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During a blackout on the streets of London in late 1944 a young Polish land girl Rosa Nowak is sudde..

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June 1381. The rebel armies are massed outside London determined to overturn both crown and church. ..

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The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silen..

Precious Ramotswe that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build' is well-known ..

Every morning Håkan von Enke takes a walk in the forest. However one winter’s day he fails to com..