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24 May William Trevor was born in 1928. He is an Irish author and playwright, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated four times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer.
Read Love and the Summer by William Trevor

Read the opening extract of the brand new Philippa Gregory book before its publication on 24/05/2012

Albert Jack

Albert Jack’s Red Herrings and White Elephants was a huge international hit and was on the bestsellers list for six months. His second, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was another success: selling over 70,000 copies. He is also the author of That's Bollocks! (all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends as told in Jack's inimitable style) and Albert Jack's Ten-Minute Mysteries.

Featured Books, with extracts, by Albert Jack

Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
Albert Jack
Albert Jack will make you aware, very aware, of the blood-thirsty origin of many an “innocent” nursery rhyme. Tales of war, wooing, monarchs, religion, disease and disaster are embedded in those rhymes used to sooth and amuse children over the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/10/2010

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