
QUICK READS 2006 ARE STILL AVAILABLE: AT £2.99 PER BOOK (LBOL price including UK delivery : £3.50) SIX TITLES TO CHOOSE FROM_ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ QUICK READS 2006 - SIX TITLES STILL AVAILABLE FROM LBOL (01.05.2009) Each book £3.50 including UK 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. Last years Quick Reads books each cost £2.99
LBOL offers UK delivery included for £3.50  | 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?" |  | 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 |  | 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." |  | Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe Danny Wallace 9780091908942Danny Wallace wanted to write about a place, which is special and crucial to our existence. He then heard about a manhole cover, on a small street, in a small town, tucked away in a remote part of Idaho. The cover had been declared the Centre of the Universe. And the name of the town? Wallace. It was a cosmic coincidence Danny couldn't resist. |  | I am a Dalek Gareth Roberts 9780563486480Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up, Apollo mission-style, on the Moon. But the Tardis has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of England; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens. | | | |
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