Kicking off with the story of the original ?soccer czar,” Sir Henry Norris, who bulldozed through opposition to move Woolwich Arsenal to north London, Jon Spurling's all-encompassing history of Arsena
During justnine days in the early summer of 1940, nearly 800 "little ships," from lifeboats and passenger steamers to small private yachts and dinghies, set off across the English Channel to re
In strictly chapel Pontypridd in 1938, tongues are quick to wag when Alma Moore, abandoned by her lover, is rushed to hospital with stomach pains. The doctor may call it appendicitis, but the scandal
Trainee midwife Bethan Powell lives in the shadow of the workhouse during the Depression. It's difficult to say which is harder for her and fellow nurse Laura Ronconi—their grueling work in the
It is 1962 and Daisy Lane—whose husband, Kenny, is in jail for robbery—lives over and runsthe family's cafe with Kenny's older brother, Eddie. The Lane brothers were both abused by
Clutching her eight-week-old sister in her arms, Frances Reilly was abandoned by her mother outside the gates of The Poor Sisters of Nazareth Convent. It was Christmas morning 1956 and Frances was 2 y
The girl was young, her auburn hair arranged on the pillow. Wycliffe could almost believe she was asleep—that is, until he saw her face. She had been strangled, her face brutally smashed—
Caroline Bryce came from the top of the social register in the tranquil town of Treen. So it was quite a scandal when her body was dragged from the bottom of the river. As Superintendent Wycliffe inv
The peace of the village of Kergwyns has been shattered by a bizarre murder. A young woman has been shot. The only thing taken from a scene is the shoe and stocking from her left leg…exposing h
Two very different young women have been murdered within the same week. One was a nightclub singer, the other a nurse, but both were strangled in their own homes in strangely efficient, remarkably si
Every concerned parent MUST have this book! Children throughout the developed world are suffering, with obesity, dyslexia, ADHD, and other serious ailments on the rise. And it’s not simply that
Zannah and Adrian are planning to marry in May, the loveliest time of year. Zannah has always wanted a beautiful, traditional wedding and feels she missed out the first time around when she married C
Simon Meagor is a lonely middle-aged man. With a broken marriage behind him, his life centers solely on his antiquarian bookshop. Still haunted by the memory of a suicide he feels responsible for, Si
The Kemps, a Cornish Catholic family, have held on to their hometown of Kellycoryk for almost 500 years,but it is beginning to look as though the present century will be their last. Roger, head
Things have been going too well for Daisy Lane: her murdered lover, Eddie Lane, has left her comfortably off, and his son little Eddie is adorable and a constant reminder of his father. The new man in
Starting a business can change your life - and Duncan Bannatyne's brilliant new book guides you through the simple steps needed to set up on your own. Duncan started his business career when he bought
The expansion of the congestion charge zone, prices going up on the Underground, bendy buses—all areideas brought about to try to make the traffic situation inLondon run more smooth
April Grove and Burracombe characters are linked in this touching new Lilian Harry novel. It is December 1952. A wedding is being planned in April Grove, Portsmouth, and Jess and Frank Budd want to b
The disappearance of Richey Edwards, troubled guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, is one of rock and roll's great unsolved mysteries. His car was found abandoned near the Severn Bridge, a notori
This updated and revisedhistory of the RNLI—Britain's lifeboat service—details how it has saved more than 150,000 lives from stricken ships and the sea around Britain's coasts.
