Twelve classic Christie short stories are given a modern spin in these BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations.Agatha Christie is the acknowledged 'Queen of Crime', and these twelve short stories showcase her skilful plotting and talent for producing compelling mysteries. First broadcast in the early 2000s, the stories were adapted and brought up-to-date for a contemporary audience.Among the star cast are Tom Hollander, Emilia Fox, Patricia Routledge, Julia Mc...

Autographs for Freedom is a stirring anti-slavery gift book that gathers essays, poems, letters, and testimony from leading American reformers, writers, and public figures in a united moral assault on slavery. Led by Harriet Beecher Stowe and supported by a Rochester ladies' society, the volume presents abolition as a Christian duty and a national necessity, warning that slavery endangers the United States politically, socially, and spiritually while offering hope through truth, sympathy, ...

"Autographs for Freedom" is a poignant collection of letters and signatures from notable abolitionists, encapsulating the fervent struggle against slavery in 19th-century America. Through these documents, the work offers a vivid tableau of the abolitionist movement, marked by passionate prose and eloquent rhetoric. The literary style varies from fervent political calls to personal reflections, showcasing the multiplicity of voices that united for a common cause. This anthology not only ser...

‘Utterly compulsive … I could not stop reading’ CHARLOTTE McCONAGHY‘Mesmerising … I felt the unearthly pull of its power long after I'd finished’ KALIANE BRADLEYFrom the acclaimed author of Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, comes an extraordinary epic novel following two alpine climbers risking everything in pursuit of what they love.June, 1994. The infamous Mount Varda has been untouched by mountain...

Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places...'A killer collection of dark and devious tales' Mark Billingham'A lot of women have terrified me over the years, but none quite like these!' Linwoo...

On the night that Carla Reid plans on celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband Kevin and their grown son Jack, their New Zealand farmstead has never felt more like home. But when Ben Toroa and another aspiring gang member brutally force their way into the house with robbery and more on their minds the night and the rest of both their lives take a radically different direction. As Carla struggles to come to terms with the aftermath and bereavement of different kinds, and Ben fac...

This morning, I woke up on the ceiling …So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother’s Batman balloons.Puberty is weird enough. Everyone already thinks she’s an oddball with anger issues because her father vanished in a mysterious storm one night when she was six. Then there are the mean, false rumours people are spreading about her at school....

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you...

In the brilliant AWKWARD SITUATIONS FOR MEN, Danny Wallace entertained us with wonderfully funny true stories from his often embarrassing and bewildering everyday life as a man.Well, Danny is back - and he's even more confused than ever!A lot has happened to Danny Wallace in the past year. He has had a baby and has been hobnobbing with the powers that be in Hollywood. But that hasn't made him any less awkward.Being more of a grown up brings its own baffling etiquett...

In a place called Tanglewood town. There are eighteen, amusing short stories that focus on women who share a humorous attitude which varies in both age and circumstance.We start with Jane, whose live-in boyfriend is named Jason and he wants a pet. But is there room in her world for two dogs? And we end with a widow, who becomes a 'Cougar' when she gets involved with a much younger man. But will everyone else approve of this budding relationship?Join these women and others, ...

Featuring:Sarah Hall, Lucy Wood, Lisa Blower, Lavinia Greenlaw and Lionel Shriver.Edgar Allan Poe once claimed the greatest literary works were those that could be read ’in one sitting’. ‘Brevity must be in direct ratio of the intensity of the intended effect,’ he argued, once the effect has been established, of course.The stories shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 all use brevity with striking results, whether presenting a comp...

‘I sit on the loo and think about all the people I can have sex with now. I’m not obsessed with sex. I just can’t stop thinking about it.’The Fleabag bites back. A rip-roaring account of some sort of female living her sort of life.Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s debut play is an outrageously funny monologue for a female performer. It premiered at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performed by Phoebe herself, before transferring to Soho Theatre, London, for several success...