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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'
Debuts of the Month
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Attachments
Rainbow Rowell
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
This is such a funny, warm, heartfelt, touching and unforgettable novel and as a bloke I’m not even sure I’m the target reader at all! Set in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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A Book for All and None
Clare Morgan
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A beautiful, haunting literary debut from an extraordinary new talent who we can see scooping future literary prizes. When you are the Director of the Creative Writing...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/02/2012
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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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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'
Books of the Month
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Pantheon
Sam Bourne
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A truth unearthed by Jonathan Freedland, who writes under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, is the idea at the centre of this explosive WW2 thriller. While we thought...
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/02/2012
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Horse Play
Jo Carnegie
February 2012 Book of the Month.
A great fun, racy portrait of country living for fans of Jilly Cooper and Fiona Walker. Set in the fictional picture postcard village of Churchminster...
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2012
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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. A top London hotel is being held hostage along with everyone...
Format: Hardback - Released: 19/01/2012
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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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This month's 'featured books'
Valentine's Day
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The Picador Book of Love Poems
John Stammers
Here, old favourites from Spenser to Tennyson sit side by side with poems by Carol Ann Duffy and Michael Donaghy, the distance between the poets closed by their single timeless theme. Whether you're feeling tempted, seduced, tormented, or rejected, or...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know
Barbara De Angelis
Discover how men really feel about women, love and sex and find out for yourself why everyone loves Secrets - from this relationship guru. Now repackaged with a beautiful new iconic cover, discover men's top
twenty turn-offs, how to become...
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'
eBooks
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The Sky's Dark Labyrinth
Stuart Clark
February 2012 Debut of the Month.
A vivid, thrilling portrayal of the lives and work of Kepler and Galileo and their struggles with the social and political forces around them. It's the first...
Format: Paperback - Released: 17/10/2011
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Mice
Gordon Reece
A Piece of Passion from the Publisher of Mice, Maria Rejt:"Mice is not a thriller that conforms particularly to what a bestselling thriller purports to be these days – there are no serial killers, no high-octane car chases, no...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2012
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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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The Somnambulist
Essie Fox
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 12 February 2012.
This debut novelist's coming of age story uses evocative language to transport you to late 19th century Victorian England where lost love, grief, dark secrets and hidden passions take...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
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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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Resistance
Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve's compelling fourth novel - set in German-occupied Belgium in 1943-44.
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/1996
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Testimony
Anita Shreve
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008.
A sex scandal rocks the sheltered world of a private Vermont school, affecting students, parents and teachers alike. The story moves quickly as Shreve switches the narrative from one...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2009
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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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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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Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A 2011 World Book Night selection.
February 2012 Guest Editor Joanna Trollope on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
Here’s a real find. A gorgeous (in every sense) young writer who makes modern stories sound fresh but as if they come from ancient story...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/01/2007
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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 Other Family
Joanna Trollope
Oh this is a tough one. Joanna certainly knows how to put her thumb on a bruise and continually push till it hurts. Why Richie never divorced his first wife to marry the mother of his three girls, his partner...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/12/2010
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