Make Me A City

The Seeker: A Novel

It is 1925 and India's struggle for independence is in disarray, impeded by factionalism among its leaders and rising incidents of unrest across the country.

Plague and cholera

Paris, May 1940. Nazi troops storm the city and at Le Bourget airport, on the last flight out, sits Dr Alexandre Yersin, his gaze politely

Mary Toft; or, the Rabbit Queen

A stunning, powerfully evocative new novel based on a true story - in 1726 in the small town of Godalming, England, a young woman confounds

Goldberg

At the turn of the eighteenth century, a writer—a Jew—enters an English country manor, where he has been invited to read through the night to

The Lion and the Lamb

Condemned to a hovel, beaten by a merciless commander, crushed by the weather and forced to survive on starvation rations: no one looking at Paul

The War Girls of Goodwill House

With Lord Harcourt away fighting, Lady Joanna Harcourt and her daughter Sarah discover their life of luxury at Goodwill House is over. Lady Joanna is

War Baby

Some battles will be fought on the Homefront... The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet Family with young Charlie Sweet, lost at

A Ration Book Victory : The brand new heartwarming historical fiction romance

Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning

Blame the Dead

Ed Ruggero's Blame the Dead is the thrilling start of an action-packed and timely World War II series by a former Army Officer for fans

And Some Fell on Stony Ground

Visceral, affecting fictionalised report of a bombing mission, from a former tailgunner shot down over Germany. Introduced by Richard Overy.

Wunderland

An intimate portrait of a friendship severed by history, and a sweeping saga of wartime, motherhood, and legacy by an award-winning novelist It's 1989 in

Highland chieftain

Sir Callum MacMillan can scarcely believe such a slight lass as Bethoc could save him from the grasp of death. But he knows the telltale

The Devil's Mask

Meet Inigo Bright. He's a bored young lawyer working in Bristol after the abolition of the slave trade. A frustrated artist, at odds with his

Earth's Last Empire: The Final Game of Thrones

The most powerful and prophetic book yet from best-selling author Pastor John Hagee. Our world is in crisis mode, but God is still on the

Girls in the Picture

It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she

The Way We Were

Bravery has many meanings. Jerome's mom is a sailor. When her ship is in home port, she and Jerome bake cookies, read books together, and

Chocolate Cake With Hitler

A fictionalised account of the remarkable story of Helga Goebbels, daughter of the Nazi party's head of propaganda, who spent the last ten days of

Tsarina: A Novel

St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father

The Road to Reckoning

A novel that hits right to the heart of fans of Cold Mountain and True Grit, this is the completely compelling and brilliant story of

Troy: The epic battle as told in Homer’s Iliad

Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying

An Octagon for the Curriers

In the early 1840s, an enterprising New Englander from Vermont moved to frontier Michigan. It was there in the Village of Almont, that he built

Glitter of Mica

In the parish of Caldwell, in the heart of rural Aberdeenshire, life goes on much as it always has done for those who work on

Bombsites and Lollipops : My 1950s East End Childhood

World War Two is finally over. Millions all over the country are starting to wonder if peacetime really is much of an improvement on the

Bring up the Bodies

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. An astounding

No Live Files Remain

For readers of The Lives of Others and The Reader, and based on a true story, No Live Files Remain is a beautiful and moving

Hystopia

At the bitter end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy has created a vast federal agency, the Psych Corps,

Pages

'A rich, strange book. Very truthful and moving' Tessa Hadley 'A terrific, engrossing novel' Roddy Doyle 'A masterpiece' Sebastian Barry The new novel about the

The Hat Girl From Silver Street

Life is tough for Ella Bancroft. After her father, Thomas, is wheelchair-bound by an accident at the tube works, the responsibility for keeping a roof

Man Who Was Saturday

SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop's

Stories from Suffragette City

A collection of short stories from a chorus of bestselling writers all set on the same day, October 23, 1915, in which over a million

Crystal's Song

Millie Gray returns to wartime Leith to weave another tale full of warmth and humor, hardship, and survival. Living in the same neighborhood as the

Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert prezintă povestea dintre Victoria și Albert, cuplul regal care a ieșit din tipare. Poate că a fost o căsătorie aranjată, însă din

The Pre-War House and Other Stories

Shortlisted for the East Midlandâe(tm)s Book Award 2014The Pre-War House and Other Stories is the debut collection from Alison Moore, whose first novel, The Lighthouse,

Life Among the Terranauts

From the rising star and author of the 'marvelous' (Wall Street Journal), 'enthralling' (New York Times Book Review), and 'beautiful' (Washington Post) debut novel The

Black Jersey

A fast-paced mystery where Murder on the Orient Express meets the Tour de France—someone’s killing off cyclists one by one. There are cyclists willing to

Name Upon Name

Belfast in 1916, and 14-year-old Helen is shaped by her mixed background--rural, Catholic Irish values from her mother
urban, Protestant Ulster ones from dad. Her

Over a Hot Stove

For those eagerly tuning-in to watch Downton Abbey, this is a first-hand account of life working in the grand country houses of the last century.

The Dolocher

The Dolocher is stalking the alleyways of Dublin. Half man, half pig, this terrifying creature has unleashed panic on the streets. Can it really be

Orange World and Other Stories

'From the Pulitzer finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new

A Baby's Bones

Archaeologist Sage Westfield has been called in to excavate a sixteenth-century well, and expects to find little more than soil and the odd piece of

The Cold Millions

The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a

Harpers Heroes

Oxford Street, London 1915. Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days of the war, whilst husband Ben is working all

Girl from Cobb Street

She longed for a family of her own... Growing up in an orphanage on East London's Cobb Street, Daisy Driscoll never felt the warm heart

Kitty Little

Charlotte believes she can have any man she wants, and she wants Archie – no matter who is standing in her way. Esme is in

Sugar Money

Based on a remarkable and little-known true story. Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master with a mission. They

The Steamie

Magrit, Dolly, Doreen and Mrs Culfeathers are the lifeblood of their Glasgow community and the steamie is at the centre of their world. Now, in

Mrs Whistler

Chelsea, 1876 Struggling artist Jimmy Whistler is at war with his patron. Denied full payment, he and muse Maud Franklin face ruin. As Jimmy's enemies

The Tiger and the Ruby

In 1841, Nigel Halleck left Britain as a clerk in the East India Company. He served in the colonial administration for eight years before leaving

News of the World Movie Tie-In

Suntem în 1870, iar căpitanul Jefferson Kyle Kidd călătorește prin nordul Texasului, oferind lecturi live. Un văduv în vârstă care a trăit trei războaie și

An Awkward Commission

July, 1793. Since being press-ganged into service in King George's Navy, John Pearce has endured a whirlwind few months of wild storms and bitter battles

Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls

In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus has come to the island Nordstrand in Germany. Big-bellied girls rush from St. Margaret's Home for Pregnant

Wartime for the District Nurses

The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything

The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl

Yorkshire Dales 1850. Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed young woman at her cottage door, heavy with child. Moments later a baby girl

Deadly Deception

Victorian England. Clairvoyant flower seller Constance Piper receives supernatural aid from her late mentor-- and more grounded help from detective Thaddeus Hawkins-- as...

Bad Elements

A fascinating look at contemporary China from an important commentator

Billionaires' Banquet

1985, Edinburgh. Thatcher’s policies are biting deep – fat cats and street-kids, lovers, losers and the rest struggle to survive. Hume sets up a business

The Undiscovered Country

1920, the Irish War of Independence. Amid the turmoil of an emerging nation, two young IRA members assigned to police a rural village discover the

One Quiet Woman (Ellindale Saga Book 1)

From the beloved and bestselling Anna Jacobs' comes a new Lancashire-based saga. 1930, Lancashire:Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry,

Plays: Vol. 1

These five plays provide an excellent introduction to Kaiser's vision of the regeneration of man, which he illustrated in his works by a total paring

Wartime Blues for the Harpers Girls

With husbands and sons fighting for freedom, the women of Harpers are left to tackle the day-to-day affairs at home and work.With Ben Harper away,