This is our Head Book Buyer, Chris Hall's list of his three most anticipated releases for August. They are,
Childhood Under Siege, by is the writer of The Corporation. Childhood Under Siege is a behind the scenes look at the widespread manipulation of children by profit-seeking corporations and of society's failure to protect them.
The Sense of an Ending, by . is an old favourite who seems
to be on the rise again with his last few books, particularly Pulse, his set of short stories released last spring.
Empty Family, by Colm Toibin. I read The Master a few years
ago and found it to be too much Henry James. Unfortunately that made me
write off . I recently read Brooklyn though and now
I know what the fuss is about. Empty Family is due out in paperback this
month and I can now recommend Toibin enthusiastically.
With favourable reviews from The New York Times, Salon, and The Wall Street Journal. I had to read Started Early, Took My Dog.
did not disappoint. In the reviews she is praised for her plotting, but she's also at work on deeper levels and Started Early, Took My Dog becomes an extended and multi-faceted exploration of parenting and love, and of the ways people fail to protect children. This could turn out bleak, but Atkinson's characters are well crafted, and their depth, and humour save it.
For an audio extract of Started Early, Took My Dog, click here.
Categories: Staff Pick, Authors
If you think you know Arthur, Merlin and the Lady of the Lake guess again. Ariane is a troubled teen, starting a new life with her aunt in Regina. A new school would be hard enough, but learning you're a descendant of the Lady of the Lake too?
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy
Lisabeth Lewis never meant to become Famine.
When an anorexic seventeen-year-old is given the power of one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, she must face the terrible consequences of her power and the disease that threatens her life.
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy
"Reverend" Asher Rook is a Hexslinger, a man who can shatter nature's laws with magic. The Civil War bled the faith out of him until he ended up swinging from a rope and partnered with fierce killer Chess Pargeter. Pinkerton Ed Morrow has infiltrated Rook's gang trying to map the extent of Rook's power and find a way to detect Hexslingers before they manifest. But the goddess Ixchel, mother of all hanged men, wants Rook and Pargeter for her own purposes and outlaws and lawmen both will have to ride through Hell to stop her.
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