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Kerry77

The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race by Ben Fogle & James Cracknell 99p

Longbourn by Jo Baker 99p (this has good reviews from Jane Austen fans)

Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2014 Ebook (Kindle Fire) 99p

Kerry77

Absolute Beginners (Allison & Busby Classics) by Colin MacInnes 99p

'The 1959 novel by Colin MacInnes was once described by Paul Weller as "the ultimate mod book". Written in the 'Beat' style of Jack Kerouac...describing their love of Italian style, from suits to cappuccinos, the novel captured the fat-moving, cosmopolitan style craved by the mods.' Shortlist
Product Description
‘I swore by Elvis and all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave. Yes, man, come whatever, this last year of the teenage dream I was out for kicks and fantasy’

London, 1958. A new phenomenon is causing a stir: the teenager.

In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless – the absolute beginners – are revolutionising youth culture and forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock‘n’roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes’ young photographer, whose unique wit and honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the 1950s and what it means to be a teenager.

In this twentieth century cult classic, MacInnes captures the spirit of a generation and creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, and the changing face of London in the era of the first race riots and the lead up to the swinging Sixties...

Kerry77

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This is one of the Aurelio Zen novels made into a tv series starring Rufus Sewell a few years ago. I read this last year & really enjoyed it, the tv series was very faithful to the book so if you saw the series there aren't many surprises but it is well worth reading. There are a few more in the series at decent prices too:

Ratking £1.19

Dead Lagoon £1.49

Kerry77

I haven't read either of these but have just bought both as they have lots of good reviews on Amazon

Watch Over Me by Daniela Sacerdoti 30p

Take Me Home by Daniela Sacerdoti 69p

Kerry77

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen £1.49

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits - the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth - a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. Jacob, a veterinary student who almost earned his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. "Water for Elephants" is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 99p

On her way home from school on a snowy December day, 14-year-old Susie Salmon is lured into a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, unfolds from heaven, where "life is a perpetual yesterday" and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case.
As Sebold fashions it, everyone has his or her own version of heaven. Susie's resembles the athletic fields and landscape of a suburban high school: a heaven of her "simplest dreams", where "there were no teachers... We never had to go inside except for art class... The boys did not pinch our backsides or tell us we smelled; our textbooks were Seventeen and Glamour and Vogue".

The Lovely Bones works as an odd yet affecting coming-of-age story. Susie struggles to accept her death while still clinging to the lost world of the living, following her family's dramas over the years. Her family disintegrates in their grief: her father becomes determined to find her killer, her mother withdraws, her little brother Buckley attempts to make sense of the new hole in his family and her younger sister Lindsey moves through the milestone events of her teenage and young adult years with Susie riding spiritual shotgun. Random acts and missed opportunities run throughout the book--Susie recalls her sole kiss with a boy on earth as "like an accident--a beautiful gasoline rainbow".

Though sentimental at times, The Lovely Bones is a moving exploration of loss and mourning that ultimately puts its faith in the living and that is made even more powerful by a cast of convincing characters. Sebold orchestrates a big finish and though things tend to wrap up a little too well for everyone in the end, one can only imagine (or hope) that heaven is indeed a place filled with such happy endings.

Berwynview

Watch Your Back by Karen Rose is currently 99p. I've read a few of her earlier books and they've been very good - can be bit gruesome but unputdownable!

fatboy77

A freebie for kids:

Jack Tracy & The Priory of Chaos
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jack-Tracy-The-Priory-Chaos-ebook/dp/B006OK9C40/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1393956065&sr=1-6&keywords=jack+tracy

Children all around the world have woken up to a total nightmare. Gangs of brutal teens are hanging out in normally quiet neighbourhoods. As if that wasn’t enough, all the adults have been placed under a hex and can’t see them. For 12-year-old Jack Tracy and his friends Henry and Samantha, the school run is now all about survival. Already at his wit’s end, Jack learns he’s been chosen to embark on a perilous mission to break this hex and restore order to the entire planet. This means allowing himself to be kidnapped in the dead of night and taken to the place where evil began … The Priory of Chaos. The Priory is a fortress school located within dark matter. It’s as old as time itself and overseen by the most feared being in the universe: The First Evil. At first, Jack is terrified and refuses to accept his mission. Then Samantha, his friend and champion of animal rights is taken to the Priory’s ancient classrooms. She returns a hate-filled bully who relishes animal cruelty. In order to restore Samantha’s true nature, and prevent mankind’s final descent into wickedness, Jack must embrace his destiny and be the first child to infiltrate The Priory of Chaos …

Kerry77

The State We're In by Adele Parks 99p

THE STATE WE'RE IN is the stunning, emotionally powerful new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Adele Parks.


What are the odds that the stranger sitting next to you on a plane is destined to change your life? Especially when they appear to be your opposite in every way.

She's a life-long optimist, looking for her soul mate in every man she meets; he's a resolute cynic - cruel experience has taught him never to put his faith in anyone.

People can surprise you. In the time it takes to fly from London to Chicago, each finds something in the other that they didn't even realise they needed.

Their pasts are such that they can never make one another happy and it's when they get off the plane that their true journey begins...

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Kerry77 wrote: »

The State We're In by Adele Parks 99p

THE STATE WE'RE IN is the stunning, emotionally powerful new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Adele Parks.

Sorry to be picky, but it's not her new book. I've just been and bought it on the basis of this post, before realising it's her previous novel and I've already read it.

My own fault as well, but just wanted to point out that her NEW book is actually Spare Brides, which was published last month, not this one.

Sue_S

The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes is now available on Amazon for £2. It's a brilliant read, her latest book and just released. (I can't post a link for some reason.)


One single mum
With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to . . .

One chaotic family
Jess's gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies alone.
Sometimes Jess feels like they're sinking . . .

One handsome stranger
Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running from a deeply uncertain future. But he has time on his hands. He knows what it's like to be lonely. And he wants to help . . .

One unexpected love story
The One Plus One is a captivating and unconventional romance from Jojo Moyes about two lost souls meeting in the most unlikely circumstances.