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Great guide to cooking Sunday lunches
12:54pm Wednesday 14th March 2012
Mary Berry's Family Sunday Lunches by Mary Berry (Headline, £20)
A misunderstood intellectual - welcome to the world of Adrian Mole
9:06am Thursday 8th March 2012
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend (Penguin) Thirty years after they were first released the 'Secret Diaries' books by Sue Townsned, jusr re-issued by Penguin, still raise a smile and the occasional laugh out loud.
Bleak tale but great writing from Michael Dibdin
8:47am Thursday 8th March 2012
Ratking by Michael Dibdin (Faber and Faber, £7.99).
Epic time travel novel takes you back to the 50s and 60s
8:43am Monday 6th February 2012
11.22.63 by Stephen King (Hodder and Stoughton) The date in the title of Stephen King’s latest blockbuster relates to the date that President Jack Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.
Portrait of a Hollywood icon
10:07am Tuesday 20th December 2011
Robert Redford, The Biography by Michael Feeney Callan (Simon and Schuster.
Superb spy novel
5:31pm Tuesday 15th November 2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: John Le Carre (Sceptre, £7.99)
Review: The Playboy of the Western Railway, by Malcom Wheatham
4:31pm Thursday 28th July 2011
KENDAL writer Malcolm Wheatman’s humorous novel shunts nicely along like the train that links the two fictional south-west Ireland communities he has created.
Review: Why don't you come for me?, by Diane Janes
4:28pm Thursday 28th July 2011
WINDERMERE author Diane Janes has already proved she is an adept psychological thriller writer
Review: The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, by Alfred Wainwright and Frances Lincoln
4:27pm Friday 22nd July 2011
THIS is a revised edition of the last of Alfred Wainwright’s pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells, featuring the 56 ‘foothills’.
Review: The Litchfield Incident, by August Quinns
4:21pm Friday 22nd July 2011
AUGUST Quinns is the pen-name for Windermere writer Bert Hatley, whose intriguing spy novel is set 150 miles away in the cathedral city of Litchfield.
Review: L’Auberge by Julia Stagg
4:47pm Tuesday 21st June 2011
FEISTY, authentic and very gripping, this novel, written by a woman living in Austwick
Review: Curious Cumbrian Walks by Graham Dugdale
4:45pm Tuesday 21st June 2011
Next time I go running over Cunswick Fell I will do so with some trepidation.
Review: Dales Way, by Colin Speakman
4:53pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
AS A Yorkshireman now living in Kendal, this book really captured my imagination.
Review: Moving Forward, by Mary-Clare Armitstead
4:56pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
TRADITIONAL poetic structures are broken down in this autobiographical work, which exposes an Ulverston woman’s thoughts and feelings during her fight to find happiness
Review: Lakeland Yesterday Volume 2, by Irvine Hunt
4:46pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
VETERAN journalist Irvine Hunt has sourced some fascinating photographs to illustrate this wonderful dip into Lake District history.
Review: The Proof of Love, by Catherine Hall
4:43pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
EMBEDDED within this passionate novel is the popular theme of innocence contrasted with experience - the two leading characters embody both sides of the scale.
Review: Walking the Scottish borders and East Lothain, by Mary Welsh and Christine Isherwood
4:34pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
GAZETTE walks writer Mary Welsh teams up with Christine Isherwood for the 19th volume of the Walking Scotland series, providing a wonderful collection of walks in an often overlooked area.
Review: Voices of the Lake District, by Jayne Renouf and Rob David
4:39pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
BRITISH author Leslie Hartley famously wrote that ‘the past is a foreign country; they do things differently there’.
Review: Moon in Leo, by Kathleen Herbert
4:27pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
AS a lover of period literature, I found this novel an extremely fascinating and humorous read.
Review: Bird watching in the Lake District and the coast of Cumbria, by David Watson
4:23pm Tuesday 17th May 2011
THIS delightful and lavishly illustrated book will suit both nature lovers and recreational walkers seeking new inspirational locations.
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