Customer News March 2003

Thank you for visiting the Mainstream Publishing web site. I would like to apologise for any problems you may have experienced while we were changing secure server. The new system is now up and running but to compensate for any disruption we have introduced free postage and packing for all UK orders. I hope that you will take this opportunity to purchase some of our recent best sellers:

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Frank Abagnale (£7.99) was in The Sunday Times best seller list for the whole of February. It is the book which inspired the block busting movie starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo di Caprio.

'..dangerously inspirational, giving a 'you can be whoever you want to be' message - all you need is the blag. So wild it reads like far-out fiction, but the beauty of it is, it's absolutely true.'
The Mirror

'This highly likeable individual also passed himself off as a doctor, a sociology professor and a lawyer. Why aim low? He only ever diddled big companies, which was good. You'll read these 205 pages double-quick because it's funny and it's real and it's true.'
Front Magazine, Book of the Month

WAR OF THE WINDSORS by Lynn Pickett, Clive Prince, Stephen Prior and Robert Brydon (£20) was serialised in the Daily Mail just before Christmas and their off the page sales have been tremendous. A new book, FRIENDLY FIRE, by the same team of authors will be published later this year.

'This controversial tome unearths a veritable cemetery of royal family skeletons and financial improprieties.'
Glasgow Evening Times

HOMELAND by Nick Ryan (£15.99) was published in February and is the result of years of research. He infiltrated the Far Right throughout Europe and America and the results of his investigations are frightening. It has received masses of media coverage and has been reviewed in almost every UK national paper.

'this is a terrifying book that provokes nightmares, and makes me fear for the future of our civilised society...He confesses his own terror in meeting them (the neo-nazis) but like the good reporter he is, lets these men hang themselves with their own obscene opinions - and actions...Writing it cannot have been easy...there could be no finer testament to his talent as a reporter...an important book, one that should appear in the bookcases of every politician in the land.'
GEOFFREY WANSELL, DAILY MAIL

'Ryan's hard hitting look at racist and fascist factions is topical to say the least...the overall picture of hatred on our streets is vivid.'
THE MIRROR (FOUR STAR RATING)

'Both a personal odyssey and a social commentary, not simply a story of undercover intrigue nor dry political analysis...(this) is a book for anyone curious about the nature of extremism. Makes for uncomfortable, even frightening, reading.'
CHRISTOPHER ONDAATJE, THE LITERARY REVIEW

TEAM ON THE RUN, The Inside Story of the Linda McCartney Pro Cycling Team by John Deering (£15.99) has been a consistent best seller on our web site.

Other cycling books which have sold well in the past are TOUR DE FRANCE (£9.99) and INSIDE THE PELOTON (£9.99) both by Graeme Fife and in Autumn 2003 we have a new book coming by someone who is attempting to cycle the route of the Tour de France in front of this years riders.