10 Feb
1837 Aleksandr Pushkin died at the age of thirty-seven, from a stomach wound suffered in a duel two days earlier. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Read works by Aleksandr Pushkin
Read the opening extract of the brand new Lauren DeStefano book before its publication on 16/02/2012
Click the links below to be taken straight to the area of Stocking Fillers that interests you. For our 'Christmas Gifts' selection or the 'Lovereading Books of 2010' selection then just click on the relevant link in the left hand column.
The Rupert Companion
This is a book for parents to share with their children and indeed for parents to indulge in themselves as they bring back memories of their childhood adventures with the irrepressable Rupert Bear. This is a complete history of Rupert,... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2010
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
Anger Management (for Beginners) Giles Coren
Giles Coren has been, is and will be angry; there is much to make him angry, most famously a hapless sub-editor fiddling with his prose - that piece of splendid invective is here reproduced in full. For those of us... Format: Paperback - Released: 14/10/2010
Why Can't Elephants Jump? And 101 Other Tantalising Science Questions New Scientist
Now well-established in the Christmas market, the latest in the New Scientist series of Science puzzles and trivia. As a concept it never seems to stale, due to the fact that these are readers’ queries and readers’ answers – and... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/10/2010
Title Deeds: How 50 Books Got Their Name Gary Dexter
Presented in chronological order, 50 short chapters each ruminating on the back story to famous – and some less famous - books and their titles. Over the book you gain insight into the authors and their lives and work. There’s... Format: Paperback - Released: 29/09/2010
The Grumpy Golfer's Handbook Ivor Grump
Grumpy golfers are not displaying ill temper through being bad at the game, oh no, this is everyone else’s fault, bad courses, bad competition, stupid rules, people on the green, people in the club house, the golf shop, tourists, dogs... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2010
A Passion for Chocolate : Chocolate Unwrapped Sarah Jane Evans
I rather wish I hadn’t read this book, I now know far more about Chocolate than is good for me, chapters giving the most trouble were those recommending the top chocolate brands in the world, before this enlightenment ignorance was... Format: Hardback - Released: 20/09/2010
Do Llamas Fall in Love? 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles Peter Cave
In this stunning sequel to his bestselling philosophy books, Can a
Robot be Human? and What's Wrong with Eating People, Peter Cave once
again engages the reader in a romp through the best bits of
philosophical thought. Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
The Ralph Steadman Book of Dogs Ralph Steadman
Jewish dogs, flatulent dogs, prize-winning dogs, rabid dogs and furniture-chewing dogs, dogs dead and alive – dogs, in fact, for all weathers. Like for Like ReadingDaddy, is Timmy in Heaven Now? Sam Leith
The Life of Fly,... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2010
Buried in Books: A Reader's Anthology Julie Rugg
This anthology is built around books; buying, and borrowing, recommending them and, of course, reading them. The joy of anthologies like these is how many buried treasures they unearth, nuggets from long forgotten authors that have you furiously scribbling down... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/10/2010
Tottering-By-Gently: Drinks with the Totterings Annie Tempest, Simon Berry
A brilliant collection of some of the best cartoons about the Country Life couple all revolving around the glorious subject of drink! A wickedly funny collection which will make the perfect present.
Click here to view the Tottering-by-Gently... Format: Hardback - Released: 19/08/2010
Simon's Cat: Beyond the Fence Simon Tofield
Having wrecked the home, Simon’s cat ventures out through the cat flap to sow enmity in the local wildlife population. Tofield’s uncaptioned cartoons capture that complete and rather enviable self-centredness of cats, their ability to turn owners into servants and... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2010
The Mating Game: Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love Allan Pease, Barbara Pease
Once again in their frank and informative way Allan and Barbara Pease share their knowledge, experience and years of talking to others to bring a guide for both sexes, about what the other really wants, thinks and feels. No doubt... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Simon Garfield
October 2010 Book of the Month.
This morning I reached the end of Just My Type, I sighed and put the book down, wishing it had been a lot longer and I hadn’t... Format: Hardback - Released: 21/10/2010
Parting Shots Matthew Parris
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 3 February 2011.
Sadly, the tradition of Ambassadors firing off one last missive as they leave their posts is now finished – and reading some of the letters published here, you can... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/10/2010
Christmas is a unique time for publishing in the UK. It's the time when dozens of fantastically obscure titles are brought out - quite a few of which go on to be the must have titles of the season.
They are sometimes refered to as 'loo books'.
At Lovereading we have been diligently scouring all the books we have been sent by publishers to present to you our favourites all perfect for stocking fillers.
When you have downloaded all the extracts and thoroughly amused yourself don't forget you can get all these stocking fillers for friends and family with a 25% discount.
As we find more 'crackers' we will put them on the site.
Go on - treat someone special!
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Don't forget too, that it's worth checking out other areas of the
Lovereading site for little gems that we've featured over the last
year.
Finally, if you're still stuck then our most visited area of the site is a must for you to look at - Prizewinners - it's positively choking with stunning reads.
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