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  1. The Miracle at Speedy Motors Alexander McCall Smith
  2. Eclipse Stephenie Meyer
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  1. Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell
  2. The World According to Bertie Alexander McCall Smith
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  1. Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Read by Mary Stuart Masterson
  2. Long Way Down Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman Read by Mark Bonnar and Rupert Degas
  3. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith Read by Adjoa Andoh
  4. Rubicon Tom Holland Read by Andrew Sachs
  5. The Careful Use of Compliments Alexander McCall Smith Read by Hilary Neville

Biography & Autobiography Archive

  • April

    • Waste Watch Mark Johnson's story donated to prisons

      The Aldridge Foundation and The Prince’s Trust are donating 2,500 copies of Mark Johnson's book Wasted to every prison in the UK.

    • A Grandmother's Life Celia Robertson on Who Was Sophie?

      Celia Robertson talks about the search for the truth about her grandmother in Who Was Sophie?

  • March

    • In Praise of Lazy Parenting Brett Paesel shares her child-rearing philosophy

      It’s still dark when my 7-year-old son wakes me. “Mom. The tooth fairy didn’t bring my dollar.”

    • John Travolta ruined my life! Yasmin Hai describes her childhood battle to 'learn to be English'

      She loved Punch & Judy and Enid Blyton, but her parents came from Pakistan and her mother wore a sari. Yasmin Hai reveals all in The Making of Mr Hai's daughter, a former Radio 4 Book of the Week.

  • February

    • Different Class Peerless Eel invites Queen to gig

      When Mark Oliver Everett played the Royal Festival Hall with his band the Eels he was hoping a particular London resident would come along.

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