Lovereading Top 10
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The Golden Pig Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny February 2009 Debut of the Month. This is one of those titles we love to discover on Lovereading and pass the word on about. A brilliantly funny detective novel from two new authors -The Penny Brothers. They have written each part ...Download free opening extract |
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The Truth About Love Josephine Hart Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 5 February 2009. It has been a little while since we had a novel from this author but it has been worth the wait as she returns with an emotional and remarkable ... Download free opening extract |
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The Other Half Lives Sophie Hannah Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 5 February 2009. Download free opening extract |
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Small World Matt Beaumont February 2009 Book of the Month. A real favourite of mine. I was very impressed with the clever, multi-voiced drama where every character, large or small, speaks to us in the first person. It’s about chance encounters and misunderstandings, about a ...Download free opening extract |
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East of the Sun Julia Gregson Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year 2009. This is an utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India, but it also provides a wonderful insight into a now vanished world. ... Download free opening extract |
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Remember Me... Melvyn Bragg Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 5 February 2009. Download free opening extract |
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Child 44 Tom Rob Smith February 2009 Book of the Month. Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2008.Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2008.Costa Book Awards 2008 Judges' comment: "This gripping, unputdownable thriller is an exciting new addition to the genre." Controversially, and in ... Download free opening extract |
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The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award 2008. Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2008. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008. Costa Book Awards 2008 Judges' comment: "A heartbreaking and lyrical tale of loss, betrayal and redemption." A powerful and moving ... Download free opening extract |
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Kate Summerscale Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 4 December 2008. This reads like a first rate crime novel but is in fact an analysis of real life events. It's so good it won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2008. ... Download free opening extract |
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Dance with Wings Amelia Carr February 2009 Debut of the Month. A sweeping family drama crossing three generations of women from the second world war through to the present day. Great characters, intriguing plot lines and plenty of romance. ... Download free opening extract |
KIDS SITE TOP 10
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney Take a peek into Greg’s diary and find out the story of his life – and especially about his relationship with his older brother Roderick. Wittily told in words and pictures, this diary charts the trials and tribulations of a ... Download free opening extract |
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Dogs Emily Gravett Prize-winning illustrator Emily Gravett delights with another wonderful new book. Apparently a celebration of dogs of all kind, this is also a book with a witty twist at the end. Gorgeous pictures of big dogs and small dogs, hairy dogs ... Download free opening extract |
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Amy Green Teen Agony Queen: Boy Trouble Sarah Webb Sarah Webb is a debut children's author but an established chick-lit novelist and her wonderful 13 year old character creation in Amy Green, teen agony aunt extraordinaire, is set to be the new best friend for every pre-teen girl. Full of humour ... Download free opening extract |
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Litterbug Doug: In the Missions of Michael Recycle Ellie Bethel A campaigning picture book that will encourage all to recycle. Litterbug Doug hates recycling; instead he creates a heap of litter all around his home. When green-hero Michael appears Litterbug Doug refuses to listen to the recycling message and does ... Download free opening extract |
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Billy Bonkers 2: More Madness Giles Andreae Madcap adventures with huge naughty boy appeal featuring Billy and his family, and wittily illustrated by Nick Sharratt. At school there’s the great sports day fiasco, then there’s the Bonkers’ unfortunate holiday on the shores of Loch Ness and finally ... Download free opening extract |
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101 Ways To Get Your Child To Read Patience Thomson For parents: There are many different reasons why children find learning to read difficult. Calmly and with loads of different tips, this book helps to guide parents to understand the myriad problems which may be causing the difficulty and gives ... Download free opening extract |
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Weird Street: The Curse Of Captain Cross-eyed Margaret Ryan Weird Street is a terrific little four book series that will get 6-9 year old boys (in particular) and girls really reading and enjoying it. Weird Street is on Johnny's paper round, a bizarre, scary and extremely unusual paper round, where he ... Download free opening extract |
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Brilliant Billy Does His Bit Simon Hutton An entertaining story about how one boy gets so absorbed in the effect of the Second World War on ordinary people’s lives that he begins to do things in the same way. When the teacher describes how people managed by ... Download free opening extract |
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Malice Chris Wooding Enter this terrifying parallel world if you dare! From the dramatic 3-D cover onwards, everything about Malice is original and just a little bit different. Cleverly told as both a novel and a graphic novel, this is the scary story ... Download free opening extract |
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Charles Darwin Alan Gibbons Discover the world of Darwin through the diary of a ship's boy. Combining non-fiction and fiction but factually absolutely accurate, this book is published to coincide with Darwin's 200th birthday. It begins with a diary, told from the point of view of ... Download free opening extract |
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