Bring Up the Bodies
by Hilary Mantel “the sequel to Wolf Hall” If you have read the brilliant “Wolf Hall” you will need no encouragement to buy this book about the bloody theatre of the fall of Anne Boleyn. If you haven’t tread “Wolf Hall”, probably the best historical novel ever, you are to be envied – you still have a treat in store. (and you do need to read it before this one). Published price: £20.00 | Our price: £17.00
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
by Jen Campbell “Is this book edible?” From the customer who wanted to know if Anne Frank had written a sequel to her diary through the one who wanted to know if he had left his bicycle in the shop to the one who, failing to find a medical text, requested a book on sewing instead it’s hilarious and very, VERY true to life! Published price: £7.77 | Our price: £6.99
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
by Jason Stearns At the heart of Africa is the Congo – a country the size of western Europe, bordering on nine nations that since 1996 has been wracked by a civil war so brutal that it has almost become institutionalised and, apparently, hardly seen by the outside world as worth recording. This book is brilliant example of a journalist delving into the history of the Congo and producing an enthralling and accurate account of fifteen years of brutality and five million deaths. Thought provoking, shocking and horrifying but, for all that, very readable. Highly recommended. Published price: £11.99 |…
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett Shortlisted for this year’s Orange Prize “State of Wonder” is a Conrad-like tale following the tracking down of a dead researcher in the Brazilian jungle. Set within the neo-colonialism of modern day drug companies this is Patchett at her best – dry, controlled and astute. Published price: £7.99 | Our price: £6.99
The Great Sea – A Human History of the Mediterranean
by David Abulafia An epic new history of the Mediterranean told from the human perspective, ranging from Minoan palaces to modern day tourism and seen through the eyes of a range of characters – explorers, traders, pilgrims, warriors, politicians and refugees. While there is something of an emphasis on the sea’s most unified period under imperial Rome all the great civilizations are covered in this lucidly written and sweeping study. A magnificently satisfying read. Published price: £14.99 | Our price: £12.99
The End – Hitler’s Germany 1944-45
by Ian Kershaw Exploring just why the Germans fought on as the entire Reich crashed around them and it was obvious that all was lost this excellent study, while not minimalising the power of the state organs of repression, puts the blame squarely where it most certainly belongs – the German officer corps. An excellent read for those with an interest in the period. Published price: £9.99 | Our price: £8.99
The Midnight Palace
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon “anything is possible….everything is enchanted” A haunting story of a secret society and a mysterious railway station with a dark past. Another outstanding read from the author of “The Shadow of the Wind.” A beautiful atmospheric tale set in the alleyways of Calcutta. This is a great adventure with ghostly trains, strange old women and young heroes – much like Newark on a Friday night. Well worth a read. Published price £7.99 | Our price £6.99
All Hell Let Loose
by Max Hastings “If you buy a single book on world war 2 this is the one.” Probably the best single-volume history of the second world war ever written. It explores the Asian dimension as fully as the European, is, incredibly well researched and lucidly written. From warfare in the tropics to the frozen seas of the far north the sheer world-changing impact of the war is brilliantly described amid the staggering scale of human loss – an estimated 15 million Chinese dead; cannibalism in a starving Leningrad; the gas chambers of Poland. If you buy a single book…
City of Bohane
by Kevin Barry “A raw slab of life from a hellish future.” Set forty years in the future in a town on the west coast of Ireland run by an albino crime boss. If there is anything in that setting that appeals to you then you should really enjoy this grim, slangy, futuristic and, above all, addictive tale of rival gangs who vie for control of a run-down port city – I did! Cool, comic, violent and lyrical just about covers it. Recommended retail price: £7.99 | Our price: £6.99
Winter King
by Thomas Penn “Re-creates the dark and turbulent reign of Henry VII” Henry VII – not the best known of English kings and usually seen as a warm-up act for his unpleasant son, Henry VIII. In fact he is a fascinating character standing, as he did, at a pivotal point in English history – between the dark of the Middle Ages and the Tudor new dawn. The man himself is extremely interesting, if a trifle peculiar, and his lifelong aim of justifying and enforcing his rather thin claim to the throne makes for an absorbing read. The book is well…
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