Lovereading.co.uk Top 10
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Girls are Best Sandi Toksvig Featured 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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Past-it Notes Maureen Lipman Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 27 November 2008. This is a collection of some of Maureen Lipman's best writing, taken from previous books along with new stories and anecdotes. Some of the old stories are reworked here ...Download free opening extract |
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The Business Martina Cole Featured 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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The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz This book has some of the funniest dialogue and wackiest characters we have come across in a long time. The Spellman’s are a dysfunctional family firm of private investigators who sadly can’t leave the tools of the trade outside the ... Download free opening extract |
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Ferney James Long April 2008 Book of the Month. I fell in love with this book when it was first published in 1997. It did moderately well but not as well as it should. I think one of the problems was that up ...Download free opening extract |
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Child 44 Tom Rob Smith March 2008 Debut 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." This is a ... Download free opening extract |
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Florence Nightingale : The Woman and Her Legend Mark Bostridge Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 27 November 2008. A very absorbing book on the life of Florence Nightingale. Probably nothing else out there as in depth or as interestingly written. ... Download free opening extract |
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Twilight (Twilight Saga Book 1) Stephenie Meyer Deeply seductive and irresistibly compelling, this is an extraordinary love story that will stay with you long after you’ve finished it. It’s the first in the Twilight series and is a captivating sage of vampire romance. ... Download free opening extract |
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The Other Queen Philippa Gregory Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 20 November 2008. A former Author of the Month on Lovereading Philippa Gregory is back with another fantastic historical novel, this time the focus in the "other queen" Mary Queen of Scots. ... Download free opening extract |
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This Year It Will Be Different Maeve Binchy A collection of short stories relating to Christmas which would make a good stocking filler for someone who hasn’t really read Maeve Binchy before. If you are a fan you may have read some of the stories before in other ... Download free opening extract |
Lovereading4kids.co.uk Top 10
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Yuck's Supercool Snotman Matt And Dave Loved by boys and girls of 5+ but particularly boys. Two horribly disgusting adventures will be found within the covers of this latest Yuck adventure - Yuck's Supercool Snotman and Yuck's Dream machine. Seriously yuckable but utterly spellbinding. ... Download free opening extract |
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Before I Die Jenny Downham Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don't read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would ... Download free opening extract |
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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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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil Wiley Miller A wonderful debut from an incredibly talented wordsmith and illustrator. Fans of The Wizard of Oz and James and the Giant Peach will love Basil and his erstwhile adventures. Basil is an ordinary boy living a very ordinary life in a lighthouse, ... Download free opening extract |
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The Birthday Book Michael Morpurgo This is a sumptuous collection of stories and verse compiled by Michael Morpurgo, beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake and published in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children and Arts and to celebrate the Prince of Wales's 60th birthday. It's ... Download free opening extract |
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Jeremy Strong's Laugh-your-socks-off Joke Book Jeremy Strong, Amanda Li Far more than just a joke book, this title is jam-packed full of quizzes, games, jokes and so much more. From Swashbuckling Crosswords to Puzzling Planet Puzzles, it is guaranteed to entertain and amuse both parents and children alike, whilst ... Download free opening extract |
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The Meaning Of Life Joanna Nadin Laugh out loud funny from the first page, The Meaning of Life, will be devoured by teenagers and adults in equal measure just as the Diaries of Adrian Mole hit the spot for a different generation. A spot-on teenage voice ... Download free opening extract |
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Kaspar Michael Morpurgo A wonderfully emotional but heart-warming tale from the pen of one of the foremost writers for children. Brilliantly interwoven in historical fact at the time of the sinking of the Titanic is the story of Kaspar the Savoy cat, who ... Download free opening extract |
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The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2008 and Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008. The electrifying and unflinching young adult debut novel about the impossible choices of growing up by award-winning fiction writer Patrick Ness. This title is part of Walker Books’ ... Download free opening extract |
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Her Mother's Face Roddy Doyle The first picture book from award winner Roddy Doyle is a heart-warming and gently reassuring tale about moving on and growing up. The writing is quite sublime and the luscious illustrations by Freya Blackwood compliment the words beautifully. ... Download free opening extract |
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