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Chuck Palahniuk: 'Rant'
The renowned author of Fight Club returns with his eighth novel and it presents an interesting stylistic development. Developing the postmodernist concept of the meta-narrative as being central to the literature of our age, Palahniuk offers an oral biography of a white redneck who develops a disease which is slowly wiping out the human race.
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Steve Cole & Linda Chapman: 'Genie Us!'
Four stepchildren find a “How To Become A Genie” handbook and decide to wish their problems away in this extended chapter book targeted at +8s. On the guidance of a magic bookworm, the kids are soon tackling the six stages while learning about growing up.
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Steve Cole: 'The Wild West Moo-nster'
Cows In Action (the C.I.A.) take on the 1875 gold rush in this very silly yet very enjoyable chapter book. Fourth in the C.I.A. series, Professor McMoo, Bo Vine, and Pat take their time machine back to America to thwart the evil plans of the Fed-up Bull Institute (F.B.I.) and a distant relative of the evil farmer’s wife intent on turning them all into steaks.
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Charlie Brooker: 'Dawn Of The Dumb'
Screw Christmas. Let’s all worship at the altar of Charlie Brooker, the most prophetic truth doling atomic mess this nation’s ever seen. The man’s a genius for christ sake. Christ? Brooker pisses all over him.
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Frank Warren: 'PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions...'
You may have come across some of the touching postcard art in 'Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives' already. People have been sending their secrets to Frank Warren on postcards since 2004, when he distributed blank cards in subway stations, art galleries and libraries asking them to send them in.
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Laura Butler & Carey Scott: 'Dinosaurium'
Presenting the most contemporary theories about dinosaurs in ten miniature books and one large book, there’s a lot to explore here. The large book makes a texturally interesting container for the smaller books. It’s possible to read all eleven in two hours, and interesting enough that it’s easily possible to do so.
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John Farndon: 'Do Not Open'
Enter a world of secret histories, unsolved mysteries, missing royalty, strange coincidences and cryptic messages. If you enjoy solving mysteries with the detectives, examining the evidence like a CSI, or reading choose-your-own adventure or 5-minute-mystery novels, this is your book.
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Tilman Osterwold: 'Pop Art'
Hugh Grant recently sold an Andy Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor for a whopping £11.4million at auction - more than ten times what Liz was paid for her role in Cleopatra, when she was the highest paid film actress in the world.
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Ian Harrison: 'Earth - A Visitor’s Guide'
Apparently, visitors to earth like squiggly, hard-to-read fonts, articles on dogs in costumes, and misshapen neon graphics. These aliens are hardcore observers of life who want it blasted into their brains without any pesky context, fact-checking, organisation, or relevance.
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Iain Smyth: 'Alive'
The human body is a fascinating thing, and to illustrate its ingenuity, 'Alive' incorporates senses one wouldn’t usually associate with a paper-based book: hearing (via an action-triggered “beating heart” along the same principle of music-playing greeting cards) and touch.
