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Harry Bingham: 'This Little Britain'
An interesting and ambitious foray into the world of non-fiction by the already well established author Harry Bingham, 'This Little Britain' seeks to document and argue the reasons why Great Britain is worthy of its name.
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Kit Whitfield: 'Bareback'
Imagine a world where the majority of the population have the ability to turn into a werewolf once a month and that you are considered less of a human for not having this power. This is the world Lola Gaffey lives in.
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Paulo Coelho: 'The Witch Of Portobello'
International best-selling author Paulo Coelho offers up another novel infused with love, passion and spirituality. ‘The Witch Of Portobello’ tells the story of Athena, a mysterious new age Romanian woman living in London through the eyes of the people who knew her best and the people who knew her hardly at all. At the start of the story, we discover Athena is dead.
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Garth Nix: 'Across The Wall'
Resourceful youths triumph over impossible odds in this magical collection of thirteen short stories. Special to the UK edition, introductions give the reader insight into Nix’s writing process and inspirations, while a Q&A section at the back answers questions related to his more well-known fantasy series set in the Old Kingdom.
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Stephen Hunt: 'The Court Of The Air'
Victorian steampunk meets HP Lovecraft in this dark political fantasy. A “carlist” philosopher, hunted by the capitalist monarchy for believing in “communityism”, becomes the vessel for an ancient race of insect gods from another dimension.
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Clements & McCarthy: 'The Anime Encyclopedia'
If you need a telephone directory of Japanese animation, this is your resource. Summarizing every anime made between 1917 and 2006, from perennial favorites Akira and Spirited Away to unlabeled videotapes found in the backstreets of Akihabara, 'The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide To Japanese Animation Since 1917' nails them all.
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David Baldacci: 'The Collectors'
‘The Collectors’ unravels two main plots. The first reveals Annabelle the con artist plotting a series of cons to make her filthy rich and settle down in a far away land for a life of leisure and luxury. The other follows the discovery of Jonathan DeHaven’s body.
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Cassandra Clare: 'City Of Bones'
Imagine Buffy The Vampire Slayer set in a slightly dank modern-day New York City, recast with overly insightful mid-teens who are annoying to the point of frustrated outbursts, written with about as much semantic flair as a shitting horse.
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Scott Lynch: 'Red Seas Under Red Skies'
Following the sublime fantasy romp ‘The Lies Of Locke Lamora’, this, the second in the Gentleman Bastard series, reunites us with the eponymous Locke and his hatchet-wielding buddy Jean as they engage in yet more devious hijinx and grand thievery.
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Roddy Doyle: 'Paula Spencer'
‘Paula Spencer’ is the sequel to Doyle’s bestseller ‘The Woman Who Walked into Doors’ where we are first introduced to Paula, an alcoholic with an abusive husband. ‘Paula Spencer’ introduces our protagonist four months and five days after her last drink and with her husband dead and buried.
