Leila Tarazi Fawaz and CA Bayly Between the 1890s and 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic,...

Thomas Hardy Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors: the local squire's nephew Festus and the miller's two sons,...

Rosamunde Pilcher After years in the United States, Jane returns to the tranquil Scottish estate, Elvie, where she'd spent a magical childhood. Memories of Elvie have always summoned the image...

Kitty Ferguson More than a biography, this book introduces both the life and theories of the world's most famous scientist. Interviews with Hawking and his colleagues tell the story of...

Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age and especially those that teach us how to love, as 'in love the young are...

Michael Grant This is the story of Jewish civilization from its beginnings to the destruction of Jerusalem & its Temple in AD 70. The book deals with Israel's relations with...

Katherine Mansfield Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories were written towards the end of Katherine Mansfield's tragically short life. Many are set in the author's native...

Compiled by Uma Das Gupta This book is a collection of essays of the late Professor Ashin Das Gupta - one of the pioneers of maritime history in India. It...

Colette Dowling The Cinderella Complex offers women a real opportunity to achieve the emotional independence that means so much more than a new job or a new love. It can...

Robin Pilcher Dan Porter had it a big house in suburban London, a beautiful wife, three children in private school, and a high-paying job. But then, it all collapsed like...

Iain Banks A few spliffs, a spot of mild S&M, phone through the copy of tomorrow's front page, catch up with the latest from your mystery source - could be...

Hugo Young Originally published in 1998. Describing Britain's troubled relationship with Europe and the issues which have remained unanswered since the end of the Second World War. Queries whether Britain...