BOOKSELLER'S CHOICE - MARCH 2011
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. WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT - Sarah Winman.
A wonderful debut novel, set in Essex and Cornwall, about childhood and growing up, friendship and families and about a pet rabbit called God.
Headline £12.99
2. THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET - David Mitchell.
A sumptuous historical novel set in Japan at the end of the 18th century when a young Dutch clerk arrives to make his fortune but instead loses his heart.
Sceptre £7.99
3. WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE - Brian Cox.
A mind-blowing journey through space and time. Reads less like homework than someone telling the greatest story ever told.
HarperCollins £20.00
4. THE SLAP - Christos Tsiolkas.
At an Australian suburban barbecue one sunny afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy. A single act which reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it. Whose side will you be on?
Atlantic £7.99
5. DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW - Joanna Trollope.
The latest novel by the mistress of exploring the minefield of family life and the psyche of middle England.
Doubleday £18.99
6. SOLAR - IAN MCEWEN - Ian McEwen.
Michael Beard, a bald, fat, nobel prize-winning physicist is off to save the world from environmental disaster and himself from marital disaster. A novel that is both funny and serious.
Vintage £7.99
7. THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES - Edmund De Wael.
Part treasure hunt, part family saga, this highly original memoir tells the story of the 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings that the author inherited from his uncle.
Vintage £8.99
8. GUIDE TO MODERN SEA ANGLING - Alan Yates.
Presented in full colour, with step by step diagnoses and photographs, this guide will help both novices and experienced sea anglers to improve their techniques and catch rates.
Ebury £12.99
9. CIVILIZATION - Niall Ferguson.
What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to surpass the outwardly superior empires of the East and are we living through the end of Western ascendancy.
Allen Lane £25.00
10. GOLD SEEKERS – JANE JOHNSON - Jane Johnson.
Set in West Cornwall during the 17th century, an exciting tale of child-snatchers and murderous pirates – ddeal for children aged 9+.
Scholastic £6.99
BOOKSELLERS CHOICE
MINACK CHRONICLES REVISITED - John Nash.
Lamorna artist and writer John Nash introduces a special 50th anniversary edition of Derek Tangye’s classic “A Gull on The Roof” with all of Jeannie Tangye’s original line-drawings in place. All profits from the book will go to the Minack Chronicles Nature Trust.
Old Wall Studio £19.95
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