Jennie RooneyStephanie Stanford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth. But the past is complicated and difficult to untangle. Meanwhile, Michael's memories are squashed into a shoebox (along with...

Arthur C ClarkeIn 1994, the Marines test a new missile. After launch it mysteriously disappears. If it reaches civilian areas they'll be in big trouble. Carol Dawson, a journalist, is...

Michael Morpurgo   When cub reporter Lesley is sent to Venice to interview a world-renowned violinist, the journalist is told she can ask Paolo Levi anything about his life and...

Kathryn Hughes Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number...

Elisabeth GiffordSet in the ghettos of wartime Warsaw, this is a sweeping, poignant and heartbreaking tale, based on the true story of one man who was determined to protect 200...

Author: Chaim Herzog Herzog re-creates Israel's turbulent military history from the 1948 Civil War in Palestine to the 1982 war in Lebanon. 100 photographs, 50 maps. January 1, 1984 by...

Ellis PetersEllis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael...A Morbid Taste for BonesIn the remote Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now,...

Daisy Styles1939.Mary Vale, a grand and imposing Mother and Baby Home, sits on the remote Fylde coast in Lancashire. Its doors are open to unmarried women who come to hide...

Author: Danielle Steel When Liane crossed the Atlantic the future seemed bright and beautiful. Only the image of a face haunted her new life in France. Then the war sent...

Aaron J KleinAward-winning journalist Aaron J. Klein tells, for the first time, the complete story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and the Israeli counterterrorism operation it spawned. With unprecedented...

Ernest Hemingway High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerilla band operating behind the lines of Franco's army prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan,...

Helen DunmoreBestselling author Helen Dunmore's third novel, A Spell of Winter won the 1996 Orange Prize.Catherine and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents....