The V-1 and much larger V-2 rockets added a terrifying extra dimension to the Second World War. Once launched there was little that could stop the V-1s...
'My Criminal World' introduces us to struggling crime writer, David Slavitt. Living in constant fear that his editor might drop him in favour of the next...
Just a Boy is an emotionally charged novel based on the diaries of the author's great-grandfather, who grew up in a poverty-stricken family in industrial...
By May 1942 the Japanese had swept all before them. Their next step was the occupation of the Papua New Guinea, only a stone's throw from the Australian...
By 1700, France and Italy already had dictionaries of their own, and it became a matter of national pride that England should rival them. This is the...
Jim Rogers once had everything - a successful career, the love of a beautiful woman, a Manhattan penthouse and more money than he knew what to do with...