Weekly E-Book Ranking: The Holiday basks in the number one spot

T M Logan's The Holiday (Zaffre) has jetted into the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot, displacing Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador) a week after the junior doctor memoir achieved the longest ever run in the chart top spot. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 14:51:37 UTC ]

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Richard Antoine White once had little more than his tuba. Now, he’s a musical pioneer.

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