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Home Marilynne Robinson Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 Jack Broughton returns to his family home after twenty years away. The book tackles the subject of family relationships and how they affect our lives in the past, present and future – inescapable ... Download free opening extract |
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No One You Know Michelle Richmond June 2009 Debut of the Month. The devastating effect on a close family when their genius daughter is murdered. The younger, carefree sister narrates this tragic tale 14 years after the event when she is at last able to piece the ... Download free opening extract |
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The Angel's Game Carlos Ruiz Zafon June 2009 Book of the Month. Fans of The Shadow of the Wind will be pleased to find that the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books reappears in Zafon’s new novel. Set in 1920’s Barcelona this is a haunting, thrilling, fascinating tale ... Download free opening extract |
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Tribute Nora Roberts June 2009 Book of the Month. A consistently good author delivers another highly addictive read of a thespian family with the daughter leaving that world and going into renovating property. She has a gloriously sexy neighbour who she falls for and ... Download free opening extract |
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Trust Me Jeff Abbott June 2009 Book of the Month. Jeff Abbott keeps getting better and better. You will feel agitated and filled with a sense of dread while reading this book, as Luke Dantry finds his life turned upside down when kidnapped at gunpoint. ... Download free opening extract |
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White Nights Ann Cleeves Setting a detective novel in the Shetland Isles is a stroke of genius in itself as a close knit community such as that is the last place you would expect murder to take place. Adding to the chilling news that ... Download free opening extract |
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In Bed With... Imogen Edwards-jones, Jessica Adams, Maggie Alderson, Kathy Letter This is the most enormous fun – a collection of sexy short stories written by bestselling authors. To add to the fun, they have all used ‘porn’ pseudonyms, a combination of their first pet and their street names. ... Download free opening extract |
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Playing the Game Belle de Jour Unlike the previous two books by this author this has been marketed as fiction however, the story is about how things may have turned out for Belle and her friends so it will be up to you to decide if ... Download free opening extract |
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The Italian Wedding Nicky Pellegrino A lovely book about two feuding families, a wedding and blossoming love that needs a helping hand. This is the perfect book to give you that feel-good, warm glow that comes with reading a good romantic novel. We can see ... Download free opening extract |
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The Hungry Ghosts Anne Berry June 2009 Debut of the Month. A superb novel from a great new talent. The story unfolds told from the different perspectives of each family member and from Alice’s “Ghost”. Unloved by her mother and at a disadvantage in the family ... Download free opening extract |
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Bloodchild Tim Bowler If you’re on the hunt for a book that will really grab you, put shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you gasp for breath, then Bowler’s Bloodchild is the novel for you. Incredibly atmospheric of time ... Download free opening extract |
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Moon Stewart Ross One of the greatest events of the twentieth century, the unforgettable moment of man’s first landing on the Moon provides the perfect platform for this wide ranging introduction to many different aspects of the moon. After excellent coverage of the ... Download free opening extract |
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Nicholas Dane Melvin Burgess Carnegie-prize winning author, Melvin Burgess, has written a long-awaited new novel. This compelling story of a teenager caught in a corrupt 1980s care home is a powerful study of a particularly highly charged and distressing subject and one that is ... Download free opening extract |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: DIY Do-It-Yourself Book Jeff Kinney A book to write yourself, this diary is filled with the prompts any reader needs to make their own Wimpy Kid Diary. Embarrassing, revealing or just plain funny, answering these questions will encourage all kinds of writing amid the jokes. ... Download free opening extract |
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One Small Step Jerry Stone For all space enthusiasts, this scrapbook created by 14 year old Mike is an inspiring collection of the best moon-landing memorabilia and mind-boggling photos, as well as being packed with the latest amazing space science and indeed the future of ... Download free opening extract |
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Airhead Meg Cabot From the creator of Allie Finkle and The Princess Diaries comes a brand new novel featuring two very different girls, one a superbrain and the other a supermodel. They have absolutely nothing in common until something extraordinary happens. Meg cabot’s trademark wit is here ... Download free opening extract |
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The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart 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 – all orphans, all incredibly ... Download free opening extract |
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Come On Danny (gr8 reads) Andy Croft Full of emotion and understanding but written in such a way that a struggling or reluctant reader will devour, Come On Danny is a hard hitting story describing the difficulties of dealing with life when everything goes wrong. Danny likes ... Download free opening extract |
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Pig City Louis Sachar Bestselling author Louis Sachar is back with a stunning new novel, which all begins with a hat…The hat Laura Sibbie buys from an old man in the street that says Pig City on the front and so Pig City is ... Download free opening extract |
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Creature of the Night Kate Thompson Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009 and shortlisted for the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award. From multi-award winning author Kate Thompson comes another absorbing read, blazing an enthralling path between the stark realities of modern-day society and the fantasy for which ... Download free opening extract |
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