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Our Books of the Month for September
Fiction
We Are All Guilty Here
By Slaughter, Karin
96.0096.00
Dispatched by Magrudy Warehouse
Estimated delivery between 3-7 days
Description
The instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller! The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the international sensation Karin Slaughter. 'A thriller of breadth and depth-a powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena 'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter 'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey 'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben 'A dark, shocking and visceral story ... Absolutely brilliant' Janice Hallett 'Powerful, beautiful, brimming with heart and grit - an astonishing novel. I adored it' Andrea Mara *** Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth. Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong. She thinks it's just another hot summer night: a night like any other. She's wrong. When her best friend's daughter asks for help, she thinks it's just some teenage drama. She thinks it can wait. She's never been more wrong in her life. As the town ignites in the wake of the girl's disappearance, Emmy throws herself into the search. But then she realises: You never really know a town until you know its secrets. Is Emmy ready for the truth? *** 'Karin absolutely nails small town America with complex family lives filled with secrets and paranoia' reader review 'Brilliant, heart-breaking, tense, disturbing and another impossible to put down' reader review 'A compelling and intricately woven thriller that will keep readers hooked from start to finish' reader review
Non-Fiction
Dangerous Miracle
By Shaw, Liam
102.00102.00
Dispatched by Magrudy Warehouse
Estimated delivery between 3-7 days
Description
'Brilliant' TIM SPECTOR 'Excellent' HENRY MARSH 'Thrilling' VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN Antibiotics: one of humanity's greatest achievements - but invented by microbes. An epic narrative of discovery and innovation - but also of extraction and exploitation. This is the spellbinding story of how we have burned through the fossil fuels of medicine. Since their advent, antibiotics have saved millions of lives, marking one of the greatest medical advances in our history. Dangerous Miracle weaves together the grand arc of the evolution of antibiotics over millions of years with a history of the past century: first as we mined the earth for naturally occurring antibiotic molecules, then as we learned to synthesise our own. But like fossil fuels, antibiotics are a finite resource which we've regarded as a cheap, everlasting fuel. They are unlike other drugs: every time we use them we increase the possibility of antibiotic resistance emerging, risking their future effectiveness. If we want antibiotics to have a future, we need to prepare to adapt. And fast. Rich with pioneering characters, great breakthroughs and grave risks, Dangerous Miracle is a grand drama of science, history and politics. It is a revelatory account of the miraculous history and uncertain future of antibiotics. 'An enjoyable, compelling and absolutely essential read' KATE BINGHAM 'Eye-opening and thrilling ... Both an important history and a vital call to arms to change the way new drugs are discovered' MATTHEW COBB
Children's Fiction
Moonlighters
By Newbery, Lee
54.0054.00
Dispatched by Magrudy Warehouse
Estimated delivery between 3-7 days
Description
Peter Pan meets Oliver Twist in the magical new book by rising star Lee Newbery, author of Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, The Last Firefox. When ten-year-old Theo runs off from a school trip to London's Natural History Museum and decides to pay his gran a surprise visit, he discovers the surprise is on him - his gran is on holiday and Theo finds himself alone in the big city with nowhere to turn. Enter Alistair Goodfellow, a mysterious, flamboyant young person with a charismatic twinkle in their eye. Alistair offers Theo a room at the Casablanca Lily - by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders. Each night, Alistair sends their found family of runaways and ne'er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward. Theo is quickly enthralled, but there is more to Alistair than meets the eye, and soon Theo comes to realize that the items Alistair is hunting could be more dangerous than he'd ever imagined . . .
Children's Non-Fiction
Can AI Change the Future?
By Watson, Olivia
60.0060.00
Dispatched by Magrudy Warehouse
Estimated delivery between 3-7 days
Description
AI is incredible, as are the AI researchers who develop it, but does it have the power to change the future of our whole planet? Discover how scientists train AI, what makes AI and the human brain similar, whether AI will ever become smarter than the people who created it, and much more! Beautifully bound with stunning illustrations, The Big Questions Answered is more than just a series of books - it's a complete resource for kids, teachers and parents to collect! Start a lifelong interest in science - it can change the world!
