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Short Books will be launching a new fiction list in Spring 2008

about shortbooks

Launched in 2000 by former journalists Rebecca Nicolson and Aurea Carpenter, Shortbooks strives to bridge the gap between publishing and journalism.

latest releases

	Benny & Shrimp: Why is it so impossible to get a relationship to work between two mature single people, driven by an enormous longing and loudly ticking biological cl... more info... buy this book...
	The Mother's Book: On realising that her mother was seriously ill, Elma van Vliet sat down and wrote The Mother’s Book, a collection of questions that would allow her to... more info... buy this book...
	Ice Land : ‘The men here are of a wandering nature. They look to the horizon and refuse to let it lie. But they always return, if the sea or the sword does not claim them. For this island pulls on its people. Once settled here they are bound, both by its beauty and its harshness.’ Ice Land is an epic tale of forbidden love. Set in the year 1000 AD, in the shadow of a smouldering volcano, it portrays a society on the brink of cha... more info... buy this book...

forthcoming releases

	It's All Greek To Me: Why are some laws draconian? What is an Achilles heel? Why were the Spartans spartan? Charlotte Higg... more info...
	Dear Blue Peter: And now for something completely different... Blue Peter, which celebrates its 50th Anniversa... more info...
	The Importance of Being Eton (ppbk): The uniform is Dickensian, the sports arcane, the fees astronomical. But Eton College still stitches... more info...