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Celia Imrie and Toby Jones star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Gerald Durrell's much-loved comic gem. My Family and Other Animals is the classic tale of naturalist Gerald Durrell's magical 1930s childhood on pre-war Corfu. His descriptions of his eccentric family and his encounters with...

Life with the Durrells is seldom straightforward. Dive headfirst into family adventures with this collection of laugh-out-loud short stories from the much-loved author of My Family and Other Animals. Notable tales include 'The Picnic', a hilarious account of an ill-fated Durrell excursion which...

Born into a wealthy family in Northern England, Ivory Frame rebels. She escapes to interwar Paris, where she finds herself through art and falls in with the most brilliantly bohemian set: the surrealists. But Ivory’s life is violently interrupted by the Second World War. She flees from Europe, leaving behind her friends, her art and her love. Now over 90, Ivory receives unexpected news from the past: she has a grandchild, despite never having had a child of her own....

Brought to you by Penguin. With the Great War raging and Christmas on the horizon, can one woman’s bravery save the day? East London, 1916: The Sanctuary Lane Animal Hospital is proving a huge success. For its founder Ruby Archer, this is a dream come true – and her blossoming romance with a...

"Deeply romantic, scintillating, and absolutely delicious."—SYLVIA DAY, New York Times bestselling author for Highland Hellcat Newly Minted Laird Seeks Wife, Preferably Handy and Resourceful Laird Diocail Gordon has just inherited his uncle’s run down castle and rag-tag clan. He knows the...

A fierce Englishwoman on the run A Highland Laird who needs a proper wife And a desire neither can resist Athena Trappes thinks she’s in love…until she discovers the scoundrel only wanted her as his bit on the side. Enraged, she does what any spirited Englishwoman would do: set fire to his...

Small-town veterinarian, Nathan Daniels never opted to become rich. Yet, wealthy women seem to fall right out of the sky and onto his lap—all but one, that is...cattle heiress Margaret Wainwright. She’s the only woman he has ever loved, and the only one who got away. Margaret is above his station—way out of his league. It takes him years to get her out of his system; and many a woman pay the price trying to fight against Margaret’s lingering shadow. The heiress wants back into Nathan’s life. But in the 1920s Victorian South, marriage is sacred, and there are just too many social obstacles to climb.

When Smoky, a tiny Yorkie Terrier, is miraculously found in a foxhole in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, she has no way of knowing she will become a World War II hero and Hollywood star. Flying with her new owner, Corporal Bill Wynne, on deadly combat missions, she is soon assisting the war effort, entertaining and bringing comfort to the soldiers with her unique tricks and spirited energy. Based on the true events of the American army’s wartime struggles and Smoky’s outstanding television career, her moving and uplifting tale is sure to entertain and touch the hearts of all who read it.