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Ten new Quick Reads
Books by Rolf Harris, Andy McNab and Cathy Kelly are among ten new Quick Reads published on World Book Day 4 March, the fifth anniversary of this hugely successful initiative to bring reading to peope who have lost the habit or never got into it. The full list of new titles is:
• Last Night Another Soldier by Andy McNab
• The Perfect Holiday by Cathy Kelly
• The Perfect Murder by Peter James
• Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes by Justin Richards
• Hello Mum by Bernardine Evaristo
• Money Magic: Seven Simple Steps to True Financial Freedom by Alvin Hall
• Traitors of the Tower by Alison Weir
• We Won the Lottery: Real Life Winner Stories by Danny Buckland
• Life's Too Short: True Stories About Life at Work with foreword by Val McDermid
• Buster Fleabags by Rolf Harris
The Reading Agency has created an ideas guide and a writing pack to support the new titles downloadable from the Quick Reads website or the Reading Agency website where you can also find resources to support all the Quick Reads published since 2006.
New for 2010, Quick Reads are available to download direct to computers, phones and e-readers as eBooks. With a range of features, including screen reader capability, this a great interactive way to enjoy the books. To celebrate World Book Day, Quick Reads is exclusively offering one title - The Thief by Ruth Rendell - as a free download (see below), for one week only from 4th March 2010.Find out more.
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