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Great Book: The Red Queen

Title: The Red Queen Author:  Philippa Gregory Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (14 April 2011) ISBN-10: 1847394655 ISBN-13: 978-1847394651 Product Description The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series [...]

New Title: Problem Child

Title: Problem Child Author:  Caradoc King Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (3 Mar 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0857201972 ISBN-13: 978-0857201973 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3 cm Product Description Adopted at eighteen months, Caradoc King was brought up in a large and growing family. His adoptive mother, a complex woman, was [...]

Great Post: Grey Wolves

Title: Grey Wolves (Henderson`s Boys) Author: Robert Muchamore Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Hodder Children's Books (3 Feb 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0340999160 ISBN-13: 978-0340999165 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.6 cm Product Description Spring, 1941. German submarines are prowling the North Atlantic, sinking ships filled with the food, fuel and weapons that Britain needs [...]

Book Recommendation: Of Mice and Men

Title: Of Mice and Men (Pocket Penguin Classics) Authors:  John Steinbeck and Susan Shillinglaw Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 Jan 2006) Language English ISBN-10: 0141023570 ISBN-13: 978-0141023571 Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 1.2 cm Product Description Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work [...]

Book Recommendation: Solar

Title: Solar Author:  Ian McEwan Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Vintage (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 0099549026 ISBN-13: 978-0099549024 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm Product Description Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads [...]

Great Book: Raising Boys

Title: Raising Boys: Why Boys are Different – and How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men Author:  Steve Biddulph Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Harper Thorsons; New edition edition (8 July 2003) Language English ISBN-10: 9780007153695 ISBN-13: 978-0007153695 ASIN: 0007153694 Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm Product Description A word of mouth [...]

Book Recommendation: The Double Comfort Safari Club

Title: The Double Comfort Safari Club: The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 11 (No 1 Ladies Detective Agency11) Author:  Alexander McCall Smith Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Abacus (3 Feb 2011) ISBN-10: 0349119996 ISBN-13: 978-0349119991 Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.4 x 2 cm Product Description Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge [...]

New Title: Hide And Seek

Title: Hide and Seek: The Irish Priest in the Vatican who Defied the Nazi Command. The dramatic true story of rivalry and survival during WWII. Author:  Stephen Walker Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Collins (3 Mar 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0007320272 ISBN-13: 978-0007320271 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm Product Description A true story [...]

Great Book: 59 Seconds

Title: 59 Seconds: Think a little, change a lot Author: Prof. Richard Wiseman Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Pan (2 April 2010) ISBN-10: 9780330511605 ISBN-13: 978-0330511605 ASIN: 0330511602 Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.4 cm Product Description Most people would like to be more creative, more persuasive and more attractive. For years, gurus and 'life [...]

Book Recommendation: Paranormality

Title: Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there Author:  Prof. Richard Wiseman Paperback: 354 pages Publisher: Macmillan (4 Mar 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0230752985 ISBN-13: 978-0230752986 Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 3 cm Product Description 'People are emotionally drawn to the supernatural. They actively want weird, spooky things to be true . . . [...]