

The song "Darkness Descends" is about the comic book characters known as the Dark Judges from the Judge Dredd comic book series, and even contains their famous statement, "this city is guilty, the crime is life, the sentence is death."

Darth Bane

He is a major antagonist in the Jedi vs. Sith comic book series, and the protagonist of the novels Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Darth Bane: Rule of Two and Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil.

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

He is portrayed positively as a figure in the fictional 1632 series, also known as the 1632-verse or Ring of Fire series, an alternate history book series, created, primarily co-written, and coordinated by historian Eric Flint

Essential Monet

It is part of the essential book series, which also discusses such other artists as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and others.

FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics

FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics is an American comic book series by Simon Oliver and Robbi Rodriguez, distributed by Vertigo Comics.

Francis Crawford

Francis Crawford of Lymond, fictional central figure of The Lymond Chronicles book series by Dorothy Dunnett

Gary Shipman

Shipman, with wife Rhoda Shipman, created the independently produced comic book series Pakkins' Land, both plotting out the stories together and Gary scripting, lettering, penciling, and inking the illustrations for the series.

Henderson's Boys: One Shot Kill

Henderson's Boys: One Shot Kill is the sixth book in the Henderson's Boys book series by English author Robert Muchamore.

Henderson's Boys: The Prisoner

Henderson's Boys: The Prisoner is the fifth book in the Henderson's Boys book series by English author Robert Muchamore.

Jack West Jr

Jonathan "Jack" West Junior is the main character in a book series by Australian author Matthew Reilly.

John Bemelmans Marciano

The grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of the children's book series Madeline, he has continued the series with two books written and illustrated in his grandfather's style: Madeline and the Cats of Rome and Madeline at the White House.

Laura J. Burns

She often collaborates with fellow author Melinda Metz, with whom she writes the book series based on the Everwood TV show, and the Wright and Wong young detective series.

Margaret Stohl

She is the co-author, along with her friend Kami Garcia of the "Caster Chronicles" book series, starting with Beautiful Creatures.

Maria Rose

In this way, the book was in fact fictionalizing the series in the manner of the book series edited by Alfred Hitchcock.

Ms. Tree

Tree was a comic book series and character co-created by writer Max Allan Collins and the series' artist Terry Beatty.

Nardcore

Oxnard locals Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (who drew album covers for Dr. Know and other Nardcore bands) and Mario Hernandez went on to create the long-running comic book series Love and Rockets.

Nevada Smith

The plot resembles that of the 1960 origin issues of the comic book series The Rawhide Kid, drawn by Jack Kirby.

Overheard in New York

Artist Judith Henry published an Overheard book series, and created a window installation, Overheard in New York for Bergdorf Goodman, later followed by a Los Angeles window installation, Overheard Los Angeles for Neiman Marcus.

Power Man

Power Man and Iron Fist, a comic book series about Luke Cage's adventures with Danny Rand (Iron Fist)

Realize Bradenton

"Harry Potter" book series illustrator Mary GrandPré produced an iconic soft-geometry style poster for the event, the proceeds of which went to support local children's music programs.

Roman Dirge

Roman Dirge (born Roman Elliot on April 29, 1972) is an American comic book writer, artist and former magician best known as the creator of the Lenore comic book series.

Saurav Mohapatra

He is the co-creator/writer of the crime-noir comic book series Mumbai Confidential from Archaia.

Shadow on the Sand

Shadow on the Sand is the fifth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

Stan and Jan Berenstain

Stan and Jan Berenstain, often called The Berenstains, were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.

Steve Ahlquist

His most recent work is The Weirdly World of Strange Eggs, an all ages graphic novel based on the Strange Eggs concept, and Oz Squad: March of the Tin Soldiers, a novel continuing the Oz Squad comic book series.

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Singer Pat Boone appeared in issue #9 (May 1959) before starring in his own comic book series.

Sweet Valley University

Sweet Valley University, also known as SVU, is part of the Sweet Valley High young adult book series created by Francine Pascal.

Sylviane Diouf

She received the 2001 Africana Book Award for Older Readers from the African Studies Association for her book Kings and Queens of West Africa, part of a four-book series (Scholastic, 2000).

Tad Stones

Stones directed, produced and co-wrote with Mike Mignola, Hellboy: Sword of Storms the first of two direct-to-video animated films based on Mignola's popular comic book series Hellboy.

Terry McGurrin

McGurrin recently wrapped up as the story editor for the new 2011 Cartoon Network/YTV show Scaredy Squirrel (which is based on the book series of the same name).

The Adventures of Jack Ransom

Created by writer Billy Hughes and coloured by artist of little renown Dave Osenni, The Adventures of Jack Ransom was 12 issue comic book series based around the titular adventures of fictional character Jack Ransom.

The Caverns of Kalte

The Caverns of Kalte was the third book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

The Dungeons of Torgar

The Dungeons of Torgar is the tenth book in the Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

The I Tatti Renaissance Library

The I Tatti Renaissance Library is a book series published by the Harvard University Press, which aims to present important works of Italian Renaissance Latin Literature to a modern audience by printing the original Latin text on each left-hand leaf (verso), and an English translation on the facing page (recto).

The Plague Lords of Ruel

The Plague Lords of Ruel is the thirteenth book in the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

The Saga of Darren Shan

The Saga of Darren Shan (known as Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan in the US) is a young adult 12 part book series written by Darren Shan (his real name, Darren O'Shaughnessy) about the struggle of a boy who has become involved in the world of vampires.

Tintin and the Blue Oranges

It was the second live-action movie, with an original story based on characters from the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by the Belgian artist Hergé.

X.S.E.

X.S.E. refers to a comic book series and two mutant organisations within the Marvel Universe