Radio 4 Book of the WeekIn the Ukrainian city of Poltava stands a building known as the Rooster House, an elegant mansion with two voluptuous red roosters flanking the door. It doesn't ...więcej »
Since "The Rosary for Episcopalians" was first compiled and printed, the
requests for it have been constant. It has filled a need for a form of piety that is alive and well in the Church. It has ...więcej »
'The Royals: Prince William ' Kate Middleton,' written by C.W. Cooke and penciled by Pablo Martinena, looks to give context to two perceived fairy tale lives and how an eight-year romance flouri...więcej »
One of the best-known, most often quoted English classics. Edward FitzGerald's translation of skeptical, hedonistic verse attributed to Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosop...więcej »
The first book in Philip Pullman’s classic Sally Lockhart quartet in a beautiful new edition. Soon after Sally Lockhart’s father drowns at sea, she receives an anonymous letter. The dir...więcej »
College sweethearts meet again years later, in this highly anticipated sequel to the viral TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet!'Adams dazzles in her latest, a saucy second chance rom-com' ...więcej »
Fathoming the origins and legal evolution of the political systems of Poland and Japan and their legal institutions is interesting in cognitive and intellectual terms and, above all, has a practica...więcej »
Sickened by the post-Roman turmoil of 5th Century Italy, Benedict renounced the world and retired to a life of Christian contemplation in a cave just west of Rome. Revered for his sanctity, loca...więcej »
From award-winning author Eric Kimmel, here is a new edition of a spicy Texas twist on the classic tale The Gingerbread Man, featuring the artwork of Erik Brooks.więcej »
‘'b'Hilarious! I loved every page…'/b' ' 'i'Dawn at Crooks on Books'/i'
'b'One evening in early August, while mashing the potatoes for dinner, Connie McColl decides...więcej »
'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my ...więcej »
'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my ...więcej »
Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino dur...więcej »
"The Sacred Adventure" is counted among the richest of gifts in the mystical literature of East and West. These letters on the Will of God were originally written by the ascended master El Morya to...więcej »
When Jess accepts an offer to caretake a luxury property in the Australian outback, the isolated, all-inclusive solo trip is just what she needs.But Jess isn't as alone as she thinks.więcej »
One of the most legendary of the Icelandic sagas, 'The Saga of the Volsungs' is the 13th century work of unknown authorship which relates the origin and decline of the Volsung clan. The story un...więcej »
A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of o...więcej »
In 1613 the missionary Father Pedro Velasco's dream comes true. For the first time, the Japanese are going to cross the Pacific Ocean. And he is going with them. As he sets sail with a group of Sam...więcej »
'The Sanatorium will keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all: an eerie Alpine setting, sharp prose, and twists you'll never see coming. A must-rea...więcej »