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Parasite Eve

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hideaki Sena

£8.99 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Vertical Inc.

When Dr. Nagashima loses his wife in a mysterious car crash, he is overwhelmed with grief but also an eerie sense of purpose; he becomes obsessed wiht reincarnating his dead wife. Her donated kidney is transplanted into a young girl wiht a debilitating disorder, bu the doctor also feels compelled to keep a small sample of her liver in his laboratory. When these cells start mutating rapidly, a consciousness bent on determining its own fate awakens, bent on becoming the new dominant species on earth.
Parasite Eve was the basis of the hugely popular videogame of the same name in the U.S. and has been cinematized in Japan.

After the Downfall

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harry Turtledove

£16.99 20 Aug 2008 Hardback Night Shade Books

1945: Russian troops have entered Berlin, and are engaged in a violent orgy of robbery, rape, and revenge! Wehrmacht officer Hasso Pemsel, a career soldier on the losing end of the greatest war in history, flees from a sniper's bullet, finding himself hurled into a mysterious, fantastic world of wizards, dragons, and unicorns.

Hard Hats

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Gay Erotic Stories

By Neil S. Plakcy

£9.99 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Cleis Press

Construction workers, plumbers, gardeners or any hard working man with a tool belt play a part in many gay male fantasies. In this steamy collection we take a ride to the top of a high rise under construction for a precarious steel beam encounter, go down in the belly of a dark steamy mine, hang out with some hunky sweaty landscapers and slip into the construction manager's office for a quickie. Wherever we go, you'll find sexy, men loving men who are turned on by more than their buddies' tools, in this world the hats are not the only thing that's hard.

London Tales

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By David Edward

£7.99 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Gadfly Entertainment

Just Ask

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Steven Dee

£6.99 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Pulford Paperbacks

Kiss of Fire

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Dragonfire Novel

By Deborah Cooke

£5.99 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Penguin Putnam Inc

The first installment in an all-new series introduces shape-shifting dragon warriors known as the Pyr, who for millennia have guarded the Earths treasures. Now a final reckoning between the Pyr and the Slayers, who want to eradicate both humans and the Pyr who protect them, is about to begin. Original.

Management and the Arts

20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By William J. Byrnes

£35.99 20 Aug 2008 Paperback Elsevier Science & Technology

Reflects the trends in managing organizations and people. This work provides the reader with the practical tools necessary to manage an arts organization. It includes case studies that focus on the challenges facing managers and organizations every day, and "In The News" quotes give the reader real-world examples of principles and theories.

Salvation Boulevard

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By Larry Beinhart

£14.99 19 Aug 2008 Hardback Nation Books

The murder victim: an atheist. The accused: Muslim. The lawyer: Jewish. The detective: Born Again Christian. A thriller about death, faith, and God--from one of America's best mystery writers.

Angel in the Full Moon

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Jack Taggart Mystery

By Don Easton

£6.99 19 Aug 2008 Paperback Dundurn Group Ltd ,Canada

Features undercover Mountie whose quest for justice takes him from the sunny,tourist-laden beaches of Cuba to the ghettos of Hanoi. This title presents a story that is fraught with raw human emotion.

Kuczynski Verifications

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Lovegrove

£10.99 19 Aug 2008 Paperback Orion Publishing Co

Kuczynski Verifications

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James Lovegrove

£18.99 19 Aug 2008 Hardback Orion Publishing Co

Wrack and Ruin

19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By Don Lee

£14.99 19 Aug 2008 Hardback W W Norton & Co Ltd

"Wrack and Ruin" is an exhilarating comic satire. Hilarious and philosophical, this many-hued novel about the landscape of contemporary "multicultural" America is critically acclaimed author Lee's best book yet.

The Bad Dog's Diary (Bk. 2)

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Blake's Progress

By Dr. Martin Howard

£9.99 18 Aug 2008 Hardback Anova Books

Blake the mongrel part of a bigger family - the owner now has a baby - finds himself dealing with the difficulties of fatherhood himself, thanks to the antics of his own step-puppy. The neighbourhood troop of trusty canine friends also find themselves with a new challenge in the shape of a damsel in distress.

The Devil's Jump

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Doyle

£9.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback Puncture Publications

Lily of Love Lane

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol Rivers

£18.99 18 Aug 2008 Hardback Simon & Schuster Ltd

A gripping pre-war saga set in London's East End

In Secret Service

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By Mitch Silver

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback Simon & Schuster

Mitch Silver's thrilling debut novel in which Ian Fleming's world of spies, passion and danger comes back to life when a young woman inherits a dangerously explosive non-fiction Fleming manuscript that documents the scandals, sex, lies, and treason surrounding the British royal family during World War II.

The Winding Ways Quilt

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

By Jennifer Chiaverini

£17.99 18 Aug 2008 Hardback Simon & Schuster

Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series continues with THE WINDING WAYS QUILT, in which the arrival of newcomers into the Circle of Quilters illuminates the ways that life takes each and every one of us down unexpected paths.

Lush Life

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Richard Price

£12.99 18 Aug 2008 Hardback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Tears the shiny veneer off the 'new' New York to show us the hidden cracks, the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour.

The Archivist's Story

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Travis Holland

£7.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The great author Isaac Babel is spending his last days in the Lubyanka prison, forbidden to write. His final works have been consigned to the young archivist Pavel Dubrov, who must destroy them. But Pavel makes a reckless decision in the face of a vast bureaucracy of evil: he will save the stories of the writer he so admires, whatever the cost.

The Shadow Catcher

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By Marianne Wiggins

£7.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback Simon & Schuster

Marianne Wiggins turns her extraordinary literary imagination to the American West, where the life of legendary photographer Edward S. Curtis is the basis for a resonant exploration of history and family, landscape and legacy.

The Ancient Ship

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Zhang Wei

£7.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

The classic bestselling Chinese novel spanning four decades following the creation of the People's Republic in 1949, translated into English for the first time.

Lime Street at Two

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Helen Forrester