5 Very Good Reasons To Punch A Dolphin In The Mouth ($12), is another one of those wild and wacky books with an evocative title that begs you to discover what is hidden beneath the covers. This is, in fact, a collation of the brilliant scenes that Matthew Inman created for theoatmeal.com. Think hamster with machine guns, kittens wielding samurai swords and a Tryannosaurus in crack who is improving impossible to potty train. The page has had over 100m views and Google estimate that someone Googles a theoatmeal.com creation every 15-30 seconds. This is a book that has been waiting to happen and thank God it finally has.
One of the men who brought us Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Ben H. Winters is back and this time has teamed with none other than Russian literary giant Leo Tolstoy. The result of this unlikely partnership is Android Karenina which sees this classic love story lifted from the time when Russia was revolting […]