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Nutshell by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape) ISBN 9781911214335 As a big fan of Ian McEwan, well-known author of Atonement (the film won the Golden Globe), Amsterdam (won the Booker Prize), and The Children Act  to name a few, I was looking forward to his newest book. And yes, he did it. He managed to enthral me again. Nutshell is original and nothing

The Ice Lands by Steinar Bragi (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781447298816

by Jessica Bennett (Penguin) ISBN: 978-0062439789 I love a book written by a journalist. You will always get exactly what you are promised with a healthy dose of real-world. This book is exactly what Bennett means it to be; an office survival manual for a sexist workplace. FFC is packed with useful information, helpful and practical socio-politico-eco tips and interesting factoids

by Chris Whitaker (Twenty7) ISBN: 978-1-78577-030-2 Tall Oaks is a small American town where three-year-old Harry mysteriously disappears. His mother, Jess, is mad with worry, desperately reaching out to Harry’s absent father for support. In Tall Oaks, everyone knows everyone but not everyone’s business is what it seems. Obese, slow photographer, Jerry lives with his controlling

by Joe Hill (Gollancz) ISBN: 978-0-575-13071-5 A new disease is destroying mankind – an incurable spore that kills by causing spontaneous combustion in the host. There is no cure for Dragonspore, and once you have the mark, it’s only a matter of time before the Cremation Squad hunts you down. Ever positive and unflappable, Harper Grayson is three

by Michael Sims (Penguin) ISBN: 9780141003610 Adam’s Navel is a fascinating book that looks at the human body as it is portrayed in literature, mythology, commonly used phrases, biology, history and psychology. The author’s interest in the human body is that there are both commonalities and adaptations across generations, diverse cultures and ancient species. The privilege