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Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life In Our Times by Sarah Bradford

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:16:37 +0000

QUEEN Elizabeth II: Her Life In Our Times by Sarah Bradford is published in hardback by Viking, priced £20. Available now.

Pear Shaped by Stella Newman

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:51:23 +0000

THE perfect antidote to those depressing dark nights when going to the gym is last thing on your mind, journalist, blogger and amateur cook Stella Newman's debut novel, Pear Shaped, provides a worthy guilt-free alternative.

Maine by Courtney Sullivan

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:16:37 +0000

MAINE by Courtney Sullivan is published in trade paperback by Atlantic Books, priced £12.99. Available now.

Jubilee by Shelley Harris

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:21:41 +0000

JUBILEE by Shelley Harrisis published in hardback by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, priced £12.99. Available now.

The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:38:47 +0000

IF YOU'RE running out of present ideas, and you know someone who will appreciate a good book, then The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse, will make the perfect gift this Christmas.

Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book 2012

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:03:32 +0000

YOU may not have seen him on the telly for a while but Oz Clarke is still one of Britain’s best-known and most revered wine experts.

Madeleine: Our Daughter's Disappearance and the Continuing Search for Her - Kate McCann

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:06:21 +0100

Everyone knows the story of Madeleine McCann. Whether you watched it on the news, read about it in the papers, or discussed it with friends and family as many did, everyone has heard about the little girl who was snatched from her bed whilst on holiday in Portugal, on Thursday May 3, 2007.

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:30:00 +0100

If you read just one more book in your entire life, then make sure that you read 'Anna Karenina', the epic novel by Leo Tolstoy.

Classics: Wuthering Heights byEmily Brontë

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:30:00 +0100

EVERYONE has heard of Wuthering Heights-the song or the book, either way you have heard of it-and it is a book that very much deserves to be read by everyone.

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:00:00 +0100

IMAGINE waking up unable to see, quite alone and hearing nothing but silence occasionally broken by horrible groans.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:44:54 +0100

I HAVE found throughout the years that most people avoid 'classics' like the plague. From school we often learn to despise Shakespeare and shun any book over twenty years old.

Graven Image by Charlie Williams

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:20:33 +0000

Brothel bouncer Leon shouldn’t be here. A week ago he stepped over the line, maiming a slap-happy VIP punter. But he can’t stay away.

One Thousand Nights and Counting by Glyn Maxwell

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:33:52 +0000

THE finest poems from an internationally acclaimed writer.

Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:02:15 +0000

THEY break down the door at the end of December and carry his body away. On a still and frozen day between Christmas and New Year, a man's body is found lying in his ruined flat. Found, and then taken away, examined, investigated and cremated.

The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:32:46 +0100

THE second book in Philippa's stunning new series, The Cousins War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - The White Queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of The War of the Roses.