Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Le Carre
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Bestsellers - March 2010
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 Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyAuthor: John Le Carre List price: £15.65 Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Format: CD-Audio Smiley, wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, is summoned to a secret meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged that the Circus has been infiltrated at the highest level by a Russian agent. 'Find the mole, George. Clean the stables. Do whatever is necessary'. Reluctantly Smiley agrees, and so embarks on a dark journey into his past - a past filled with love, duplicity and betrayal. 
 Some Sunny DayAuthor: Dame Vera Lynn Reader: Virginia Lewis-Jones List price: £13.70 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Format: CD-Audio Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn's career was set from an early age - along with her father, who also did a 'turn', she sang in Working Men's Clubs from just seven years old. She had a successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920s and '30s, but it was with World War II that she became the iconic figure that captured the imagination of the national public.
 Wolf HallAuthor: Mantel Hilary Reader: Simon Slater List price: £34.25 Publisher: Whole Story Audio Books Format: CD-Audio England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself.
 Business Stripped BareAuthor: Sir Richard Branson Reader: Sir Richard Branson List price: £13.70 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Format: CD-Audio From its creation as a mail-order record company to the literal launch of Virgin Galactic, today Virgin is one of the premier 'way-of-life' brands in the world, trusted and enjoyed by many millions of people. In "Business Stripped Bare", Sir Richard Branson shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the incredible truth about his most risky, brilliant and audacious deals.
 NocturnesAuthor: Kazuo Ishiguro List price: £16.98 Publisher: Faber and Faber Format: CD-Audio Described by the "New York Times" as 'an original and remarkable genius', Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, including "Never Let Me Go" and "The Remains of the Day". Now in "Nocturnes", a sublime story cycle, he explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time.
 Crocodile TearsAuthor: Anthony Horowitz List price: £24.99 Publisher: Walker Books Ltd Format: CD-Audio Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6. But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organiser, who realises that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising. Kidnapped and whisked off to Africa, Alex learns the full horror of McCain's plot: to create an epic disaster that will kill millions.
 An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern BritainAuthor: John O'Farrell Reader: John O'Farrell List price: £14.67 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Format: CD-Audio Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking 'How the hell did we end up here?'. "An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain" informs, elucidates and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945.
 Finding Katherine MansfieldAuthor: Katherine Mansfield Reader: Susannah Fullerton List price: £9.99 Publisher: Crimson Cats Format: CD-Audio Katherine Mansfield was born in 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand. Her life was a short one, but in her 34 years she wrote some of the finest short stories in English and helped to shape the modern short story. Virginia Woolf and D H Lawrence were greatly influenced by her works. Katherine's personal life was controversial and traumatic - there were lovers, quarrels, a pregnancy outside of marriage, divorce and lack of money - but she found in her own problems the inspiration for her great stories about alienation and loneliness.
 Dreams from My FatherAuthor: Barack Obama List price: £18.99 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd Format: CD-Audio The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance.
 I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: Chairman HumphList price: £8.80 Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Format: CD-Audio BBC Radio 4 celebrates the remarkable life of Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz genius, radio legend and master of the breathtaking double entendre, as friends and admirers recall Humph's highlights as chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
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