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A fresh, non-nonsense parenting guide that explains how you can still be a great parent (even if you didn't have one yourself). Many of us didn't have a perfect childhood. But that doesn't mean we can't be good parents. In 'Parent Yourself First', licensed family therapist Bryana Kappadakunnel ar...

England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle. Armed only with pitchforks, Monmouth's army is quickly defeated by King J...

Livia Blake has lost her husband and faces a crossroads. Her friend suggests she would make an excellent district nurse, and soon after Livia receives a job offer to join the team in rural Eastby End. Ellis Quinn has buried his beloved wife and mother to his son, Gil, and doesn't know how to carr...

As the Great War rages, Jack's toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham, is threatened with closure when sugar rations begin. Anne, who works for the owner Mr Jack, must choose between her heart and her head when Mr Jack declares his love for her. Not only might he have to s...

Caught between two of the most powerful men in the kingdom, young William Shakespeare must balance his playwriting with his unfamiliar roles as spy and detective for the Crown.

It's a baking hot British summer, and the sleepy town of Market Foxleigh is staging a crime writing festival - with the three Dahlias as guests of honour. Not only have Rosalind, Caro and Posy each played fictional detective Dahlia Lively on screen, but they're also making a name for themselves s...

When Sheena is forced to move back to Kiltie Street, she is unsure how she will start all over again. With the help of friends old and new, she finds work at a garment factory. And though she catches the eye of some local men, her fiance Jimmy, serving overseas, is never far from her mind. As lif...

As Europe edges closer to war, Bella's world is focused on avoiding a future like her mother's. She doesn't want to go to secretarial school to become another proper young lady; standing by prettily waiting to be chosen as a wife by her employer or another suitable man. Bella wants more than that...

By the side of a lake in Brandenburg, a young architect builds the house of his dreams - a summerhouse with wrought-iron balconies, stained-glass windows the colour of jewels, and a bedroom with a hidden closet, all set within a beautiful garden. But the land on which he builds has a dark history...

January 1942. After spending a happy Christmas with her fiance Charlie and his family at Moorside Farm, the new year brings heartache for Bobby Bancroft. Not only must she prepare to say goodbye to Charlie as he is summoned to join the fight, she must also leave behind her job at The Tyke magazin...