SEPTEMBER 2006 BESTSELLERS


Books of local interest returned to the fore for Book Case customers in September. Three children’s books made the Top Ten, the Dangerous Book for Boys was still popular, and Bill Bryson and trees made up the remainder.

1. Rebel Girls - Jill Liddington (£14.99)
At the top again, the story of the young campaigners who took their fight for the vote for women across the north of England - including Lavena Saltonstall of Hebden Bridge.

2. Iron Man - Ted Hughes (£4.99)
Iron Man is destroying the earth - but when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world. As illustrated on Mytholmroyd Station!

3. Dangerous Book for Boys - Conn Iggulden (£18.99)
Still riding high, a chunky guide to fun, creative and exciting things to do. "There's a whole world out there: with this book, anyone can get out and explore it."

4. Moods of Yorkshire - John Morrison (£14.99)
140 photographs showing Yorkshire in a variety of moods throughout the seasons - "If Yorkshire is hard to pin down, that’s because there are so many ‘Yorkshires’," says John Morrison; the first picture is of geese on the local towpath!

5. Gone Walkabout - Anna Carlisle (£6.00)
From Hebden Bridge publishers Pennine Pens, a collection of 24 local walks.

6. Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson (£18.99)
Nostalgic and hilarious memoir from the well-loved writer of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century.

7. Cliffhanger - Jacqueline Wilson (£3.99)
Young Tim isn’t one for sports but his Dad decides an adventure holiday with abseiling and canoeing will be just the thing.

8. Pocket Pub Guide to West Yorkshire - Keith Wadd (£4.99)
From the chairman of the West Riding Ramblers' Association, 15 walks, encompassing Ilkley Moor in the north to Holme in the south, and Lumbutts and Hebden Bridge in the west to Fairburn Ings in the east.

9. Secret Life of Trees - Colin Tudge (£8.99)
How trees work, how they communicate, how they tell the time, how they came to exist, and much much more.

10. Point Blanc - Anthony Horowitz (£6.99)
Fourteen-year-old Alex is back at school trying to adapt to his new double life, but MI6 have other plans for him.

[links to the previous list ]