Books this week
My Criminal World
By Henry Sutton
Paperback
Published 18-Apr-2013
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Living in constant fear that his editor might drop him in favour of the next new talent, David Slavitt juggles house work and child care alongside plot twists and character development. But as his wife grows increasingly distant and his agent insists that his new book needs more violence - a lot more violence - David is getting worried.
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Humans
By Matt Haig
Hardback
Published 09-May-2013
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One wet Friday evening, Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world's greatest mathematical riddle. Then he disappears. When he is found walking naked along the motorway, Professor Martin seems different. Besides the lack of clothes, he now finds normal life pointless. His loving wife and teenage son seem repulsive to him.
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Be Awesome
By Hadley Freeman
Paperback
Published 25-Apr-2013
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Hadley Freeman, Guardian features writer and author of the popular 'Ask Hadley...' column, reminds the modern lady to 'Be Awesome'.
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Round House
By Louise Erdrich
Hardback
Published 08-May-2013
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One Sunday in 1988, thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts learns that his mother has been the victim of a brutal attack by a man on their North Dakota reservation. Joe's mother is traumatized and afraid. This title tells the story of a young boy pitched prematurely into an unjust adult world.
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Rooftoppers
By Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published 07-Mar-2013
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My mother is still alive, and she is going to come for me one day. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help.
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Time Warped
By Claudia Hammond
Paperback
Published 02-May-2013
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Time rules our lives, but how much do we really understand it? Drawing on the research from psychology, neuroscience and biology, this title delves into the mysteries of time perception. It shows us how to manage time more efficiently, why speeds up as you get older and, how to use the warping of time to our own advantage.
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By John Berger
Paperback
Published 30-Aug-2012
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A reissued edition of this classic Booker Prize-winning novel
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Clampdown
By Rhian Jones
Paperback
Published 29-Mar-2013
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Political and media policing of female social and sexual autonomy, through the neglected but significant gendered dimensions of the discourse surrounding 'chavs', has been accompanied by a similar restriction and regulation of the expression of working-class femininity in music. This book charts the progress of this cultural clampdown.
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Constance
By Patrick McGrath
Paperback
Published 09-May-2013
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A darkly compelling story about how damaged people seek each other out
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Our Cheating Hearts
By Kate Figes
Hardback
Published 09-May-2013
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