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Brian Docherty grew up in Scotland in the 1960s listening to Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon on the radio, hitched across Europe in the 1970s, and then followed the Vikings west to Vinland only to find himself caught 'in the blizzard of history'. 'Woke Up This Morning' is a hitch-hiker's guide to c...

A Japanese Catholic, Endo tells the story of two 17th century missionaries attempting to shore up the oppressed Japanese Christian movement. Father Rodrigues has come to Japan to find the truth behind unthinkable rumours that his famous teacher Ferreira has renounced his faith.

Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible - his 'book of strange new things'. It is a quest that will challeng...

In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love.

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike kn...

Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles is Margaret George's recreation of the life of one of history's greatest legends, who became Queen six days after her birth, and who was executed 44 years later on the orders of Elizabeth I.

This volume celebrates the extraordinary life of a flawed and lovable character, and provides a brief and accessible study of Hogg's works.