Reader's Digest

Wigs for all occasions - Bill Bryson

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:43:08 +0000

In this extract from his book, At Home: a short history of private life, Bill Bryson examines one of fashion’s more bizarre and uncomfortable crazes

Books to read this summer

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:00:11 +0000

No matter your choice of reading instrument - Kindle, iPad, eReader, or good old paperback - this mix of book titles will keep you relaxed and entertained throughout the summer months.

10 most famous self-help books of all time

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:45:09 +0000

Who do you turn to when the chips are down? Josephine Brouard rounds up ten of the most famous self-help tomes of all time.

Book Reviews August 2011

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:15:39 +0000

The pull of good fiction

Meet the Authors August 2011

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:13:44 +0000

William Kent Krueger, master of his own territory

Interview with author Richard Paul Evans

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:53:49 +0000

Richard Paul Evans is the award-winning author of eleven New York Times best sellers and five children’s books, but there is a lot more to this former advertising executive besides his publishing success. He is a man with a purpose.

Interview with author Jeffery Deaver

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:14:40 +0000

Born: 1950, Chicago Homes: California and North Carolina

Book News August 2011

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:09:00 +0000

Ros Moriarty and the concept of Country

Book reviews July 2011

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:59:28 +0000

Reader reviews tell us: any challenge you are given in life is never too big

Meet the Authors June 2011

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:27:34 +0000

Freewheeling Kerry Reichs

Book News June 2011

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:45:27 +0000

Behind the lines during the war in Kosovo

Book News June 2011

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:00:00 +0000

Behind the lines during the war in Kosovo

Meet the Authors March 2011

Fri, 06 May 2011 14:30:41 +0000

Author of the Month: John Carlin

Book Reviews April 2011

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:24:41 +0000

Do you know how the theory of evolution evolved?

Extract from Darwin's Armada

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:41:28 +0000

Charles Darwin on the shores of Australia

Interview with author Susan Hill

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:19:08 +0000

Born: 5 February 1942, Scarborough, UKHome: Suffolk

Maggie Beer

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:04:57 +0000

Maggie shares a special title from her bookshelf French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David

An extract from Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:27:22 +0000

Alexander McCall Smith

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:51:05 +0000

Born: 1948, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). First book: The White Hippo (1980). Honour: CBE in 2007 for services to literature

Book Extract- Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:18:28 +0000

Read an extract from the biography of Sir Edmund Hillary by Alexa Johnston. Here is a tale of an international hero, an adventurer and an extraordinarily charitable man.