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We start with crimes aplenty and finish with the most beautiful children's book that I have seen all year (it is so worth the scroll).
In between you find the books that will send the most shivers down most spines - no, not the Orwell Prize shortlists, although they are included too; a history book that Simon Schama describes as Tolstoyan; the building blocks of life itself; a rollicking account of the murder of the co-founder of one of the world's great universities; a beautiful box set for calligraphists, just to mention a few of the publishing highlights from the week.
Happy browsing!
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Dear Little Corpses
Nicola Upson
The superlative Golden Age detective returns in a haunting mystery set at the dawn of the Second World War.
Sublime historical crime fiction as Nicola Upson deftly weaves fiction into fact with the disappearance of a Suffolk shopkeeper's daughter coniciding with an influx of wartime evacuees from London. Crime writers Josephine Tey and Margery Allingham search for the missing child.
'Nicola Upson's Josephine Tey mysteries are a class above the usual crime fiction. They shimmer with a love for their prewar setting and the artistic circles Tey, a real-life detective novelist, frequented.'
Independent
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It is fair to say that the back of your seat won't get much use if you settle down with any of these; James Bond is back in Anthony Horowitz's third instalment, With A Mind To Kill (signed by Anthony, not Commander Bond). Adrian McKinty's The Island is going to be one of the books of the Summer - just how bad can a family holiday go? Liz Webb's debut, The Daughter, is dark, disturbing and absorbing.
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The Fire People, originally published in 1998 is a seminal Black British poetry collection, edited by and featuring a new introduction from Lemn Sissay.
'I want to bring you the new poets, the raw, the fresh Black and British poets - The Fire People.'
Now with a scorching new sequel, More Fiya.
'In these pages you'll find chimerical re-makings of the Caribbean, the wisdom of diasporic philosophy, the cold and rain of Blighty, the sky viewed from the African continent, and the rhythms of language shifting before yur eyes and in your ears.'
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Horror's premier literary award.
A big week for fans of horror with the winners of the Bram Stoker Awards announced.
Presented annually by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing, this is the pinnacle of the genre. Other winners can be seen here.
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More hardback fiction published this week (63 books)
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The best of paperback fiction and poetry published this week (263 books)
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Graphic Novels, Comics and Manga
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Frank Miller's Sin City
Volume 4
Deluxe Edition
Housed in a cloth-covered slipcase with foil stamping and printing is an oversized hardcover featuring a soft touch matte finish with spot gloss and foil stamping. The hardcover includes a portfolio featuring a deluxe print of new artwork by Frank Miller.
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The standard paperback edition is available here.
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More Graphic Novels, Comics and Manga published this week (27 books)
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Handstyle Lettering
From Calligraphy to Typography
20th Anniversary Boxset Edition
Victionary
Shun uniformity!
Re-released in conjunction with Victionary's 20th anniversary, this boxset edition of 'Handstyle Lettering' comes with a beginner-friendly calligraphy pen-and-nib set crafted by renowned British companies Manuscript and D. Leonardt & Co. which--coupled with new projects, interviews, and an expanded step-by-step guide--serves to help aspiring creatives kickstart their hand-lettering journey.
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Mean Baby
A Memoir of Growing Up
Selma Blair
In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Selma Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth. The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life.
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You know how he died. This is how he lived. His Name is George Floyd reveals the myriad ways that structural racism shaped Floyd's life and death. The Ponies at the Edge of the World is a heartfelt love letter to the beauty and resilience of these magical ponies and their native land. Tenants is a fierce and moving account of people on the frontline of how we built a housing system where homelessness is a constant threat.
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Transformer
The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick Lane
'One of the most creative of today's biologists ... this is a book filled with big ideas, many of which are bold instances of lateral thinking.' New Scientist
A previous book by Nick Lane, Power, Sex, Suicide, was, for me, a stretching but fantastically enriching read.
Taking what might be considered a dry (but vital) biological procees called the Krebs cycle, he injects understanding, connections and implications that place biochemistry at the root of all life.
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Seven Sublimes is a survey of the experience of awe and how technology can overwhelm you with feelings. Sits in a fairly sparse category of philosophy of tech. Serhii Plokhy will be known to you as the author of the enthralling Chernobyl as well as probably the best general history of Ukraine, The Gates of Europe. He returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters, Atoms and Ashes. Life Time presents the science of your natural rhythms, from sleep to eating to exercise. Informative, but also full of practical ways to help you.
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The Siege of Loyalty House
A Civil War Story
Jessie Childs
An electrifying account of a defining episode in a war that would turn Britain - and the world - upside down.
'...a thrilling, immersive read, especially searing in our own tormented and besieged times. Her beautiful writing drops the reader deep in the war, sees it through a cast of extraordinary characters from both sides of the terrible conflict, but most of all, shines with a compassionate understanding of human courage, folly, obstinacy and frailty, at times almost Tolstoyan in its emotional intelligence and literary power.'
Simon Schama
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1945: Victory in the West is compulsively readable, and will be the standard work on the closing days of the Second World War for a generation. Who Killed Jane Stanford? is a rollicking account of the murder and cover-up of co-founder of the eponymous University.
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Even more hardback non-fiction published this week (98 books)
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The best of paperback non-fiction published this week (140 books)
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See You Yesterday
Rachel Lynn Solomon
Suggested for 12 year-olds and up
A magical romance in the vein of Groundhog Day about a girl forced to relive her disastrous first day of college--only to discover that her nemesis is stuck in the time loop with her.
'Solomon presents another inclusive, sex-positive love story featuring Jewish teens dealing with loneliness, stress, and secrets. A swoony time-travel rom-com that captures the overwhelming nature of first love.'
Kirkus Reviews
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Suggested for 1 - 3 year-olds
Two spectacular concept board books from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers, based on his million-copy selling, global phenomenon Here We Are!
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Balbuzar
Gerard Moncomble, Frederic Pillot (illustrator)
Suggested for 8 - 80 year-olds
Balbuzar, without a doubt one of the most famous pirates of all time. But he was more than that. He was a friend to the birds, the wind and the sea. Listen to his story.
This beautiful book will be treasured and handed down from generation to generation.
You can see plenty more pages from the book by clicking through to the site.
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More children's and YA published this week (267 books)
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