05 Feb
Thomas Carlyle died 1881. Carlyle's authoratiative work on The French Revolution was nearly a non starter when the first volume was accidentally burned by the philosopher John Stuart Mill's maid.
Below are the books that we are featuring that are also available in CD Audio format. If you want to purchase the CD Audio just click on a book and then select the CD Audio link that will be in the 'Other formats' box.
Pantheon Sam Bourne
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A truth unearthed by Jonathan Freedland, who writes under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, is the idea at the centre of this explosive WW2 thriller. While we thought... Format: Hardback - Released: 16/02/2012
Agent 6 Tom Rob Smith
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Agent 6 is the third in Tom Rob Smith's trilogy about a former MGB agent, Leo Demidov. His stunning debut Child 44, set in Russia in... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2012
Rescue Anita Shreve
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A tale of love, banishment and renewal, Rescue is a perfectly paced novel, written with Shreve's skilful lightness of touch and perceptive characterisation. Alternating between the life-and-death... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
The Siege Simon Kernick
February 2012 Book of the Month.
One of Britain’s top writers has in Siege created a real edge-of-your-seat race against time thriller. Set in London, a top London hotel is being held hostage... Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
Other Featured Books this Month
The House of Dust and Dreams Brenda Reid
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
Set in Greece in 1936 this is a charming tale of friendship, resilience and love in the face of war seen through the eyes of Evadne a... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
Fallen in Love Lauren Kate
Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story. In this title, in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a romantic Valentine's Day in Medieval England.
Click here to visit the... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
The Soldier's Wife Joanna Trollope
Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family and domestic life? And how will the family cope, if he can't? Through the well observed, astute yet sensitive eye of the author this novel takes a keen look at... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum
The latest installment in the most famous thriller series of them all. Bourne is back, and this time the stakes are higher than ever... When Robert Ludlum died in 2001 we all feared the incredible character of Jason Bourne he... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
Stalin : The Court of the Red Tsar Simon Sebag Montefiore
A Special Edition of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
The remarkable untold story of the men and women who sustained Stalin in power in the Soviet Union for nearly 30... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Life : Keith Richards Keith Richards
A Special Edition of Life by Keith Richards to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Biography of the Year Award 2011.
Not one just for Rolling Stones fans, not just one for lovers of rock music, this is a real... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Paul Torday
A Special Edition of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2007.An unusual and delightful debut that all lovers of A Short History... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
The Copper Beech Maeve Binchy
A Special Edition of The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Maeve Binchy's marvellous portrait of
a small Irish town whose untroubled surface conceals the passions,
rivalries, friendships, ambitions and jealousies beneath. Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Horrid Henry Francesca Simon
A Special Edition of Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
The first riotously funny stories of Henry and his little brother Peter. Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Wolf Brother Michelle Paver
A Special Edition of Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Rich in detail which brings the past to life and makes the forest background vivid to all readers, Wolf Brother tells how orphaned Torak must set out... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Dead Until Dark : A True Blood Novel Charlaine Harris
A Special Edition of Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
This is the first in a delightful new supernatural series. Sookie Stackhouse is a fantastic heroine who finds herself caught up in a world of vampires... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Black and Blue Ian Rankin
A Special Edition of Black and Blue by Ian Rankin to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Rebus has everything against him, an internal investigation, a possible miscarriage of justice and a pretty tough Glasgow gangster. Enough to try the patience of any... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Labyrinth Kate Mosse
A Special Edition of Labyrinth by Kate Mosse to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Yearat the British Book Awards 2006. I was privileged to visit Kate in her Carcassonne retreat and be... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
No Time for Goodbye Linwood Barclay
A Special Edition of No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of the Richard & Judy Summer Read 2008.
A fantastic opening plot that pulls you straight in to the story and makes you have to... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Special Edition of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Barcelona, a city of secret police and secret love. In it a
bookseller’s son finds a forgotten novel and stumbles upon a mystery as
all... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Himalaya Michael Palin
A Special Edition of Himalaya by Michael Palin to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Winner of TV& Film Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2005
The
beautiful, glossy, illustrated hardback that accompanied the television
series brought down to a text-led portable-sized paperback... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
The Diamond Queen : Elizabeth II and Her People Andrew Marr
With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers
have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch and
to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of
the state, which is... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/10/2011
Daughters-in-law Joanna Trollope
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award 2011.
Rachel has always been at the centre of her family of three sons but now the... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
Death on the Nile Agatha Christie
One of Sister Wendy Beckett's favourite books.
