Lovereading.co.uk TOP 10
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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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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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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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Testimony Anita Shreve October 2008 Book of the Month. 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 ... 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 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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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 Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook Matt Dunn Shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2007. This will appeal to both women and men as a good “laugh out loud” read. Although the cover might put some men off as looking like “a girls book”, which was ... Download free opening extract |
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Just Me Sheila Hancock Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 6 November 2008. In Sheila Hancock’s second memoir she looks at her life moving on, after the death of her husband John Thaw. Both funny and sad this is a book about ...Download free opening extract |
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Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 23 October 2008. Shortlisted for Author of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007. Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 14 ... 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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Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (with an introduction by Diana Wynne Jones) Jules Verne A thrilling, science-fiction adventure that takes its readers on a journey of discovery and imagination thousands of feet deep, deep into the centre of the earth. When a priceless coded parchment falls from a book, eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his ... Download free opening extract |
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ABC UK James Dunn A wonderful picture book for parents to share with younger and older children alike. It’s unusual in that through the alphabet it introduces a quirky celebration of Britain’s vibrant and unique cultural identity beginning with A is for Arthur ... Download free opening extract |
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A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel (Original Text) Charles Dickens The original Christmas tale is brought to life in this colourful graphic novel adaptation. It is the second Charles Dickens title from Classical Comics and probably his best-loved story. Set in Victorian England and highlighting the social injustice of the ... 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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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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Just Henry Michelle Magorian Shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Children’s Book Award. Warmhearted and full of period detail, Just Henry is a wonderful story of growing up and seizing life’s opportunities. It’s post war Britain and life should be getting better for all – ... Download free opening extract |
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My First Nursery Stories Tony Ross Best loved, classic nursery stories are vividly brought to life in Tony Ross’s humorous and vigorous illustrations. Follow the charmingly agile goats as they trip-trott over the bridge having dispatched the hairy troll SPLASH into the river with a well-aimed ... Download free opening extract |
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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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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 |
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