Large Print Selection - April 2014

Large Print Selection - April 2014

Our selection this month includes the book of the fantastic Momuments Men which was partly filmed just down the road from us at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, a wonderful biography of celebrity chef Rick Stein and a great new book from Danielle Steel. All these and many more are available from the Large Print Bookshop.

Now Available:

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History - Robert M. Edsel What if I told you that there was an epic story about World War II that has not been told, involving the most unlikely group of heroes? What if I told you there was a group of men on the front lines who didn’t carry machine guns or drive tanks; a new kind of soldier, one charged with saving, not destroying. From caves to castles in a thrilling race against time, these men risked their lives daily to save hundreds of thousands of the world’s greatest works of art. Paperback £23.50

Under A Mackerel Sky - Rick Stein Rick Stein’s childhood in 1950s North Cornwall was idyllic. But ever-present was the unpredictable mood of his bipolar father. When Rick was 18 his father killed himself. Emotionally adrift, Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with his father’s initials. Manual labour in the outback followed by adventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive public schoolboy. Eventually, Cornwall called him home. Paperback £23.50

Doctor Sleep - Stephen King Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. Paperback £23.50             Other books by Stephen King

Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz - Thomas Harding Shortlisted for The Costa Biography Award, this is the true story of Hanns Alexander, the son of a prosperous German family who fled Berlin in the 1930s and became the Kommandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Paperback £23.50

Power Play - Danielle Steel In Northern California two successful CEOs are both indispensable to their growing companies' futures. Both are brilliant at the power game. But the difference between them is huge. One is a man, the other a woman. In this riveting novel, Danielle Steel explores what that means as she takes readers into the rarefied world of those at the pinnacle of international business and reveals the irrevocable choices they make, what drives them, and how others perceive them. Paperback £21.99             Other books by Danielle Steel

Classic Fiction Choice:

 

The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers Childers' lone masterpiece, The Riddle of the Sands, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war. Paperback £19.50

Large Print News

Heartbleed Bug - You may have heard a lot in the media about the Heartbleed bug. We can confirm that our systems have now been fully patched to make sure we are not vulnerable to this. It is also worth noting that as we do not store any payment card details this in general makes us a much less attractive prospect for any hackers. If you want to know more about this bug and if it affects other sites you use then there is a very good What You Need to Know article on the BBC which can be accessed by clicking here.

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Other titles are normally available for dispatch within about 7 - 10 days as we have more stock arriving all the time.

Books for Mothers Day from the Large Print Bookshop

Books for Mothers Day from the Large Print Bookshop

Mothering Sunday is approaching fast and a good book is a timeless and enjoyable gift to let a special Mum know how much you appreciate her. In this email we feature a small selection of suggestions from the Large Print Bookshop all of which would make excellent presents for Mothers Day. And should the featured titles not fit the bill, there are around 16,000 books available!

Our Featured Titles:

The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son is perfectly healthy, but his daughter has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, he asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, the nurse disappears into another city to raise the child herself. Paperback £14.99             Other books by Kim Edwards

The Last Matchmaker - Willie Daly Willie Daly has helped hundreds of couples find love in his long career as 'the horse whisperer of matchmaking'. Now he reveals the secret to finding true love, and shares the story of his life bringing people together in love and marriage. Paperback £13.49

State of Wonder - Ann Patchett Dr Annick Swenson is working on a drug which will alter the lives of women forever. Refusing to report on progress her investors send Anders Eckman to investigate, a curt letter reporting his death is all that returns. Now Anders' colleague, a former student of Dr Swenson, must retrace her friend's perilous steps. Little does she know that she will face challenges beyond her wildest imagination. paperback £13.49             Other books by Ann Patchett

This is How it Ends - Kathleen MacMahon Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they experience a connection unlike any they've previously felt, but soon their newfound love will be tested in ways they never imagined possible. Hardback £19.99

The Help - Kathryn Stockett In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women - black and white, mothers and daughters - view one another. Paperback £15.99

