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Great Book: To The Moon And Back

Title: To the Moon and Back Author:  Jill Mansell Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Headline Review (17 Feb 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0755355792 ISBN-13: 978-0755355792 Product Dimensions: 22 x 13.6 x 4.2 cm Product Description The gorgeously indulgent, funny and touching new novel from the bestselling author When Ellie Kendall tragically loses her husband she feels [...]

Book Recommendation: Battle Hymn Of Tiger Mother

Title: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Author:  Amy Chua Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (10 Jan 2011) ISBN-10: 1408812673 ISBN-13: 978-1408812679 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3 Product Description A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so [...]

New Title: The Wise Man's Fear

Title: The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2 Author:  Patrick Rothfuss Hardcover: 1008 pages Publisher: Gollancz (1 Mar 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0575081414 ISBN-13: 978-0575081413 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 6.6 cm Product Description Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the second instalment of [...]

Great Book: Great British Railways

Title: Great British Railway Journeys Authors:  Michael Portillo and Charlie Bunce Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Collins (6 Jan 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0007394764 ISBN-13: 978-0007394760 Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.4 x 3 cm Product Description A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years – its history, landscape and people – from the window [...]

Book Recommendation: The Devil's Star

Title: The Devil's Star Authors:  Jo Nesbo and Don Bartlett Paperback: 544 pages Publisher: Vintage (20 Jan 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0099546760 ISBN-13: 978-0099546764 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm Product Description A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her [...]

New Title: The Return – Midnight

Title: The Return: Midnight (The Vampire Diaries) Author:  L J Smith Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Hodder Children's Books (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 144490065X ISBN-13: 978-1444900651 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm Product Description The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown on ITV2 concludes [...]

Great Book: The War That Never Was

Title: The War That Never Was Author:  Duff Hart-Davis Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Century (10 Feb 2011) ISBN-10: 1846058252 ISBN-13: 978-1846058257 Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 3 cm Product Description For the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the [...]

Book Recommendation: Treachery In Death

Title: Treachery in Death (In Death Series) Author:  J. D. Robb Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Piatkus Books (17 Feb 2011) ISBN-10: 0749953853 ISBN-13: 978-0749953850 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.2 x 3.8 cm Product Description 'There's another body on a slab, Dallas. Dirty cop or not, he's dead, and she's responsible. She has to be shut [...]

Ireland Needs Constitutional Reform

Ireland Needs Consitutional Reform by Annette J Dunlea The political parties in Ireland are proposing constitutional reforms in the Election 2011 campaign to appease an angry electorate. Ireland is admidst a political and economic crisis. Promises of political reform come under intense scrutiny in Ireland. The Irish political system and political culture has failed catastrophically; [...]

New Title: The Crippled God

Title: The Crippled God: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 10 Author:  Steven Erikson Hardcover: 944 pages Publisher: Bantam Press (21 Feb 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0593046358 ISBN-13: 978-0593046357 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.5 x 6.9 cm Product Description Savaged by the K'Chain Nah'Ruk, the Bonehunters march for Kolanse, where waits an unknown fate. Tormented [...]