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February Author of the Month - Martin Amis

Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:32pm

Regarded as a groundbreaking novelist, Amis satirizes the excesses of youth and contemporary society with an incisive wit similar to that of his father, author Kingsley Amis. Employing fast-paced prose infused with contemporary slang and profanity, Amis portrays characters who are obsessed with sex, drugs, violence and materialistic pursuits. Amis, commonly known as Britain's enfant terrible, is widely regarded as a moralist whose novels admonish the vices of his age.

His most recent novel, Lionel Asbo, features the terrifying yet weirdly loyal thug of the title. Lionel has always looked out for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Desmond Pepperdine. He provides him with fatherly advice (always carry a knife) and is determined they should share the joys of pit bulls (fed with lots of Tabasco sauce), Internet porn, and all manner of more serious criminality. Des, on the other hand, desires nothing more than books to read and a girl to love (and to protect a family secret that could be the death of him). When his uncle wins £140 million in the lottery, Lionel's true nature remains uncompromised while his problems, and therefore Desmond's, only multiply.

Author photo by Isabel Fonseca

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Book Trailer - The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan

Wednesday, Feb 06, 2013 at 12:27pm

Check out this gripping trailer for Elizabeth LaBan's new young adult novel, The Tragedy Paper.

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Your Naughty Valentine

Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:36am

$19.95

In the wake of the phenomenal success of E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey and Sylvia Day's Bared to You, erotic fiction dominated the annual Frankfurt Book Fair last fall. As thousands of publishers and literary agents hammered out deals at the world's biggest international book fair, one of the most talked-about books was S.E.C.R.E.T., an erotic story written by a Canadian author and TV producer under the pseudonym L.M. Adeline. It follows the adventures of a young widow who joins a secret society 'that recruits women to help them realize their sexual fantasies and liberate their sexual selves." S.E.C.R.E.T. is understood to have sold for a high six-figure sum in the U.S., with offers pouring in from other publishers around the world. Doubleday Canada secured the Canadian rights and will release it on February 5th.

Naughty novels are not anything new, however. For those who want to combine the erotic with the literate, here are just a few examples: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure (a pseudonym of Anne Rice), Little Birds by Anaïs Nin, The Story of O by Pauline Réage, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, Fanny Hill by John Cleland, The Lover by Marguerite Duras, Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, House of Holes by Nicholson Baker, Emmanuelle by Emmanuelle Arsan, Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Helen and Desire by Alexander Trocchi, Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos, and Dream Story by Arthur Schnitzler.

Also, be sure to consider some of the titles from the "Banned Books" series which are featured in our Bargain Books Department.

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Bookstravaganza

Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:18pm

Enjoy a sneak peek into Bookstravaganza, one of the most glamourous events in publishing.

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Are You Game?

Friday, Dec 28, 2012 at 6:39pm

If you are familiar with Settlers of Catan, you already know all about the "Euro" or "German" boardgames that are taking the gaming world by storm.

What defines a Euro game? Here are a few salient features: they rarely take more than an hour to play, do not require a fixed number of players, use simple rules but deep strategies, do not eliminate players, require overtly social player interaction but seldom involve direct conflict, use short turns often involving the other players or changes in the state of the game, and exhibit great visual interest on the board. Most of all, they are fun for all players, and therefore make great family games.

We are expanding our boardgame selection to offer a wider choice of Euro style games. Depending on their themes, they can be found in either our Games section or our Science Fiction & Fantasy section.

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