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?
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A mum-of-two from Wedmore was yesterday celebrating the launch of her first children’s book that she claims could transform the way some children learn to read.
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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.
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We’ve teamed up with one of the worlds leading experts on Breast Cancer to offer 10 lucky readers the chance to win his latest book.
Read More...Owl Among The Ruins By Mark Bate
Book Competition – We’ve teamed up with rising author Mark Bate to offer five lucky readers a copy of his acclaimed debut novel Owl Among the Ruins.
Read More...The Weight of Time Competition
Ash Books are giving away 20 copies of her gripping new novel, The Weight of Time by J.A. Gordon.
Read More...A Walk In The Park By Tony Butcher
Book Review – Author Tony Butcher has spent over 40 years on a quest to enlightenment, finding his path using the teachings of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Read More...The Gods Truth Competition
In a world exclusive to Ash Books, 10 copies of The Gods Truth– one of the most thought-provoking and controversial non-fiction of 2010 – are up for grabs.
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In Randolph’s not too distant future, mankind has established a colony on Mars and developed space travel to a somewhat better level than we have today.
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!