BOOKSELLER'S CHOICE - AUGUST 2010
Special offers and discounts from Books Plus, Penzance, include up to £5 off bestselling hardbacks and £1 off the top 15 paperbacks, various special offers include a selection of buy one get one free, and 3 for 2.
Here is our selection of recommended reads for Books Plus Penzance.
1. THE LACUNA - BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Her first novel in a decade which has now just won the Orange Prize for Fiction. The setting sweeps from Mexico in the 1930's to the McCarthy hearings of the 1950's and features Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and Trotsky.
Faber £7.99
2. SEAGULLS IN THE ATTIC - TESSA HAINSWORTH
Posh postie is back. In her new book we rejoin Tessa as she enters her second year as an adopted Cornish woman.
Preface £12.99
3. RUNNING WILD - MICHAEL MORPURGO
Will and his mother go on holiday to Indonesia. It's a chance to put things behind them and have some fun, but then the elephant Will is riding on the beach begins to run and just keeps running. Reading age 9+.
HarperCollins £6.99
4. THE HELP - KATHRYN STOCKETT
Enter a vanished world: Jackson, Mississippi 1962 when black maids raise white children but aren't meant to use the same toilet. A direct descendant of Harper Lee's classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" - or, as one reviewer put it, "The other side of Gone With the Wind".
Penguin £7.99
5. ROAD HORSE - CAROLINE BINCH
The new book by local author Caroline Binch. Sammy's dream is to have a horse of his own to train and race, so he can't believe his luck when Dad takes him and his best friend Billy to Appleby Fair, the biggest horse sale of all. Reading age 8+.
Frances Lincoln £5.99
6. BEACH BREAK - DEBBIE FOWLER
The fifth in the increasingly popular Felicity Paradise crime series and as always the setting is West Cornwall.
Truran £6.99
7. AT HOME - BILL BRYSON
Bill Bryson was struck by the thought that most of the big discoveries for humankind can be found in the houses in which they live. This inspired him to take a journey round his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk.
Doubleday £20.00
8. HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY - AUDREY NIFFENEGGAR
Her first novel since "A Time Traveller's Wife" is a delicious and deadly ghost story centering on Highgate Cemetry.
Vintage £7.99
9. PLENTY - YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
A collection of 120 original recipes based on strong flavours and fresh combinations accompanied by beautiful photographs. Feasts which non-vegetarians can also enjoy.
Ebury £25.00
10. WITHERING TIGHTS - LOUISA RENNISON
The first book in a new series starring Tllulah Casey, by the Queen of the Teens.
HarperCollins £10.99
BOOKSELLERS CHOICE
STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO THE ZOO - MIKE THOMAS
When Mike bought Newquay Zoo it was an ailing tourist attraction, but with much hard work, he gradually made the zoo a place he could be proud of. This is his story.
Alison Hodge £7.95
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL OFFER:
To Celebrate PENGUIN's 70th BIRTHDAY - Buy 3 for 2 from a selection of paperbacks spanning the seven decades - some with stunning new cover designs.
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