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Customer News June 2005
Welcome to the Mainstream customer newsletter. Latest news includes:
New bestseller list - The bestselling book, WEEKEND WARRIOR, is available at the discounted price of £6.99 (£1 off, p&p free in the UK)
New reviews - Since our last newsletter we have had some fabulous reviews for our books, in particular Gina Mallet's LAST CHANCE TO EAT. All reviews for titles featured in the Top Ten can be seen alongside the bestseller list.
New signings - The London Book Fair takes place in March, which is when we announce our most exciting acquisitions for Autumn 2005.
As you have bought from us in the past and are clearly a book lover I
hope that you don't mind my contacting you, but if you do just click the
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winging it's way back to us and we will ensure that you don't receive any
further correspondence from us.
That said, you must check our bestseller list first to see if your purchase
has influenced it.
New bestseller list
1. Weekend Warrior
2. Cut-Throat
3. The Lone Brit on 13
4. McCrae's Battalion
5. The Ferris Conspiracy
6. Amongst the Marines
7. The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw
8. The Nature Doctor
9. On The Cobbles
10. Success Through the Zodiac: Virgo
Our
General Top Ten is headed by three new titles. An extract in News of the
World sent WEEKEND WARRIOR soaring into the No. 1 spot.
Author Kevin J. Mervin was one of 2,351 British Territorial Army soldiers
called up in February 2003 to fight Saddam Hussein's regime alongside the
British regulars and US troops. Like the other TA soldiers, this was the
first time Mervin was to experience real fighting rather than the weekend
training he would normally undertake. During his time in Iraq, Mervin kept
a day-to-day diary of his movements and noted the daily events taking place
elsewhere in the war, and this diary forms the backbone of his dramatic
account. WEEKEND WARRIOR paints a startlingly vivid picture of fear and
confusion on the front line and the long-term mental scars inflicted upon
the author as a result. As usual, the book at the top of the list is available
with £1 off and free p&p within the UK for Mainstream on-line
customers.
CUT-THROAT,
by Wayne Thallon, holds the No. 2 spot. When escaped drug baron and MI5
agent Rod McLean was mysteriously found dead in a London flat after two
months on the run, even Hollywood couldn't have scripted it better. CUT-THROAT
is a truly unique account of Rod McLean's life and death - and the aftermath
of both. Using material from McLean's diary. Whether as a mercenary in
the Congo, an armed robber in Newcastle or an international drug smuggler
and gun runner, McLean will take you through his life as he struggles against
the darkest realms of humanity.
THE
LONE BRIT ON 13 is a gripping true story of violence, degradation
and adventure penned in the confines of a grim Malaga prison cell. Imprisoned
for almost two years for drug-smuggling, the lone Brit on Wing 13, Chance,
reveals the horrors he experienced among the villains and screws in the
netherworld of the Spanish prison system. It is a shocking and controversial
read that will offend, amuse and = ultimately entertain with its unflinching
honesty and brutal realism. Christopher Chance's second book CARABANCHAL is
due to be published in January 2006.
Gina
Mallett has just won the James Beard Award for the Writing in the Food
Category for her book LAST CHANCE TO EAT. This book received
terrific reviews:
'Buy this book. Buy several copies and give them to your friends. Wave it around at supermarket check-outs. LAST CHANCE TO EAT has energy, economy and eloquence, and that's just for beginners. Passionate, entertaining, profoundly knowledgeable - give the woman a medal. Ignore it at your peril.' - Daily Mail
Sandy
Mitchell, co-author of SAUDI BABYLON has led a fantastic
publicity campaign with an appearance on Richard and Judy, an interview
by Alistair Stewart for ITV News and features in The Guardian, The Sunday
Telegraph, Daily Mail and across the Atlantic in the Washington Post and
on CNN.
Kathy
O'Beirne, author of KATHY'S STORY, has appeared on ITV's
This Morning and a feature will be running in Take A Break in June.
Forthcoming Titles
We have some exciting titles lined up for Autumn publication including GO TO HELL, a blistering expose of malfeasance, abuse and corruption within the Thai prison system. THATCHER AND SON is packed with revelations about Mark and Lady Thatcher's financial and commercial affairs. In KIDNAPPED IN YEMEN, Mary Quin details how a tour of Yemen turned into a nightmare of ambush and captivity, violence and imminent death.
Best wishes
Karen Brodie
Marketing and Rights
www.mainstreampublishing.com