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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
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Rome : The Eagle of the Twelfth
M. C. Scott
M. C. Scott makes these ancient landscapes jump off the page, with bold and brutal storylines inhabited by touchingly real and compelling characters. After a particularly bloody and catastrophic defeat, the ill-fortuned Twelfth Legion loses its treasured eagle. It is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
May 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
With her dazzling, utterly absorbing style of writing Bring Up the Bodies focuses on the downfall and destruction of the charismatic Anne Boleyn. This is the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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In One Person
John Irving
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Picking up on the term 'a sexual suspect' Irving first used in his landmark novel The World According to Garp, In One Person is the tragic,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Dare Me
Megan Abbott
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Following on from her Richard and Judy selected title, The End of Everything, is this dark dangerous coming of age story set among a fiercely competitive...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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Black Heart Blue
Louisa Reid
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching. This debut tackles the horrors of domestic violence head on with beautiful writing and two amazing voices. Twin girls, one beautiful,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.
A breathtakingly original rendering of the Trojan War - a devastating love story and a tale of gods and kings, immortal fame and the human heart.
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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The Underside of Joy
Seré Prince Halverson
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Captivating, beautifully written with a real sense of location this is a heart wrenching story of modern motherhood that is a real emotional roller-coaster.
STOP PRESS: For a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler
When a whole family is murdered in Stockholm, Inspector Joona Linna is brought in to investigate the murky case and soon uncovers an unsettling connection to disgraced hypnotist and medic Erik Maria Bark. With uber-villains in the Thomas Harris mould...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
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15 Seconds
Andrew Gross
May 2012 Book of the Month.
If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Killing Hour
Andrew Gross
The jaw-dropping unputdownable new novel from the guy who co-authored five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard. Now a bestselling novelist in his own right with hit thrillers The Blue Zone and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/04/2011
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Reckless
Andrew Gross
Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. But he quickly learns that life in the private sector can be every bit as dangerous as wearing a badge - if not more so...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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Don't Look Twice
Andrew Gross
A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. And a family caught in the cross-fire. For local detective Ty Hauck, life is good. A waterfront house, a new girlfriend and, after uncovering a Wall Street scandal, he's even a local hero....
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
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This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
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How to Change the World
John-Paul Flintoff, School of Life
On our own, can we make a difference? Of all six books, this was the one I was drawn to most, the examples of change, one person at a time, are inspiring and thought-provoking. John-Paul Flintoff also looks at the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Worry Less About Money
John Armstrong, School of Life
John Armstrong looks at our relationship with money, for most of us it’s too little, for a few it’s too much – but how much is enough, how do we relate to money, the spending and saving of it, can...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Stay Sane
Philippa Perry, School of Life
Mental health is every bit as important as physical health and Philippa Perry explains the brain, how we organise our minds and the ways we can improve our mental agility and creativity but also help to deal with stress and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Think More About Sex
Alain de Botton, School of Life
The title may seem strange in our sex obsessed age but Alain de Botton is arguing that we don’t think too much about sex, we’re merely thinking about it in the wrong way. The author offers insights and ways to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
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The Bicycle Book
Bella Bathurst
May 2012 Travel Book of the Month.
A brilliant, charming, engaging look at the sometimes weird world of the bicycle and bicyclist. The people who ride them (including over water), the people who...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Black Heart Blue
Louisa Reid
A debut novel which packs a heart-stopping punch. Sixteen year old twins Hephzi and Rebecca are about as different from each other as they could be; Hephzi is beautiful and bold, Rebecca suffers from disfigurement and is shy. But the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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For Special Services
John Gardner
The second instalment of John Gardner's Bond series sees Bond join forces with CIA agent Cedar Leiter for some more thrilling adventure.
James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Humorist
Russell Kane
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 May 2012.
The coruscatingly original debut novel from one of Britain's best young comedians.
Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
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