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1937 Jilly Cooper was born Hornchurch, London in 1937. One of the original 'Bonk-buster' authors her novel, including Riders published in 1985 and went on to be international best-seller as part of her Rutshire Chronicles. Read Jilly Cooper novels
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Why be Happy When You Could be Normal? Jeanette Winterson
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 15 December 2011.
Jeanette Winterson:
In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit , was published. It tells the story of... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/10/2011
Sapphire Battersea Jacqueline Wilson
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 15 December 2011.
With Jacqueline Wilson's trademark wit and humour, she has once again delivered a wonderfully moving story of life for a foundling, Hetty Feather, in Victorian London. In thissecond... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2011
Blood Line Lynda La Plante
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 8 December 2011.
Under the watchful eye of DCS James Langton, DCI Anna Travis takes
charge of an investigation for the first time. But is it purely a
missing person's case -... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/06/2011
Death Comes to Pemberley P. D. James
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 8 December 2011.
Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, PD James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice, and combines it with the excitement and suspense... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
The House of Silk : The New Sherlock Holmes Novel Anthony Horowitz
November 2011 Book of the Month.
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 8 December 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year Award 2011.
The first official new Sherlock Holmes... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2011
Stranger Magic Marina Warner
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 1 December 2011.
With startling originality and impeccable research, this groundbreaking
book shows how magic, in the deepest sense, helped to create the modern
world, and how profoundly it is still inscribed... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
The Magic of Reality : How We Know What's Really True Richard Dawkins
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 1 December 2011.
What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Have you heard... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/09/2011
Many Lives Stephanie Beacham
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 1 December 2011.
A rather different star-studded yet spiritual autobiography. From Hollywood to Corrie via Shakespeare and Celebrity Big Brother, Stephanie Beacham really has been there and done that. In this candid... Format: Hardback - Released: 24/10/2011
Mary Boleyn : 'The Great and Infamous Whore' Alison Weir
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 24 November 2011.
In this, the first full-scale biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir
explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject and uncovers
the facts about one of the most... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
You Can't Say That : Memoirs Ken Livingstone
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 24 November 2011.
Written in Livingstone's unmistakable voice, by turns angrily sincere
about social justice, wickedly droll and gossipy, and surprisingly
wistful about people he has known and loved, this is a... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
Teacher's Dead Benjamin Zephaniah
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 24 November 2011.
If the first page doesn’t make you want to read on then this isn’t the book for you. It’s violent and to the point – it’s psychological suspense at... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2007
The Importance of Being Myrtle Ulrika Jonsson
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 November 2011.
When Myrtle's husband, Austin, dies on the bus one morning, everything seems to freeze. But in reality Myrtle has been frozen for nearly forty years, locked into an emotionless... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
Even My Ears are Smiling Michael Rosen
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 November 2011.
Former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen’s wonderfully touching and witty poems take readers through many familiar family moments such as Dad loosing his glasses in 'Where are his Glasses?' as... Format: Mixed media product - Released: 03/10/2011
The Faithless Martina Cole
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 17 November 2011.
October 2011 Book of the Month.
The exciting new novel from the phenomenal No. 1 bestselling author is a powerfully addictive read.... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/10/2011
Perfect People Peter James
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 November 2011.
John and Naomi are grieving the death of their four-year-old son from a
rare genetic disorder. They desperately want another child, but they
realize the odds of their next... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/10/2011
A Dancer in Wartime One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells Gillian Lynne
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 November 2011.
This is a portrait of a wartime childhood like no other. Eye-opening,
inspiring and moving, it charts the struggles and joys of reaching for
the top of a profession... Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2011
The Fear Index Robert Harris
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 10 November 2011.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year Award 2011.
Robert Harris' latest book is gripping, compelling and unsettlingly a little too close to the truth. Set entirely... Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2011
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