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25 Mar 2011
Europe On 387 Million Euros A Day by Olly Figg describes EU as
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22 Mar 2011
MP Michael Gove says reading demands placed on English pupils has been "too low for too long".
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21 Mar 2011
Leonora Rustamova now plans to release Stop! Don't Read This! through Bluemoose Books
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18 Mar 2011
Acclaimed picture book Just a Dream introduces young readers to the Mind, Body and Spirit genre
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11 Mar 2011
Novelist says the broadcaster ignored sci-fi, fantasy and horror during its coverage of World Book Night
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11 Mar 2011
Thomas Burton spent one year finding the right artist to illustrate Bluey and Dingo's Outback Adventure
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10 Mar 2011
Gillian Hudson in talks to turn debut novel Rendezvous into steamy film
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10 Mar 2011
The web-slinger's 1962 debut in Amazing Fantasy fetches over $1m in auction
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07 Mar 2011
Cage fighter will lift lid on the couple's arguments and sex life
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07 Mar 2011
The Imagination Library scheme will see youngsters in care receive a free book every month until their fifth birthday
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04 Mar 2011
Survey of nighttime reading habits conducted to mark 10th anniversary of Routledge Classics
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03 Mar 2011
Author of Ragged Cliffs and Inheritance Lost promoting new book An Equal Judge
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03 Mar 2011
Harry Potter character tops poll in new survey of teenage reading habits
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02 Mar 2011
Martyn Pentecost says The Key: To Business&Personal Success will reach readers at a deeper level
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01 Mar 2011
How To Say Boo To A Goose is an hilarious autobiographical adventure
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01 Mar 2011
The Hanging Garden was among papers earmarked for destruction
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28 Feb 2011
Publisher says e-book sales are on the rise
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28 Feb 2011
Parents on the Move takes the stress and hassle out of relocating
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25 Feb 2011
Authors including John le Carre and Mark Haddon will give readings
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25 Feb 2011
Authors including John le Carre and Mark Haddon will give readings
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This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
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Sophie's World
Jostein Gaarder
A Special Edition of Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder to celebrate Orion's 20th anniversary.
Ex-philosophy teacher Jostein Gaarder & Albert Knos stimulate 15 year old Sophieto ask those fundamental questions which have exercised the imaginations of Children Philosophers since the dawn...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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The Book of Lies
Mary Horlock
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A well-written insight into the twisted mind of an unashamed murderer, as she admits in the second paragraph of this book (see link to the Opening Extract...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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Sing You Home
Jodi Picoult
Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and just when she's about to get her heart's desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss and divorce, she throws herself into her career as a music...
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2012
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Secrets in Burracombe
Lilian Harry
A seemingly sleepy Devonshire village, Burracombe is in fact full of intrigue and drama. Family secrets, budding romance, cruel twists of fate and amazing friendships all play out against the backdrop of the beautiful countryside. It's autumn 1953. The village...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Guest Editor - Joanna Trollope
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Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Jeffrey Eugenides...
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produces one amazing book every ten years or so…So over twenty years
ago, it was The Virgin Suicides (brilliant) and about ten years ago, Middlesex (even better). He is that rare...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2003
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A Village Affair
Joanna Trollope
To all intents and purposes this was Joanna’s first novel and it was the start of a genre labelled ‘aga saga’ – upper-middleclass country families getting into all sorts of messes. Joanna is queen of this type of novel and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/09/1990
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Hilary Mantel...
I loved her writing, long before the mega success of Wolf Hall. She wrote the best novel (bad title – A Place of Greater Safety) I ever read about the French...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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The Siege of Krishnapur
J.G. Farrell
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on J.G. Farrell...
