Upcoming Books
The following books have not yet been published, but will soon arrive on BooksfromScotland.com. Publication dates sometimes do 'slip', however.
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Andy Murray: Tennis Ace
£5.09
- Paperback - Bantam Children
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a tennis star? This is Andy Murray's story - from the first time he picked up a tennis racquet, to his Grand Slam win at the US Open. Did you know that Andy was approached by a major football club? Or that he used to play doubles with Novak Djokovic? Follow the Scot's rise to stardom in this new biography of one of tennis's brightest talents. -
Angel Stations
£7.64
- Paperback - Tor
An intriguing space opera, this novel traces the interlocking stories of several characters, human, metahuman and alien, as the galaxy faces crisis because of the brilliant Angel technology. Resembling a regular star gate, Angel allows spacecraft to jump from one galaxy to another. -
Apple Pie ABC
£5.09
- Boards - Orchard
Follow the funny exploits of a lovable pup as he does his best to get his paws on the pie! - Armadillo
£8.50
- Paperback - Viking
One winter morning, Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment, and finds a hanged man. A bad start to the day, by anyone's standards, and an ominous portent. -
Awakened
£6.79
- Paperback - Atom
Zoey and the gang are back fighting evil, but with a variety of romantic intrigues to distract them it's a wonder they can get anything done! Zoey has found sanctuary on the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over from her there. Why should she return to Tulsa? -
The Big Music
£8.49
- Paperback - Faber and Faber
John Sutherland is dying, whilst creating a musical composition that will define the Grey House. He has little idea of how his tune will echo or play in the world and as the story progresses, the sound of his solitary story comes to merge with those around him. -
The Bridge
£8.49
- Paperback - Abacus
A man lies in a coma, his body broken, his memory vanished. He finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. -
The Business
£8.49
- Paperback - Abacus
Iain Banks' new novel marks a return to the contemporary world. It combines the dark wit of 'Complicity' with the imaginative power of 'Espedair Street'. A breathless adventure story, it never ignores the injustices and moral conundrums of the real world. -
Canal Dreams
£7.64
- Paperback - Abacus
By the author of 'The Wasp Factory' and 'The Bridge', this book is set in Japan and on the Panama Canal. It concerns a world famous Japanese cellist, who refuses to fly, and as a result finds herself involved in the ominous realm of global realpolitik. -
The Cartel: The Inside Story Of Britain's Biggest Drugs Gang
£7.64
- Paperback - Mainstream
The Cartel is Britain's biggest drugs organisation - a shadowy network stretching from the banks of the Mersey to the marinas of Marbella, and from the coffee shops of Amsterdam to the trading floors of Canary Wharf. It is run by godfathers as rich as Branson but kept in line by a new generation of teenage killers. This is their story.
