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Calling all Nabokov fans - check out the index cards on which Nabokov wrote fragments of The Original of Laura - the final masterwork which he was unable to finish before his death.
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Vladimir Nabokov's last novel, The Original of Laura, is one which he requested to be destroyed. His son, Dmitiri, however, did not oblige. The Original of Laura is about a wonderfully large man called ...
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Are you fan of William Trevor or do you know someone who is? Why not get them the gorgeous William Trevor collected stories giftset for Christmas?
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Browse our beautiful selection of gifts at Penguin's official online book shop. Read more with Penguin Books.
Penguin Books It's mid-month so that must mean more scrummy Penguin Tasters for you. This month sample the delights of Marian Keyes' The Brightest Star in the Sky, Adrian Mole Prostrate Years, David Vann's Legend of a Suicide, and well, see for yourself at http://www.penguin.co.uk/tasters
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Penguin Tasters: Download them, print them or put them on your pdf reader at Penguin's official online book shop. Read more with Penguin UK - online book sellers
Penguin Books If you're on Twitter, we're playing #unexpectedbooksequels with our pals at Penguin Books Australia - a guaranteed good time! Head over to http://www.twitter.com/penguinbooks
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Ever noticed the amount of food thrown away by companies? Take part in Tristram Stuart's Food Waste Watchdog and post your photos up on Flickr. The best photos will be featured on Tristram's website Liber-ate and guardian.co.uk.
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.
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WIN 100 BOOKS WITH DAVE AND PENGUIN!
Some of Dave's most popular comedians also write for Penguin
Books, so what better reason than that to giveaway 100 books!
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It's not all about TV at Dave. We like books as well. Which is why we've giving you the chance to win 100 of the papery word things!
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Marian Keyes talks about how hard it is to choose her favourite book, like asking a mother to choose her favourite child, but thinks that she might possibly have it with, The Brightest Star in the Sky! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zid7M2lBe
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Marian Keyes talks about how hard it is to choose her favourite, but thinks that she might possible have it with The Brightest Star in the Sky
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Choose
the perfect present this Christmas. Spoil, delight and inspire all your
loved ones this Christmas with our beautiful gift collections,
bestsellers of 2009 and quirky stocking fillers. http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/
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Sumptuous, sexy, stylish books and gift sets. View all our exceptionally beautiful Penguin book collections
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Top
of your to-do list this weekend must be to catch Nick Hornby's film of
Lynn Barber's memoir AN EDUCATION, which has opened today to RAVE
reviews! See the trailer here http://tinyurl.com/y9y4rag
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Buy An Education by Lynn Barber and other Biography & memoirs books online from Penguin Books's online bookstore. Read more with Penguin Books.
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Spending a Friday afternoon looking through some great sci-fi jacket artwork over the years. Enjoy!
"The Art of Penguin Books Science Fiction" http://bit.ly/12NMU2
(via Penguin Books Australia)
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The history and cover art of science fiction published by Penguin Books from 1935 onwards.
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Exciting news - John le Carre moves to Penguin
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Penguin Books THE ENEMY IS COMING... FOR YOU WIN A HALLOWEEN TREAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET To mark the publication of new zombie book, THE ENEMY by Charlie Higson you and a friend could win 2 tickets to THORPE PARK’s Fright Night on Saturday 31st October, as well as 2 Freaky Foursome horror maze Fastrack tickets. Closing date: 28/10/2009 so hurry! Enter now: http://www.the-enemy.co.uk/halloween Terms and conditions apply.
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Roald Dahl's characters get four mentions in Booktrust's Top 20 fictional favourites of all time.
Booktrust asked 1,318 children aged between five and 12 to pick their favourite literary characters. And the results show that Roald Dahl's tales continue to exert a magical pull on children's imaginations almost 20 years a...fter he died, with four of his creations, the Big Friendly Giant, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda and Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all making it into a list of children's favourite fictional characters.
See the full article and list of 20 titles on Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct
Booktrust asked 1,318 children aged between five and 12 to pick their favourite literary characters. And the results show that Roald Dahl's tales continue to exert a magical pull on children's imaginations almost 20 years a...fter he died, with four of his creations, the Big Friendly Giant, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda and Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all making it into a list of children's favourite fictional characters.
See the full article and list of 20 titles on Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct
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Booktrust poll of 5 to 12-year-olds, topped by Harry Potter, finds four Dahl inventions among the top 20 best loved
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Jamie's 20 Minute Meals app
Jamie Oliver knows a thing or two about tasty meals. And his latest creation, a fantastic new app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch to make cooking at home even easier. Savour 50 brand new recipes with step-by-step photos to help you shop for, prepare and cook all sorts of delicious meals.
J...amie's 20 Minute Meals is available from the iTunes Apps store - Download it via the iTunes link below or enter "Jamie Oliver" in the search bar.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSto
Jamie Oliver knows a thing or two about tasty meals. And his latest creation, a fantastic new app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch to make cooking at home even easier. Savour 50 brand new recipes with step-by-step photos to help you shop for, prepare and cook all sorts of delicious meals.
J...amie's 20 Minute Meals is available from the iTunes Apps store - Download it via the iTunes link below or enter "Jamie Oliver" in the search bar.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSto
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Michael Foot on George Orwell - Spinebreakers Editor Conrad talks to 1980s Labour leader Michael Foot about his friend and colleague, George Orwell >> http://www.spinebreakers.co.uk/books/198
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Spinebreakers Editor Conrad talks to 1980s Labour leader Michael Foot about his friend and colleague, George Orwell.
