This Month:

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THE ICE BALLOON

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: Alec Wilkinson

The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration.

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AFTER THE LOCKOUT

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: Darran McCann

An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history.

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Q: A Love Story

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: Evan Mandery

In a gripping tale of time travel and true love that will appeal to fans of The Time Traveller’s Wife and The Adventures of Max Tivoli, a successful writer meets his future self, who advises him not to marry Q, the love of his life.

Cover of THE LOVER’S DICTIONARY: A Love Story in 185 Definitions

THE LOVER’S DICTIONARY: A Love Story in 185 Definitions

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: David Levithan

How does one talk about love?

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YOU CAN’T READ THIS BOOK: Censorship in an Age of Freedom

Release date: 19th Jan 2012

Author: Nick Cohen

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.

Cover of THE GOD SPECIES: How Humans Really Can Save the Planet...

THE GOD SPECIES: How Humans Really Can Save the Planet...

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: Mark Lynas

The green movement has got it very wrong.

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UNBROKEN

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: Laura Hillenbrand

The new book from the author of the bestselling and much-loved Seabiscuit.

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A WIDOW’S STORY: A Memoir

Release date: 2nd Feb 2012

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

‘My husband died, my life collapsed.’