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Pink Floyd at Pompeii, a must-see for musicphiles and Floyd cinephiles

My first time was the winter of 2010. It was snowing outside, and I was on the computer, trying to write something funny, listening to music on YouTube while it did its algorithm thing. Pink Floyd at Pompeii came on. I was typing something and wasn’t paying attention to what was on the screen for the first couple of minutes. The music I recognized as Pink Floyd, but the recording was a live one that I hadn’t heard before. Once I switched over to the visuals of Pink Floyd at Pompei,i I was hooked for life and it became a staple of our viewing once a month for the past 15 years.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii has finally been re-mastered. It’s worth the wait and shows the gothic beauty of the area with laser clarity and sharpens the music to where it’s the sonic screwdriver we all need.

Believe the hype

Seven Little Ducklings: A Fun Counting Adventure

The palpable joy of the pre-k or kindergarten audience who knows a problem with a story must be caged, bottled, or otherwise sold to the late afternoon crowd. They know that the princess lives in a tower, so the audience is curious when the princess’s home is revealed to be a swamp. They’ll laugh as quietly as they can and squirm in their seats as they try not to be loud. Seven Little Ducklings delivers that same story time charm because kids think that they know the story, only to have it twist in ways that are unexpectedly cute or funny.

Seven Little Ducklings is the super cute, semi-counting illustrated book that channels the fun and enjoyment you want ages 3-7 to take away from kidlit.

These are the ducklings that you’re looking for

A Minecraft Movie, tween and teen greatness in a mindless wrapper

There are certain markers that define cultural zeitgeists. A Minecraft Movie is one of those instances. As a video game launched in 2011 it has a built-in fan base of millions of kids. Some of them will be knee-deep in their appreciation and fandom, others are about enter it and some stopped playing it in lieu of other games. Our family has two kids in the Minecraft interest world, both of whom had different reactions to A Minecraft Movie.

A Minecraft Movie is not for you. This is for middle through high school, maybe even college ages who played the game and want some silly.

This movie is not for you, unless you’re in middle or high school

70 Puzzles You’ll Get Wrong: Insights from Puzzle Me Twice

The subtitle to this puzzle book by Alex Bellos is so true. I’m a relatively clever person so I approached each of the set ups in Puzzle Me Twice with, what I thought was, a calm head and a clear mind….and I got most of them incorrect. I rationalized it by saying that they were incorrect because once I read the correct answer I realized my response was too quick. Had I really taken my time the book would have confirmed to me the genius that I think I am. However, in my self-imposed course of humble pie, I jumped in the rabbit hole of Alex Bellos’ other puzzles and have lowered my genius peg down to humble puzzle novice.

Puzzle Me Twice is jammed with 70 deceivingly easy puzzles you’ll get wrong, but have fun doing them.

This is not the bad puzzle book that you seek

3X World Champ: The Kickboxer’s Wild Journey to Redemption

Men don’t read. I know that’s a gross generalization, but for every guy that reads a book there are probably three or four women that do the same thing, except the guys would brag about having just ‘read a book’. Guys are certainly more attracted to certain writers, like Stephen King, Brad Thor or other authors with last names of Marvel superheroes. 3X World Champ doesn’t have any of those things, yet guys will love this book and their wives will even borrow the book from them and read it before they can.

3X World Champ is non-fiction about a World-Champion kick boxer gone drug runner, to prison inmate and business entrepreneur set in the 80s.

Memoir, auto-biography, discarded script for Miami Vice,

Fantasy Characters & Creatures is a go-to source for monster inspiration

What’s the difference between beast warriors, anthropomorphic insects, zombies, dinosaurs and anthropomorphic food? If you’ve played video games or appreciate the art that goes into them then you know that characters like that have a chasm of difference between them based on their size, weapons, personality, and more. Satoshi Matsuura is a video game character designer whose work is jagged, unique and really stands out when you see it. In Fantasy Characters & Creatures, An Artist’s Sourcebook, Whimsical Beasts, Anthropomorphic Monsters and More! audiences will get to see a collection of over 600 of his creations.

Satoshi Matsuura is a video game character designer who is a template for the industry. Fantasy Characters & Creatures has over 600 of his creatures and his creative process.

A go-to monster primer from a video game designer guru

The Strangest Fish is an odd-joy of an illustrated book

What a simple tale The Strangest Fish is. It will sound familiar to young, read-aloud audiences in elementary school, both in its setting and in its very subtle lesson. A young girl is at the fair with her family when she receives a fish who is happily unaware of the size of its plastic bag aquarium. It’s a beautiful fish that they name October, who quickly outgrows his arrangements. This all sounds familiar, the fish-out-of-water, except those who aren’t like you premise that savvy readers can detect from far away. That’s us too, but before you put this in the same tank with other, less intelligent, classy or interesting books, check out the art.

The Strangest Fish is an illustrated book that charms the status quo on a fish-out-of-water tale that excels due the grand art and timeless story.

One fish, weird fish, catch my interest you

Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: a surreal graphic novel mirror

Haruki Murakami is Japan’s best-selling, living author. His books have been translated into over 50 languages, with millions of copies sold worldwide. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand are a curious itch. The three short stories in graphic novel form are jarring, visceral, in your face and take a moment to be absorbed. This is a graphic novel in the vein of art, with a surreal story that weaves between metaphors, allegory and absurdity without any warning.

Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2 are the manga form of three classic short stories from the legendary Japanese author.

art is relative, this is manga art