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Barnes in Commonthe magazine of Churches Together in BarnesWinter2011
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BOOKS TO ASK FOR FOR CHRISTMAS Here are a few suggestions of new, or new editions of, books you might like to put on your present list for Christmas. Or, you might like to give them as presents. Mervyn Peake: Lovely hardback edition of the Gormenghast trilogy, with illustrations. Vintage Classics £25.00 Claire Tomalin: Charles Dickens, a Life. This superb biographer has produced the definitive life of Dickens. Penguin £30.00 Robert Hughes: Rome: a Cultural History. Weidenfeld and Nicolson £25.00 Erin Morgenstern: The Magic Circus . A magical, beautiful tale by a new author. Vintage £12.99 And for anyone who loves Barnes – Barnes: the Village on the River: Photographs by Andrew Wilson. Introduction by Maisie Brown. Barnes, as it shows nature in an urban environment. £17.95 For children: The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Retold by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. This age-old story retold by a master of writing for children, with superb illustrations. Walker Books £12.99 The Usborne illustrated Children’s Bible. Retold by Heather Amory. Pictures by Elena Temporin. The perfect present. £20.00 The Totally Terrifying Three by Hiawyn Oram, illustrated by David Melling, Hachette Children’s £10.99 A dragon, a witch and a giant are convinced they are totally terrifying, but a toddler shows them they are not that scary after all. (age 3+) One Dog and his Boy by Eva Ibbotson £10.99 Scholastic (age 8-10) The Devil Walks by Anne Fine £10.99 Doubleday (10-14) Blood Red Road by Moira Young £7.99 paperback Scholastic (14+) And also, My Henry by our very own Judith Kerr Collins £7.99 All these books are available at Barnes Bookshop, Sheen Bookshop, and the Kew Bookshop. Susan Gibson
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