The classic spy thriller of lethal computer-age intrigue and a maniac’s private cold war, featuring the same anonymous narrator and milieu of The IPCRESS File.The fourth of Deighton’s novels to be narrated by the unnamed employee of WOOC(P) is the thrilling story of an anti-communist espionage network owned by a Texan billionaire, General Midwinter, run from a vast computer complex known as the Brain.After having been recruited by Harvey Newbegin, the narrator travels from the bone-freezing...
War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.LIVERPOOL, 1940When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’s hospital.A BROKEN HEARTShe takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin...
From the author of ‘The Grafton Girls’ comes the story of one Liverpool family preparing for the onslaught of World War Two, while trying not to fight among themselves.Jean and Vi are twins but couldn’t be more different. Jean’s proud of her honest, hardworking husband and their children, but there’s never a penny to spare. Vi’s equally proud of her husband’s new role as a local councillor and their elegant new house, and has raised her children to expect the best.As war breaks out, agonising...
Two sisters living in London’s tough East End … will Jennifer and Kathy be tough enough to survive?Katherine and Jennifer Finch are like chalk and cheese: Katherine is a midwife, dedicating her life to helping others – and Jennifer is a prostitute.Leaving home age 15, Jennifer must learn to live on her wits in London’s notorious East End. Soon, however, she is battling drink and drugs, and is pregnant with a child. Her labour is nearly fatal, but her sister steps in to save the day.Kathy...
Two tragedies, the Chinese Massacre of 1871 and Child Prostitution, sum up the troubled -and toxic- relationship between the United States of America and China. A spirited, witty book that exposes many hidden, hideous truths.
The latest title in the much-loved Element Encyclopedia series, The Element Encyclopedia of Celts explores the history, culture, and mythology of these great peoples.A comprehensive guide of Celtic history and culture, The Element Encyclopedia of the Celts tells the stories of these grand peoples and their way of life, including their heroic gods and goddesses, incredible myths and legends, and their everyday lives through their language, customs, and society. Encompassing their iron-age...
The extraordinary story of the UK’s most gruelling and spectacularly beautiful islands. Tom Steel’s acclaimed portrait of the St Kildan’s lives is now updated in this reissued edition.Situated at the westernmost point of the United Kingdom, the spectacularly beautiful but utterly bleak island of St Kilda is familiar to virtually nobody. A lonely archipelago off the coast of Scotland, it is hard to believe that for over two thousand years, men and women lived here, cut off from the rest of the...
Brenda Stuart returns to her late husband’s home devastated by his loss only to find herself accused of bestowing favours upon the Germans. Life has been difficult for her over the war, having been held in an internment camp in France simply because of her nationality. Thankful that her son at least was safe in the care of his grandmother, she now finds that she has lost him too, and her life is in turmoil.Prue, her beloved sister-in-law, is also a war widow but has now fallen in love with an...
Rok 1843 – Grace Marks zostaje skazana za współudział w brutalnym morderstwie swojego pracodawcy i jego gospodyni. Odsiadując wyrok dożywocia, twierdzi, iż całkowicie utraciła pamięć. Niektórzy uważają, że Grace jest niewinna angażują do pomocy dobrze się zapowiadającego specjalistę od chorób umysłowych. Mężczyzna wysłuchuje historii Grace, zbliżając ją coraz bardziej do dnia, którego ona nie pamięta. Jakie wspomnienia uda mu się odblokować? Czy Grace naprawdę zabiła? Margaret Atwood stworzyła –...
Drach wie. Wraz z kilkuletnim Josefem przygląda się świniobiciu. Jest październikowy poranek 1906 roku i, choć chłopiec nie ma o tym pojęcia, ryk zarzynanego zwierzęcia oraz smak wusztzupy powrócą do niego kilkanaście lat później, gdy po zakończeniu wojny będzie powracał na Śląsk. Nikodem nigdy nie był w wojsku. Jest za to wziętym architektem. Z poprzedniego związku ma pięcioletnią córkę, a po samochodowym wypadku bliznę nad lewym uchem. Właśnie rozstaje się z żoną, by ułożyć sobie życie z...
Dalsze dzieje „przeklętej” rodziny krakowskiego aptekarza, Franciszka Bernata, losy jego potomków, a zwłaszcza silnych, radzących sobie z przeciwnościami życiowymi kobiet. Wiktoria, córka Franciszka Bernata, wyrusza do Paryża, by odnaleźć ukochanego. Jednak rodzinna klątwa znów daje o sobie znać – okazuje się, że Filip jest już związany z inną kobietą. Zrozpaczona dziewczyna wraca do Krakowa, gdzie przychodzi na świat jej córka Matylda. Wybucha pierwsza wojna światowa. Wiktoria wywozi...