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Everybody dreams of flying. For as long as we've been able to look up and see the birds we've wanted to join them. But o...

Turkmenistan 1881: Beneath the citadel of Geok Tepe sits a prisoner. He hasn’t moved from his chair for two years, hasn’...

Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm like no player in the history of the game. A shaggy-haired working-class ki...

Rebel Cast out from his home, rejected by his family, Tom Rivers returns to his regiment. But his commander believes th...

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‘Seek and ye shall find.’With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a ho...

When Chris Boardman first raced against Graeme Obree, in a time trial in Newtonards, Northern Ireland, in 1990, it was t...

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Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Se...

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Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston...

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What if your best friend's child disappears? And it's all your fault.This is exactly what happens to Lisa Kallisto - ove...

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Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast. Over the centuries, it has sprawled beyond ...

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Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don’t want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and r...

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level of attention we are...

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Claire and Ben are the perfect couple. But behind the glossy façade, they’ve been desperately trying – and failing ...

One cook, her kitchen and a lifetime of recipes.A cookery book like no other, The Trifle Bowl and Other Tales is a dip i...

From one man’s Hackney market stall to a company serving fifty million customers in thirteen countries every week, this ...

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Let’s eat more salad! It’s fresh, colourful and healthy fast food. A far cry from the ‘rabbit food’ image of old, salads...

Rome: AD69, The Year of the Four Emperors.Three Emperors have ruled in Rome this year and a fourth, Vespasian, has been ...

There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself, though it is always secretly there. ...

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Bill is a dedicated young lawyer working in New York. He leaves everything he trained for to follow his dream to become ...

Pizzas, pasties, curries, cobblers, hotpots, stroganoffs, burgers and pies. Soups, salads, koftas, kebabs, pilafs, mouss...