Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is the world-renowned novelist, playwright, critic, and author of Wizard of the Crow. He is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.

Catch up with the authors at www.thebaseballcodes.com and on Twitter (@baseballcodes).

“Turbow and Duca have filled a void with this entertaining,
revealing survey of the varied, sometimes inscrutable unwritten rules
that govern the way baseball is played by the pros.”
—Booklist

“The Baseball Codes is a comprehensive, sometimes
hilarious guide to perhaps a misunderstood aspect of our national pastime, and will come in handy should one ever be involved in a beanball war.” —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Insectopedia
“Hugh Raffles’s work stands alone for what it says both about its subject and about us. After reading Insectopedia, it’s hard to look at a cricket, a bumblebee, and a human being the same way ever again. I adored the book.”
—Neil Shubin, author of Your Inner Fish

“Art, science, beetles, beauty, miracles, manias, and more—the world itself, dazzling—gleams freshly through Rafffles’s insect-eyed lens. Every page delighted me.”
—Andrea Barrett, author of Ship Fever

“[Insectopedia] sings with scholarship, deft writing, and an authentic fascination with the six-legged creatures that have so long roamed the Earth.”
—Seed Magazine

“An erudite and entertaining paean to bugs”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Sure to amuse, educate, raise our hackles, unveil our guilt, and leave us to ponder just who we think we are anyway. For inquisitive adults seeking a mind trip outside the box.”
—Library Journal

Since its founding, Pantheon Books has prided itself for offering varied works by the most innovative authors on the scene. This month is no exception, and the first three people who send us the correct answer will receive a copy of The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow; Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa’Thiong’o; or Eddie Signwriter by Adam Schwartzman. Email pantheonpublicity@randomhouse.com with your response!

Dash Shaw
Making The Abyss
Drawings from BodyWorld, Bottomless Belly Button, animations and comic short stories

March 12 – May 30, 2010
Artist Talk: Tuesday, May 25, 7pm
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon is pleased to present an exhibition by Dash Shaw, featuring work from BodyWorld, Bottomless Belly Button, The Uncanny Reproduction and The Unclothed Man in the 35h Century.

Dash Shaw was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated with a BFA in Cartooning/Illustration from the School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, in 2005.

Coming in March from the sensational, award-winning artist of the bestselling Mythology: his never-before-seen DC Comics sketchbook, ROUGH JUSTICE.

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the stunning black-and-white drawings of the DC characters you loved from Mythology: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Black Canary, and many more. None of these hundreds of graphite sketches has ever been published before, and most of them will make their only published appearance in Rough Justice.

Enter the contest and you may win your choice of one (1) of the following three (3) graphic novels:

1) Rough Justice by Alex Ross
2) BodyWorld by Dash Shaw
3) Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocello Marchetto

According to vocalist/guitarist Simon Neil, “The title is taken from a book by Mark Danielewski, he’s my favourite writer. In half of the book the man’s telling his half of the story and the other half is the girl telling her side of the story. That really touched me. With the songs I’m trying to give both lovers’ aspect of the same story. It’s a give and take you have when you’re madly in love with someone, but also you both see exactly the same things in completely different ways. The title ‘Only Revolutions’ summed it up perfectly.”

To buy a copy of the Only Revolutions book, click here.
To buy the album, click here.