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Books of the Month
Walking Home Simon Armitage
May 2013 Travel Book of the Month.
A uniquely charming, droll, moving, British narrative from writer and poet Simon Armitage as he recounts his 256 mile (North to South) walk along the Pennine... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
Tigers in Red Weather Liza Klaussmann
May 2013 Book of the Month.
Eight publishers were fighting over this debut novel from London-based New Yorker Klaussmann and all you need to do is read the Opening Extract to see why.... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Dinner Herman Koch
May 2013 Book of the Month.
This is one of those books like The Slap and We Need to Talk About Kevin where no one is likeable and the outcome difficult... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
The Twelve Justin Cronin
May 2013 Book of the Month and eBook of the Month.
The Passage was a huge and sweeping thriller telling the story of the end of civilisation and what happened to the... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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
Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald
Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment.
Baz Luhrmann's... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/08/2012
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Regarded as Fitzgerald's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the Jazz Age, as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream.
Baz... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2012
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
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Reading Groups
The Cleaner of Chartres Salley Vickers
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 knows where the mysterious cleaner came from, and she is happy to hide... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Light Between Oceans M. L. Stedman
Isolated at the tip of Australia as a lighthouse keeper, emotionally traumatised World War I veteran Tom fears for his wife's sanity after her third miscarriage. Then a boat turns up carrying a dead man and a newborn baby. They... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Golden Boy Abigail Tarttelin
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This controversial book dealing with issues of identity, gender and sexuality and freedom of the press is set to... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Child Thief Dan Smith
A page-turning, atmospheric and taut historical thriller, set in 1930s Russia. Perfect for any fan of snowy-scened Scandinavian crime. A stranger appears in a village and soon after a girl vanishes. Only her uncle, an ex-soldier, has the necessary skills... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
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Debuts of the Month
Idiopathy Sam Byers
This bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Her cynical wit repels the people she wants to attract, and attracts the people she knows she should repel.... Format: Hardback - Released: 25/04/2013
The Burial Courtney Collins
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
A breathtakingly brilliant debut novel in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy, inspired by the life of legendary female... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
The Woman Who Dived into the Heart of the World Sabina Berman
In the wake of her sister's death, Isabelle moves from her home in California to her birthplace in Mexico to take over the running of the family tuna company. There, she discovers a wild child - a thing with no... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This stunning debut has a fascinating premise that 'the earth is slowing down' and it provides a unique framework... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
UK Top 10
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
'What are you thinking, Amy?' The question I've asked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloud over every marriage: 'What are you thinking? How are... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
The Summer House Santa Montefiore
Antoinette's world has fallen apart: her husband, the man she has loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and support, the man... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
The Secret Keeper Kate Morton
1961: On a sweltering summer's day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright future... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
The Child Thief Dan Smith
A page-turning, atmospheric and taut historical thriller, set in 1930s Russia. Perfect for any fan of snowy-scened Scandinavian crime. A stranger appears in a village and soon after a girl vanishes. Only her uncle, an ex-soldier, has the necessary skills... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Deception Artist Fayette Fox
In this sharp and funny literary debut set in Northern California during the 1980s recession, Fayette Fox delves deep into the dark heart of an ordinary American family - and finds out that make-believe isn't just for kids.
A Piece of... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2013
Monsters of Men Patrick Ness
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011.
This is a spine-tingling, page turning read. Heaped with well-deserved awards, the Chaos Walking Trilogy comes to a brilliant conclusion in Monsters of Men.
Set in a dystopian future in a world... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
If You Find Me Emily Murdoch
Debut author Emily Murdoch tells a deeply moving spellbinding story of a young girl’s courage and survival in a darkly observed contemporary America. Carey’s childhood is hard; she lives in the woods with her mother and her younger sister. There’s... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern Appalachia.
Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2013
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
Pigs in Heaven Barbara Kingsolver
Pigs in Heaven travels the roads from rural Kentucky and the urban Southwest to Heaven, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Nation, testing the boundaries of family and the many separate truths about the ties that bind. It is a spellbinding novel... 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
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