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The soldiers are coming home – after six months in Afghanistan. Surely being reunited with their wives and girlfriends and...

The acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller about the marriage of an American First Lady: A rich, utterly absorbing, powerful story of...

For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine...

A fascinating and revelatory journey along the Danube to appeal to fans of Michael Palin's New Europe.

The Danube is Europe's...

Here is a truth that can’t be escaped: for Mia ‘Rabbit’ Hayes, life is coming to an end...

Rabbit Hayes loves her life,...

While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as...

'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those...

Small, well appointed future. Semi detached.

If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make...

A thrilling, poignant story of hope and loss set during World War 1, from Carnegie Medal-winning author Theresa Breslin.
The war...

A gripping and powerful story of two boys from rival backgrounds, for fans of The Hate U Give and The Upper World.

Glasgow is...

The year is 1969 and Jack Sheffield is a young teacher in need of a job.

In a room full of twenty-nine other newly qualified...

Ragley, 1952.

Lily has just arrived, ready to begin her first year as a teacher at the village school. There to welcome her is...

A brilliantly funny travelogue from the comedian and game show host Alexander Armstong.

In an adventure of a lifetime,...

It's 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his tenth rollercoaster year as headteacher.

It's the year...

What happens when what you wish for is only half the story...?

Three strangers and a funeral, that’s all it takes for these...

1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a...

The fourth installment of the hilarious Ragley-on-the-Forest village school series

It's 1980: recession and unemployment have...

It's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There...

When a shameless rugby legend and a distinguished grey lady get together sparks are bound to fly.
And when that legend is South...

Mary is a difficult grandmother for Durga to love. She is sharp-tongued and ferocious, with more demons than there are lines on...

1950s Tehran. In an alleyway an abandoned baby cries into the night, attracting the attention of the young man who will save her....

The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the...

Jude is popular, beautiful, wealthier than most in Deep Valley. Cindy is Jude's neighbour - younger, poorer, a kid from the kind...

'The actress arrived in his village the only way one could come directly . . .'

In spring 1962 American actress Dee Moray's...

A compelling story of darkness and light, of traumatic loss and second chances, The Cleaner of Chartres tells of the mysterious...

A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, published as a Penguin Essential for the first...

'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love'

Fifty-one years, nine...

The Rain Before it Falls - Jonathan Coe's heartbreaking novel of family secrets

Deeply moving and compelling, The Rain Before...

Gugu is beautiful, charismatic and of an unimpeachable political background. A respected midwife, she combines modern medical...

"As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about...