QUICK READS 2007 ARE BACK: AT £2.99 PER BOOK
(Plus 50p per book for UK delivery)

TEN TITLES TO CHOOSE FROM: 2007 List

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  Twenty Tales from the War Zone        John Simpson

Pan Books
ISBN: 978 0 330 44999 1

John Simpson’s career has led him into some extremely dangerous and hair-raising situations and this roller-coaster of a book describes the most powerful, shocking and sometimes downright hilarious experiences this famous TV journalist has faced. 

         About the Author

John Simpson is the BBC’s World Affairs Editor. He has twice been the Royal Television Society’s Journalist of the Year. He has also won three BAFTAs, including the Richard Dimbleby award in 1991 and the News and Current Affairs Award in 2000 for his coverage, with the BBC News team, of the Kosovo conflict. He has written several books, including five books about his life and travels: Strange Places, Questionable People; A Mad World, My Masters; News from No Man’s Land; The Wars Against Saddam and, most recently, a memoir of his childhood, Days from a Different World.  He lives in London with his South African wife, Dee, and their son, Rafe

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  Made of Steel      Terrance Dicks

ISBN: 978 1 846 07204 8

An obscure Government Ministry is blown up, and secret decoding equipment disappears. High-tech equipment is stolen from an army base. Mysterious figures raid an electronics shop, take the new games consoles and then vanish. Could the Cybermen be back?
        About the Author

Terrance Dicks was born in East Ham, London in 1935. After graduating from Cambridge and two years National Service he began work in the advertising industry before moving over to television as a writer. In 1968 he began working on Doctor Who. He has written over 50 Doctor Who novels and also has been a prolific author of books for children.

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  Burning Ambition     Allen Carr

Penguin
ISBN: 978 0 141 03030 2

Allen Carr’s multi-million-copy bestselling books have helped to stop vast numbers of people smoking.  Here, for the first time, Allen shares his own personal struggle with smoking, including his recent diagnosis with lung cancer.  Despite this, Allen believes that giving up smoking granted him an extra 20 years of healthy life.      

   About the Author

Allen Carr was an accountant and smoked one hundred cigarettes a day until he gave up and wrote a series of bestselling books. He has built a hugely successful network of stop-smoking clinics across the world and is the author of The Only Way to Stop Smoking, How to Stop Your Child Smoking, The Easy Way to Enjoy Flying and The Easyweigh to Lose Weight.  He lives in Spain.

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  Lily     Adèle Geras

Orion
ISBN: 978 0 752 88224 6

A masterful and heart-rending modern ghost story, Lily evokes the world of a young woman yearning for her lost baby. When Marie starts to see her child on every street corner, is it all in her mind ? or not?

        About the Author

Adèle Geras was born in Jerusalem in 1944. Her first book appeared in 1976, since when she has published over eighty books for children and adults, including the bestselling Facing the Light, Hester?s Story and Made in Heaven. Adèle is the mother of two daughters, and lives with her husband in Manchester.

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  A Dream Come True     Maureen Lee

Orion
ISBN: 978 0 7528 8239 0

When the travel agency where Maggie works is taken over by a larger firm, Maggie has no idea how much her life will change ? in every way.  A Dream Come True is a novel of love and self-discovery from a much-loved writer.

        About the Author

Maureen Lee was born in Liverpool and had numerous short stories published and a play professionally staged before her first novel was published. She now writes full time, is a Sunday Times bestselling author, and her novel, Dancing in the Dark, was the winner of the RNA Award.

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  Reading My Arse     Ricky Tomlinson

Sphere
ISBN: 978 0 7515 3953 0

The ever-popular Ricky Tomlinson provides a funny and irreverent novel about one man’s decision to explore the world and how reading helps him on his quest.      

About the Author

Ricky Tomlinson is one of Britain#s best-loved actors and entertainers. Famous as the irascible sofa slob Jim Royle of The Royle Family, he has also scored as the crackpot football manager Mike Bassett, and has starred in a procession of television shows including Brookside, Cracker and Down to Earth. His many film appearances take in such movies as The 51st State, Riff Raff and Raining Stones. He was voted Best Comedy Actor for his performances as Jim Royle, and both his autobiography, Ricky, and Football My Arse! were bestselling books.

