Monday, 26 March 2018
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Saturday, 17 March 2018
Virgin Visit To Camden Lock Books, London, UK
From Camden Lock Books' website: Camden Lock Books, located in Old Street Station in London, is one of the capital’s more established independent bookshops. They are a general independent bookshop and also specialize in great photographic, art, and local history books (& ECM label Jazz CDs).
Established in 1984 as a second-hand bookshop in Camden Lock Market by Jason Burley, it was then called Lot 49 Books (in homage to Thomas Pynchon). At its zenith, Camden Lock Books had expanded into three shops, one on the South Bank and two in Camden Lock Market. Since 2002, when they moved to Old Street Station, they have stocked new books and collectable books and their name reflects their place of inception.
No station bookshop in London has a wider general stock.
They also buy and sell Out of Print books using Marketplace and AbeBooks. These are no longer being published, are often rare and may be otherwise hard to acquire. Jason’s expertise came from 4 years as London Chairman of the largest group of Out of Print booksellers in the UK [Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association].
In addition to professional advice & service, they offer:
- 3 for 2 on the shop’s bestselling latest 50 paperback & hardback novels
- a shop-front window with their leading general books at less than half price
- order & post books from UK & USA, both current & out of print
So, for outstanding convenience of access by public transport, combined with depth of stock, and people who have cared about the books they sell (from their home-made shelves) for over 30 years, buy your books from this surprising gem of a bookshop.
They are open weekdays 8.30 am until 7 pm and Saturdays from 12 noon until 5.30pm.
Call the shop on 020 7253 0666, find them at Camden Lock Books, Old Street Station, London EC1Y 1BE, and email jason@camdenlockbooks.co.uk.
In 2016, they opened a new independent bookshop, cafe and events space Burley Fisher Books at 400 Kingsland Road London E8 4AA, www.burleyfisherbooks.com
(Photo credit: Choose and Book)
Friday, 16 March 2018
Power In The Blood (John Jordan Mystery Series) by Michael Lister
Hardback: In a mystery book market saturated with stories of gruesome serial killers devoid of morality and shady investigators whose questionable tactics make them difficult heroes, Power in the Blood (1997) by Michael Lister offers a more spiritual view of social ills and acknowledges that, behind every despicable act, there is always room for forgiveness and redemption.
In this debut novel, Lister, a prison chaplain, introduces John Jordan, chaplain of a prison in the Florida Panhandle, who witnesses the bloody death of Potter Correctional Institution inmate Ike Johnson. Jordan discovers that in the closed society of captives and captors no action goes unseen, and no one takes kindly to a cop in a collar. He soon finds his reputation, his career, and even his life are at stake. There is power in the blood all right, but will it be the wonder working power sung about in the old hymn?
"While writing Power in the Blood , I attempted to present Chaplain Jordan as a person who is in many ways quite ordinary despite being a man of the cloth. Like everyone else, Jordan attempts to find romance, deals with the demands of work on a daily basis, and struggles with his faith," said Michael Lister. "Despite the extraordinary violence that he must face and the misdeeds of fallen souls he endures, Jordan manages to pursue the investigation with honesty and grace. I think that makes him an unusual hero in today's mystery market."
By offering up the sacred as well as the profane, Power in the Blood - the first instalment in the ex-cop turned prison chaplain John Jordan Mystery series - is sure to please both mystery readers and general fiction enthusiasts.
About the author: Michael Lister is an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and filmmaker of Florida-based mysteries, suspense, thrillers, and noirs. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was the youngest chaplain with the Florida Department of Corrections from 1993 to 2000 - a unique experience that led to his first novel, 1997’s critically acclaimed debut, Power In The Blood, a New York Times and USA Today bestsellers.
Michael grew up in North Florida near the Gulf of Mexico and the Apalachicola River in a small town world famous for tupelo honey. Captivated by story since childhood, Michael has a love for language and narrative inspired by the Southern storytelling tradition that captured his imagination and became such a source of meaning and inspiration. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in theology with an emphasis on myth and narrative.
Michael lives with his wife Dawn in Wewahitchka, Florida. They have four children, one horse, one dog, one cat, four ducks, and thousands of books.
During his tenure at Gulf Correctional, Lister earned these words of praise from his warden, "Chaplain Lister's unprejudiced concern for the welfare of staff as well as inmates has brought a spiritual soothing to both populations at this institution. He is an exceptionally gifted teacher, truly an angel, a shepherd to all."
Rating: 5/5
Thursday, 15 March 2018
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