Waterstones offer 15% off ALL orders
Story by Jack Foley
WATERSTONES is currently offering 15% off ALL orders until November 23, 2007 – but only to online customers.
All customers have to do is enter the code VM1911 at the checkout stage when placing an order and they’ll receive the discount.
The code is single use only and has no minimum spend. It is only available online and subject to terms and conditions and withdrawal at any time.
With Christmas rapidly approaching, what better time is there to stock up on some books to place around the Christmas tree early?
Choose from popular best-sellers such as Patricia Cornwell’s Book Of The Dead, Nigella Lawson’s Nigella Express or Richard Hammond’s On The Edge.
We can also recommend….
The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches – Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is now 108-years-old and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. Harry vividly remembers his childhood in the Somerset countryside of Edwardian England.
Lewis Hamilton: My Story – In My Story, for the first time Lewis opens up about his stunning debut season, including the gripping climax to the 2007 F1 World Championship, as well as his dad Anthony, his home life and his early years.
New Europe by Michael Palin – In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, breathing in its rich history, filming its exquisite sights and talking to its diverse peoples, Michael fills what has been a void in his own experience and that of very many of his own generation.
The Ghost by Robert Harris – The narrator of Robert Harris’ gripping new novel is a professional ghostwriter – cynical, mercenary, and with a nice line in deadpan humour.
Eric Clapton: The Autobiography – At the age of 62, Eric is now ready to tell his story as it is, hiding nothing, with a directness and searing honesty that will make this book one of the most compelling memoirs of our time.
It’s in the Blood: My Life by Lawrence Dallaglio – Full of drama, controversy, great sadness and heart-stopping moments, Lawrence Dallaglio’s story – the last of the great World Cup heroes – is the one every rugby fan has been waiting to read.
Long Way Down – After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn’t shake the travel bug. And after an inspirational UNICEF visit to Africa, they knew they had to go back and experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. And so they set off on their 15,000-mile journey with two new BMWs loaded up for the trip.
Don’t Stop Me Now by Jeremy Clarkson – Jeremy Clarkson knows there’s more to life than cars. There is, after all, a whole world out there just waiting to be discovered. So, before he gets on to torque steer and active suspension, he’d like to take a little time to consider the bigger picture. Don’t worry, we’ll get to the car bit in the end, but before we do, we’ll learn about: the unfortunate collapse of the British empire; why Galapagos tortoises are all mental; France, reduced to the size of a small coconut; why Jeremy Paxman and the bass guitarist of AC/DC aren’t so very different; the problems of being English; and God’s most stupid creation.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini – Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam’s unhappy household. The latest novel from the acclaimed author of The Kite Runner.