17-01-07

 

Good Stories Newsletter

 

 

Now that we are fully into the New Year, if as yet you haven’t spent the Gift Tokens or Money you were given at Christmas, then perhaps I can suggest some really good new Books that have just come out or are coming onto the Store Shelves.

 

Book Details:

 

Imagine This : Growing up with John Lennon   (due out 8th Feb’07)

By Julia Baird

Until now, the true story of John Lennon's childhood has never been told. John's sister Julia has herself been on a personal journey that has made it possible only now to reveal the full extent of the pain and difficulties -- as well as the happier times -- living inside John Lennon's family brought. Julia reveals the various strong, self-willed and selfish women who surrounded John as he grew up. John was removed from his mother at the age of 5 to live with his Aunt Mimi, and here Julia shows for the first time the cruelty of this decision -- to both mother and son, she sheds a new light on his upbringing with Mimi which is often at dramatic odds with the accepted tale. John's frequent visits to his mother and sisters gave him the liveliness, freedom and love he sought and allowed him to develop his musical talents. The tragic death of their mother, knocked down outside Aunt Mimi's house by a speeding car when John was 17, meant that life for him and his sisters would never be the same again. Poignant, raw and beautifully written, IMAGINE THIS casts John Lennon's life in a new light and reveals the source of his emotional fragility and musical genius. It is also one family's extraordinary story of how it dealt with fame and tragedy beyond all imagining.

   

Beatrix Potter : A Life in Nature    (Dec ‘06)

By Linda Lear

This remarkable new biography is a voyage of discovery into the story of an extraordinary woman. At a time when plunder was more popular than preservation, she brought nature back into the English imagination. Beatrix Potter: A Life In Nature reveals a strong, humorous and independent woman, whose art was timeless, and whose generosity left an indelible imprint on the countryside.

 

 

 

 

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And for children, what about these:

 

The Princess Diaries (After Eight)     (5th Jan ‘07)   

By Meg Cabot
It's the start of a new school term - and trouble's already brewing for one disaster-prone princess. On top of Mrs Martinez daring to suggest that Mia's 'not ready' for Advanced Creative Writing, Grandmere is being booted out of the Plaza during renovations. Can any other hotel in the world live up to Grandmere's standards, As if!

But Mia's problems fade to nothing when she hears the most terrible news of all. Michael has been accepted on a year-long computer science course ...in Japan! Can Mia's perfect prince really love her if he can go away for a year? Or is being halfway around the world just what Michael needs right now?

 

The Black Book of Secrets   (5th Jan ‘07)

By F E Higgens

When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash. Employed as Joe's assistant, Ludlow records the villagers' fiendish confessions in an ancient leather-bound volume: The Black Book of Secrets.

There's the gravedigger who has been resurrecting bodies; the butcher who made a mouse-meat pie for his bullying father, with fatal consequences; the wizened bookseller who went to murderous lengths to get her hands on a priceless tome. Ludlow longs to trust his mysterious master, but he senses Joe has much to hide. But then Ludlow Fitch has his own, very dark, secrets ...
 

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Love Cheques

Love Cheques is a unique way to show your love and commitment to the special someone in your life. Just choose one of our 30 love promises or use a blank cheque to write your own and simply sign your name. Now all you have to do is 'pay the bearer on demand' and watch your credit rating zoom.

Love Cheques include 'I promise to take you away for a romantic weekend', 'I promise not to watch sports all weekend' and 'I promise to go out to dinner with your parents'

 

Poems for my Valentine

This is a perfect gift to let that special someone know just how you feel.

The collection has over 30 poems arranged by four different themes - When We Meet...; Please Be My Valentine; I'll be True, Valentine; and Valentine, Be my Love.

Original watercolour illustrations complement the poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

And for something slightly unusual

“I Love You” in a Hundred Ways

A guide to expressing words of love in different and surprising ways.

This book explains how to tell your loved one how you feel in Gaelic, Welsh or Sanskrit. It also shows how to make your feelings known in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Nordic runes and Mayan pictograms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keeping reading...

Susie