Lovereading.co.uk Top 10
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On Canaan's Side Sebastian Barry August 2011 Book of the Month. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011. Getting a copy of a new novel from award winning Sebastian Barry in the office is always a treat and his latest simply superb. Spanning nearly seven decades, it ... Download free opening extract | |
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The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh August 2011 MEGA Book of the Month. The Language of Flowers is a heartbreaking and redemptive novel about the meaning of flowers, the meaning of family, and the meaning of love. We think it will be one of the Debuts of ... Download free opening extract | |
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London Calling James Craig August 2011 Book of the Month. 1st in a new series of gritty and quite raunchy London based crime novels with a the dogged, determined Inspector John Carlyle hunting a serial killer who is targeting the political elite. Fast paced and ... Download free opening extract | |
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You Belong to Me Karen Rose Karen’s first book was published in 2007 and her style of mixing hard edged police procedural with romance is a highly readable and enjoyable cocktail. This is her 12th book and as pathologist Lucy Trask decodes the forensic evidence from ... Download free opening extract | |
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One Summer David Baldacci August 2011 Book of the Month. A moving story of love, second chances and the importance of family from the Number One International Bestseller and expertly plotted as is the hallmark of all Baldacci's work. ... Download free opening extract | |
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The Villa Girls Nicky Pellegrino July 2011 Book of the Month. This is a cracking, beautifully paced read to curl up with either instead of taking a holiday or while on holiday. It's a story of friendships, of passion, of family secrets and love featuring four ... Download free opening extract | |
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The Power of Meditation : A 28-Day Programme for Real Happiness Sharon Salzberg August 2011 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. We love this book from 30 year meditation expert Sharon Salzberg. No Religion, no navel gazing, just 20 minutes a day to transform your outlook on the world. The guide is easy to follow, ... Download free opening extract | |
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The House at Sea's End : A Ruth Galloway Investigation Elly Griffiths A Maxim Jakubowski Great Female Crime Sleuth. RUTH GALLOWAY - Ruth is a forensic archaeologist and has so far appeared in three gripping investigations. Combining motherhood and a career, her crime-fighting abilities are second to none with the sometimes assistance of ... Download free opening extract | |
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The Best British Short Stories Nicholas Royle In true Ronseal fashion this book really ‘does what it says' on the cover. In it you’ll find the best short stories published by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere and you won’t be disappointed.Perfect for those ... Download free opening extract | |
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New Beginnings Fern Britton Warm, witty and wise, New Beginnings is a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs in the life of a daytime TV presenter, journalist and single mother of two. This is not the life of Fern Britton written as fiction ... Download free opening extract |
Lovereading4kids Top 10
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There is No Dog Meg Rosoff Carnegie Medal winner Meg Rosoff gives a whole new look to life in this brilliantly entertaining novel about what if the job of being god was in the hands of a spotty adolescent. Being an average teenager, Bob has never ... Download free opening extract | |
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The Donut Diaries Dermot Milligan Hot on the heels of the success of The Wimpy Kid this diary will strike a chord with all those who love to see life through the eyes of twelve year old Dermot Milligan. Dermot starts his diaries when he ... Download free opening extract | |
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The King of Quizzical Island Digs Through the World Gordon Snell This is one of the loveliest picture books that's been published in 2011 to share with your toddler. In the extraordinary adventures of the King of Quizzical Island, the King decides he must prove to his citizens that the world ... Download free opening extract | |
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Tumtum and Nutmeg : Trouble at Rose Cottage Emily Bearn This best-selling series continues to delight. Tumtum and Nutmeg, a pair of totally charming mice, are always up for a new adventure. Rose Cottage has gold under the floor boards but also an influx of newcomers – two town mice ... Download free opening extract | |
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Babbit Lydia Monks Best-selling author/illustrator Lydia Monks has a gift for entertaining and dramatic picture books. Babbit, a lovely Blue Rabbit, is happily enjoying a picnic when it is captured by the Witchy One and tied to a tree ready for being chopped ... Download free opening extract | |
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We Can be Heroes Catherine Bruton An astonishing debut. Moving. Funny. Explosive. And most of all, unexpected...As powerful as Frank Cottrell Boyce's Millions. A Piece of Passion from Ali Dougal, Catherine's Editor at Egmont Books: We Can Be Heroes is the sort of book that I dreamt of ... Download free opening extract | |
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Running Wild Michael Morpurgo Winner of the Independent Booksellers' Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Michael Morpurgo’s new novel is a towering adventure and emotional roller coaster set at the time of a great tsunami. Trying to get over his father’s death, Will and his mother travel ... Download free opening extract | |
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A Greyhound of a Girl Roddy Doyle Best-selling Roddy Doyle has written a wonderful, funny and warm-hearted family story about the dying of a granny which weaves together the lives of four generations and a little bit of ghostly mystery too. Mary’s relationship with her granny and ... Download free opening extract | |
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The Highway Rat Julia Donaldson Best-selling author/ illustrator combination Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have teamed up for another great adventure. Many of the creatures that appear in The Gruffalo feature in this rollicking adventure of a greedy Highway Rat and how he is outwitted ... Download free opening extract | |
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A Tale Dark and Grimm Adam Gidwitz All those who love to be scared will relish the dark humour of these blood-curdling tales. Everyone knows the story of Hansel and Gretel, a tragic tale of children and witches and a great big cauldron. This is a witty ... Download free opening extract |
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