1967: Judie Zingerman is rising to stardom as one half of folk duo the Singer Sisters. As she and her sister Sylvia tour coast to coast, crowds can't get enough of Judie's confessional lyrics. Everyone can see they're heading for new heights... Zobraziť viac
Most women in the developed world are dissatisfied with their breasts. They dismiss them as silly boobs, lament their less-than-ideal forms, or renounce thinking about them altogether. Why is this emblem of womanhood so often derided and maligned?... Zobraziť viac
In October 1960, James Baldwin and John Cheever spoke on a panel together at San Francisco State College. The troubled state of American society was under discussion, which Baldwin incisively diagnosed as a 'failure of the masculine sensibility'... Zobraziť viac
Seventy-year-old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab -where he is conducting the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find musical patterns in surprising places... Zobraziť viac
WHY DATE A MOUNTAIN MAN? Because he can bring you to your peak. Norah Pax loves working for her family’s Rocky Mountain bounty-hunting business. But unlike her adrenaline-junkie sisters, she only enjoys chasing skips from the safety of her laptop.She... Zobraziť viac
When Adela Woods tells her parents she’s pregnant, they immediately send her a thousand miles away to stay with her grandmother in Padua Beach. The intention is that she will leave her baby in 'the forgotten Panhandle of Florida'. and resume her... Zobraziť viac
1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother... Zobraziť viac
It is 1997, and Amber Young has received a life-changing call. It's a chance thousands of girls would die for: the opportunity to join girl group Cloud9 in Los Angeles and escape her small town. She quickly finds herself in the orbits of fellow rising... Zobraziť viac
In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again. Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world.A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just... Zobraziť viac
'The sort of story you want to climb inside so you can hang out with all the characters. Hilarious, warm and kind!' Louie Stowell, author of the Loki series In a dark alleyway in an alternative Elizabethan London, Fang's heart stops.... Zobraziť viac
Annie never believed in true love. Not until she met Mark. It's a whirlwind romance and Annie has never felt surer about anything in her life. But as she stands at the altar, she spots an unknown face in the crowd. Who is the stranger at the wedding?... Zobraziť viac
‘Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted’Sunday Times Style... Zobraziť viac
One man, his piano and their miraculous survival. 'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story of horror and survival' Mail on Sunday'Stunning.A beautiful blend of action, poetry, thought-provoking... Zobraziť viac
Once upon a time, two boys went missing in the woods. Six months later, they reappeared, with no explanation for where they'd been or how they'd survived. Fifteen years on, Rafe is a reclusive artist with no memory of what happened during those months,... Zobraziť viac
With her beautiful inherited flat in London, Alice appears to have it all. But the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. She needs money, and fast. Her boss Mina is married to a powerful MP and lives a life dripping with luxury – one Alice could... Zobraziť viac
A chance meeting with the manager of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel leads the much-admired and traditionally-built Precious Ramotswe to investigate what is going wrong with this previously successful country hotel. Guests have been unwell, clothing has... Zobraziť viac
FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE 'A complex, ever-tightening, increasingly suspenseful web' Washington Post'Gripping'New York Times In the days before the Civil War, an enslaved woman named Liz... Zobraziť viac
The remarkable story of the footballer who battled against the odds to achieve his dreams – only to see his country having to fight to survive, after the shocking invasion of Ukraine. A fan favourite at Arsenal and previously at Manchester City,... Zobraziť viac
'If you were eighty, and you'd spent your whole life not letting yourself love him, and he was eighty, and he'd never been turned to stone —- how much would you regret it?'The island of Stenland is cursed: women, chosen at random, awaken with three... Zobraziť viac
In this ground-breaking book, environmental journalist, Peter Schwartzstein, takes the reader on the first on-the-ground exploration of climate change's contribution to global conflict. From the ravaged villages of Iraq, where ISIS has used drought as... Zobraziť viac
