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In January 1991 eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission deep behind ene..

Sally Urwin and her husband Steve own High House Farm in Northumberland which they share with Mavis ..

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The Cooler King tells the astonishing story of William Ash an American flier who after being shot do..

In The Pattern in the Carpet Margaret Drabble tells the history of the jigsaw a uniquely British for..

In June 1940 ten-year-old Pam Hobbs took the long journey from her council home in Leigh-on-Sea to f..

Tired of endless tarmac and keen to see more on his travels than the tail-lights of the car in front..

In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However Quicksand is not a book about death and de..