While England Sleeps
by David Leavitt
English
309 pages
Abacus Fiction
ISBN: 0-349-10953-2
First line: In the early 1950s, history and politics conspired to create a circumstance in which it was impossible for me to ply my chosen trade—namely, writing.
Back cover blurb:
At a meeting of republican sympathisers in London, Brian Botsford, a young middle-class writer and Cambridge graduate, meets Edward [...]
Posted on December 5th, 2007 by Love
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The World of Normal Boys
by KM Soehnlein
English
282 pages
Kensington Books
ISBN: 0-965-14638-3
First line: Maybe this is the moment when his teenage years begin.
Back cover blurb:
The time is the late 1970s - an age of gas shortages, head shops, and Saturday Night Fever. The place, suburban New Jersey. At a time when the teenagers around him are [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by Love
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Mitt brinnande hjärta
by Tasso Stafilidis
Swedish
234 pages
Normal förlag
ISBN: 91-855505-13-7
First line: Det är tidig höst på Fredriksdalsskolan i Helsingborg.
Back cover blurb:
Mitt brinnande hjärta är Tasso Stafilidis personliga resa genom politiken och teatern. Det är en självutlämnande bok om rättsröta och rättspatos, men också om svikna ideal och slitig vardaglig kamp för förändring. Tasso Stafilidis berättar [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Love
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So Hard to Say
by Alex Sanchez
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English
232 pages
Simon Pulse
ISBN: 1-4169-1189-8
First line: My name is (drum roll, please) María Xiomara Iris Juárez Hidalgo, but nobody calls me María.
Back cover blurb:
When Frederick shows up at school, Xio is thrilled. The new boy is shy, cute and definitely good boyfriend material. Before long, she pulls him into her [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Love
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Rainbow Boys
by Alex Sanchez
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English
262 pages
Simon Pulse
ISBN: 0-689-85770-5
First line: Jason Carrillo walked around the block a third time, working up his courage to go into the brownstone.
Back cover blurb:
High school’s hard enough as it is without falling in love with your best friend–who’s crushing on the most popular guy in school. Or feeling like your [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by Love
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Paper Moon
by Marion Husband
English
332 pages
Accent Press
ISBN: 1-905170-14-9
First line: The robe the man had given her to change into was dark blue silk, printed with storks and Japanese gardens and tiny bridges on which pigtailed men crossed shimmering streams.
Back cover blurb:
The passionate love affair between Spitfire pilot Bobby Harris and photographer’s model Nina Tate lasts [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Love
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Faghag
by Linda Leopold
Swedish
263 pages
Atlas
ISBN: 978-91-7389-318-3
First line: Året är 1985.
Back cover blurb:
“Man lär känna en och sen lär man känna en till. Sen upptäcker man att den tredje också är supertrevlig. Och sen börjar man liksom samla på dem.”
Faghag är en reportagebok om det speciella förhållandet mellan heterosexuella kvinnor och homosexuella män. Den utspelar sig [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2007 by Love
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The Boy I Love
by Marion Husband
English
276 pages
Accent Press
ISBN: 1-905170-00-9
First line: Hiding in Adam’s pantry, Paul remembered how he was once forced to eat marmalade at school, a whole pot of marmalade, Jenkins twisting his arms up his back as Nichols held his nose and clattered the spoon past his teeth.
Back cover blurb:
A tangled web [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2007 by Love
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Geography Club
by Brent Hartinger
English
226 pages
Harper Tempest
ISBN: 0-06-001223-4
First line: I was deep behind enemy lines, in the very heart of the opposing camp.
Back cover blurb:
I knew that any wrong action, however slight, could reveal my true identity…
Russel is still going on dates with girls. Kevin would do anything to prevent his teammates on the baseball [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2007 by Love
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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
by Diana Gabaldon
English
504 pages
Century
ISBN: 978-1-844-13201-0
First line: To the best of Lord John Grey’s knowledge, stepmothers as depicted in fiction tended to be venal, evil, cunning, homicidal, and occasionally cannibalistic.
Back cover blurb:
It’s 1758 and Europe is in turmoil — the Seven Years War is taking hold and London [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by Love
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