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13/08/2014

Endlich ist es soweit! Werfen Sie einen Blick auf die Bücher, die es 2014 auf die geschafft haben: http://de.txtr.com/deutscher-buchpreis-2014-longlist/

29/07/2014

The top 20 most influential books by women according to the Baileys Prize. Don't know about you, but we at txtr miss a few favourite names in this list...:
1) To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
2) The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
3) Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4) Harry Potter – J. K. Rowling
5) Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
6) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
7) Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
8) Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
9) The Secret History – Donna Tartt
10) I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith
11) The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
12) Beloved – Toni Morrison
13) Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
14) We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver
15) The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
16) Middlemarch – George Eliot
17) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
18) The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing
19) The Colour Purple – Alice Walker
20) The Women’s Room – Marilyn French

03/06/2014

Today, we've been talking about extraordinary books written by women that have shaped or changed our lives.

There's too many to choose just one, but we all agreed that 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston was worth a mention!

Join in with the campaign and let us know which books you would pick.

One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Told in the captivating voice of a woman who refuses to live in sorr…

30/01/2014

Warum der neue Roman von Haruki Murakami so lesenswert ist, erklärt Iris Radisch. Bei uns gibt es diesen und noch weitere wunderbare Titel dieses extrem beliebten und erfolgreichen Autors. Schauen Sie mal vorbei: http://bit.ly/1bB9JQx

07/01/2014

Costa Book Awards 2013: this year's winning books have been announced! Congratulations to Kate Atkinson, Michael Symmons Roberts, Lucy Hughes-Hallett and Nathan Filer.

05/12/2013

Festive lights are twinkling and the chestnuts are roasting as the holiday season begins and Winter sets in. What's your favourite part of this time of the year? Get in the holiday spirit with our collections of Christmas-y ebooks.

02/12/2013

UPDATE NOVEMBER PROMOTION: Offer ends tomorrow, hurry up!

Amazing ebooks reduced to amazing prices for all of November. A great chance to pick up your new favourite winter read!

28/11/2013

LAST DAYS! Mills & Boon ebooks are reduced to only 79p each! Find your next favourite romance before the month ends.

27/11/2013

Do you wanna know which book character is more akin to your personality? Take the Book Week Scotland 2013 personality test. Some of our results: Holly Gotlightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's, Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockinbird, Coraline from Coraline and Emma Morley from One Day. Who in fiction are you?

Who in fiction are you?

13/11/2013

50 years of Doctor Who! The legendary doctor first appeared on the BBC on 23 November 1963 and still looks pretty good today. If you're a fan as we are, don't miss these eleven ebooks each featuring one of the eleven doctors in an exclusive 50th anniversary edition.

07/11/2013

Loads of excellent new ebooks are now available in our store: Ian Rankin's new episode SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE, Terry Pratchett's RAISING STEAM, Zadie Smith's EMBASSY OF CAMBODIA, Elizabeth Jane Howard's ALL CHANGE and many others. Check them out http://gb.txtr.com/new_arrivals/

The txtr catalogue grows with new ebooks every week. Get an overview of the latest releases in the UK.

07/11/2013

Guten Morgen! Heute, am 7. November, wäre der Nobelpreisträger Albert Camus hundert Jahre alt geworden. Aus diesem Anlass präsentieren wir seine neuerschienene Biographie und Werke, die als Klassiker der Weltliteratur gelten: http://de.txtr.com/catalog/channel/Albert%20Camus/