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1 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

Format: Hardback 576 pages
Published: 01/10/2009

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Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her...

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2 Eclipse

by Stephenie Meyer

Format: Paperback 576 pages
Published: 03/07/2008

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'Bella?' Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from...

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3 Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer

Format: Paperback 464 pages
Published: 22/03/2007

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When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in...

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4 Wolf Hall

by Hilary Mantel

Format: Hardback 672 pages
Published: 30/04/2009

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that...

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5 Breaking Dawn

by Stephenie Meyer

Format: Hardback 768 pages
Published: 04/08/2008

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To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one...

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6 My Shit Life So Far

by Frankie Boyle

Format: Hardback 304 pages
Published: 01/10/2009

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Ever since being brought up by The Beatles, Frankie Boyle has been a tremendous liar. Join him on his adventures with his chum Clangy The Brass Boy...

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7 New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer

Format: Paperback 512 pages
Published: 06/09/2007

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I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single...

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8 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

Format: Paperback 542 pages
Published: 24/07/2008

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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was...

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9 Delia's Happy Christmas

by Delia Smith

Format: Hardback 312 pages
Published: 15/10/2009

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Delia has long been the person we turn to for stress-free Christmas celebrations. This year, she celebrates 40 years of writing recipes and brings...

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10 Crocodile Tears

by Anthony Horowitz

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Published: 12/11/2009

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Alex Rider's eighth adventure and the most action-packed yet… Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex...

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11 The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

Format: Hardback 528 pages
Published: 15/09/2009

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WHAT WAS LOST WILL BE FOUND...Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the...

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12 Guinness World Records 2010

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Published: 17/09/2009

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Features unique free downloadable content, the Top 100 Records of the decade, Records for every day of the year and new features on James Bond and...

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13 The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

Format: Paperback 608 pages
Published: 09/07/2009

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Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and...

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14 The Making of Modern Britain

by Andrew Marr

Format: Hardback 464 pages
Published: 02/10/2009

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In "The Making of Modern Britain", Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth...

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15 Planet Earth - The Complete Series

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Published: 27/11/2006

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From the creators of BLUE PLANET comes this epic depiction of life on Earth. PLANET EARTH was a mammoth undertaking and was the result of more than...

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16 Simon's Cat

by Simon Tofield, et al.

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With over 25 million hits on YouTube in little over a year, Simon's Cat, is a genuine word-of-mouth phenomenon. Fans from all over the world...

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17 Peppa Pig: The Official Annual 2010

Format: Hardback 64 pages
Published: 06/08/2009

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Join Peppa Pig and her family in this splendid annual. Follow the exciting stories and games with your favourite piggy family and have hours of...


18 Under the Dome

by Stephen King

Format: Hardback 896 pages
Published: 10/11/2009

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Celebrated storyteller Stephen King returns to his roots in this tour de force featuring more than 100 characters - some heroic, some diabolical -...

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19 River Cottage Everyday

by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Format: Hardback 416 pages
Published: 05/10/2009

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Putting food on the table for the family quickly and economically doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. This book shows how Hugh's...

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20 The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

Format: Paperback 560 pages
Published: 29/05/2004

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This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were...

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21 True Blood Boxed Set

by Charlaine Harris

Format: Paperback 800 pages
Published: 24/11/2009

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Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in a little bar in Bon Temps, a small town deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and well-mannered,...

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22 The Audacity of Hope

by Barack Obama

Format: Paperback 384 pages
Published: 07/02/2008

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This title presents Barack Obama's political vision for the future of America.If Barack Obama is successful in his quest to become President of...

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23 The Defence of the Realm

by Christopher Andrew

Format: Hardback 1088 pages
Published: 05/10/2009

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To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian, the first time any...

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24 New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer

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I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single...

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25 Stick Man

by Julia Donaldson, et al.

Format: Paperback 32 pages
Published: 07/09/2009

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'Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three'. But it's dangerous being a Stick Man. A...

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26 Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

Format: Hardback 400 pages
Published: 01/10/2009

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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy...

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27 Where's Stig?

by Top Gear

Format: Hardback 40 pages
Published: 17/09/2009

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The mysterious Stig, "Top Gear"'s resident racing driver and one of the most popular members of the "TG" team, has finally...

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28 Open

by Andre Agassi

Format: Hardback 400 pages
Published: 09/11/2009

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He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre...

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29 F in Exams

Format: Paperback 160 pages
Published: 01/09/2008

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What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty? He says goodbye to childhood and enters adultery. How can you prevent milk turning sour? Keep it in...

