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'Burial In The Clouds' is the tale of a young Japanese student's recruitment into the infamous kamikaze unit of the Second World War.

'The Buried Giant' begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war.

1731: When his youngest son is killed in a tragic accident, Sir William Keyt, master of Norton House, buries himself in his fortune. The erection of a second vast mansion on his grounds defies expense and denies mortality, an emblem of the Keyt name for generations to come. Keyt can tolerate no o...

This is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blooms between 17-year-old Elio and his father's house guest, Oliver, during a restless summer on the Italian Riviera. What grows from the depths of their souls is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration, and an experience that marks them ...

Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But, as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he i...

Summer Freeman returns to the waterside village of Willowbeck to rescue the Canal Boat Caf.ư̐e, her late mother's picturesque narrowboat, which has run into choppy waters. A family friend, Valerie, has been trying to keep things afloat, but the coffee machine is jammed, the cake offerings are pal...

When Keira receives her breast cancer diagnosis she doesn't want to have to tell her children or her husband Tom, and she doesn't want to step back from work. She doesn't want to sit in a hospital and stare mortality in the face, nor be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Cancer is not her...

Profoundly moving and eloquently written, 'Canvey Island' tells the story of changing times in post-war Britain through one family's tragedy and loss. It is a novel about past wounds and past passions, about growing up and growing old, about love, hope and reconciliation.

Pug is going on a seafaring adventure. He's had jam tarts for breakfast. He's wearing a smart sailor suit. There's just one problem. Pug is afraid of the water!

In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to t...