http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/ York Press /leisure/books/ en-gb Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:34:02 +0000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:34:02 +0000 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/resources/images/1001327/?type=rsslogo http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/ http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9513203.Be_careful_what_you_wish_for___in_front_of_a_cat/r/?ref=rss You’ll never look at cats in the same way after reading York author Matt Haig’s new children’s novel, reports STEPHEN LEWIS

]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:10 +0000 54ec90426d0cb2072e84a9b22d0546b4 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9505622.Traces_Remain___Essays_and_Explorations_by_Charles_Nicholl__Penguin____20_/r/?ref=rss THIS is an intriguing book written by an author who loves to delve into the lesser known facts of history.

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:56 +0000 5b3b5b42bfca0e38c2f8fdf4109f3ca9 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9505618.The_Penguin_TV_Companion_by_Jeff_Evans__Penguin____30_/r/?ref=rss NOVEMBER 2, 1936, was a momentous day in the history of British culture for it was then that the BBC began its regular scheduled television service.

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:15 +0000 d7c5a3943aca3ae7871a6a5c4cd9b403 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9505616.The_War_of_the_Dragon_Lady_by_John_Wilcox__Allison___Busby____19_99_/r/?ref=rss JOHN Wilcox’s latest ‘Simon Fonthill’ novel is set in China of the 1900s, when peasants, unhappy with foreigners trying to break up their country, form a war-like group, and the Boxer Rebellion is born.

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:53:32 +0000 c51cbd8e7115d9ad5d325a749c785c54 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9505610.The_Pleasures_of_Men_by_Kate_Williams___Penguin__Michael_Joseph____12_99_/r/?ref=rss IN 1840 Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her uncle in the East End of London after the death of her parents, but she is not happy.

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:52:42 +0000 fab3601b9ee1787a667a2500e7e47d7e http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9485875.New_thrillers_from__the_Eastern_front/r/?ref=rss JULIAN COLE rounds up the latest crime novels with a selection from Eastern Europe

]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:37:36 +0000 2dbce26445ca3993fdf56958a6f5e83f http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9476240.Christmas_At_Cold_Comfort_Farm_by_Stella_Gibbons__Vintage____7_99_/r/?ref=rss COLD Comfort Farm was published in 1932 and was an instant success. Stella Gibbons became known for it and, though she wrote 25 novels, numerous short stories and poetry, it is Cold Comfort Farm that always springs to mind.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000 10be14ade6609afe0d5279cfe76155a3 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9476237.Jane_Austen_s_Letters_4th_edition_collected_and_edited_by_Deidre_le_Faye__Oxford_University_Press____25_/r/?ref=rss WHAT an utter delight it is to enter the world of Regency England, away from the problems of the 21st century.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000 d282e35a1f3a61320aa4e200e0f6f7f0 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9476239.Blood_Relative_by_David_Thomas__Quercus_Books____7_99_/r/?ref=rss PETER Crookham and his adored wife are architects based in North Yorkshire and have a successful business with a wealthy clientele.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000 fae96d8fdfd78662af5aedc2b2b6e6ee http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9476244.A_Year_In_The_Life_Of_The_Bowland_Fells_by_Andy_Stansfield__Frances_Lincoln____16_99_/r/?ref=rss IN the heart of Northern England, the Forest of Bowland is a magical area of colourful scenery, peace and tranquillity reflected in its villages and people.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000 0fba4148bcaebb1c0fd5eeec322243d0 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9476251.Windows_In_Art_by_Christopher_Masters__Merrell____19_95_/r/?ref=rss UNTIL relatively recently, windows were seen as a sign of wealth and were even subject to taxation as in England when in 1695 the Window Tax was introduced.

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +0000 168da68fc0807b7f5963ad6480a255b7 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9472465.Forbidden__by_Claire_Wright_with_GP_Taylor__Authentic_Media_____7_99_/r/?ref=rss STEPHEN LEWIS talks to former North Yorkshire vicar turned bestselling author GP Taylor about his latest book – an erotic modern take on the biblical story of David and Bathsheba.

]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:48:32 +0000 741d9660b96f356a588156a8a8ab448e http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9467394.Tony_Benn_tops_bill_at_York_Literature_Festival/r/?ref=rss YORK Literature Festival makes a return this year – with political legend Tony Benn topping the bill.

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:08:06 +0000 c3e245869b015855142911ae0acacfdd http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9464389.Book_tells_of_York_born_killer___s_reign_of_terror/r/?ref=rss THE reign of terror inflicted by a York-born mass murderer in war-torn London during the Blitz has been revealed in a new book.

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:51:27 +0000 f2bc8912368152144f455d20c52c54f9 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9453850.York_backdrop_to_plague_ebook/r/?ref=rss YORK is the star of a new TV series, Eternal Law, which goes out on ITV1 for the first time tonight.

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:17 +0000 5aa0df82fd63fc211ff6ec0e8223a9e0 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9448916.Book_celebrates_life_in_God___s_own_country/r/?ref=rss Teessider-by-birth NATALYA WILSON discovers a pride in her adoptive county through the pages of new book about Yorkshire

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:50:00 +0000 2501c71f330cfb0c9ac14b0bca4a5df6 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9449409.Praetorian_by_Simon_Scarrow__Headline____18_99_/r/?ref=rss CENTURION Macro and Prefect Cato are recalled to Rome to work undercover in the Praetorian Guard, the Emperor’s personal bodyguards,for there is a plot to assassinate Claudius the Emperor.

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000 494826c4b315c288c2df8e3b3208361e http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9449407.Herge__The_man_who_created_Tintin_by_Pierre_Assouline__Oxford_University_Press____9_99_/r/?ref=rss THIS is the biography of the man who gave us one of the world’s best-loved comic characters, Tintin.

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000 40fcd8220f7f5f0c7292808daecd721e http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9449403.The_Hand_That_Trembles_by_Kjell_Eriksson___Allison___Busby____7_99_/r/?ref=rss A SWEDISH county commissioner suddenly walks out of a meeting and disappears, leaving a wife and an elderly uncle behind. Sven-Arne Persson is presumed dead as no trace of him is found.

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000 3a8a4b01a8d8f6f476fd6f87d5e80a82 http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/books/9449399.Back_Slash_by_Bill_Kitson__Hale____18_99_/r/?ref=rss BILL Kitson, who lives in North Yorkshire, gives us another entertaining read when he discloses Detective Inspector Mike Nash’s latest case.

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