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At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from the continent in search of a better life in...

Rome, AD41. Caligula has been assassinated and the Praetorian Guard have proclaimed Claudius Emperor - but his position is...

A unique and compelling exploration of why humans need animal companions – from dogs and cats to horses, birds and reptiles – as...

It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her...

A feverish vision of McCarthy-era Hollywood…

Los Angeles, 1950. Over the course of a single day, two friends grapple with the...

An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martin Acla, a...

Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion...

In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog...

The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways’ vital role in...

The official account – complete with full-colour illustrations – of how four ordinary people managed to expose the government’s...

Foresight is not always a gift…

The summer Natasha Rothwell turns fifteen, strange dancing lights appear in the sky above her...

Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires. Dire warnings are everywhere, so why has it...

In the darkest days of the Blitz, hope is more important than ever.

It's 1939, and as the country is preparing for the...

You’ve seen the BBC 2 series, now read the novel based on the TV show. Don’t miss Versailles the most sexy and shocking drama...

Crest has lost the use of his legs after falling off a walkway while trying to write graffiti on a roadside wall; his best...

One split second … the moment that changed their lives forever.

When a car carrying five friends home from a party crashes...

‘Tomorrow I’m going to begin my novel…‘

A would-be author has taken time out from life in the city to live in a cabin by a...

When Gill and Gabe's elder son drowns overseas, they decide they must hide the truth from their desperately unwell teenaged...

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honour. A...

Exit West meets An American Marriage in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new...

First Voice: Why are we listening?
Second Voice: I dunno, I mean, what else is there to do?

Tony Cooney, a local-radio DJ,...

‘We’ve been waiting for an hour.’ That’s what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering...

Why do you love your child? Is it because they're a straight A student, a talented footballer? Or is it simply because they're...

In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Emile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris – a moment of pure...

A struggling author is stuck at the airport, his flight endlessly delayed. As he kills time at the gate, he bumps into a former...

I thought loving someone was simple. It isn't. Glorious, yes. Painful, yes. Unforgettable, yes. Simple, no. It took me the war to...

In the final days of war, only love will pull her through...

Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years...

'How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,' writes Susan Orlean. Since the age...

At the turn of the twentieth century, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski...

When you fake it for a living, the truth is hard to find...

Former child star Lily Thane is now a struggling thirty-something...