Lovereading.co.uk TOP 10

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 The Rose Labyrinth The Rose Labyrinth Titania Hardie   November 2008 Book of the Month. Usually known for her books of spells and potions as a white witch, Titania Hardie has written a charming novel. A dual-time tale of a secret world of Shakespearean legacy and dangerous revelations. The book ...Download free opening extract
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 The Business The Business Martina Cole     Appearing on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 November 2008. Another gem from the queen of gritty East End crime novels. Set at the end of the 70’s and moving up to the present day following the Dooley family. ... Download free opening extract
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 Girls are Best Girls are Best Sandi Toksvig   Appearing on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 November 2008. Women gladiators, women in the Bayeaux Tapestry, women inventors, Sandi Toksvig uncovers them all in her light hearted approach to the serious message of this book – women have ...Download free opening extract
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 The Girl Who Played With Fire The Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson The second instalment of the Millennium trilogy brings two extraordinary characters back into our lives. Lisbeth Salander finds herself suspected of murdering two journalists but Mikael Blomkvist knows that although damaged and unpredictable Lisbeth is no murderer. Larsson cleverly knits ... Download free opening extract
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 Slapstick Slapstick Roger Mcgough     Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 October 2008. The poems of Roger McGough are always a joy to read and accompanied by fantastic illustrations this is a book you will want to open up again and again ... Download free opening extract
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 At My Mother's Knee ... At My Mother's Knee ... Paul O'grady Paul O’Grady is one of the nations favourite entertainers and this memoir of his early years certainly shows us where he developed his humour and charm. Packed with great stories from his childhood and about the mother he loved so ... Download free opening extract
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 The Fidelity Files The Fidelity Files Jessica Brody A sexy, entertaining American debut about a professional honey-trap (a woman who tests men’s potential for straying) finally finding love herself. Comparison: Leonie Fox, Jennifer Weiner, Hester Browne. ... Download free opening extract
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 All in the Mind All in the Mind Alastair Campbell     Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 6 November 2008. Alastair Campbell's first novel looks at mental illness in a sensitive and very insightful way. Having drawn from his own experiences he makes the characters and their problems wholly ... Download free opening extract
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 A Season of Leaves A Season of Leaves Catherine Law   October 2008 Debut of the Month. This is a lovely debut novel, truly romantic and irresistible once you have started it . Be prepared to sit and read this in one long romance filled afternoon as you get caught up in ...Download free opening extract
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 Under a Blood Red Sky Under a Blood Red Sky Kate Furnivall Author of the terrific The Russian Concubine (a must read) with her second, a great big saga of Stalin’s Russia, of labour camps, of unbearable hardship, of communist fear and betrayal and of love. She is a truly splendid ... Download free opening extract

Lovereading4kids.co.uk TOP 10

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 Do Try This At Home! Do Try This At Home! Punk Science Science without the boring bits.  Produced in association with the Science Museum, Do Try This At Home is crammed with facts, jokes, big ideas and experiments. This very funny book is full colour and illustrated with artwork and photographs.  It ... Download free opening extract
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 Girls Are Best Girls Are Best Sandi Toksvig Women gladiators, women in the Bayeaux Tapestry, women inventors, Sandi Toksvig uncovers them all in her light hearted approach to the serious message of this book – women have always done amazing things but have mostly been overlooked by history. ... Download free opening extract
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 Teach Your Granny To Text And Other Ways To Change The World Teach Your Granny To Text And Other Ways To Change The World We Are What We Do Teach Your Granny to Text is a book that will inspire children to use their everyday actions to change the world. If lots of people make small changes then big changes can occur. It's not rocket science but it does ... Download free opening extract
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 Power Of Five: Necropolis Power Of Five: Necropolis Anthony Horowitz Yet again Anthony Horowitz has come up trumps with an edge-of-the-seat thriller with some brilliantly spun twists that will keep you guessing right up to the very end. The female protagonist is brilliantly portrayed - the first time, we think ... Download free opening extract
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 The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Chris Riddell) The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Chris Riddell) Neil Gaiman Spooks galore in this brilliant and fantastic story of life in the graveyard. When Baby Bod escapes a murderer intent on killing his whole family, he is taken in by the graveyard ghosts. In eight chapters, each of which depicts ... Download free opening extract
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 Lost Happy Endings Lost Happy Endings Carol Ann Duffy Shortlisted for the prestigious 2008 Greenway. A wonderfully lyrical story about the search for the happy endings that are needed to make the perfect story. Beautiful illustrations bring the story to life. ... Download free opening extract
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 Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog Mini Grey Hilarious action-packed new adventures for the intrepid Traction Man and his popular side-kick, Scrubbing Brush, in this fantastic sequel by prize-winning illustrator Mini Grey. After an intrepid exploration of the compost heap, Scrubbing Brush returns so dirty that the foolish ... Download free opening extract
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 Stick Man Stick Man Julia Donaldson Creators of The Gruffalo, best selling author/ illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are back with another bestseller on their hands. “Stick Man lives in the family tree/ with Stick Lady love/ And his children three”. But one day Stick ... Download free opening extract
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 The Mysterious Benedict Society The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stuart This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – ... Download free opening extract
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 Magic Thief Magic Thief Sarah Prineas This is an absolutely captivating debut fantasy adventure. Full of magic and trickery, this is the story of a wizard and his new apprentice trying to discover why the magic in their city is fading and how they must ... Download free opening extract