Head Of Zeus: 616 books
by Henrietta Knight
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
This is the rollercoaster story of a great love, between racehorse trainer Henrietta Knight and her husband, Terry Biddlecombe, a hell-raising ex-champion jockey, with two failed marriages and a history of alcoholism behind him.
It is a story of triumph over tragedy, as together they reached...
Ednapedia
A History of Australia in a Hundred Objects
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
It's very rare that we see the emergence of a completely original idea in the world of books. Dame Edna Everage's masterly history of Australian civilization is one such idea, and, possums, you will never think of historical writing in the same way again. 'From our dainty gum nuts and towering Uluru...
A Sister's Struggle
A gripping 1930s saga of love, loss and friendship
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
The heartfelt new saga from Mary Gibson, bestselling author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts.
London, 1935.
Ruby is always hungry, but she will go without if it means her young brothers can eat.
1930s Bermondsey might be called the larder of London, with its pie, pickle and jam factories,...
by Emma Burstall
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2019
Escape to the Cornish coast with a new heartwarming Tremarnock novel, perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Philippa Ashley.
In the quaint Cornish village of Tremarnock, Chabela Penhallow arrives for a holiday and to discover more about her Cornish ancestors. But, as always with newcomers to the small...
by Arthur Swinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
On 7 March 1944 Tokyo announced that the Japanese invasion of British India had begun. By mid-month, the Japanese 31st Division had crossed the Chindwin River in northern Burma, advancing on a wide front towards Imphal and Kohima. In bitter jungle fighting from early April, the British Fourteenth...
The Bells of Little Woodford
Enjoy the feel-good drama, love and gossip of village life
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019
The second in Catherine Jones's wonderful series about the goings-on behind the facade of the market town of Little Woodford.
Little Woodford seems peaceful and picture-postcard beautiful, with its marketplace, ancient church and immaculate allotments. But behind the tranquil facade, troubles are...
by Leah Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2019
Iris Bagshott strolls down the paths of her ancient garden, close to Lichfield in the heart of England, wondering if it is time to sell her house and land for development.
She is unaware that around every corner myriad family secrets from the past unfold.
From a Saxon clearing to a monastery,...
by Graham Hurley
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2020
Berlin, 1942.
For four years, the men in field grey have helped themselves to country after country across Western Europe.
For Werner Nehmann, a journalist at the Promi – the Ministry of Propaganda – this dizzying series of victories has felt like a party without end. But now the...
Resolution
Two Brothers. A Nation in Crisis. A World at War
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
John Manners, Marquis of Granby, famously led a cavalry charge during the Seven Years War in 1760, losing both hat and wig. A commander of skill and courage, he was cherished by his men and lauded by the British public as an authentic military hero.
Granby predeceased his father, the 3rd Duke...
A Hut of One's Own
How to Make the Most of Your Allotment Shed
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Allotments are places to grow food – but they are so much more than that. They are also places that encourage spontaneity, exploration, learning, sharing, restful activity and camaraderie. This book is a celebration of the allotment hut and the wonderful invention and resourcefulness that makes...
Little Woodford
An unputdownable feel-good read!
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
A new village drama full of life, love... and secrets. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Emma Burstall.
Little Woodford has a sleepy high street, a weekly market, a weathered old stone church and lovingly tended allotments. A peaceful, unexciting place, the very heart of middle England.
In...
by Clara Salaman
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime...
Johnny and his new bride Clem have arrived in Turkey for a year's honeymoon. Young, blissfully happy but poor, they are surviving on love, luck and a spirit of adventure.
So when a boat appears out of a raging storm, crewed by a bohemian...
In God's House
A Novel About the Greatest Scandal of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Renon Chattelrault faces the most controversial case of his legal career. The defendant: a Catholic priest. The case involves the sexual abuse of hundreds of children under the age of ten. It is the first case of its kind, and it goes to the core of one of the oldest, richest and most powerful institutions...
Thenford
The Creation of an English Garden (Fixed Format)
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
This book is the story of one garden and one family, over a 40-year time period. In their own words, Michael and Anne Heseltine describe the ups and downs of how they set about transforming and expanding a wild, overgrown and often dilapidated woodland into the magnificent garden they have today.
Today,...