Orion: 2711 books
by Nigel Balchin
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
The classic novel of the London Blitz, DARKNESS FALLS FROM THE AIR captures the chaos, absurdity and ultimately the tragedy of life during the bombardment.
Bill Sarratt is a civil servant working on the war effort. Thwarted at every turn by bureaucracy and the vested interests of big business,...
by Sven Hassel
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
SS GENERAL is the definitive Stalingrad novel, a gripping portrait of war's brutal realities.
It was said that Stalingrad had been burning since August, ever since the first German bombs were dropped...
Sven Hassel and his comrades are plunged into the maelstrom of Stalingrad.
Radio...
Milton: Everyman's Poetry
Everyman's Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Best known for his epic masterpiece Paradise Lost, Milton is also a master of subtle lyric harmony. He is one of the greatest writers of the 17th century, and of all time.
Degrees of Guilt
A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
'A compelling legal thriller - I loved it' Katerina Diamond, Sunday Times bestseller
'Timely, anger-inducing and very powerful - it's excellent' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
When you read this book, you will think you know every twist in the tale.
Maria is on trial for...
by Jordan Bone
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
A girl with her whole life ahead of her.
A terrible accident.
An inspiring story of triumph over trauma.
Aged 15, Jordan was a happy-go-lucky girl; having fun with friends and loving life. In one fateful moment, everything changed. A car accident left her paralysed from the chest down and shocked...
Jailbirds
Lessons from a Women's Prison
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
'I've never read a book like Jailbirds before - which shows quite how much we need it. It is very funny and very important and reminds us that women in jail are still women worth listening to. I'm only grateful - for them, and for us - that Mim was listening.' PANDORA SYKES
'Mim's warmth and...
The Little Ghost Girl
Abused Starved and Neglected. A Little Girl Desperate for Someone to Love Her
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Abused, starved and neglected. Ruth was a little ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care.
As soon as Ruth arrived on her doorstep, it was clear to foster carer Maggie Hartley that Ruth had seen and experienced things that no 11-year-old should have to. Pale,...
The Hairy Bikers' Meat Feasts
With Over 120 Delicious Recipes - A Meaty Modern Classic
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
There's something about the smell of meat cooking that signals a feast - it's savoury, comforting and tempting. A steak on the grill, a roast in the oven, a casserole bubbling: they make your mouth water.
Si King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, have always been passionate about meat,...
Richard the Lionheart
The Mighty Crusader
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
The greatest general of medieval times
King Richard I's personal bravery on the battlefield won him the name 'Lionheart' but as David Miller reveals, his battles and campaigns demonstrate a brilliant grasp of strategy and tactics. The 'Lionheart' was no mere medieval 'head banger' but a thoughtful...
The Day We Won The War
Turning Point At Amiens, 8 August 1918
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
How the British, ANZACs and Canadians finally broke the German army on the most decisive day of the Great War.
The British attack at Amiens was the most decisive day of the Great War. In earlier offensives, a gain of a few hundred yards counted as a 'victory', but this time our troops advanced...
The Ottoman Empire
1300-1600
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Covering the greatest three centuries of Turkish history, this book tells the story of the Ottoman Empire's growth into a vast Middle Eastern Power.
Born as a military frontier principality at the turn of the Fourteenth century, Turkey developed into the dominant force in Anatolia and the Balkans,...
Mouse or Rat?
Translation as Negotiation
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
From the world-famous author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE, an illuminating and humorous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation.
'Translation is always a shift, not between two languages but between two cultures. A translator must take into account rules that are not strictly linguistic...
by Michael Palin
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
'The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster, but there are certainly no high-speed rail links yet across India, China or the USA. Passenger services have practically disappeared from the world's shipping lanes ... Recourse to air...
by Paul McAuley
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
The Jackaroo, those enigmatic aliens who claim to have come to help, gave humanity access to worlds littered with ruins and scraps of technology left by long-dead client races. But although people have found new uses for alien technology, that technology may have found its own uses for people.
The...