The wonderful Hercule Poirot works his magic in this murder mystery set in the exotic location of Egypt.
July 2010 Guest Editor Louise Candlish on Agatha Christie...
I read this when I was about... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2001
The Other Family Joanna Trollope
Oh this is a tough one. Joanna certainly knows how to put her thumb on a bruise and continually push till it hurts. Why Richie never divorced his first wife to marry the mother of his three girls, his partner... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/12/2010
Sing You Home Jodi Picoult
Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and just when she's about to get her heart's desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss and divorce, she throws herself into her career as a music... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2012
Second Honeymoon Joanna Trollope
Yet another irrestible new novel from one of the UK's bestselling authors. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style. The youngest of the family is, at last, leaving home. Needless to say family life is never straight... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2007
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Hilary Mantel...
I loved her writing, long before the mega success of Wolf Hall. She wrote the best novel (bad title – A Place of Greater Safety) I ever read about the French... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
The Siege of Krishnapur J.G. Farrell
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on J.G. Farrell...
He won the Lost Booker prize for Troubles and the real Booker – forever ago - for The Siege Of Krishnapur. I love the elegance of his writing, and the... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/1996
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Podcast 1 Theme: Abridging Panellists: Tamsin Collison – audio abridger & producer, Shaun Sibley – CEO of Whole Story Audio Books
Podcast 3 Theme: Audio books in Education Panellists: Honor Wilson-Fletcher – National Year of Reading, Phil Viner – SmartPass, Ali Muirden – Macmillan / APA Podcast 4 Theme: Downloads Panellists: Robert Rankin – author, Peter Crawshaw – Lovereading.com, Rebecca Williams – GoSpoken
The Secret River Kate Grenville
One of Anne Berry's favourite books.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006.
An epic novel of the early settlers in Australia, of the plight of the Aborigines and...
The Road Cormac Mccarthy
January 2012 Guest Editor Simon Lelic selects The Road...
Technically and philosophically, this is probably not McCarthy’s best book. His masterpiece, probably, is Blood Meridian – although I also...
The Woods Harlan Coben
A great stand alone thriller from Harlan Coben with two plot lines to follow. One is the case that lawyer, Paul Copeland, is prosecuting now and the other the murder...
The Penalty Mal Peet
Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007. This is the second novel from Mal Peet that features Paul Faustino (the
first was Keeper) South America’s top sports journalist. It’s...
Hold Tight Harlan Coben
Winner of the Specsavers ITV3 Crime Thriller Bestseller Dagger 2009.
If you are a Coben fan then this stand-alone thriller is just what you’ve been waiting for, it is certainly...
Long Lost Harlan Coben
Another great read from the master recently voted favourite crime genre author by viewers for ITV3’s Bestseller Dagger. It is a Myron Bolitar mystery, a character who has definitely improved...
One Day David Nicholls
One of Richard Bacon's favourite books.
A 2011 World Book Night selection.
Winner of the...
Play Dead Harlan Coben
June 2010 Book of the Month.
This is actually an old novel published years ago that subsequently went out of print. What a...
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
One of Hardeep Singh Kohli's favourite books.
The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels's revolutionary
summons to the working classes, is one of the most important and
influential political theories...
Caught Harlan Coben
From the acknowledged crime master Harlan Coben is a thrillingly tense yet emotional tale concerning a missing seventeen year old girl. CAUGHT tells the story of her, the community stunned...
The Woodcutter Reginald Hill
A fast-moving, stunning new stand alone psychological thriller from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Brilliant writing, superb characterisation and all in all one of his absolute...
Miracle Cure Harlan Coben
Following the success of his debut PLAY DEAD, another classic Coben is re-released for his huge army of fans. First published about 20 years ago, it doesn't quite have...
Shelter Harlan Coben
The first in an exciting series of young adult thrillers from the master of the hook-and-twist.
A History of the World in 100 Objects Neil MacGregor
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 2011.
Sue Baker's view...
A distillation of mankind’s history through the objects that remain, a carefully chosen 100 objects from...
Live Wire Harlan Coben
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Sports agent and part time detective Myron Bolitar and his aristocratic and sociopathic side kick Windsor Horne...
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend
This 30th anniversary edition features Adrian Mole, the hapless teenager who provides an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. This book is about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his...
This Sceptred Isle Christopher Lee
What is Britishness? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? This volume brings to life the character and frustrations so carefully...
Shatter the Bones Stuart MacBride
January 2012 Book of the Month.
The 7th Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite...
No One Left to Tell Karen Rose
January 2012 eBook of the Month.
