It’s Black Friday, the one day of the year that Apple actually has a sale on its products, and Amazon is keeping up with (and even beating) Apple’s discounted prices on the white polycarbonate MacBook (the best deal of the bunch), MacBook Pros, 21.5-inch iMac, Mac mini, iPod touch, and iPod nano. As you can probably guess, these discounts will evaporate by the end of the day (or sooner, as these deals get snapped up), so get your Black Friday shopping mojo on and don’t forget to check out mo... Read Full Story

This year was a morbid one for Batman fans. February kicked off the funeral proceedings with Grant Morrison’s Batman: R.I.P., which led directly into Final Crisis (also by Morrison), where the Dark Knight finally met his match. The eulogy remained to be continued, however, as Neil Gaiman offered a few words in Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader, a dream-like send-off to years and years of crime-fighting stories. But Alfred barely had enough time to check the tires on the Bat-hearse ... Read Full Story

Now is the time to buy your daughter (and her Barbies) a new piece of real estate.  There is no need to put in an offer, and haggle over price, we have it for $99! Here she is in all her glory: and if this all looks familiar to you mom, here was the townhouse you enjoyed in your childhood:    Enjoy this deal for a limited time and also check our Black Friday Deals Week for more great offers. -Laura M. Read Full Story

Today is a special day; a day in which we take a break from the frantic flow of our regular lives and give thanks for the important things in our lives. Almost all of us are blessed in ways that we are too busy to acknowledge with the frequency that we should; for my part, I am grateful for my family, friends, health, a rewarding career, and the ability to pursue my interests. More than that, though, I am thankful for: The existence of cars, miraculous machines that the world too frequentl... Read Full Story

I know we’re still thinking about turkey, turkey, stuffing, and pie. Still, long before the leftovers are gone, we’ll be ready for something tangy, fresh, and alive with flavor. That’s partly why I’ve pre-emptively had Christina Arokiasamy’s Green Papaya Salad on my mind. I’m a fan of her book, The Spice Merchant’s Daughter, and I made papaya salad in the cooking class I took at her home a few months back. At the hands-on class, I was wowed by how neatly perfect papaya shreds fell into the b... Read Full Story

Before you get started on making the stuffing and sweet potatoes, check out some of our awesome toy deals that you can enjoy NOW and not wait till Black Friday.  But hurry, the deals are changing all the time… * Buy one Terrain Titan and get one Free * Buy a Bakugan Bakurak and get a Bakugan Booster Pack for free * Amazon-Exclusive Twilight Jewlery Box for only $14.99 * Spend $30 on select Melissa and Doug and save 10% * Save up to 40% on Select Star Wars toys. * Save 50% on Watchmen toys. ... Read Full Story

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, many (most!) of us are in planning mode for the biggest meal of the year. And along with the turkey and the trimmings comes another important part of the meal: what to drink.Instead of the usual suspects—Pinot Noir, Beaujolais, or Chardonnay—I’d like to propose something quick, easy, and economical that serves a crowd and looks lovely on the buffet table to boot: warm wine punch. In their enticing book Hot Drinks: Cider, Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Spiced Pu... Read Full Story

The holidays are upon us and it’s time to start planning those holiday dinners for friends and family. Everyone has their favorites—from old-school marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes, to the classic green bean casserole. But for me it’s all about the turkey! Juicy and golden, it graces most of our holiday dinner tables. But, alas, there can be many turkey tragedies, “turkey sins” I call them. From the overcooked and dried out, to the not-fully-defrosted-and-then-baked-raw travesty! Zowie! Amp... Read Full Story

Amazon is celebrating its tenth Anniversary of Wish Lists with ten amazing sweepstakes. This week is the High-Def Wish List featuring an LG 55-inch LCD HDTV and an LG 1000-Watt Blu-ray Disc Home Theater in a Box, plus tons of great Blu-Ray DVDs from Warner Home Video. Customers can enter weekly at www.amazon.com/wishlist10th by creating, adding an item to, or sharing an Amazon.com Wish List. As the holidays get closer, Amazon Wish Lists are a great way for customers to let friends and family... Read Full Story

If you think Peter Mendelsund went through a lot to get to the final version of the cover for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, just imagine what Michael J. Windsor’s work life was like past year. Windsor was the designer of one of the most iconic and ubiquitous book covers of the decade, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, which not only seemed to be held in front of the face of every third person on my bus in the mid-’00s, but which set off a small industry of speculation with its clues about th... Read Full Story