Books
ESCAPE THE DIET TRAP
At last, a weight-loss book for the enlightened! By debunking the traditional, the conventional and the downright unproven, Escape the Diet Trap steers would-be dieters away from short-term regimes towards long-term success.
Publication Date: UK 5th Jan 2012
YOU CAN’T READ THIS BOOK: Censorship in an Age of Freedom
From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the advert of the Web, everywhere you turn you are told that we live in age of unparalleled freedom. This is dangerously naïve. From the revolution in Iran that wasn’t to the imposition of super-injunctions from the filthy rich, we still live in a world where you can write a book and end up dead.
Publication Date: UK 19th Jan 2012
Apple have chosen Revolution 2.0 as their book of the week on the iBookstore. Revolution 2.0 is a unique insider’s story from the heart of the Egyptian Spring. Wael Ghonim gives unparalleled insight into why the Egyptian people finally rejected … Continue reading
It was being reported on a number of celebrity and TV blogs that the stars would be joining Diane Wiest and Ewan McGreggor in the HBO adaptation of Franzen’s 2001 novel. Gyllenhaal – star of ‘Donnie Darko’ and ‘Dark Knight’ has … Continue reading
Great news! The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee has been shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011. The shortlist is as follows: The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Fourth Estate) Becoming Dickens by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Belknap … Continue reading
When it comes to fruit and vegetable consumption, Britain comes near the bottom of the league, ranking 14th out of 19 countries in a review of eating habits. According to the not-for-profit European Food Information Council, we typically eat about … Continue reading
This month we have re-issued the last four books in the Martin Beck Series, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The new editions have great introductions from the likes of Henning Mankell, Lee Child and Nikki French. All the titles are … Continue reading
We hope you all had very merry Christmases and are suitably full of Christmas happiness and turkey. Now, if you were one of the lucky people to have been given a brand-spanking new e-reader this Christmas, well then we have … Continue reading
Stephen Daltry wants to adapt Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay‘ for HBO Daltry had been signed on to direct, working with Chabon and producer Scott Rudin to adapt the novel for the silver screen (Rudin … Continue reading