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The Greek Myths Retold

Viewers of the popular British television show QI will undoubtedly be familiar with the English comedian Stephen Fry. When he’s not hosting a hilarious television show, mister Fry spends his time writing the most amazing novels. For years his books on Greek mythology have been on the list of bestsellers across the globe. Some speculate that he’ll be releasing an other novel this year as well. This blog is about his Mythos book series, about the myths and folkloric tales that the ancient Greeks would write about.

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Acclaimed graphic novel titles

In our last blog we discussed graphic novel adaptations of classic literature books, but the graphic novel genre itself also has books that can be considered classics. Comic book fans will without a doubt be familiar with these titles that are both timeless and had an impact on the genre. But readers who are new to the genre and aren’t sure on where to start with reading graphic novels can pick some of these titles that deserve a spot in everyone’s bookcase.

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Graphic novel adaptations of Classics

Lately, our bookstore has noticed an increasing interest in comic books and manga. Our graphic novel section is always filled with booklovers skimming through their favourite series. It’s hard for everyone to put their finger on the cause of this increase in interest, but perhaps it’s because of popular movie adaptions of beloved comic book series like The Batman and The Avengers. An important thing to note is that not every graphic novel is about a caped superhero who saves the day, recently publishers have also released graphic novel adaptations of classic literary works. In this blog we’ll walk you through some of our recommended graphic novel adaptations of classical literature.

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DON'T PANIC!

Wednesday the 25th marks the most important date of the year; Towel Day. On this day we honor the life of Douglas Adams, writer of the critically acclaimed science fiction novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by bringing a towel with us everywhere we go. Being the science fiction fans that we are at Donner, we thought it important to highlight this hilarious novel that has meaning to so many of us.

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The Shining

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining premiered exactly 42 years ago on this day. The movie would soon become a classic within the horror genre and remains popular among film lovers to this day. Many are familiar with the fact that the movie is based on a novel by Stephen King, but an interesting fact that is less known is that King actually disliked the movie for what it was.

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Announcement: Turkish literature

Our bookshop has always offered the literary works of Turkish writers such as Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak, but these works were most often translations in English and Dutch. Recently, our store has allocated space for books written in the Turkish language. These novels are both written by Turkish writers and Turkish translations of international writers. Our webshop also offers a wide selection of books written in the Turkish language, books that are in stock can most often be delivered within 24 hours. Here are a few examples of books in Turkish that you can find in our bookshop.

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Asylum Road - Olivia Sudjic

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Acts of Desperation - Megan Nolan

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