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July 2009
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On June 28th, 1969, American police in New York City performed a routine raid on a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn. For the first time in recorded history, members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) community stood up to the police and fought back for their rights. What followed into the night and following days were riots and rebellion generally acknowledged as the watershed moment that kicked off the gay rights movement. Now, 40 years later, LGBT communities all over the world celebrate gay pride, commonly referred to simply as Pride, with festivals, parades, readings, seminars and more.
In 1895, satirist Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labour for nothing more than being gay and acting accordingly. While persecution may be far from extinct, diversity in sexuality has come a long way, and that is reflected nowhere else so well as in literature. Looking at some of the best and brightest in gay writers from yesterday and today, as well as the most acclaimed and beloved gay-centric content, help us to celebrate Pride 2009 with a good book.
» Celebrating Pride in Literature
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| The Gorgeousness of Taschen |
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FEATURED STAFF REVIEW
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Quantum Enigma
by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner
 Reviewed by Fernando
Suspense, mystery, religion, drama, history and a plot that will shake your beliefs and challenge whatever preconceived ideas you have on how the universe works.
Did I mention this is a book about physics?
Well, it kind of is about physics. It is about quantum mechanics and it's used by the authors to teach a physics course at the university.
However, you won't know you are learning physics until it's too late...
» Read the whole review
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ON THE SITE
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Father-Son Writing Teams
 We celebrated Father's Day this year by recognizing all the amazing father-son writing teams out there. From Martin and Kingsley Amis to the Updikes, all the way back to Dickens, the literary apple doesn't seem to fall far from the tree.
See the Father-Son Writing Teams
Amy Stewart's Wicked Plants
 How gruesome! Psychotic shrubs, vicious vines, and poisonous petals - the book is a comprehensive A to Z of plants that kill, poison, intoxicate or simply make you as sick as a dog. It's an unrelenting list of Mother Nature's gangbangers, thugs and assassins.
More Wicked Plants
Collectable Kurt Vonnegut
 Kurt Vonnegut, who died two years ago, was one of the best loved American authors of his generation. Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions are remarkable novels that will stand the test of time. His writing stretched from black comedy and science fiction to satire that cuts to the bone.
Shop for Collectable Vonnegut
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Signed Bestsellers in May
- Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Reif Larsen
- The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley
- The Enchantress of Florence
Salman Rushdie
- Everything Ravaged Everything Burned
Wells Tower
See The Whole List on the Homepage
Most Expensive Books Sold in May
- Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de'Romaniand Osservazioni sopra la Lettre de M. Mariette by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
£10,260
- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Through The Looking Glass and And What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll - £8,680
- A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens - £6,950
- Selected Poems
Ezra Pound - £4,195
- Sartoris
William Faulkner - £3,620
See the Whole List
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