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With so many new books out for Christmas we've selected our favourites and asked you to review them for us. Below are the new books our reviewers loved and thoroughly recommend you take a look at.

From beautiful cookery books, enthralling biographies, historical masterpieces and many more, select the books below to see our Cardholder reviews.

New Biography books you recommend

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks

£16.00

RRP: £20.00
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The Blaze of Obscurity

£12.59

RRP: £17.99
You save: £5.40

From A Clear Blue Sky

£12.00

RRP: £20.00
You save: £8.00

Halfway to Hollywood

£12.00

RRP: £20.00
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Kisses on a Postcard

£11.99

RRP: £14.99
You save: £3.00

My Father's Places

£11.99

RRP: £14.99
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Rifling Through My Drawers

£9.99

RRP: £19.99
You save: £10.00

William Golding

£17.50

RRP: £25.00
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New Film, TV and Radio books you recommend

Paul Newman: A Life

by Shawn Levy

Format:	Hardback 496 pages
Published:	25/09/2009
Publisher:	Aurum Press Ltd

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Paul Newman, who died in 2008, achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes, and winsome anti-heroes in such classic... Read more

£20.00

Leslie Caron: Thank Heaven, Her Frank and Intimate Autobiography

by Leslie Caron

Format:	Hardback 320 pages
Published:	24/09/2009
Publisher:	JR Books Ltd

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Spotted by Gene Kelly in Paris when she was just 17 and a member of Roland Petit's legendary ballet company, Leslie Caron became an overnight... Read more

RRP £18.99

£12.34

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The Wire: Truth Be Told

by Rafael Alvarez, et al.

Format:	Hardback
Published:	01/10/2009
Publisher:	Canongate Books Ltd

10+ in stock

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THE WIRE has been widely hailed as the greatest television series of all time. It portrays the war of attrition between the city's hardened... Read more

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£12.00

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New Food and Drink books you recommend

Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery

by Martha Swift, et al.

Format:	Hardback 160 pages
Published:	17/09/2009
Publisher:	Kyle Cathie

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How to make simple, stylish little cakes that bring joy to children and adults alike. Martha and Lisa concentrate on the basics with separate... Read more

RRP £14.99

£9.19

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Nutmeg and Custard

by Marcus Wareing

Format:	Hardback 256 pages
Published:	25/09/2009
Publisher:	Bantam Press

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"Nutmeg & Custard" is Marcus Wareing's definitive guide to the kind of cooking you will want to share time and time again with family... Read more

RRP £25.00

£20.00

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The River Cafe Classic Italian Cookbook

by Rose Gray, et al.

Format:	Hardback 416 pages
Published:	24/09/2009
Publisher:	Michael Joseph Ltd

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'Most of what we have learnt has been from Italians who we've cooked side by side with. With this book, we want you to cook side by side... Read more

RRP £30.00

£18.00

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Snowflakes and Schnapps

by Jane Lawson

Format:	Hardback 288 pages
Published:	01/05/2009
Publisher:	Murdoch Books

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"Snowflakes & Schnapps" presents the best of cold climate cuisine - warming, comforting, sustaining dishes from regions of the globe that... Read more

RRP £25.00

£20.00

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Stirred But Not Shaken: The Autobiography

by Keith Floyd

Format:	Hardback 352 pages
Published:	02/10/2009
Publisher:	Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd

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He was the first celebrity chef, the swashbuckling cook who crossed the high seas, on a BBC budget, communicating his love of food to millions of... Read more

RRP £18.99

£9.49

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Terre a Terre: The Vegetarian Cookbook

by Phil Taylor, et al.

Format:	Hardback 192 pages
Published:	11/11/2009
Publisher:	Absolute Press

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This is the book that vegetarians have been waiting and pleading for since Terre a Terre first opened its doors in Brighton way back in 1992. The... Read more

RRP £20.00

£15.00

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Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch

by Nigel Slater

Format:	Hardback 592 pages
Published:	17/09/2009
Publisher:	Fourth Estate Ltd

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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... Read more

RRP £30.00

£15.00

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