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In 1912 aboard the RMS Titanic, Nabiha “Bea” Nohra is traveling to America to find work, eager to earn the funds necessary to afford passage for the family she left in Lebanon. On the same ship, heiress Marguerite Ashby sails home to celebrate her engagement to a dull British lord, a...

June, 1976. Western Europe is caught in the grips of a relentless and sweltering heatwave. In London, the summer marks a milestone of a different kind for Edie: a decade married to the love of her life, and their first child on the way. But on the night that she plans to tell Joe their news, he...

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025 The knock on the door changed everything. Until then, we were happy; we knew who we were. ‘You’ve got the wrong person,’ I told him. ‘My wife is gentle and kind. She wouldn’t hurt a fly.’ In 1939, when she was...

The sweeping new historical mystery about hidden secrets, old flames and a mysterious book… Switzerland, 1926. Helen Fox lives a secluded life at the American Library of Geneva. There, she catalogues the books that arrive from Berne, combing through their pages to glean details about their...

In 1904, Ota Benga, a young Congolese 'pygmy' - a person of petite stature - arrived from central Africa and was featured in an anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, the New York Zoological Gardens displayed him in its Monkey House, caging the slight 103-pound...

Brought to you by Penguin. Tod. T. Friendly is living his life backwards. Doctor Friendly has just died, but after weeks of improving in the hospital, he is sent home to his affable, melting-pot, primary-colour existence in suburban America. From the fresh-cut lawns of his retirement to the...

Brought to you by Penguin. An intoxicating comedy about youth, the 1970s, the sexual revolution and its aftermath. Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone's mind. Keith Nearing - a bookish twenty-year-old, in that much disputed territory between five foot six and five foot seven - is on...

An exquisite Arabian mare. A small boy leaving home. A young woman in France fighting to survive. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ride of Her Life braids a sweeping novel of love, war, empire, and the power of kindness in a world descending into darkness. Beddou is six years old...

A sensational spin-off memoir based on the hit TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, about a hapless café owner in occupied France Living under the tyranny of the Nazi jackboot, proud patriot René Artois (Gorden Kaye) is determined to do his bit for France – so when the Resistance commandeers his café to...

Brought to you by Penguin. 1978. In the sleepy New York suburb of Tallmadge, eighteen-year-old Mira Winston is beguiling, talented, and full of youthful recklessness. She spends her summer perfecting her swing at her parents’ country club – and continuing her long-running affair with her...

A stunning adaptation of a First World War masterpiece showing man's inhumanity to man German playwright Karl Kraus's early twentieth-century satirical play about the First World War was originally 15 hours long, but his classic satire The Last Days of Mankind, has been deftly distilled into a...

Brought to you by Penguin. An Immediate Bestseller | A Bloomberg Best Book of 2025 When the Ritz becomes the Nazis’ favourite spot, its Jewish bartender has no choice but to keep working. Paris, 1940. Despite the Occupation, the prestigious Ritz Hotel has managed to remain open. Its bar...

'Veronesi truly knows and loves all matters of the heart' - IAN MCEWAN 'One of the most skilful and profound Italian storytellers of the past thirty years' - DOMENICO STARNONE Summer, 1972. At his family's summer house in Versilia, Tuscany, twelve-year-old Gigio Bellandi's life is changing...

Benetzko im Riesengebirge in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts: Hier wachsen zwischen Regimewechseln und verheerenden Kriegen auch Zdenka und Anežka auf. Die eine tschechisch, die andere deutsch, werden sie beide eigensinnige Frauen, die im Laufe der Jahrzehnte mit so einigem kämpfen und hadern – wildernden Männern, keifenden Schwiegermüttern, desertierenden Kindern oder ihren Nationalitäten – und vieles verlieren, aber niemals ihre Freundschaft.

Brought to you by Penguin. ON THE EVE OF WAR, A ROYAL GUEST IS LURED INTO HITLER'S DEADLY WEB . . . Munich, 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have arrived in Germany for a historic meeting at Hitler's mountain retreat. But recent attacks by ruthless Communist band, Red Freedom, has brought...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the winner of the Orwell Prize for Fiction and the Irish Book of the Year... Jack is just twelve years old when he rushes down the hill after his mother's car on his bike, desperate to reach her before she reaches the lake. What happens next cannot be undone...

Fall in love with the extraordinary debut from a powerful new voice, perfect for fans of Alice Winn and Clare Chambers. Pre-order now! ‘An assured debut written with considerable flair, The Ruins is a sweeping story of self-discovery in the face of adversity, which takes the reader on a...

Pre-order this brand new, heartwarming story from the Kindle bestselling author of The Bookshop of Secrets now! Filled with Kerry's signature warmth and page-turning storytelling, lose yourself in the last library, hidden amongst the sprawling streets of Paris. In the heart of Paris, one library...

Pre-order this sweeping and emotional World War II novel for readers of Soraya M. Lane and Veronica Leigh. April, 1945. Hamburg is a city on the brink of collapse, and Liesel Heinemann is caught in the storm of war. Once a promising student of translation, she is now a reluctant interpreter for...

Malta, 1942. A sun-drenched jewel in the Mediterranean - now battered to rubble by relentless German bombs. Beneath the ancient stone of Valletta's fortifications, young nurse Faith tends the wounded in the darkness. But Faith has another connection to Malta. Before she leaves her parents drop a bombshell: she was adopted and her birth mother comes from Malta.