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ENGLAND, 1948. Clara Newton har förlorat sin älskade i kriget, och nu behöver hon göra en nystart i livet. Hon tar jobb som husmor på ett barnhem i en by på landet, trots att hon inte vet något om barn eller hur man tar hand om dem. Livet på barnhemmet är ingen dans på rosor, och de åtta barnen är strykrädda efter att ha tagits om hand av elaka nunnor. Men långsamt märker hon att de börjar lita på henne, och de tinar upp en efter en.

När bomberna faller över London 1939 evakueras fjortonåriga Hazel och hennes femåriga syster Flora till en by i Oxfordshire. De får bo med den vänliga Bridie och hennes tonårsson Harry i en liten stuga vid floden, och dagarna fylls av äventyr och utflykter. Den magiska världen är systrarnas egen hemlighet. Men en dag försvinner Flora, vid en utflykt på flodbanken. Tjugo år senare arbetar Hazel på ett antikvariat i London, och allt vänds upp och ned när antikvariatet får in en illustrerad bok: Viskande skogen och Stjärnfloden.

Il 12 settembre 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio occupa la città di Fiume. Dura poco più di un anno il governo retto dal Poeta, costretto alla resa nel Natale del 1920 dal Trattato di Rapallo. Alessandro Barbero descrive l'incredibile impresa del Poeta Soldato attraverso gli occhi di Tom Antongini, amico e segretario di D'Annunzio a Fiume. Un romanzo pubblicato per la prima volta nel 2003, in cui Barbero dipinge un D'Annunzio nei suoi piccoli atti, il ritratto di un eroe decadente, triste e deluso davanti al grande peso della Storia.

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

It was only a mistletoe kiss, Miss Preece told herself, stepping out into the icy December evening and locking the library doors behind her. Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address, so when she needs to join the library, she cannot do so. Miss Preece dislikes children, but Hetty's longing for books touches a chord and she stretches the rules to allow the girl to read on the premises. Soon, Hetty's chief desire is to become a librarian like her friend.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ALLIES HAD LOST THE WAR? America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war -...

One of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan—read by Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sandra Oh. “Stunning.” —New York Times...

From the author of The Help. “You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away—she’ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.” Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home...

Meet Harriet White, Sherlock Holmes' feisty – and entirely fake – assistant, in this gloriously fun mystery, perfect for fans of Anita Prose, Verity Bright and Janice Hallett. 🔎 London, 1932. A young maid steps onto a train… and disappears. Her family writes to the only person they can...

“All Quiet on the Western Front” is one of the most powerful anti-war novels ever written—a timeless classic that strips away the myths of glory and honor to reveal the brutal, dehumanizing truth of warfare. Told through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier on the front lines of World War I, this harrowing narrative plunges listeners into the mud-soaked trenches, the constant threat of death, and the emotional numbness born of unspeakable loss.

Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel takes place over the course of a single June day in the lives of some very different Londoners: wealthy society hostess Clarissa Dalloway, who is preparing for a party; her old friend Peter Walsh, recently returned from India, whose proposal of marriage Clarissa rejected years ago; Septimus Warren Smith, a WWI veteran suffering from shell shock; and his Italian-born wife, Rezia, who is trying to care for him as best she can. Woolf's beautiful prose captures the minds and souls of these vivid characters.

A young man died, consumed by fire. There was no evidence of crime, but suspicions persist. Julian Courtauld had raised hackles, not that he cared. Rich, confident and handsome, he saw a glittering future for himself. He was a budding playwright, he had girls swooning at his feet despite just becoming engaged to a dazzling heiress. And then the fire ended it all. Five years later a parcel arrives on Miss Busby's doorstep. The anonymous letter begs for her help.

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. Soon to be a major motion picture starring sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, directed by Michael...

All Quiet on the Western Front stands as one of the greatest condemnations of war of all time. Follow a firsthand account of German enlisted man, Paul Baumer as he recounts details mundane and profound. His account moves and tears at our hearts with the horrors of war and the stark realities of humanity. All while somehow skirting around the question: Why?

NOMINATED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE November 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant. November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth...