"Did you know him?" a priest asked me when I first visited my father's impressive marble tomb in Bosnia.I gave an honest answer - "No, I can't say I really knew him at all".It was a view shared by the former head of the Secret Int…

The new historical novel from literary legend Isabel AllendeEmilia del Valle was always destined for great things.Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an i…

From the world of Fox & Son Tailers. ‘Badger Books’ is a bookshop, run by a badger. You can find books about every animal.From bears to elephants, tigers to dinosaurs and pandas to narwhals. But there’s one book they don’t hav…

Stories inspired by the Boyne Valley from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation and written down by the Christian monks of medieval Ireland. Stories include:The Origin of the …

Squeeeak ... Thwop ... Thwop ...Dwoooooerrrp! Dad sings his magical whale songs to Mum and baby Finn, far, far away across the huge ocean. When Finn gets lost, can the other sea creatures help him to send a message of his own?

The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of So Good, Emily English (@Emthenutritionist), returns with a new collection of simple, nutritious recipes that you and your body will love. In Live to Eat, Emily simplifies healthy eating…

Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to s…

She's an assassin on the run. Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. Until a rival assassin devastates her world, and she is captured by a group of powerful fae. He's the dragon rider who'll stop at nothing to sa…

Everyone knows the Anna O case. Everyone knows it was her fingerprints on the knife. But no-one knows the secrets of her sleepwalking.No-one knows whether she really meant to kill that night. As a trial nears, the mystery reawaken…

Once a slag, always a slag? It's the 1990s. Sarah is 15, obsessed with boy bands, sex and getting drunk on Malibu.Most of all, she's hung up on her teacher, Mr Keaveney. Fast forward 26 years. Sarah is 41, the last of the party gi…

Under a glittering full moon, a Kyoto coffee shop with no fixed location or hours appears only where and when it's needed. It's run by talking cats serving the finest teas and coffees, delicious desserts and age-old astrological w…

For nearly 60 years Mr George Lucas led a double life. A mild-mannered civil servant by day, by night he was a fixture of London's colourful underground gay scene - a twilight world of petty crime, louche pubs and public toilets. …

In January 2013, the nation was horrified when Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered as he carried out a routine cash-escort duty at the Lordship Credit Union in Dundalk, Co Louth. Aaron Brady, the chief suspect, fled to the…

On 6 June 1944 when the allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years.Yet many of the British and American troops who invaded Normandy were virgin soldiers, never before committed to batt…

The book version of the thrilling and innovative narrative podcast. On a dark and stormy night … A pair of ghost-hunting journalists arrive at the most haunted house in Britain – the Hollow Hotel. They’re here to interview the Dar…

The history of Europe told through twenty-nine key borders that define the past, present and future of our continent. Europe's internal borders have rarely been 'natural'; they have more often been created by accident or force. In…

She's the quintessential sunshine girl. He's the lovable class clown.But storm clouds are rolling in, and this Tommen boy is about to get serious. Tommen's cheeky lad, Gerard 'Gibsie' Gibson, is a comedian at heart, but underneath…

He's a boy who's lost. She's girl who might just be the home he's never had.The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren ski…

They are from opposites sides of the track - but when their two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again. Johnny Kavanagh has everything going for him.On the rugby pitch, he's a force to be reckoned with. Primed for sta…

Falling in love was the easy part. What comes next is the test.. Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost,…

I'm saving you, six. With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil.Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights…

Aidan has been thwarted at every turn, in his efforts to find out where the mysterious lost cup is hidden, or if it even really exists. A year after the escapades of Gaelic football mad twins, Aoife and Aidan Power, along with the…

It is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends for her to follow a long-standing family tradition and call the baby after him.…

TRUST NO ONE.Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod.She's one of the most powerful in existence.But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes - those immune…

Jessica and Linda have been best friends since the first day of school.Both girls are from very different broken homes - and beautiful, wilful Jessica has always ensured their survival.Now eighteen, the two girls have come to Wild…

Get ready for your new obsession - the unputdownable new thriller from the No.1 bestseller.Have you ever sent a message to the wrong person?You text your sister.Your message is full of gossip about your neighbour. But you accident…

Around Ireland saunas have become new hubs of community as thousands of people are being drawn to the powerful forces of fire, water, steam and sweat. Sweathouse threads together the 3,000-year-old tradition of sauna in Ireland an…

Inner Excellence shows you how to: DEVELOP SELF-MASTERY - and let go of what you can't control. OVERCOME ANXIETY - and build powerful mental habits. REMOVE MENTAL BLOCKS - and get out of your own way.TRAIN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND -…

There are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with the Italian surrender, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1…

On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was sitting onstage in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black – black clothes, black mask – rushed do…