Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult, Book Release Date
‘Handle with Care’ in hardback is released on 30/4/09 and is written by Jodi Picoult. This story is based around birth of a child that sadly is diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfect.
Charlotte O’Keefe and her family had no idea that the joy they were expecting at the impending birth of their child would end in disaster as the child was born with a debilitating disease that will see her bones break in the worst of ways.
The family’s finances are in tatters and Charlotte is faced with taking legal action against her close friend who is the obstetrician. The compensation is the salvation that the family needs to help the baby in the years to come. Can Charlotte admit that she may have had an abortion if the problem had been diagnosed prior to birth? Find out on the 30/4/09 when ‘Handle with Care’ is released.
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Polydor/Universal
Eels - Hombre Lobo Release Date
Mark Everett’s (E) Californian experimental/alternative rock band, Eels, return with their first album since 2005′s ‘Blinking Lights And Other Revelations’. “Hombre Lobo” will be released on 1st June 2009 and features 12 brand new songs.
This will be Mark Everett’s Eels twelfth studio album (12th worlwide and 7th in the UK) and the title is said by some to be a description of Mark’s new and flowing beard, as the translation from the Spanish is “Wolfman”. Recorded in Mark’s LA Studio, the album is sub-titled “12 Songs of Desire”.
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Columbia/Sony
Twisted Wheel - Twisted Wheel - CD+Bonus DVD Release Date
This Manchester indie rock band boasts Paul Weller as a patron and they already have a star-studded fanbase including Noel & Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown and Kasabian.
Their debut, guitar-driven album has received a ton of press reviews and media interest. They managed to secure Paul Weller’s recording studio free of charge after handing over a demo tape to ex-Inspiral Carpet’s Clint Boon, when they performed at the Night & Day in Manchester. Boon then passed it on to Paul Weller and much to Twisted Wheel’s surprise, Weller called them to offer them his studio.
Twisted Wheel have produced an album of teenage angst meets rocking punk – aka Clash meets 60′s The Who. Produced by Oasis producer, Dave Sardy, the 11-track album is due for release Easter Monday on CD with bonus DVD featuring 7 live tracks and videos to the singles ‘She’s A Weapon’, ‘You Stole The Sun’ and ‘Lucy The Castle’.
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LG KU990 Viewty Mobile Phone Release Date
‘LG KU990 Viewty Mobile Phone’ in Silver is released for Vodafone Pre-Pay on 27/4/09. This mobile phone majors on making it the ultimate camera phone.
The Viwety allows access at fast speeds to the Internet through its 3G connection. The camera is a 5.0 MP with Schneider-Kreuznach optics. It has a large vivid touchscreen display for ease of operation.
The phone is capable of recording video at high speeds as well as taking excellent quality still images. The photographs look just as great when viewed on a large screen display as they do on the small mobile screen.
Rather uniquely this model allows manual focus for fine adjustments. Users can have fun experimenting with adding additional features to the images they have taken by drawing on the touchscreen with either a stylus or finger. The ‘LG KU990 Viewty Mobile Phone’ is released on 27/4/09.
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Long Lost - Harlen Coben Book Release Date
‘Long Lost’ in hardback is due to be released on 30/4/09 from the author Harlan Coben. This latest novel from the writer is eagerly awaited by the vast number of fans that the author has.
Myron Bolitar receives a call from an old flame who he hasn’t heard from in years. Terese Collins is in Paris and has a crisis on her hands; she needs Myron to help her. Terese’s tale to Myron is a sad one that has ended in the murder of her ex-husband. To add to her woes she has ended up suspected of his murder.
Myron must find some answers to the hidden secrets that are revealed. Fans will see him go to all ends of the world in an attempt to find the solutions to the incomprehensible questions. ‘Long Lost’ is released on 30/4/09.
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Star Trek XI Cinema Release Date
‘Star Trek XI’ will be released in UK Cinemas on 8/5/09. This film is the eleventh in the ‘Star Trek’ series and goes back to a time before the original crew of the USS Enterprise were united.
The majority of the characters remain like Captain James T Kirk and Dr Spock although the actors are new. This film covers the time before the characters join together looking into their past and early lives.
Once the characters join Starfleet and come together as the crew of the ‘Enterprise’ they are thrust into a mission to save the United Federation of Planets against the deadly Romulan Nero.
Full of special affects and dramatic footage, will the young Kirk and Spock save the day in true Star Trek style? Find out soon when ‘Star Trek XI’ is released on 8/5/09.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel Cinema Release Date
‘Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel’ will be released in the UK Cinema’s on 24/4/09. This film falls into the comedy category starting out with three guys going out for a drink. It’s any normal night or is it?
The men are enjoying a few beers and all is well with the world. Ray has a well known fascination with time travel and suspects a joke is being played when a female says she is from the future! Ray’s friend Toby who is into films believes that Ray is talking about a film storyline and his other friend Pete just plain doesn’t believe him!
Pete soon changes his mind when is sets off a string of trips forward and backward in time. Someone is trying to kill them but why? Find out when ‘Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel’ is released in Cinemas on 24/4/09.
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Crank - High Voltage Cinema Release Date
‘Crank High Voltage’ is released in the UK Cinemas on 17/4/09. This film is a sequel to ‘Crank’ that aired in 2006 starring Jason Statham as the hitman Chev Chelios.
In the first film Chelios was in a race against time to save himself from a poison that he had been injected with. He escaped impending death last time, can he do the same again as a new danger emerges.
This film carries on directly from the end of ‘Crank’. Chelios avoids being killed in a fall that should have been fatal, only to be captured by the Triads. The Chinese replace his indestructible heart with a mechanical one that needs constant shots of electricity to keep going.
He must get his heart back and will seek revenge on the thieves. ‘Crank High Voltage’ is a fast action chase film that is thrill packed and will be released on 17/4/09.
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Fuji Film FinePix J250 Digital Camera Release Date
The ‘Fuji Film FinePix J250’ 10 megapixel digital camera is due to be released on 9/4/09. This stylish and compact digital camera comes with a black casing.
This digital camera has a large rear LCD screen for ease of operation. It has images stabilisation as standard which will ensure that images are crystal clear with no blurring. The Lithium-ion battery is capable of taking 150 images following each charge.
The J250 is a feature rich digital camera that produces some great images. It is both easy to use and surprisingly very affordable considering the technology that is built into the camera. The ‘Fuji Film FinePix J250’ is due to be released on 9/4/09.
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Sony Cyber-Shot HX1 9.0 Megapixel Digital Camera Release Date
The ‘Sony Cyber-Shot HX1’, is a 9.0 Megapixel Digital Camera that will be released on 9/4/09. This digital camera has the look of a traditional professional SLR type camera. The features on this new ‘flagship’ camera take digital photography to a new level.
The HX1 is capable of taking extremely detailed images with reduced blur due to an image stabilisation function. Capture the smile every time with ‘Smile Shutter’, the subject smiles and the HX1 takes the picture automatically! The panoramic mode allows electronic stitching of frames together that are shot in fast succession. Sweep the camera around to take in a scene and the camera clicks away at 9 frames per second and then stitches it all together in to one picture.
Taking photographs of people who are blinking is now a thing of the past with the HX1’s Anti-blink mode. As well as having an 20x optical zoom lens the camera will record video in HD, connect to a TV for instant playback.
The ‘Sony Cyber-Shot HX1’is a full featured innovative camera that is easy to use for newcomers to digital photography or more experienced photographers, it’s due to be released on 9/4/09.
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