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A dashing Regency romance from the legendary Georgette Heyer, founder of the genre. Captain John Staple's exploits against Napoleon's armies in the Iberian Peninsula have earned him the nickname 'Crazy Jack' amongst his comrades in the Dragoon Guards - but once the Battle of Waterloo brings the curtain down once and for all on the Napoleonic Wars, the boisterous, adventure-loving captain finds life in peacetime intolerably dull. 

The Honourable Christopher Fancot, on leave from the diplomatic service in the summer of 1817, is startled to find his entrancing but incorrigibly extravagant mother on the brink of financial and social ruin - and more than alarmed to find that his twin, Evelyn, has disappeared without trace. Christopher - Kit - is forced into an outrageous masquerade by the tangled affairs of his wayward family: his rigid uncle, Lord Brumby; the surprisingly wily Sir Bonamy Ripple; the formidable old Lady Stavely and Evelyn's betrothed, Cressy.  

Gripping and atmospheric, Winter in Tabriz tells the story of four young people living in 1970s Iran during the months immediately prior to the revolution and the choices they have to make as a result of the ensuing upheaval. The lives of Damian and Anna, both from Oxford University, become enmeshed with two Iranians - Arash, a poet, and his older brother, Reza, a student sympathetic to the problems of the dissident writers in Iran and a would-be photojournalist, interested in capturing the rebellion on the streets.  

Some families pass down money. Some pass down secrets. The Briggs family passes down both, along with enemies you never knew you had. When Nathan Briggs flies home to New England after his grandfather's disappearance, he expects grief and family tension. What he doesn't expect is a locked room, a letter written in a language he somehow understands, and a power igniting in his blood that has no business existing in the modern world.

Can a teenage time traveller be the saviour the world desperately needs while finding the strength to save himself? Joe's come a long way on his time travels. He's discovered the true meaning of friendship and the depths of his love for his family. But as time itself begins to unravel, and boundaries between the worlds of mortals and magic rip apart, Joe is faced with his greatest challenge yet.

Joe's world is turned upside down when he discovers a shattered compass among the brambles where the Crystal Palace once stood and travels through time back to 1888.

Joe's world is turned upside down when he discovers a shattered compass among the brambles where the Crystal Palace once stood and travels through time back to 1888.

Victorian London buzzes with excitement as the Crystal Palace unveils the world’s first aeronautical exhibition! But when a fatal balloon crash sparks a thrilling mystery, it’s a race against time for young H. G. Wells and his friends to uncover the truth. Join them on a journey of courage, friendship and discovery as international aeronauts compete for supremacy of the skies and daring daredevils like Leona Dare rise into the heavens hanging beneath her balloon with her iron jaw.