The addictive Sunday Times bestseller Karen Rose serves up her most relentless thriller yet. It's her thirteenth...
Birthdays for the Dead Stuart MacBride
Grim, gritty and totally compelling, Stuart MacBride draws you in then you are up all night! In this stand alone novel dark secrets compromise the central detective in a savage...
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
January 2012 Book of the Month.
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 29 January 2012.
Winner of the Galaxy Crime &...
The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 5 February 2012.
Longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carre
The enduring novel by one of our greatest storytellers. George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy.
The Month Before's Featured Books
The Return Victoria Hislop
A tale of passion, pain and pride in war-torn Spain, written with a dual-time element. Personally I found the subject-matter of her first, The Island, far more intriguing, probably because...
Plugged Eoin Colfer
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
May 2011 Debut of the Month.
From the bestselling and exceptionally gifted writer of the
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
Winner of the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy New Writer of the Year 2011.
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
When God Was a Rabbit Sarah Winman
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
Winner of the Galaxy New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Paperback of the Year 2011.
An utterly charming family...
A Tiny Bit Marvellous Dawn French
Winner of the Galaxy Popular Fiction Book of the Year Award 2011.
A Tiny Bit Marvellous is the brilliantly observed story of a modern family all living in
their own separate...
The Reversal Michael Connelly
July 2011 eBook of the Month.
A new Harry Bosch is always a treat and thoroughly addictive. Harry is brought in to help...
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke
July 2011 eBook of the Month.
Dave Robicheaux is on the trail of a serial killer, while trying to protect his daughter from...
Praetorian Simon Scarrow
December 2011 eBook of the Month.
Centurions Macro and Cato are caught up in treachery and murder in ancient Rome in the eleventh...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carre
The Circus has already suffered a bad defeat, and the result was two bullets in a man's back. But a bigger threat still exists. And the legendary George Smiley is...
The Decision Penny Vincenzi
September 2011 Book of the Month and eBook of the Month.
A stunning new novel from No.1 bestselling author Penny Vincenzi. It's the...
The Blackhouse Peter May
This is a crime novel of rare power and vision. When a brutal murder on the Isle of Lewis bears the hallmarks of a similar slaying in Edinburgh, police detective...
Dark Matter Michelle Paver
October 2011 Book of the Month.
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
A classic, good old fashioned ghost story...
The Litigators John Grisham
The Partners at Finley & Figg - all two of them - often refer to themselves as a boutique law firm. Boutique, as in chic, selective and prosperous. They are,...
The Unseen Katherine Webb
December 2011 Book of the Month.
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011.
A mix of the occult, murder and...
The Lion Nelson Demille
Asad Khalil - aka 'The Lion' - is the most dangerous man alive. A ruthless Libyan terrorist with an agenda of death and destruction, he has come to the US...
The Impossible Dead Ian Rankin
December 2011 MEGA Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year Award 2011.
Rankin is synonymous with crime...
The Sixth Man David Baldacci
After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a mental facility private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's lawyer - an...
Agatha Raisin : As the Pig Turns M. C. Beaton
This series just gets better and better. Each one is a stand-alone novel featuring the one and only crime sleuth Agatha Raisin. If you like Agatha Christie then you'll...
More Than You Can Say Paul Torday
November 2011 Book of the Month.
Very different from his previous novels but this tightly written story with a PTSD suffering ex soldier...
The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly
November 2011 Book of the Month.
A blistering courtroom drama featuring The Lincoln Lawyer's Mickey Haller from the master of the genre. For...
The Real Katie Lavender Erica James
The delightful, sparkling new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Erica James. At 30, Katie Lavender thinks she is better than most when it comes to
dealing with life's surprises. But...
Left Neglected Lisa Genova
A moving novel about a busy, vibrant woman in her 30s who has a car accident, leaving her to deal with a crippling disorder called left neglect. This is an...
Memorial Alice Oswald
Matthew Arnold praised the Iliad for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since - but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the word used when...
Inheritance Book Four Christopher Paolini
Still the real battle lies ahead: Eragon and Saphira must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no...
Death Comes to Pemberley P. D. James
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 8 December 2011.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, PD James masterfully recreates the world of Pride...
The Payback Simon Kernick
Dennis Milne is a former cop and part-time assassin. He kills the bad guys - people who, in his opinion, deserve to die. Now he's in Manila, waiting for his...
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You Louisa Young
Winner of the Galaxy Audiobook of the Year of the Year Award 2011.
While Riley Purefoy and Peter Locke fight for their country, their survival and their sanity in the trenches...
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