Coming soon: New books for autumn/winter

handbag.com reveals the books you'll be itching to read this autumn winter, including novels from Belle De Jour, Candace Bushnell and JK Rowling : Books on handbag.com : Entertainment on handbag.com

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The Wizard Of Oz

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L. Frank Baum and Graham Rawle
Release date: 1 October 2008

 

Celebrated artist Graham Rawle\'s illustrated and wildly original interpretation of The Wizard Of Oz is a portable, handy-sized version of a classic. It\'s perfect to add to your own collection or give to someone as a great gift. Rawle\'s spectacular new version of The Wizard Of Oz contains over 100 new colour illustrations and introduces characters from the original book, not featured in the film.

 

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How To Dress: Your Complete Style Guide For Every Occasion

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Release date: 6 October 2008


The man that recently declared he\'s not sure about Sarah Jessica Parker\'s sense of style is bringing out a style guide. Although we\'re not sure that we can forgive him for dissing SJP\'s flawless fashion sense, for anyone that\'s going through a style crisis, or simply wants to change their look, this book has to be the best placed to start. The fantastic new guide has all the tips you\'ll need to look and feel fabulous - your own personal fairy Gok-mother.


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One Fifth Avenue

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Release date: 23 September


The acclaimed author of Sex And The City brings us One Fifth Avenue, the story of five women living at the prestigious address. One Fifth Avenue. The Art Deco beauty towers over Manhattan\'s hippest neighbourhood and is one-of-a-kind, the type of address you have to earn your way into. When one of the tenants dies, the inhabitants have to decide who deserves to move into the vacant apartment. What follows is a fun account of the twists and turns in Manhattan high society.

 

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The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage

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Release date: 2 October 2008


Simon Annand\'s collection of photography contains 300 images of actors preparing themselves to go on stage. These include Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Kevin Spacey and Judi Dench. For over 25 years actors have let Annand photograph them in the intimacy of their dressing rooms during the 30 minutes before curtain up, known as ‘the half\'. This book offers a dazzling gallery of actors and an insight into the final stages of an actor\'s journey.


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Parky: My Autobiography

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Release date: 2 October 2008

 

Chat show legend Sir Michael Parkinson is offering up his memoirs. Documenting his move from prize-winning journalist to chat show king, Parky\'s autobiography spans over four decades and the man who can tease secrets out of the most difficult chat show guests, now reveals his own. Parkinson\'s autobiography is a must-read.

 

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Playing The Game

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Release date: 16 October 2008


Playing The Game is the latest novel from the anonymous author of real-life story The Intimate Adventures Of A London Call Girl, recently seen on TV with Billie Piper playing Belle. In her newest rendition of life as a London call-girl, Belle De Jour moves into the realms of fiction with a clever, witty and sexy storyline. A novel of secrets and lies, and more than a little lust.


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Popbitch 2009

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Release date: 16 October 2008


Camilla Wright, the journalist behind cult gossip site Popbitch reveals her collection of the best scoops from the past eight years. The book also features a glossary of Popbitch nicknames (Posh and Becks are also known as Skeletor and Derek) and the world\'s first start-your-own-celebrity-rumour board game. A must-have for everyone who wants to keep one step ahead with their celebrity knowledge.


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Miss Dahl\'s Volumptuous Delights

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Release date: 9 February 2009


Supermodel and Roald Dahl\'s granddaughter Sophie Dahl brings us a ‘food memoir\'. Miss Dahl\'s Volumptuous Delights is Sophie\'s second book, following the release of Playing With The Grown Ups in 2006. Volumptuous Delights teaches the reader the art of eating a little of what you fancy, and Sophie, who\'s been both rotund and stick-thin, must know what she\'s talking about. In the book Dahl shares funny stories, favourite recipes from her kitchen, debunks diet myths and replaces them with common sense and a lashing of health recipes, celebrating the joys in food and eating.


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The Olivetti Chronicles

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Release date: 23 October 2008


A collection of the late great Radio 1 DJ\'s diaries, letters, articles and reviews for newspapers and magazines. The Olivetti Chronicles is a selection of wit and wisdom from national treasure John Peel. Selected by his wife Sheila and his four children, these writings amount to a second autobiography, documenting the John Peel story as it happened, from his earliest journalistic endeavours to his contributions to The Observer and Radio Times. This moving and extraordinary book is a reminder why John Peel was, and forever will be, a British legend.


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The Widows Of Eastwick

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Release date: 30 October 2008


Praised American writer, John Updike (Rabbit Series, The Witches Of Eastwick) returns with The Widows Of Eastwick. Witches Alexandra, Jane and Suki revisit Eastwick, Rhode Island, over 30 years after they departed. But the town holds old memories and there are those that remember the women and do not wish them well. A spooky novel, perfect for a spooky Halloween.


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Past Imperfect

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Release date: 30 October 2008


British actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter (Gosford Park), Julian Fellowes brings us the story of a man with a £500m fortune who sets out to find his heir. Damien Baxter is hugely wealthy, and dying, and so begins his quest. Damien contacts a friend from university, gives him a list of the girls he slept with and sets him a task - to find his heir.


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The Thrift Book

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Release date: 6 November 2008


Sunday Times coloumist India Knight usually writes the Isn\'t She Talking Yet? blog about bringing up children with special needs. Here she gives advice in her money-saving bible The Thrift Book, to help us sit-out the Credit Crunch, living well and spending less. Knight will show you how to: Make wonderful dinners, dress, holiday, have fun and much more on the most limited budget. In today\'s current climate, this book is a must-have.


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Just After Sunset

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Release date: 11 November 2008


Freaky thriller-writer Stephen King has written a collection of short stories, Just After Sunset. This is King\'s first volume of short stories in six years. King\'s after word provides comment on each of his tales and reveals that The Cat from Hell dates back 30 years, although most of the rest are recently penned and allow King to exorcise his demons, like being trapped in a portable loo in A Very Tight Space. The master of horror stories tells the reader himself, "I hope at least one of [the stories] keeps you awake for a while after the lights are out." Don\'t have nightmares.


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The Tales Of Beedle The Bard

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Release date: 4 December 2008


JK Rowling, the brains behind Harry Potter, brings us five wizard fairy tales, royalties from which will go to The Children\'s High Level Group, a charity supporting institutionalised children that Rowling co-founded. Each tale teaches the reader a valuable lesson about the strength of a true friendship, the redemptive power of love and the true magic that exists in the hearts of all of us. The tales also come with extensive footnotes from Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, making the stories a delightful addition to any Potter fan\'s collection.


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The Associate

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Release date: 29 January 2009


The best-selling US author is due to publish his latest thriller The Associate in February 2009. Grisham has written some of the top-selling US thrillers of the past 10 years, including The Rainmaker, The Firm and The Client. His next book is a must-read, by John Grisham standards.


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