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30 Sony Reader Pocket Edition - Silver (PRS-300)

Format: Other digital
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The Sony eReader Pocket Edition (PRS-300) is a slim and compact device you should be able to carry anywhere and with the 5 inch eInk screen's...

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31 Sony Reader Touch Edition - Silver (PRS-600)

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Published: 10/09/2009

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The Sony eReader Touch Edition (PRS-600) is a sophisticated device with a 6 inch eInk screen with paper-like readability and full touch control. You...

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32 Driven to Distraction

by Jeremy Clarkson

Format: Hardback 432 pages
Published: 01/10/2009

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Brace yourself, Clarkson's back. And he'd like to tell you what he thinks about some of the most awe-inspiring, earth-shatteringly fast and...

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33 The Time of My Life

by Patrick Swayze, et al.

Format: Hardback 320 pages
Published: 29/09/2009

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In September 2009 movie star Patrick Swayze lost his long and bravely fought battle against pancreatic cancer. Dedications soon came flooding in...

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34 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

by William Shawcross

Format: Hardback 1000 pages
Published: 18/09/2009

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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. It might reasonably have been...

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35 Tender: v. 1

by Nigel Slater

Format: Hardback 592 pages
Published: 17/09/2009

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'I would like to think I know more now than I did before I picked up my trowel and dug that first furrow of red and white radishes. How to get...

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36 Saturday Night Peter

by Peter Kay

Format: Hardback 272 pages
Published: 08/10/2009

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This is the long-awaited follow up to "The Sound of Laughter". Picking up from where Peter's massive bestselling autobiography...

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37 Her Fearful Symmetry

by Audrey Niffenegger

Format: Hardback 400 pages
Published: 01/10/2009

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At last - another brilliant, original and moving novel from the author of "The Time Traveler's Wife". Julia and Valentina Poole are...

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38 The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

by Tarek Malouf

Format: Hardback 144 pages
Published: 12/03/2009

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The Hummingbird Bakery is the destination bakery for Londoners with a passion for great cakes. In this irresistible book, the chefs from the bakery...

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39 The Hairy Bikers Food Tour of Britain

by Dave Myers, et al.

Format: Hardback 256 pages
Published: 07/09/2009

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With their irrepressible enthusiasm for great food, Si King and Dave Myers AKA the Hairy Bikers travel the length and breadth of Britain to discover...

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40 The Other Hand

by Chris Cleave

Format: Paperback 400 pages
Published: 05/02/2009

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We don't want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to...

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41 Superfreakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt, et al.

Format: Hardback 288 pages
Published: 20/10/2009

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Here at last is the long awaited sequel to the international bestselling phenomenon, Freakonomics. Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and...

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42 Private Eye Annual 2009

by Ian Hislop

Format: Hardback 96 pages
Published: 12/10/2009

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43 It's Not What You Think

by Chris Evans

Format: Hardback 352 pages
Published: 01/10/2009

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The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived -- just about -- to tell the tale! 'I see this book as an...

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44 Jamie's America

by Jamie Oliver

Format: Hardback 360 pages
Published: 03/09/2009

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America - A country of many contrasts. For me, it presented the ultimate food trip to explore places, ingredients, food culture & traditions. I...

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45 The Gathering Storm

by Brandon Sanderson, et al.

Format: Hardback 784 pages
Published: 27/10/2009

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The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon...

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46 The Twilight Saga

by Stephenie Meyer

Format: Hardback 2208 pages
Published: 20/11/2008

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Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, TWILIGHT, NEW MOON, ECLIPSE and BREAKING DAWN capture the struggle between defying our instincts...

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47 The Angel's Game

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Format: Paperback 448 pages
Published: 08/10/2009

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In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym....

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48 Beano Annual 2010

Format: Hardback
Published: 02/09/2009

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49 My Championship Year

by Jenson Button

Format: Hardback 224 pages
Published: 19/11/2009

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On 4 December 2008, just a few months before the new season was due to start, the Honda Racing F1 team, which Jenson Button had been driving for...

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50 The Snail and the Whale

by Axel Scheffler, et al.

Format: Paperback 32 pages
Published: 03/09/2004

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One tiny snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of a whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and...

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1. Dan Brown

The Lost Symbol / eBook

2. Charles Saatchi

My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic

3. William Shawcross

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

4. Raymond J Warren

Wildflower

5. Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

6. Professor Robert B Cialdini

Influence: Science and Practice

7. Guinness

Guinness World Records 2010

8. Richard Dawkins

The Greatest Show on Earth

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The Death of Bunny Munro

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Jamie's America