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Virginia Woolf began writing reviews for the Guardian 'to make a few pence' from her father's death in 1904, and continued until...

This wide-ranging anthology pays tribute to fathers young and old. At one end of the spectrum, a touching story by Ann Packer...

Barney is a solitary little boy, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the edge of a disused chalk-pit when...

The subjects of Salman Rushdie's collection of non-fiction range from The Wizard of Oz, U2, India and Indian writing, the death...

On a freezing winter's night, a small craft skims the Thames towards London's most exclusive riverside hotel. On board is a lone...

Help Spot count the stars to fall asleep in this cosy bedtime story - with real glowing lights!

Spot and his family are on a...

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) is one of the towering figures of world culture, a universal man whose extraordinary...

You can't believe all of them . . . But can you trust any of them?

Widower Kane Black has been hollowed by grief.

Until he...

Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.
When retired doctor Ben Wilf comes across ten-year-old Waldo...

1960. The border between East and West Germany has closed.

For Elisabeth - a young painter - the GDR is her generation's...

1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the...

The hit BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, offers a fresh, contemporary take on the classic Sir Arthur Conan...

Cheltenham Races, New Year's Eve.
Gerard Logan witnesses the death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from...

One of the greatest French novelists, Balzac was also an accomplished writer of shorter fiction. This volume includes twelve of...

Although best remembered today for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction...

The finest and most enjoyable of Virginia Woolf's letters are brought together in a single volume. It is a marvellous collection...

In this frightening and surprising novel, the eccentric, wayward genius of Commissaire Adamsberg is pitted against the...

The ancient sports of murder and myth

Stunned by a dramatic appeal from his otherwise cool mother-in-law, Falco cannot resist....

John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published...

When President Habyarimana’s jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing – which left up...

Can revelations from the past help them start a new life?

Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that summer: Jenna,...

As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an even more eventful year than usual. A new teacher is appointed, and...

The year is 1976 and Jack Sheffield never wants to leave his job.

Jack has been the deputy head teacher at Newbridge Primary...

Dying billionaire Trevor Stone hires private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to find his missing daughter....

Arun and his two classmates, Aseem and Virendra, are the success stories of their generation. As graduates of the prestigious...

These letters cover the activities of Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac in the years that gave birth to the Beat...

One war, one soldier, one enduring love

1939: In a village in south-east Nigeria on the brink of the Second World War, young...

The perfect Easter gift for chocolate-loving chiddlers!

Easter Eggs are scrumptious!
Every chiddler knows that's true.
But...

"You're always good on ideas, Tom..."

An American art collector is claiming that the expensive masterpiece he bought is a...