Ricky was born in September 1939. He was brought up in Liverpool, where he still lives with his wife Rita.

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  The Sun Book of Short Stories     The Sun

Transworld
ISBN: 978 0 553 181882 6

To coincide with the launch of Quick Reads 2006, the Sun ran a competition for the best short story by their readers.  There was a remarkable response, with hilarious, moving and powerful stories pouring in.  The Sun Book of Short Stories includes the best stories from the competition.

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QUICK READS 2006  -  MOST TITLES STILL AVAILABLE FROM LBOL

Each book £3.50 including postage

In March 2006, twelve of the biggest names in fiction and non−fiction published short, fast-paced new books designed to encourage reluctant readers to get hooked on books. These were the first twelve titles in the Quick Reads series.

A major new initiative from leading publishers, booksellers and writers, Quick Reads is one of the most exciting developments on the literary scene for years.

Authors published in the first Quick Reads series were Ruth Rendell, Maeve Binchy, Richard Branson, Matthew Reilly, Joanna Trollope, Minette Walters, Conn Iggulden, Rowan Coleman, Patrick Augustus, Tom Holt, John Bird, and Mick Dennis and the Premier League.

There were a further twelve Quick Reads titles published in May 2006, by Andy McNab, Mike Phillips, Danny Wallace, Val McDermid, John Francome, Damien Lewis, Tom Holland, Courttia Newland, Hunter Davies and a new Doctor Who story.

Nearly all of these titles are still available.

Quick Reads is funded by World Book Day, National Book Tokens, the DfES, the WHS Charitable Fund and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Other partners include the BBC, the TUC, The Vital Link and The Reading Agency. Quick Reads is backed by a massive marketing and publicity campaign and a major outreach campaign is currently underway to reach all emergent readers.

Quick Reads books each cost £2.99

LBOL offers UK delivery for 50p

	The Thief Ruth Rendell Arrow 0099497883 "Stealing things from people who upset her was something Polly did . . . but she could never have imagined it could have such terrifying results. "
	A Woman Walks Into a Bar Rowan Coleman Arrow 0099492288 "After a series of terrible dates Sam is starting to lose heart − then her friends tell her they have set her up on a blind date."
	Blackwater Conn Iggulden HarperCollins 0007221665 "Davey has always lived in the shadow of his older brother. But when Dennis Tanter comes in to Davey’s life, how far will they go to get him out of it? Can you really count on your brother to watch your back?"
	Star Sullivan Maeve Binchy Orion 0752879545 "Molly Sullivan said that the new baby was a little star. She was always no trouble at all and she was always smiling . . . so she became known as Star."
	Hell Island Matthew Reilly Pan 0330442325 "Four groups of special forces are being parachuted into Hell Island − but who or what will they be fighting once they get there? Who is their real enemy and how many of them will return alive?"
	The Book Boy Joanna Trollope Bloomsbury 0747582114 "Alice, 38, has a family, a house, and a secret. Joanna Trollope explores the emotions at the heart of Alice’s predicament with the warmth and insight that have made her one of the nation’s favourite writers."
	Don’t Make Me Laugh Patrick Augustus The X Press 1902934466 "Fool me once, but you ain’t gonna fool me twice." When two men both want the same girl, there»s no trick that’s too cunning to play
	Someone Like Me Tom Holt Orbit 1841494461 "In a world torn apart by hatred and fear, only the strongest will survive."
	Screw It, Let’s Do It Richard Branson Virgin 0753510995 "Believe it can be done; try and try again until you achieve your goal of a successful life. Learn the secrets from Richard Branson."
	Seven Steps to Change Your Life John Bird Ebury 0091907039 "Want to improve your life, but don’t know where to start? Big Issue founder, John Bird, explains his seven simple rules that could change your life."
	The Team Mick Dennis with the Premier League Corgi 0552153729 "The behind−the−scenes story of Premiership football."
	Chickenfeed Minette Walters Pan Macmillan 0330440314 "Based on the true story of the ’Chicken Farm Murder‘ which took place at Blackness, Crowborough, East Sussex in 1924, Minette Walters brings a thrilling interpretation to this real−life mystery."