by Diana Gabaldon

“Riveting. Gabaldon has a true storyteller’s voice.”
— The Globe and Mail

Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in the Bone, the enormously anticipated seventh volume, Gabaldon continues the extraordinary story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall.

With stunning cameos of historical characters from Benedict Arnold to Benjamin Franklin, An Echo in the Bone is a soaring masterpiece of imagination, insight, character, and adventure–a novel that echoes in the mind long after the last page is turned.

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Books

Find the answers to your problems in a book?

In an article entitled "Books prescribed to help children" Madeleine Brindley reports that

PARENTS of children with emotional and behavioural problems will be prescribed books in a bid to help their families.

The NHS and local libraries in North Wales are working together to provide a new service to support parents and their children.

What an excellent idea. You can read the whole story here.

It seems rather strange to me ... something you would assume any parent would do - turn to books. But maybe not everyone does what I do when I need an answer - go to a book.

Australians volume 1, Books, history, Thomas Keneally

A unique history of Australia’s people

Australians Volume 1: Origins to Eureka
australians1 by Thomas Keneally
In this first volume of a unique history of Australia 'people' are always centre stage, as bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. Convicts and Aborigines, settlers and soldiers, patriots and reformers, bushrangers and gold seekers, it is from their lives and their stories that he has woven a vibrant history to do full justice to the rich and colourful nature of our unique national character.
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What to Read Now. And Why

They know it's insane. I'm not sure. Newsweek has chosen books that they think are relevant to today"s needs. What do you think ?

We know it's insane. We know people will ask why on earth we think that an 1875 British satirical novel is the book you need to read right now—or, for that matter, why it even made the cut. The fact is, no one needs another best-of list telling you how great The Great Gatsby is. What we do need, in a world with precious little time to read (and think), is to know which books—new or old, fiction or nonfiction—open a window on the times we live in, whether they deal directly with the issues of today or simply help us see ourselves in new and surprising ways. Which is why we'd like you to sit down with Anthony Trollope, and these 49 other remarkably trenchant voices.

Books, Communication

To consistently win at the negotiating table you need to master the art of gaining and maintaining leverage.

Leverage: How to Get it and How to Keep it in any negotiation

by Roger Volkema

Leverage — the real or imagined advantage one holds — is the most important tool in a negotiation. Anyone who wants to consistently win at the negotiating table needs to master the art of gaining and maintaining leverage. This book helps readers maximize their negotiation skills by showing them how to recognize and use these often hidden trump cards.

Amazing stories of courage and determination

A collection of amazing stories of personal courage and inspiration. Each engaging chapter is a quick hit of energy guaranteed to brighten your day. A great gift for sales teams, students, athletes, and anyone else that appreciates a shot of inspiration

Books, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

From the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court – Wolf Hall, Mann Booker winner

Wolf Hall: A Novel
wolf_hall by Hilary Mantel
Winner of the Mann Booker Prize 2009
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political power ... more

Books, Parrot and Olivier in America, Peter Carey

dazzling inventivenes from Peter Carey in Parrot and Olivier in America

parrot Parrot and Olivier in America

by Peter Carey

From the two-time Booker Prize–winning author: an irrepressibly funny new novel set in early-nineteenth-century America.

Peter Carey explores the adventure of American democracy with dazzling inventiveness, and with all the richness and surprise of characterization, story, and language that we have come to expect from this superlative writer. >>> more here

Books, books into movies

Are You Ready? Sherlock Holmes Opens Christmas Day

Guy Ritchie's film of Sherlock Holmes opens on Christmas Day.

Auction of Edgar Allan Poe’s first book

Antiquity experts are eagerly anticipating Friday's auction of an original copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems — a much-sought after text whose sale could set a new record for American literature.

the work is estimated to fetch between $500,000 US to $700,000