Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 418Released On: 28/10/2021 Wynter’s Trees is the home of Christmas. For the people of Wynmouth it’s where they get their family Christmas tree, and where Christmas truly comes to life. But for Liza Wynter, it’s a millstone around her neck. It was her father’s pride and joy but now he’sContinue reading “Underneath the Christmas Tree – Heidi Swain”
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Autobibliography- Rob Doyle
Published By: SwiftPages: 256Released On: 04/11/2021 Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books – from the Dhammapada and Marcuz Aurelius, via The Tibetan Book of the Dead and La Rochefoucauld, to Robert Bolano and Svetlana Alexievich – as well as the memories they trigger and the reverberations they create. It is a recordContinue reading “Autobibliography- Rob Doyle”
The Illustrated Etymologicon-Mark Forsyth
Published By: Icon BooksPages: 320Released On: 04/11/2021 The Etymologicon is an occasionally ribald, frequently witty and unerringly erudite guided tour of the secret labyrinth that lurks beneath the English language. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate, or brackets to codpieces? MarkContinue reading “The Illustrated Etymologicon-Mark Forsyth”
One More Christmas at the Castle – Trisha Ashley
Published By: TransworldPages: 523Released On: 11/11/2021 Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers as a child, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day. Dido is enchanted by the castle asContinue reading “One More Christmas at the Castle – Trisha Ashley”
From Shetland, With Love at Christmas – Erin Green
Published By: HeadlinePages: 416Released On: 11/11/2021 Verity is embarking on a better-late-than-never gap year now that her sons have flown the nest, and dreams of turning a lifetime’s hobby of knitting and crocheting into a profitable new enterprise at Lerwick Manor’s Gallery. Nessie has returned to Shetland after two years spent retraining as a blacksmithContinue reading “From Shetland, With Love at Christmas – Erin Green”
The Country Village Winter Wedding – Cathy Lake
Published By: Bonnier BooksPages: 330Released On: 28/10/2021 Clare Greene and Sam Wilson are getting married and everyone in Little Bramble is excited for the event of the year. But Clare and Sam are busy people and have left organising their wedding to the last minute. Luckily, wedding planner Hazel Campbell has recently moved to theContinue reading “The Country Village Winter Wedding – Cathy Lake”
Gilded – Marissa Meyer
Published By: Faber and Faber Pages: 512Released On: 02/11/2021 Long ago cursed by the God of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes. When one of Serilda’s outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and hisContinue reading “Gilded – Marissa Meyer”
Celebrations at the Chateau – Jo Thomas
Published By: Transworld PublishersPages: 364Released On: 28/10/2021 When their grandfather dies, Fliss and her sisters are astonished to inherit a French chateau! Travelling to Normandy to visit the beautiful, if faded house, they excitedly make plans over delicious crepes and local cider in the town nearby. But they soon discover the chateau needs major work,Continue reading “Celebrations at the Chateau – Jo Thomas”
Orwell’s Roses – Rebecca Solnit
Published By: GrantaPages: 272Released On: 21/10/2021 “In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.” So begins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, and the natural world illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics ofContinue reading “Orwell’s Roses – Rebecca Solnit”
A Funny Life – Michael McIntyre
Published By: MacmillanPages: 352Released On: 14/10/2021 Michael’s first book ended with his big break at the 2006 Royal Variety Performance. Waking up the next morning in the tiny rented flat he shared with his wife Kitty and their one-year-old son, he was beyond excited at the new glamorous world of show business. Unfortunately, he wasContinue reading “A Funny Life – Michael McIntyre”
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