Time period: 20th century

Nick Flynn first met his father at the age of 27, when he was working at a notorious homeless shelter in Boston. This impromtu meeting forced Flynn to reflect on his family history - was his father really the greatest American writer since Mark Twain? And what of his ties to the Romanov dynasty?

Annie Dunne describes a summer of adventure, pain, delight and ultimately epiphany that unfolds for both the children and their elderly caretakers in this poignant story set in a remote part of Wicklow during the late 1950s.

Annie Dunne describes a summer of adventure, pain, delight and ultimately epiphany that unfolds for both the children and their elderly caretakers in this poignant story set in a remote part of Wicklow during the late 1950s.

In 1945, aged 16, Anne Frank walks out of the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and into a new life as a survivor of the Holocaust. Returning to Amsterdam, she is reunited with her beloved father. Yet Anne feels like a ghost. In the city where she and her family were betrayed, Anne strug...

What if Anne Frank survived the Holocaust? In this masterful story of trauma and redemption, David Gillham explores with breathtaking empathy the woman - and the writer - Anne Frank might have become.

'The Animals' provides a loving testimony of an extraordinary relationship that lasted until Christopher Isherwood's death in 1986, and survived affairs (on both sides) and a thirty-year-age-gap.

This illustrated edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Orwell's great work, complementing the text with a series of magnificent pictures by Ralph Steadman.

As part of the series 'Beyond the Call of Duty', this book gives accounts of the many animals that, during wars, put their own lives at risk to save those of others - through their service on the front and their individual acts of bravery and heroism. These real-life stories are accompanied by im...

Life in Britain between the two world wars was arduous and daunting. Working people laboured to stave off the spectres of disease, hunger and homelessness, and against this troubled backdrop, children inevitably came off worst. This is the true story of a group of poor London girls who, to escape...

After a miraculous escape from the German military juggernaut in the small Belgian town of Mons in 1914, the first major battle that the British Expeditionary Force would face in the First World War, the British really believed that they were on the side of the angels. Indeed, after 1916, the num...

For Detective Bunny McGarry, life is complicated, and it is about to get more so. It's 1999 and his hard won reputation amongst Dublin's criminal fraternity, for being a massive pain the backside, is unfortunately shared by his bosses. His partner has a career-threatening gambling problem and, oh...

Two years have passed for Livia and her sisters and finally all seems well for them. Livia is set to marry Jack and her sisters are, for the moment, settled on Todd Farm. Livia also wants to bring back to life the neglected family business but is she prepared to jeopardize her future life with Ja...

Two years have passed for Livia and her sisters and finally all seems well for them. Livia is set to marry Jack and her sisters are, for the moment, settled on Todd Farm. Livia also wants to bring back to life the neglected family business but is she prepared to jeopardize her future life with Ja...

Two years have passed for Livia and her sisters and finally all seems well for them. Livia is set to marry Jack and her sisters are, for the moment, settled on Todd Farm. Livia also wants to bring back to life the neglected family business but is she prepared to jeopardize her future life with Ja...

Her mother called her Angel but now she's a fallen woman. There are different opinions as to what happened to Evangeline O'Leary's mother. Her younger sisters believe the story that she's in heaven. But Evie has heard the gossips - that her ma upped and left with the man she had an affair with wh...

Set in the aftermath of World War II, Elizabeth Morton's 'Angel of Liverpool' is a gritty and emotionally compelling historical saga from an author who was born and bred in Liverpool. Her mother called her Angel but now she's a fallen woman. There are different opinions as to what happened to Eva...

This book brings together 70 of Africa's most creative contemporary artists. In addition to painters, sculptors and photographers, there are a number of artists whose work embraces performance and installation.

Writer, artist, and filmmaker, Chris Shepherd's debut graphic novel depicts a coming of age story centred around growing up in the working-class dynamics of Merseyside in the late eighties. As Conor Sterling is about to turn 18, he wrestles with the tough choice to go to art college or look after...

The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver...

This personal collection of memories covers the period from William Newby's early life in the late 1920's and early 30's, working on farms with horses and dogs in the North Yorkshire Dales, and through to his moves to North Lancashire and to Cumbria. It also captures the life and often harsh envi...