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Once upon a time, a husband watches as his wife opens a Door. He tries to follow her, waking instead to find his beloved dead beside him. Days later, The Door appears again. He doesn't know where it will take him. All he knows is that he's desperate to see his wife again. This is a story about a husband's sorrow, and where it takes him. This is a story about grief. This is a story about what we do when faced with the loss of those we love. Ste...

Final Approach charts the turbulent flightpath between a jetsetting father and a planespotting son. The 1970s were the final gasp of the Golden Age of Flying. Mark Blackburn grew up amidst this fuel-guzzling splendour, with airports his playground of choice. He came to adulthood well-heeled and well-travelled. However, he had to contend with his multimillionaire father. Luxury cars. Private planes. Racing stables. Foreign Mistresses. Paranoia,...

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WINNER PAGETURNER AWARD BEST BOOK TO SCREENPLAY LONGLISTED BEST BOOK HISTORICAL FICTION COMPANY 'Daisy Chain was well researched and informative and I could hear the voice of Daisy as I was reading it.' Eimear Lawlor, author of Dublin's Girl 'A revelation. Justine Gilbert is a master storyteller. Highly recommended.' Historical Fiction Company 5-Star Award 'Justine Gilbert shines new light on the tender side of one of America's legendary figur...

Truth Never Dies It had been solely personal. But now there's a new hunt for the truth. Determined to lay the ghosts of her past, Cassandra Fortune asks a former head of GCHQ for help, only to receive a message from beyond the grave. A riddle to puzzle out. A murder to solve. Cassie must negotiate the treacherous waters of the intelligence services, their rivalries and secrets. She revisits an old betrayal in an ancient land, uncovering ...

The truth matters. As our elected representatives make vital decisions on our behalf, an essential requirement of a functioning democracy is that the people in governance are honest with the electorate. Vote for Honesty and Get Democracy Done: Four Simple Steps to Change Politics seeks solutions to the increasing problem of dishonest behaviour by some UK politicians. It is an action plan: simple and politically neutral to force political ch...

I was genuinely sorry to finish this book. It had me completely engaged... and I loved the clever surprise in the middle of it." Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin In 1820 London, landscape artist William Daniell hires Jesse Cloud, a homeless teenager, to be his apprentice. But all is not as it seems. Both William and his prentice must make their own inner journeys to expose others' betrayals and explore their own poss...

A memoir of a life simmered in a cauldron of class, race, gender and culture from the mostly untold perspective of a white woman married to a man of colour when that was viewed with open hostility. Her story is spiced with humour and a diversity of recipes supplied with hope.

Culiner's intrepid pursuit of the elusive troubadour and the lost world from which he emerged enriches us with a double depiction of the turbulent times and places of the bard's era and the galloping commercialization of our own. Like a chef who manages to document great recipes before they disappear, Culiner serves us an utterly delicious feast of flavours we do not want to lose. Robin Roger, writer, reviewer, Associate Publisher, New Jewish ...

Denis MacShane has seen and been on every part of the Labour Party over the last 50 years. He has fought, lost and won elections to the Commons, local government and the trade union movement. One unique insight he has comes from 15 years work with trade unions and progressive political movement in Europe and overseas. His book is personal, political and full of insights. Much of the European left is down and out and Labour must avoid that fate...

Bored to Death in the Baltics is a comedy thriller, a sequel to A Very Important Teapot, set four months later. Saul Dawson and Lucy Smith, still working for a minor department of MI6, get caught up in the apparent assassination of a foreign scientist working on a top secret project. Meanwhile, a traitor is on the loose within the secret service. It's murder, mayhem and mirth. Full of twists, puns and action, it's so brilliantly constructed ...

Justice will be done, but what kind of justice? High on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, near the ancient Temple of Apollo, a group of young idealists protest against the despoiling of the planet outside a European governmental conference. Inside, corporate business lobbyists mingle with lawmakers, seeking profit and influence. Then the charismatic leader of the protest goes missing. Oracle is about justice, from the brutal, archaic form of ...

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Highly recommended.' Dr Noir (aka Jacky Collins)'This is a tense parliamentary thriller with the sour tang of authenticity.' Annamarie Neary author of Sirens'Fascinating and authoritative insider view of modern power politics that is all too frighteningly prescient. A gripping read.' VB Grey, author of Tell Me How It Ends'Lovely insights into how the historic buildings and some of the people in the Palace of Westminster work.' Mike Naworynsky,...

Praised by comedienne Helen Lederer, founder of Comedy Women in Print Prize, who called it "A curiously magical thriller with suburban subterfuge and sparkle."A Very Important Teapot is a comedy thriller revolving around the hunt for a lost cache of Nazi diamonds in Australia.Dawson's life is going nowhere. Out of work and nearly out of money, he is forlornly pursuing the love of Rachel Whyte. But Rachel is engaged to Pat Bootle, an apparently...

Not many know and love Europe, and our complex relationship with it, like Luscombe. And no one can communicate that with such fantastically self-deprecating wit." Federay Holmes, Associate Artist at the Globe Theatre London. With the possiblity looming that the referendum might get passed and he'll lose easy access to his German partner and Germany, British stage director Tim Luscombe must get a German passport. To apply he must first pass his...

Praised by BBC Russia correspondant, Lucy Ash, who says 'Elegiac, evocative and disarmingly candid, Black Tea rattles along like a Russian train. It can be soothingly poetic and then bring you to a standstill with its sharp, searing honesty.' Russian writer Zinovy Zinik writes, 'This fascinating autobiographical travelogue is an unblinking self-analysis.' Cultural critic and author, Paul Binding says Black Tea is '... a triumph of art as well ...

Evie, searching for answers, finds a monolith in a derelict area of London. How could she have known it was a Portal? Trying to save her, Alan is dragged into Dumnon by a bloodhunter-priest whose sole aim is to capture Evie for his Master, the Priest-king of Mureck. How will they survive this nightmarish world of war and magik, let alone get back home?The Murecken now invade the western lands, all for the glory of Murak, and the Storratian Emp...

The Project Saboteur has been undermining big projects since the beginning. Not just IT projects, although sabotage gets the most awareness there, but all projects in business.Every project has opponents who try to manipulate it so that the result better suits them. A naive idea? Hardly! People have the inclination to adjust truth to suit themselves and thus serve their own interests: more power, more income, more respect.Even though it is ram...