'Grandpa stopped speaking the day he killed my brother, John. His name was John until Grandpa said he looked more like a Bird...

'God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell.' Richard Burton
'I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And...

An enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited them

Lighthouses are enduring...

In the third in a new series of short, provoking books of original philosophy, acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through...

Dear Reader,
One dark and stormy night, I found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park...
I collected and assembled...

Forget the French you learnt at school. Based on twenty years of hard-won knowledge, Pardon My French takes you through all the...

At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation and exposure. She has reached rock bottom, but after Martha is...

Isaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century - an activist of the intellect who marshalled...

Marguerite Penrose's is an extraordinary story of making a great life from complicated beginnings. Marguerite was born in a...

The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA

She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon...

A love affair born in rural Ireland! Two mismatched lovers, locked in a relationship that will change both of them . . ....

A young woman comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past

When Beth Crowe starts university, she is shadowed by the...

Three couples. One therapist's couch ...

Alice and Niall used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. Now...

The Irish do death differently.

Funeral attendance is a solemn duty - but it can also be a big day out, requiring...

A girl covered in blood. A missing man. A cryptic fairy tale.

Detective Laura Shaw seems to have it all: a supportive husband,...

I felt like I was living in a world teetering on the brink ...

Life as a stay-in-bed husband turned out to be a lot more...

How well do you know the life of one of Britain's great maritime heroes?

Discover the truth behind a man who remains a...

When a Life is Destroyed by Tragedy, Can Love Win Through?

On the very day Helen Wilson plans to choose her wedding dress, a...

Manchester, 1941

Christmas is the season for family and friends, and this year the railway girls will need each other more...

Tell me the story of how you two met...

Laura has built a career out of interviewing people about their epic real life love...

Patterson... , Fagen...

Kennedys were always taught to win at all costs. And they did - but the price they paid was unimaginable . . .

Across decades...

The Drones club's in peril. Gussie's in love. Spode's on the warpath. And His Majesty's Government needs a favour. Thank goodness...

Sunderland, 1944

As the promise of victory draws closer, this Christmas will surely be one to remember.

It should be a...

Sunderland, 1943: As Christmas approaches in the shipyards, everyone is hoping for a little magic...

Helen would love to find...

Sunderland, 1942

With the war showing no sign of abating, Helen is thriving in her role as shipyard manager. But at home the...

Emma's husband Chris is fretting about starvation and societal collapse. He's turned off the heating and is stockpiling off-label...

When war comes, friendship will see them through the tough times

As the First World War rages on, Leonora has been separated...

Can they do their bit for the war effort?

A gripping historical saga based on a true story, following wartime nurses during...

Can she escape her mother's scandalous past?

Cath Raine and her sister have had a difficult childhood. Abandoned by their...

Can two young, coal-miner's daughters survive on their own?

When their mother tragically dies, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left...