Heart and Soul - Maeve Binchy With the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Paperback £15.99             Other books by Maeve Binchy

Philomena - Martin Sixsmith Now a major film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan - A compelling and deeply moving narrative of human love and loss, both heart-breaking yet ultimately redemptive. Paperback £23.50

Other popular authors:

             Danielle Steel                M. C. Beaton                Susan Mallery                Alexander McCall Smith

 

Hilary Mantel                John Grisham                Jo Baker                Jill Mansell

 

             Virginia Andrews                 Jane Green                 E. L. James                   Freya North

 

Elizabeth Noble                 Barbara Pym                 Nora Roberts                  Sophie Hannah

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Some of the titles featured in this email have limited availability and so you should order early to avoid disappointment.

When ordering for the quickest delivery, always look out for those titles on our website which are marked as either 'currently in stock’ or 'In Stock (usually dispatched in 1-2 working days)'.

Other titles are normally available for dispatch within about 7 - 10 days as we have more stock arriving all the time.

Large Print Selection - February 2014

Large Print Selection - February 2014

Our selection this month includes the Costa Novel Award winning Life after Life by Kate Atkinson. The wonderful Longbourn from Jo Baker and a fascinating insight into the role of women during World War One by Kate Adie. All these and many more are available from the Large Print Bookshop.

Now Available:

Life After Life - Kate Atkinson What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly. Hardback £22.99

Longbourn - Jo Baker The servants at Longbourn estate, only glancingly mentioned in Jane Austen's classic, take center stage in Jo Baker's lively, cunning new novel. Here are the Bennets as we have never known them: seen through the eyes of those scrubbing the floors, cooking the meals, emptying the chamber pots. Paperback £20.50             Other books by Jo Baker

Solo: A James Bond Novel - William Boyd It’s 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond – British special agent 007 – is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Paperback £23.50             Other books by William Boyd

The Prime Minister's Ironing Board: True Stories from the Government Archives - Adam Macqueen Stored in Whitehall’s archives are everything from blood-chilling warnings of imminent nuclear attack to comical details of daily life in the corridors of power. Adam Macqueen, author of the highly acclaimed bestseller Private Eye: The First 50 Years, presents us with some of the most unlikely revelations since the Official Secrets Act was inaugurated one hundred years ago. Paperback £23.50

Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One - Kate Adie In 1914 the world changed forever. When World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives. Now a visible force in public life, they began to take up essential roles - from transport to policing, munitions to sport, entertainment, and even politics. Paperback £23.50

Classic Fiction Choice:

 

Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe Moll Flanders follows the life of its eponymous heroine through its many vicissitudes, which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, conviction for theft and transportation to the plantations of Virginia, and her ultimate redemption and prosperity in the new World. Paperback £19.50             Other books by Daniel Defoe

Large Print News

UK's Biggest Large Print Publisher Ceases Trading - The UK publisher responsible for producing more Large Print titles than anybody else went out of business late last year. AudioGo, formerly BBC Audiobooks, whose imprints included Windsor, Chivers, Paragon, Camden and Galaxy produced over 80 titles a month. They went into Administration last October and after a buyer could not be found the business was wound up leaving massive debts. This has left a big gap in the market as they published many of our most popular titles and leaves Large Print under represented in the UK. We are working on our own publishing plans, although they are at a very early stage, but in the mean time are continuing to source Large Print titles from both the UK and US to try and offer a real diversity of books.

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Other titles are normally available for dispatch within about 7 - 10 days as we have more stock arriving all the time.

Great new Large Print books for August

New books for August - available now!

This month's highlights include a fantastic new novel, And the Mountains Echoed, from the author of the phenomenally successful Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini. We also see a wonderful collection of short stories from Victoria Hislop and the 2012 Times Book of the Year, Six Years, by Harlen Coben. Other highlights include the release in paperback of two very successful books, A Week in Winter, by Maeve Binchy and Bring up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel. All these and many more are available from the Large Print Bookshop.

New in hardback:

And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father, Saboor, and stepmother in the village of Shadbagh. To Abdullah, Pari is everything. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father, having no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart. Hardback £19.99

The Last Dance - Victoria Hislop Takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As the author evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters, from a lonesome priest to battling brothers, and from an unwanted stranger to a groom troubled by music and memory. Hardback £19.99

Six Years - Harlan Coben Times Book of the Year 2012. Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie marry another man. He vows to leave Natalie alone, but he has tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. When Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for... but she is not Natalie. Hardback £19.99             Other books by Harlan Coben

Now available in paperback:

A Nurse Abroad - Anne Watts In the early 1960s, the author, a newly qualified nurse, set sail for Canada to work in the frozen north of the country, among the indigenous Inuit people. Anne later headed for Alice Springs in the Australian outback. In this title, she tells what it was like to be a nurse and midwife among a tough cattle-ranching community. Paperback £13.49             Other books by Anne Watts

A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy Henry and Nicola are burdened with a terrible secret, while cheerful nurse Winnie finds herself on holiday from hell. John has arrived on an impulse after he missed a flight at Shannon; eccentric Freda claims to be a psychic and a part-time hairdresser. Then there's Nora, a silent watchful older woman who seems ready to disapprove at any moment... Paperback £13.49             Other books by Maeve Binchy

Bring up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome. But Henry's actions have forced England into dangerous isolation, and Anne has failed to bear a son to secure the Tudor line. Paperback £13.49             Other books by Hilary Mantel

Younger Readers:

 

Wonder - R. J. Palacio Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. But ordinary kids don't make other kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now he's being sent to a real school, and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted. ‘The breakout publishing sensation of 2012’ – The Times Paperback £12.99

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Other titles are normally available for dispatch within about 7 - 10 days as we have more stock arriving all the time.

New Books for July!

New books for July - available now!

This month's highlights include a fascinating look at life between the two World Wars from the perspective of a child living in the King's Cross area of London. In fiction we also have the Times Book of the Year from 2012, The Yellow Birds which gives an unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war. We welcome into paperback the fantastic Shada, the Doctor Who novel by Douglas Adams and a great new paperback only book from Michael Dobbs looking at the last Six Months of the second World War and how it lead to the Cold War. All these and many more are available from the Large Print Bookshop.

New in hardback:

King's Cross Kid: A London Childhood Between Wars - Victor Gregg Ninety-three-year-old Victor Gregg has had a rich and fascinating life. This title follows his London childhood from the age of five, when he was taken to the Shaftesbury Home for Destitute Children. After the years of street gangs and run-ins with the law, Vic left school at fourteen and his real adventures started. Hardback £19.99

The Hired Man - Aminatta Forna Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The Croatian winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. Laura and her teenage children have arrived. A short distance away lies the hut of Duro Kolak who lives alone with his two hunting dogs. Hardback £19.99

The Yellow Birds - Kevin Powers Times Book of the Year 2012. In Al Tafar, Iraq, Privates Bartle and Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two do everything they can to protect each other. This title offers a fresh depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraqi veteran and poet. Hardback £19.99

Now available in paperback:

Doctor Who: Shada - Douglas Adams, Gareth Roberts The Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University, where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs, most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. Paperback £13.49             Other books featuring Doctor Who

The Fishing Fleet - Anne De Courcy From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to work in India. Young women, suffering at the lack of eligible men in Britain, followed in their wake. They were known as the Fishing Fleet. This book tells their story. Paperback £13.49

Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman - from World War to Cold War - Michael Dobbs From the bestselling author of "One Minute to Midnight", this is the riveting story of the last six months of World War II, when the hopeful Allied situation inspired by the Yalta Conference descended into the open conflict that would lead to the Cold War... Paperback £19.50

Younger Readers:

 

Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library) - A. F. Harrold Fizzlebert Stump lives in a travelling circus. He hangs around with acrobats, plays the fool with clowns, and puts his head in a lion's mouth every night. But it can be a bit lonely being the only kid in the circus. So one day, Fizz decides to join a library. And that's when it all goes terribly wrong... Paperback £12.99

Large Print News

A Life of Reading May Help Dementia - Frequently reading throughout life may help protect against dementia say scientists after a recent study in the US. Read more on this fascinating research on the NHS Inform website by clicking here.

