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.
The Guardians Andrew Pyper
February 2012 Book of the Month.
This fifth book from Canadian author Andrew Pyper is a cracker. Scary, thrilling it is hard to close the book once you start. With a mix of... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
Other Featured Books this Month
The Last Four Things Paul Hoffman
The Last Four Things is the second thrilling instalment in this remarkable blockbuster trilogy that began with th awesome The Left Hand of God.
Paul Hoffman has crafted an epic narrative that will stand amongst the
greats of heroic... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds
A Special Edition of Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges acrioss
the known and unknown universe ...towards the most terrifying of
destinations. Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
Johannes Cabal : The Fear Institute Jonathan L. Howard
The third in the series featuring anti hero Johannes Cabal who has been employed by the Fear Institute to track and destroy Phobic Animus - the source of all fear in dreams. Dryly witty and full of clever dialogue it... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
The Reapers are the Angels Alden Bell
A very very different zombie novel that through evocative language and sometimes graphic violence explores what makes humans human. It definitely needs to be read. Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2011
Songs of the Earth Elspeth Cooper
SONGS OF THE EARTH is the most compelling debut fantasy novel since Patrick Rothfuss first hit the shelves four years ago, with the stunning THE NAME OF THE WIND. Gair is under a death sentence. He can hear music -... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/02/2012
Switched Book One in the Trylle Trilogy Amanda Hocking
The new girl in High School, she's bored and frustrated by her small town life and then there's the secret that she can't tell anyone. Her mysterious ability she can influence people's decisions, without knowing how, or why ...When the... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2012
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Rivers of London Ben Aaronovitch
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK New Writer of the Year Award 2011.
A new series by a Doctor Who writer (the second volume
The Noise Revealed Ian Whates
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
Another new British author steeped in technology noir and the second volume in a new series that began with THE NOISE WITHIN. Pursued...
Equations of Life Simon Morden
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
This is the opening volume in the Metrozone trilogy by a British author who had previously written books for younger readers. The near...
The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
A mindboggling and assured debut by a Finnish physicist who writes in English (and lives here) this is the book everyone is raving...
Zoo City Lauren Beukes
A Maxim Jakubowski Best Science Fiction selection.
A second novel by the fast rising South African author (pronounced Beukes like mucus, she tells us...), recently shortlisted for the Arthur C....
Son of Heaven David Wingrove
The year is 2085, two decades after the great economic collapse that destroyed Western civilization. With its power broken and its cities ruined, life in the West continues in scattered...
Embassytown China Mieville
Shortlisted for the BSFA Best Novel Award 2011.
China Mieville is not just a galaxy in the science fiction firmament, he is a whole universe!
Following THE CITY AND THE CITY'S...
The Shining Stephen King
Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook...
Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf Curtis Jobling
One of our New Gen Debuts of the Year 2011.
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2011.
This is an absolutely cracking debut fantasy novel. Every teenager
should make time...
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...
11.22.63 Stephen King
With extraordinary imaginative power, King weaves the social, political
and popular culture of his baby-boom American generation into a
devastating exercise in escalating suspense. Stephen King's incredibly ambitious, heartstoppingly dramatic...
Spiral Paul McEuen
One of our Debuts of the Year 2011.
December 2011 Debut of the Month.
It’s not surprising that academic turned author, Professor Paul McEuen,...
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