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Book division successes 2004 |
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The Two of Us My Life with John Thaw, Sheila Hancock The Two of Us is a remarkable book - a biography of a born actor and a tender, often heartbreaking memoir of a marriage.Full of insight and vivid memories, it evokes two lives lived to the utmost.www.bloomsbury.com/sheilahancock |
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A Gathering Light, Jennifer Donnelly When Mattie is given the letters by a guest at the hotel in which she has a summer job she thinks that the giver is simply upset. But the next day when the woman is found drowned in Big Moose Lake Mattie has to decide if she will read the letters, or burn them as the woman requested.But Mattie has problems enough of her own as she is growing up and trying to decide on her future. Her desire to be a writer and her dreams of life outside the small rural community in which she has always lived are beginning to overwhelm her. Will Mattie make it away from home? Will she leave the family and boyfriend who both love and smother her? Will she be like her friend and settle to married life or like her other friend and mentor the poet Ms Wilcox. Slowly the two stories merge to one amazing conclusion as Mattie finds the courage to make very important decisions. Set in 1906 and built around the real life murder of a young woman in a popular holiday resort this novel is touching, surprising, moving and compelling. www.bloomsbury.com/agatheringlight |
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Schott's Sporting, Gaming, & Idling Miscellany Ben Schott What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the intricacies of the Palio; the breathtaking antics of Kabaddi; or why surfing is the ‘Sport of Kings’ (in Hawaii). www.miscellanies.info |
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke Elegant, witty and utterly compelling, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell creates a past world of great mystery and beauty that will hold the reader in thrall until the last page. www.jonathanstrange.com |
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The Promise of
Happiness, Justin Cartwright Funny, moving, and often shocking; Justin Cartwright's most ambitious, and most powerful, novel yet. www.bloomsbury.com/promiseofhappiness |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban, PB, J.K Rowling A gripping and electrifying novel, full of suspense, secrets, and - of course - magic www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter |
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The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, Liz
Jensen The Ninth Life of Louis Drax is the story of a family falling apart, told in the vivid, funny, sad voice of its comatose son. Full of twists and turns, secrets and heartaches, this is Jensen at her best. www.louisdrax.com |
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Port Mungo, Patrick McGrath Patrick McGrath is the acclaimed author of Spider, Dr Haggard’s Disease, Asylum and Martha Peake. Port Mungo is his sixth book. www.bloomsbury.com/patrickmcgrath |
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Frankie and Stankie, Barbara Trapido Barbara Trapido’s writing has always possessed a painful edge beneath a dazzling surface of style and wit and in this, her new novel, she breathtakingly juggles light and shadow as only she knows how. Seductive, funny, heartbreaking — this is pure Trapido. www.bloomsbury.com/barbaratrapido |
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Marvin Wanted More, Joseph Theobald A rumbustious story that shows how it is possible to take some self-improvement just a little bit too far. www.bloomsbury.com/marvin |
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Empress Orchid, Anchee Min Anchee Min draws a vivid portrait of a flawed yet compelling woman and, through her life, the world of the Chinese court and the sexual and political lives of the royal concubines. www.bloomsbury.com/ancheemino |
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Dr Mukti, Will
Self A new novella and four short stories from Will Self, his first collection of stories in five years, and a return to the rich ground of his earliest fiction. www.bloomsbury.com/willself |
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Brother & Sister, Joanna Trollope Exploring her subject with imagination and humanity, Joanna Trollope once again works her magic. In this rich narritive, at once gritty and graceful, she exposes the extraordinary challenges that arise at the heart of ordinary lives. www.joannatrollope.com |
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