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Six of the best
Sail
by James Patterston
Century £18.99
As Peter Carlyle waves off
his wife, children and
brother-in-law on a sailing
holiday, all they have in
mind is lying back and
relaxing. But as a violent
storm breaks out, an
explosion causes the boat
to vanish without a trace and the
family are lost, presumed dead. Until now.
When a message in a bottle is washed up on
a shore, it becomes apparent that there must
have been at least one survivor. Peter is a
broken man. He appears to struggle to
contain his grief as he holds a heartfelt TV
interview about his loss.
But all is not as it seems, for beneath the grief
lies a more sinister side. Peter is involved with
a beautiful - and dangerous - younger woman
and it soon transpires that he knows more
about his family’s disappearance than he is
letting on.
We Bought a Zoo
by Benjamin Mee
HarperCollins
£16.99
Chuck it all in and
buy a zoo? Why not,
thought Benjamin
Mee, unaware of the
grim living
conditions, creditors
and escaped big cat that lay in wait.
With his wife, Katherine, two young
children, his 76-year-old mother and his
brother, he took on a run-down zoo on the
edge of Dartmoor. There they became
responsible for 200 animals including four
huge tigers, lions, pumas, three massive bears,
a tapir and a wolf pack. But in the midst of
dealing with the daily dramas of escaping
wolves and adolescent vervet monkeys,
Katherine, who had had a brain tumour
removed, began to experience symptoms
again. Ben soon found himself juggling the
complexities of managing the zoo while
caring for his rapidly deteriorating wife, their
children, and their ever-growing menagerie of
animals.
Ben’s story will be bound to both move and
entertain.
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The Return
by Victoria Hislop
Headline £16.99
Sonia is in Granada to
celebrate a friend’s
birthday with a dance
class. She knows
nothing of the city’s
shocking past, but
ordering a simple
cup of coffee in a
quiet cafe will lead her into
the extraordinary tale of a family’s fight to
survive the horror of Spain’s civil war.
Seventy years earlier, and Granada, under a
new liberal government, is a place of
freedom and optimism. In the Ramirez
family’s cafe, Concha and Pablo’s children
relish the atmosphere of hope. But Spain is a
country in turmoil, and in 1936 a revolution
begins that will tear their family apart. For
one, the pull of the battle is irresistible. For
another, caught on the wrong side of the
line, separation from her lover is unbearable.
And everyone must take a side, and choose
whether to submit, to fight or to attempt
escape.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
HarperCollins £14.99
A heart-warming and inspirational tale in
which Enzo, a loyal family dog, tells the
story of his human family, how they nearly
fell apart, and what he did to bring them
back together.
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs:
he thinks and feels in nearly human ways.
He has educated himself by watching
extensive television and by listening very
closely to the words of his master, Denny
Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.
Enzo relates the story of his human family
through his eyes,
sharing the tragedies
and triumphs of
Denny and his wife
and child. In the end,
despite what he sees
as his own
limitations as a dog,
Enzo comes
through heroically
to preserve the
Swift family.
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Finding My Voice
by Russell Watson
Ebury £18.99
Known as ‘The Voice’ due
to his incredible yet
untrained singing talent,
Russell was still working in
a Salford factory at the age
of 30 before becoming
one of the world’s biggest
selling popular classical
singers.
He used to spend the evenings singing in
workingmen’s clubs for extra cash to keep the
bailiffs from his family’s door. His big break
came in 1999 when he sang to a huge audience
at Old Trafford. Now, he has sold over five
million albums, won four Brit awards and made
numerous sell-out world tours.
Here Russell reveals for the first time the true
story of how an ordinary man with an
extraordinary voice became one of Britain’s
favourite recording artists.
Great British Food
by Gary Rhodes,
Marcus Wareing,
Angela Harnett,
Nick Nairn
Dorling
Kindersley £20
This book offers the
best of British
regional cooking
from the chefs
behind both BBC Great British
Menu series.
Sample dishes from the cream of the British
crop with more than 200 recipes from top UK
chefs. From starters and fish dishes, to meat
courses and desserts, prepare a delicious meal
incorporating the eclectic flavours and styles
that make up British cooking today. V