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Other titles are normally available for dispatch within about 7 - 10 days as we have more stock arriving all the time.

May Newsletter of new books

New books for May - available now!

Highlights this month include The Silver Spitfire which tells the true story of Tom Neil and his Spitfire which he stripped down to the bare metal and turned into his personal aircraft. Keeping on the wartime theme Beryl Matthew's A New Day follows Hanna whose life seems to be turning around after a traumatic past only for War to loom on the horizon. In paperback this month we welcome Martina Cole's The Faithless and J. K. Rowling's A Casual Vacancy both of which quickly went out of print in hardback.
All these and many more are available from the Large Print Bookshop.

New in hardback:

The Silver Spitfire: The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot in His Own Words - Tom Neil During the build up to the Allied invasion of Northern Europe, Battle of Britain hero Tom 'Ginger' Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison officer to an American fighter squadron, and commandeered an abandoned Spitfire. Faced with too many questions about the mysterious rogue fighter, he left the Spitfire at Worthy Down, never to be seen again. Hardback £19.99

A New Day - Beryl Matthews London, 1938. Hanna and Jack were sent to an orphanage when their parents were killed in a train crash. Jack is worked like a slave and, in desperation, runs away to join the merchant navy. Hanna takes a job looking after two children. She enjoys her work and finds new love. But war is looming and threatens to take away everything she holds dear. Hardback £19.99             Other books by Beryl Matthews

Heartbreak Hotel - Deborah Moggach The irrepressible Russell 'Buffy' Buffery has moved to a decrepit B & B in rural Wales. He needs to fill the beds, and what better way than with 'Courses for Divorces', his new money-making wheeze. Those checking in include Harold, whose wife has run off with a younger woman; Amy, who's been dumped by her boyfriend, and Andy, the postman. Hardback £19.99

Now available in paperback:

The Faithless - Martina Cole Cynthia Tailor has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two gorgeous children. But she has always craved the best things in life, and will let nothing stand in her way, even if it means devastation and tragedy for those nearest to her. Paperback £13.49

State of Wonder - Ann Patchett Shortlisted for the Orange Prize For Fiction 2012. Dr Annick Swenson is working on a drug which will alter the lives of women forever. Refusing to report on progress her investors send Anders Eckman to investigate: a curt letter reporting his death is all that returns. Now Anders' colleague, a former student of Dr Swenson, must retrace her friend's perilous steps. Little does she know that she will face challenges beyond her wildest imagination. Paperback £13.49             Other books by Ann Patchett

The Casual Vacancy - J. K. Rowling When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early 40s, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. The empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has ever seen. Paperback £13.49             Other books by J. K. Rowling

Younger Readers:

 

Opal Moonbaby - Maudie Smith Martha's decided friends are stupid. She never wants another one. Ever. So when Opal Moonbaby comes along, with her mad hair and huge violet eyes, claiming to be an alien and wanting to be friends, Martha is definitely NOT interested. But Opal isn't the kind of alien who takes no for an answer... Paperback £9.99

Large Print News

The Great Gatsby - The long awaited film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby is finally released this week. The classic novel on which the film is based is available in Large Print by clicking here.

The Quick Reads Accessibility Guide - The six Quick Read's titles released for this years World Book day are now available in Large Print. For more details click here.

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize - Howard Jacobson has been named the winner of this year's Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for his novel, Zoo Time. It is the second occasion he has triumphed, having won the prize in 2000, the first year of the award. To view the Large Print editionclick here.

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When ordering for the quickest delivery, always look out for those titles on our website which are marked as either 'currently in stock’ or 'In Stock (available for immediate dispatch)'.

Other titles are normally available for dispatch within about 7 - 10 days as we have more stock arriving all the time.