Bloomsbury

Tancredi is born on the same day that scientists discover a small planet they jokingly call Surprise. A planet so insignificant that it went unnoticed for millennia reveals, on closer inspection, that it will develop into supernova and is destined to be the instrument of Armageddon across the Universe.Made rich by his invention of the MoronOmeter,...

It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian 'migr'e living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since the...

Arabs and Jews in JaffaJaffa - famed for its orange groves - was for centuries a city of traders, merchants, teachers and administrators, home to Muslims, Christians and Jews alike. That is, until the founding of the state of Israel, which was simultaneously a moment of jubilation for the Jews and a disaster - the Naqba - for the 100,000 Arabs who...

The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French HistoryIntelligent, ambitious and a rising star in the French artillery, Captain Alfred Dreyfus appeared to have everything: family, money, and the prospect of a post on the General Staff. But his rapid rise had also made him enemies - many of them aristocratic officers in the...

Twink is looking forward to her second year Summer term, but when she gets to Peony Branch she is surprised to see a new fairy, Jax. And then unpleasant pranks start being played in the Branch - the rosepetal duvet covers are torn to shreds and homework is stolen. Could it be something to do with the new girl? Or is it something more complicated...

Madame Sousatzka specialises in child prodigies. In her hands the new boy will blossom into musical genius. But the public cannot hear him yet: until his debut he belongs to Sousatzka and her bizarre hot-house tenants. One day he will be a great pianist - until that day he must play only for Sousatzka ......