Saturday, January 10, 2015

How Well-Rounded Is Your Personal Book Collection?

Oh yes, dear bibliophiles, we’re talking real printed and bound paper pages here. How many of the following types of books do you own?


17 Work-Study Jobs That Could Only Exist At Hogwarts

Wizarding experience required.


Transfiguration Lecture Clean-Up Crew


Transfiguration Lecture Clean-Up Crew


Require the assistance of skilled students to revert all transfigured objects to their original forms! Yes, ideal candidates DO actually need to have a rudimentary knowledge of transfiguration!


After you turn the cups back into rats you do also have to CATCH the rats.


£5/hr. Stop by Professor McGonagall's office with your resumé to apply.


Warner Bros. / Via degrassi.wikia.com


Ghost Entertainer


Ghost Entertainer


Male student needed to distract Moaning Myrtle so that staff can clean the girls' bathroom. Duties include: listening to feelings, heavy flirting, and an occasional bubble bath.


Must have good emotional intelligence! Pay commensurate with experience.


Warner Bros. Colin Heasley


Professor Lockhart's Wardrobe Coordinator


Professor Lockhart's Wardrobe Coordinator


Looking this good isn't easy! Help your favorite professor get ready to greet the day (and media!!) each morning by organizing / dry cleaning his wardrobe, going on hair-product runs to Hogsmeade, and generally living the life of a true ? !


Minimum Wage – perks include accompanying Professor Lockhart to important book signings in the heart of London!


Warner Bros.


Hippogriff Caretaker


Hippogriff Caretaker


Must maintain respect for the most noble of beasts while also discreetly cleaning up poop.


£5/hr. Protective gear provided!


Warner Bros.




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Hacked LA Traffic Sign Wants You To "Read A F*cking Book"

I mean, it is good advice.




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Michel Houellebecq Halts Book Promotion Following Paris Attacks

Houellebecq, as well as his new book Submission, were featured on the cover of the latest issue of Charlie Bebdo. The book does not yet have a US release date.


Author Michel Houellebecq, whose writing has won him both numerous accolades and numerous critics, was featured on the cover of the last issue of Charlie Hebdo before this week's attacks.


Author Michel Houellebecq, whose writing has won him both numerous accolades and numerous critics, was featured on the cover of the last issue of Charlie Hebdo before this week's attacks.


"The predictions of the Great Houellebecq: 'In 2015, I will lose my teeth... In 2022, I will celebrate Ramadan!'" the translation reads.


Charlie Hebdo / Via charliehebdo.fr


Houellebecq, a friend of economist Bernard Maris, who was among the 12 people shot dead on Wednesday, was 'deeply affected' and had decided to leave Paris for an unspecified rural retreat, his agent said on Thursday.


Via theguardian.com


Submission (Soumission, in French) is currently a number one bestseller on Amazon.fr.


Submission (Soumission, in French) is currently a number one bestseller on Amazon.fr.


The book, which Houellebecq described as "political fiction" in The Paris Review , imagines France electing a Muslim president in 2022, sparking Islamic reform throughout the country.


Via ecx.images-amazon.com


When reached for comment Jeff Seroy, senior vice president of marketing and publicity at Farrar, Straus and Giroux (the US publisher of Submission) told BuzzFeed:


"[Michel Houellebecq] is an important writer and we're delighted to be his American publisher. Our arrangement to publish is quite recent so with no translation yet commissioned, we wouldn't even tentatively schedule publication."




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