He won the Lost Booker prize for Troubles and the real Booker – forever ago - for The Siege Of Krishnapur. I love the elegance of his writing, and the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/1996
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
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Fortune's Rocks
Anita Shreve
This is considered one of her best novels and does deserve such praise. A wonderfully descriptive book, it is the attention to detail that makes this such an absorbing read, you can picture every line on each character’s face, each...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/01/2001
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Rescue
Anita Shreve
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A tale of love, banishment and renewal, Rescue is a perfectly paced novel, written with Shreve's skilful lightness of touch and perceptive characterisation. Alternating between the life-and-death...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Sea Glass
Anita Shreve
Shreve brings us some great characters along with a good historical novel based around the time of The Depression after the stock market collapse of 1929. If you don’t know much about this period she provides interesting insight into the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/11/2002
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A Change in Altitude
Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve always manages to throw a curve ball into events and change her characters lives irrevocably. A newly married couple find out how little they know about each other while on a Kenyan expedition. Get ready for powerful, emotional...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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This month's 'featured books'
Valentine's Day
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Love Food : Heartwarming Recipes Presented with Style
Tina Bester
Love Food consists of a series of recipes for robust, heartwarming food and is crammed with ideas for meals that are the culinary equivalent of a lovely long hug. The recipes are easy to follow, include no-nonsense advice
and have...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/01/2012
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My Sweet Valentine
Annie Groves
An emotional and engrossing portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London.
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
John Gray
With straightforward, honest writing from that precious male
perspective, Gray unlocks the secrets hidden in your partner's words and
actions to enable you both to reach true mutual understanding and a
lifetime of love. Discover for yourself why thousands believe...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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Q : A Love Story
Evan J. Mandery
In a gripping tale of time travel and true love that will appeal to fans of The Time Traveler's Wife and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a successful writer meets his future self, who advises him not to...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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The Book of Lies
Mary Horlock
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A well-written insight into the twisted mind of an unashamed murderer, as she admits in the second paragraph of this book (see link to the Opening Extract...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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The Midwife of Venice
Roberta Rich
Hannah Levi is famed throughout Venice for her skills as a midwife but, as a Jew, the law forbids her from attending a Christian woman. However, when the Conte appears at her door in the dead of night, Hannah's compassion...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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The Tiger's Wife
Tea Obreht
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year Award 2011.
THE ORANGE PRIZE WINNING DEBUT FROM A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
A Special Edition of The Tiger's Wife...
Format: Paperback - Released: 20/02/2012
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The Legacy of Eden
Nelle Davy
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A ‘Piece of Passion’ from Nelle’s editor, Jenny Hutton:When we first read The Legacy of Eden we were left breathless. Nelle is a phenomenal talent, writing...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
New Year, New You
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French Children Don't Throw Food
Pamela Druckerman
How do the French manage to raise well-behaved children and have a life! What British parent hasn't noticed, on visiting France, how well-behaved French children are - compared to our own? How come French babies sleep through the night? Why...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
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Fresh & Green
Aldo Zilli
Italian cusine is brimming over with sun-kissed vegetables that are so full of flavour and versatility they make a meal on their own. In Fresh & Green Aldo Zilli creates delicious, meat-free Mediterranean dishes to eat all year long. Eating...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Para Fitness Flick Book
Sam McGrath
The Para Fitness Guide Flick Book is a handy pocket-sized guide to keeping fit that will help keep your New Year resolutions on track. So for those of us who can't afford a personal fitness expert - that's probably most...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/12/2011
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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
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Rescue
Anita Shreve
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A tale of love, banishment and renewal, Rescue is a perfectly paced novel, written with Shreve's skilful lightness of touch and perceptive characterisation. Alternating between the life-and-death...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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The Siege
Simon Kernick
February 2012 Book of the Month.
One of Britain’s top writers has in Siege created a real edge-of-your-seat race against time thriller. Set in London, a top London hotel is being held hostage...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
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Nine Uses for an Ex Boyfriend
Sarra Manning
February 2012 Book of the Month.
Anyone who has been through a break up with a long term first love will totally relate to the characters in this sexy, funny, witty and well...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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