Charles Townshend The protracted, terrible fight for independence pitted the Irish against the British and the Irish against other Irish. It was both a physical battle of shocking violence against...

Francis Cottam Every year, three million single women in America move into an apartment for the first time. Few of them change the locks . . . Juliet Devereau can't...

Lars Kepler During a cold winter night in Stockholm a man is found walking alongside a railway bridge, suffering from hypothermia and legionella. After he's rushed to the hospital, it's...

Kishwar Desai Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret… Simran Singh is...

Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee A revolution is under way. In recent years, Google's autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM's Watson trounced the best...

Nicolas Barreau Alain Bonnard, owner of a small cinema in Paris, believes in nostalgia. At Cinema Paradis there are no buckets of popcorn, no Hollywood blockbusters. Alain holds firm to...

RS Belcher Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose...

Author: Jo NesboSONNY’S ON THE RUNSonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins.HE’S BEEN LIED TO HIS WHOLE LIFEBut...

Simon Schama It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of...

Ayesha Jalal Established as a homeland for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history that has unfolded in the vortex of dire regional and international conflicts. Beset...

Sophie Hannah All she wanted to do was take her son's forgotten sports kit to school.So why does Nicki Clements drive past the home of controversial newspaper columnist Damon Blundy...

Gary Fuller Get to know your world through the geography travia questions in this fun and informative guide. You never know what you may discover inside!An inveterate traveler and geographer...