Geographic: Great Britain

David Lindo recounts his birding journey with a series of short stories and musings on a diverse array of birding topics.

Kate Shackleton picks up her second professional sleuthing case. But exposing the culprit of a pawn-shop robbery turns sinister when her investigation takes her to Harrogate - and murder is only one step behind. A night at the theatre should have been just what the doctor ordered, until Kate stum...

As personal assistant to successful banker Richard Lorival, Margaret Gates has a job that is the envy of her colleagues in the typing-pool. But Margaret's mother disapproves of this unusual working arrangement; for she guesses, rightly, that Margaret is in love with her boss.

One of Britain's most popular actresses, Denise Welch here reveals for the first time the full details of her battle with depression and alcoholism, how she fought back and, helped by the love of her husband Tim Healy, turned her life around.

1907, County Durham. Lorna Robson works long hours in her aunt's hat shop. Although she tries not to complain, her lack of freedom depresses her. Aidan Hedley, solicitor to the wealthy Carlyle family, must find Lorna as she is the heir to Old Carlyle's mansion, Snow Hall.

The plight of a 19th century schoolteacher, trapped by her duty to her job, is mirrored by a modern-day woman's fight to escape the shackles of a broken marriage. 'Confinement' is the third novel from the author of 'Footsteps' and 'A Way Through the Woods'.

Steeped in and engrossed by historic England, Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth conveys the tragedy of the secret marriage of Amy Robsart to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester during Tudor times. It is part of the Waverley series of novels.

Daniel Deronda opens with one of the most memorable encounters in fiction: Gwendolen Harleth, alluring yet unsettling, is poised at the roulette-table in Leubronn, observed by Daniel Deronda, searching for his path in life.

This novel about the stigma of illegitimacy, rejected as immoral by the critics of its day, is now seen as a work of outstanding social insight, showing Collins at the height of his powers.

When impetuous Helen Schlegel believes herself to be in love with Paul, the youngest of the Wilcox sons, she sparks off a connection between the two families that leads to collision.

First published in 1891, 'New Grub Street' depicts the intrigues and jealousies of late-19th century literary society in London.

Smollett registered the bawdy, brutal side of 18th-century life, but towards the end of his life, he grew mellower, and 'Humphrey Clinker' (1771) is a tale of high good humour. Squire Bramble's picturesque tour of the Britain of George III is full of eccentric characters and comic adventures.

Part of a series about the world's most exciting cities. Each title is designed to entice a whole new generation of beanbag explorers.

It is estimated that 10 million fighting men, almost 800,000 of them British, died in the First World War. Alongside this tide of human cannon fodder was formed an equally large army of horses and mules: on the Western Front alone, one million horses died. This book tells the story of the part th...

'The Immortal Few' covers the perilous weeks in 1940 during which 'The Few' thwarted the Nazis in the prelude to their planned invasion of Britain. It includes photographs and personal reminiscences from that critical period, along with the complete text of Churchill's epic speech on 'The Few' ma...

This book of stunning images by some of today's leading photographers, chronicles Darcey Bussell's amazing career on the stage. From her early years through to her final performance, every significant moment has been captured.

Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant, the Bohemians embarked on a quiet revolution that refashioned the way we live our daily lives. Read how Augustus John, Arthur Ransome, Dylan Thomas and so many others broke away from their stuffy Victorian surroundings to live their own new lives.

This is a chronicle of the lives and literary works of the Macdonald sisters who were either married to or mothers of an eminent male figure of the British establishment, including Edward Poynter and Rudyard Kipling.

In the 1940s, a distinguished professor of botany announced the discovery of rare plants on the Isle of Rum. For the professor's colleagues it was the last straw. Many believed that the professor faked his discoveries to enhance his reputation.