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What lights the spark that ignites a revolution?Lost in the story of America’s path to independence is the tumultuous na...

If I close my eyes now, I can still feel her blood on my fingers. If only I had closed my eyes then, or kept my mouth sh...

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1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. ...

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The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep – the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the jo...

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It’s the late 1970s, and Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinema...

At the curtain call of her thirties, Lucy Dent finds herself in a marriage where meaningful communication, sexual contac...

April 1945. While the Allied Forces administer the killing blow to Nazi Germany, at home London’s teeming underworld of ...

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‘We don’t talk about sick or healthy people at St Patricia’s. Words such as hysteric, lunatic and psychopath... They are...

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Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Dispo...

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'Fast, hard and knowing: this is an amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately!' Lee C...

Climate change is upon us. Make no mistake: disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are the tip of a rapidly melting iceberg...

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Do you ever wonder where your life is going? Do you worry that you might wake up in the morning and suddenly be old?You ...

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Greetings, adventurer! We lay before you this most comprehensive gazetteer encompassing all the streets of Ankh-Morpork,...

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If you ever wondered what Jane Austen's Mr Darcy and his fellows got up to on their numerous trips to London, here is th...

From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young...

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This new edition of Howard Sounes' classic and definitive biography of Bob Dylan now offers a new chapter that brings Dy...

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What if Princess Diana hadn't died? Diana's life and marriage were fairy tale and nightmare. Adored by millions, in her...

In Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life, Nadia Sawalha offers an authentic taste of the family kitchen. Growing up in an An...

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'People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. ...

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On July 20th 1969, in one of the most iconic moments of the twentieth century, Neil Armstrong took his first steps on th...