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And On Piano Nicky Hopkins By Julian Dawson
In the forthcoming biography, And On Piano….Nicky Hopkins, Julian Dawson looks back on Nicky’s illustrious 35-year career as a musician, song-writer, singer and producer.
Read More...Party People: How We Make Millions from Having Fun
Party People is the inside story of London-based Theme Traders, which for the last 21 years has been behind some of the capital’s biggest, brightest – and most memorable – parties.
Read More...African Fusion Cooking By Nina Gaskell
My recipes are for everybody who loves the thrill of trying new tastes and flavours. I hope my book will help bring African food into the mainstream, as Chinese and Indian cuisine has gone before it.
Read More...Undercover Curry By Dave Loyden
A British curry lover has penned the first comprehensive cookery ‘bible’ about Indian cuisine – after going undercover in a Scottish restaurant for more than three YEARS.
Read More...To Know a Lion By His Claws By Sarah Badders
Book News – It’s one of the UK’s biggest historical mysteries: Were the Princes in the Tower actually murdered by their uncle as legend suggests?
Read More...Jeremy the Giant and Humphrey the Big Hairy Wolf
A father-of-two from Congresbury was yesterday hailed as the West Country’s answer to Walt Disney – after his debut novel was spotted by animation movie producers.
Read More...Dark Souls By Sarah Strudwick
Book News – Former victim of damaging relationship pens Dark Souls: a spotter’s guide to psychopaths and how to escape their toxic clutch.
Read More...The Gods Truth By Laurence Kalnin
AN atheist author is calling for religious texts including the Bible and Qur’an to be censored in Britain, saying they “breach” laws and social standards by promoting intolerance and religious terrorism.
Read More...Truth By Kai
Book News – Its author, who uses the pen name ‘Kai’, promises his debut work will take readers on a ”never-seen-before journey of self-discovery”.
Read More...Streetstyle By Ted Polhemus
Book News – Without the Hipsters, Teddy Boys, Beats, Rockabillies, Rude Boys, Mods, Surfers, Hippies, Punks, B-Boys, Ravers, Harajuku Girls – and all the other streetstyle originals – most of us would be left without anything to wear.
Read More...Black Gemini By Rachael Kirby
Book News – A mum-of-two found the woo-key to success after penning a critically-acclaimed sci-fi novel – with the help of Star Wars legend Dave Prowse.
Read More...The Weight Of Time By J.A. Gordon
Book News – A new book which marries two unlikely partners – reincarnation and the Roman Army – has been attracting public acclaim.
Read More...Born 2 Rule By Kevin Konomanyi
Book News – A 15-year-old schoolboy who penned a short story for an English project became one of Britain’s youngest professional authors yesterday – after securing a major publishing deal.
Read More...Enlightened Business By Stephen Kirk
Book News – Stephen Kirk, a financial commentator and author, believes the ”vast majority” of companies are ”blinkered” and ”completely unaware” of the effects they have on others.
Read More...I Miss Mummy By Cathy Glass
Book News – Foster carer Cathy is thrown straight into a nightmare when her latest placement, four-year-old Alice, is snatched by her drug-dependent, mentally-ill mother.
Read More...A Silent Heritage Finds Its Voice By Dr. Letitia Obeng
Ghana’s first female scientist looks set to top the book charts with her critically-acclaimed autobiography chronicling her incredible and inspirational life.
Read More...UFO Expert Reveals ‘Ultimate’ Proof Of ETs
Book News – One of Britain’s leading UFO experts has developed a revolutionary photographic technique that proves the existence of aliens “once and for all”.
Read More...Author Angus Kennedy Takes A Different Track
Book News – A London-based author made literary history yesterday (Mon) after giving away £15,000 worth of his own books – for free.
Read More...Author Keith Hoare
Book News – A Lancashire author is assisting a charity that supports victims of human trafficking – by donating a cut from the sales of his latest novels.
Read More...The Green Bronze Mirror
Book News – An author is enjoying the last laugh after discovering her first novel has become a bestseller – 40 years after it was first published.
Lynne Ellison wrote “The Green Bronze Mirror” as a “bookish” 14-year-old, secretly penning chapters from the back of the classroom while she should have been studying.
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Read More...Across the Endless River, by Thad Carhart
Thad Carhart tells the beautiful story of Jean Baptiste, son of Sacajawea. He has obviously done a lot of research, and the story is full of accurate historical facts. However, it doesn’t feel like reading a history book—it feels like reading poetry.
Read More...Bernice Mcfadden Book Giveaway
Bernice McFadden is going to be writing a guest article for us pretty soon! Bernice will touch on her book, Sugar. We also reveal that she is currently doing a December Book Giveaway of a signed hardcover copy of Loving Donovan. Here’s what she has to say about the free giveaway
Read More...Jeffrey Archer’s £18million deal with Macmillan
Jeffrey Archer has just been awarded an £18million advance from Macmillan books to complete a book a year for 5 years for the Forsyte Saga. A book a year? How is that even possible?
Read More...Books
The written word is one of the most important things of all. We are taught how to read at a very young age and will go on to use this skill throughout our entire life. Hardly a day will pass when we do not read something, even if it is just a sign above a door. Words are everywhere we go and we need to understand them. They are at work, at home and everywhere in between. We will see them on television, on the computer and on the bus.
It all sounds as though reading should be a chore, but this is not the case at all! In fact, many of us will get a great deal of pleasure from the written word in books. Think about it; even if you are not a big reader, you will probably still glance at the newspaper. And if you do not take a daily paper, then the chances are that you will enjoy magazines!
Book Reviews
Many people will place an enormous amount of importance on reviews. And now that so many of us have access to the internet, even more items are being tested, rated or commented on. A lot of consumers will simply not even consider buying something until they have read what other people have to say. But is this always the right way to be? Should we really base so many of our decisions upon the opinions of others? And are reviews accurate for any type of item?
Book News
There has never been a better time for finding information on books, authors or publishers! There are entire websites to visit that are dedicated to all manner of book news and any other reading-related subject you can imagine. More and more of will us now prefer to read a few book reviews before going out to buy a new novel. And if you want to know what the critics have to say about a book, then the internet will have more reviews than anywhere else!