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Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster. The story tells about Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, as she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen. The mysterious man believes in the girl's talent and hopes she can be a real writer and requires her ...

Passion, jealousy, scandal and betrayal ? a true-life Regency Romance of the rise and fall of an extraordinary woman born into extraordinary times|Growing up in a poverty-stricken, fatherless household, Dorothy Jordan overcame her humble beginnings to become the most famous comic actress of her d...

Fair Play A novel by Tove Jansson Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal. INTRODUCED BY ALI SMITH “So what can happen when Tove Jansson turns her attention to her own favourite subjects, love and work, in this novel about two women, lifelong partners and friends? Expect something philosophica...

The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. Written by former UN Secretary for Climate Christiana Figures and Tom Rivett-Carnac, this call to arms outlines ...

The Angel's MarkLondon, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering.And a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London...Idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby becomes determin...

Summer 1930 on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island.Two strangers from drastically different worlds meet . . .Eighteen year old Effie Gillies has lived all her life on St Kilda; she’s the best climber on the island, as skilled and brave as any of the men. But in matters of the heart, she’s a...

Lewie the llama and his flock of lambs are off to the County Fair! Farmer Palmer hopes that Lewie and the lambs will win Best in Show with their amazing acrobatic display! But then Lewie and his flock go missing… Have they run away? Have they been kidnapped? And can they be found in time to bring...

Could it be one of his superiors? And why were the bonds being sold in New York before his ship arrived? This short story originally appeared in the May 2, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.

Dublin. Midsummer. While absent in New York, the celebrated actor Molly Fox has loaned her house to a playwright friend, who is struggling to write a new work. Over the course of this, the longest day of the year, the playwright reflects upon her own life, Molly's, and that of their mutual friend...

Edited and with an introduction by Lee Child, a new collection of stories which reveals the shocking consequences when men and women take the law into their own hands. Vengeance features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaug...