Summer is heating up and as your holiday plans fast approach be sure to grab some great books for the break....

While you are lying on your hammock, why not Get Brown this Summer as Dan Brown's blockbuster the Lost Symbol is released in paperback. If you want a gripping thriller, be sure to check out Sean Black's Dead Lock, or if it is romance saga that appeals while you lounge about the pool, Danielle Steel's Matters of the Heart is out in paperback

And finally, for those wanting to make some tasty summer treats for garden parties, Martha Stewart's Cookies have some great recipes that will ensure your summer entertaining is a hit.

Happy Summer Reading!

Gone Tomorrow animated trailer wins GOLD at the Promax BDA Design Awards in LA, in the OTHER DESIGN APPLICATIONS: MUSIC VIDEO OR SHORT SUBJECT category.
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LoveReading’s Books of the Decade
After over 10,000 votes were cast, three Transworld titles have been chosen in LoveReading’s top ten Books of the Decade list – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamasby John Boyne, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Chocolat by Joanne Harris. For the full list, click here 

Transworld shortlisted for CWA Awards
Transworld authors Simon Beckett, Mo Hayder and Ariana Franklin have all reached the shortlist (of six) for this year’s CWA Dagger in the Library, which is awarded for a body of work.
And that’s not all! Johan Theorin’s terrific novel The Darkest Room has been shortlisted for the International Dagger. The winners will be announced on Friday 23 July 2010. For more information visit The CWA website

WIN! A year's supply of killer crime books!

Every month from June 2010 until November 2010 five lucky readers will win the book of their choice from The Serial Thrillers list .

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WIN £100 of iTunes vouchers with E SQUARED

E Squared by Matt Beaumont is the long-awaited follow up to e, told entirely in emails, texts, webchat and blogs. It's a savagely funny insight into the hearts, minds and inboxes of the world's most engagingly dysfunctional ad agency - Meerkat360.
To celebrate the release of this hilarious book, we are giving you the chance to win £100 of iTunes vouchers!
Have you ever pressed send too soon?
Sent a picture to the wrong person?
Replied to all when you meant to keep something secret...?
We want to hear your most embarrassing office email story (in 150 words or less)!
Just email us your name, address and story at:
competition@transworld-publishers.co.uk(putting Meerkat360comp in the subject line).
The best stories will feed onto the meerkat360 twitter page and the most cringeworthy tale will win the vouchers!

40 Free books each month!

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