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F Scott Fitzgerald
Tales of the Jazz Age F. Scott Fitzgerald
A collection of early short stories which helped make F. Scott Fitzgerald's name.
Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
A 'Piece of Passion' from Alessandro Gallenzi on the Alma Classics... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald
Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty.
Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby,... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/08/2012
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jay Gatsby's parties are legendary. Night and day, the rich and beautiful descend upon his mansion to drink and to dance. For Nick Carraway, newly arrived on Long Island, the handsome, wealthy Gatsby seems to lead the perfect life. But... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
All the Sad Young Men F. Scott Fitzgerald
Published a year after The Great Gatsby, this short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novel's themes, as well as its unique writing style.
Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
A... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Debuts of the Month
Billy and Me Giovanna Fletcher
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
A potentially predictable 'girl meets boy' chick-lit standard is pulled up by its bootstraps into a highly enjoyable, bitter... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Other Typist Suzanne Rindell
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
Be transported back to prohibition New York in this intoxicating, creepy and at times funny story of misplaced friendships... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Deception Artist Fayette Fox
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
In this sharp and funny literary debut set in Northern California during the 1980s recession, Fayette Fox delves deep... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2013
Supping with the Devil Richard Elliot-Square
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
This fast-paced financial thriller has it all: blackmail, murder, corruption, glamour and greed all wrapped into a very contemporary... Format: Paperback - Released: 12/02/2013
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Author of the Month
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
Winner of the prestigious 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction.
The Poisonwood Bible was a very special book, this one, her first in ten years, is a very worthy book. You need stamina and time to tackle it and you do... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
Flight Behaviour Barbara Kingsolver
May 2013 Book of the Month.
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010 and on the shortlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013.
A topical, engrossing and thought-provoking read exploring how... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/04/2013
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
One of Susan Fletcher's favourite books.
A fascinating story told from the perspective of a mother and her four daughters who have been taken to the Congo, by the father of the family, on a mission to bring God to... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
One of Kerry Reich's favourite books.
A book about love and friendship. Kingsolver always creates believable and interesting characters who enthral the reader and this story is no different. Taylor does not want to get pregnant young and live in... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2001
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Reading Groups
Harry Lipkin, P.I. The World's Oldest Detective Barry Fantoni
Who would have thought that the adventures of an 87 yr old Miami-based private investigator would be so clever, charming, funny and impossible to put down once you start… Woody Allen, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie and Larry... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2013
The Things We Never Said Susan Elliot-Wright
June 2013 Debut of the Month.
Crammed with drama and passion this emotional, beautifully written, page-turner deals with strong and unsettling issues with un-sugar coated... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013.
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2013.
With her dazzling, utterly absorbing style of writing Bring Up the Bodies focuses on the downfall and destruction of the charismatic Anne Boleyn. This... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2013
Almost Love Christina James
How could a drugs syndicate, using children as couriers, and a missing famous archaeologist be connected? DI Tim Yates is back for his 2nd case. Again, this is a highly readable, atmospheric and compelling psychological crime thriller set in the... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2013
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The Pendragon Cycle
Grail Stephen Lawhead
The fifth and final part of the Pendragon Cycle first published in 1997. An old enemy arises—Queen of Air and Darkness—and Arthur's dreams of establishing his Summer Realm face ruin when the most sacred relic vanishes as the result of... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Merlin Stephen Lawhead
Second book in the epic Arthurian fantasy from Stephen Lawhead telling Merlin’s story. Seer, bard, sage, warrior... Merlin's destiny is to prepare the way for the momentous event that will unite the Island of the Mighty: the coming of a... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Arthur Stephen Lawhead
Uther's illegitimate son rises to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed, and war. The third in Stephen Lawhead's fantasy epic which was first published in 1989.
The Pendragon Cycle:1. Taliesin2. Merlin3. Arthur Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
Taliesin Stephen Lawhead
June 2013 Book of the Month.
The first in a five book fantasy epic originally published in 1987 played out against a backcloth of Roman Britain and Celtic legend. Atlantis is lost. From... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2013
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UK Top 10
A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher 17) Lee Child
When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly-set, freshly-busted nose, patched with silver duct tape - it isn't easy to hitch a ride. But Reacher has some unfinished business in Virginia, so he... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Battle Lines War Torn 2 Andy McNab, Kym Jordan
The casualties of war aren't only on the battlefield...Coming back from war is never easy, as Sergeant Dave Henley's platoon discovers all too quickly when they return from Afghanistan. Home can be an equally searing battlefield. When they are summoned... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
1356 Bernard Cornwell
Shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 'Popular Fiction of the Year' 2012.
With characteristically meticulous research Cornwell’s new historical blockbuster weaves a complex story, epic in scope, that has as its climax the battle of Poitiers, the second but less... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
Inferno (Robert Langdon Book 4) Dan Brown
Dan Brown's new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces. As Dan... Format: Hardback - Released: 14/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
The Flowers of the Field Sarah Harrison
The superb, bestselling novel of one family, and the devastating changes brought by the First World War. From the Kent countryside to the suffragette movement in London and the horrors of the Western Front, The Flowers of the Field is... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Bad Angels Rebecca Chance
Step into Limehouse Wharf, the new, uber-luxury apartment building in Canary Wharf where celebrities who have had 'work' done can hole up until they have healed and which is about to see its most glamorous and scandalous Christmas yet. Staying... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/11/2012
Havisham Ronald Frame
A compelling prelude to Great Expectations, imagining the story of Miss Havisham's early life, before heartbreak came to define her entirely. This imaginative and cleverly written novel, fleshing out one of the great characters in English literature and... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
The Last Tycoon F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are Fitzgerald's most modern and engaging characters.
Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
Summer Reading 2013
Hubble Bubble Jane Lovering
Amateur magic brushed with drug smuggling form the background to a delicious romantic read with folk unable to commit pulling through in the end. A highly enjoyable romantic comedy from award-winning author Jane Lovering.
Choc Lit, the publisher of... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
Angel L. A. Weatherly
If Eoin Colfer reinvented the fairy and Stephenie Meyer reinvented the vampire then without a doubt L. A. Weatherly has reinvented the angel in this powerful, dark and hugely suspenseful novel that switches effortlessly as it does between fast-paced action... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2010
My Animals and Other Family Clare Balding
Shortlisted for the Horse Racing Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards 2013.
Winner of the Specsavers National Book Awards 'Biography/Autobiography of the Year' 2012.
The author grew up in a rather unusual household. Her father a champion trainer,... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
A Cottage by the Sea Carole Matthews
Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick forever. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time. When Ella invites them to stay for a week in her... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/03/2013
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Books of the Month
A Passion for Baking Jo Wheatley
June 2013 Food and Drink Book of the Month.
The 2011 Bakeoff Winner, Jo Wheatley has collected together the thoughts, the recipes, and the help that will spur on anyone wanting to get... Format: Hardback - Released: 16/05/2013
A History of Cricket in 100 Objects Gavin Mortimer
June 2013 Sports Book of the Month.
Gavin Mortimer entertains with his diverting views of a great game through key objects in its history. And by using these key objects he is able... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/06/2013
The Cleaner of Chartres Salley Vickers
June 2013 Book of the Month.
A captivating, magical and slightly sinister story of secrets, forgiveness, loss and love. It’s the perfect book for readers who loved Joanne Harris' Chocolat. No one... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
One Step Too Far Tina Seskis
June 2013 Book of the Month.
A compelling roller-coaster of a story with a shocking twist that we can practically guarantee you won’t get. One morning Emily Coleman, happily married, beautiful son etc...... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/04/2013
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