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How many versions of the truth can there be?

In June 2014, Julia White - a beautiful and intelligent young woman - blows up a...

One lazy summer, Suzanne escapes her life in the city for a long holiday in the countryside. She rents a cabin in the woods, and...

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...

In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical...

Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and run off with his daughter's teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a...

Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. She’s looking for her friend’s...

In the new mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series, Martha Grimes brings London's finest on a double-homicide case that...

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

It's February 1942, and as the Americans finally join...

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...

Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa....

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

AD 58: Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has set his heart on a new wife but to clear a path for her, he must first...

Yoel has always known that his mother escaped the Nazis from Amsterdam. But it is not until after she has died that he finally...

A gripping, claustrophobic novel of guilty secrets, obsession and self-reinvention on the African Savannah from the twice Man...

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...

In the spring of 1914, renowned German photographer August Sander takes a photograph of three young men on their way to a country...

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...

The untold story of the remarkable young men who played a central role in the history of British horticulture and helped to shape...

On The Island, just as on many other islands, marriages are unhappy, people fall in love and the seasons pass. The town of...

They never found Leah Parata. Not a boot, not a backpack, not a turquoise beanie. After she left me that day, she vanished off...

Welcome to the Museum of Broken Promises,
a place of wonder, sadness … and hope.

Inside lies a treasure trove of objects – a...

Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of...

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...

John Kennedy Toole wrote The Neon Bible for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript was finally published twenty...

Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday...