Books 2009: Books released January 2009

New books published by Penguin in January 2009. Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories by John Buchan Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra Fat Bloke Slims by Bruce Byron Luck of the Devil by Ian Kershaw How to Meet a Man After Forty and Other Midlife Dilemmas [...]

Child of All Nations by Irmgard Keun

Kully knows some things you don’t learn at school. She knows the right way to roll a cigarette and pack a suitcase. She knows that cars are more dangerous than lions. She knows you can’t enter a country without a passport or visa. And she knows that she and her parents can’t go back to [...]

The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories

A selection of short stories by John Buchan.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra

Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra is the basic text of one of the nine canonical schools of Indian philosophy. In it the legendary author lays down the blueprint for success in yoga, now practised the world over. Patañjali draws upon many ideas of his time, and the result is a unique work of Indian moral philosophy that [...]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney

With some fantastic sales of the first Wimpy Kid book, a film in the making, readers clamouring for the sequel, and equally side-splittingly hilarious experiences from Greg Heffley in Rodrick Rules, this book and the Diary of a Wimpy series looks set to go stellar for 2009. You heard it here first! Lindsey Heaven Senior [...]

Dark Mountain by Richard Laymon

2009 sees the release of Dark Mountain by Richard Laymon. Reissue.

Books 2009: Top Ten Authors 2009

A list of the top ten authors to watch out for in 2009. Lee Child Peter Robinson Jeffery Deaver Kathy Reichs Dean Koontz Bernard Cornwall Martin Amis Ian Rankin Val McDermid Peter James