Item category 1: Compact Disc

Amber Massie-Blomfield writes about the artists who have treated the protest site as their canvas and contributed to movements that have transformed history - from the Paris Commune of 1871 to the four-year Siege of Sarajevo, from the musicians in Auschwitz to ACT UP's 1989 invasion of the New Yo...

A young boy and his older sisters find themselves suddenly and utterly alone, orphaned in an abandoned fishing village. Their food supplies dwindling, they set out across a breathtaking yet treacherous wilderness in search of the last of their people. Down the coast, raiders deliver the children'...

A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a seri...

Ants live in communities, where everyone helps out. Everyone has a task for the community. Everyone is needed. No one has to know everything. One morning, Emelie can't get out of bed. Her therapist calls it burnout. Her neighbour calls it the tiny work death. She needs to get away from the bright...

In July 1944, at the height of the German occupation, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Ritz hotel in Paris excited to be reunited with her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel in the army who is soon to join her from Germany. Her world falls apart when she receives word that Gregor was ...

In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs - a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in northeastern Lincolnshire.

Written for Millennials and Gen Z readers looking to change their attitude toward money management, 'The Modern Money Manifesto' is a savvy and no-nonsense guide to navigating every step of financial life. Charlotte Jessop combines practical experience as both a maths teacher and the creator of s...

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his cousin Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip's world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and ma...

In the five years following his brother's death, Aaron has built himself a life of solitary routines. After moving from Dublin to Boston, and illegally overstaying her visa, Roísín has done the same. When the two meet on a night out, they each find in the other something missing in their lives....

Isabella Rose is living in Cairo. She's found work as a contractor - removing people for money, but only if they meet her very exacting set of criteria. She's given the details of a pilot suspected of helping corrupt regimes evade sanctions and told to eliminate him. She's also volunteering at a ...