Elif shears sheep for a rich landowner. Every other waking hour she spends queuing outside the palace, hoping that the King will let her live within the city walls. She comes from a faraway land. She is searching for sanctuary. And this is what we call a 'hostile environment'. Sami Ibrahim's play A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain is a poetic fable about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own. It premiered in Paines Plough's Roundabout in 2022, including a run at the Edinburgh...

The year is 2043, and Reem and her husband Sayeed are going to share a 'Serious Play about Palestine'. Things are tense. People are on the edge. The Fifth Intifada is right around the corner. But on a contested piece of land near their village of Beit al-Qadir, Reem and Sayeed are about to go dogging. Don't worry, you're allowed to laugh. Sami Ibrahim's play two Palestinians go dogging uses the lens of humour to explore how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday ...

'We are here to make sense of it all.'From the everyday to the astonishing, and the ordinary to the miraculous, the Roman poet Ovid's stories of epic impossibilities explore the power of transformation, the resilience of humans, and the wonder of life.The myths of Metamorphoses have inspired generations of writers, including Shakespeare. Over two thousand years later, they are reimagined for our world by three leading British playwrights, and feature anarc...

When bereaved mother Mary finds a disembodied arm, a conspiracy builds: maybe her child isn't quite so dead after all.Shortlisted for Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award, Sami Ibrahim's Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her is an enthralling monologue about love and loss.It was first performed as part of the 2018 VAULT Festival, London.

Here, in a London training centre, people prepare to help strangers on another side of the world. There, a city is burning.Here, Sarah gets a meal deal. There, people are in danger. Here, Khaled watches a training video. There, there are men with guns. Here, Sarah and Khaled flirt with each other. There, an aid worker looks after a refugee.Suddenly – here becomes there.In Sami Ibrahim's play Multiple Casualty Incident, roleplay, desire and compassion intert...

When I was little, my mother disappeared...A daughter searches for the truth behind her mother's disappearance in Jessica Ruston's riveting novel. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Linda Green's While My Eyes Were Closed.'A tight, compelling study of love, obsession and breakdown. I couldn't stop reading' - Jojo Moyes'I do not know what you have been told about your mother. But I know it cannot be the trut...

Two lives. Two loves. One impossible choice. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick One Day in December . . .“I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird in a single sitting. What a beautiful, emotional gift Josie Silver has given us.”—Jodi PicoultWritten with Josie Silver’s trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the w...

CHASE BAKER IS ON THE HUNT FOR THE GREATEST RELIC IN HISTORY!New York Times and USA Today bestselling Thriller Award winning author Vincent Zandri takes you into the world of of acclaimed Suspense Magazine Award winning Chase Baker action/adventure series, starting with the pilot novel, THE SHROUD KEY.Treasure hunter and adventurer Chase Baker has a nose for trouble—and this time, it could lead him to the greatest discovery in history.When ...

The Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil.When a CIA agent is found beheaded in a Boulder, Colorado alley just hours after speaking to an informant about a potential terrorist cell, retired Navy SEAL Levi Jones is activated to find his killer. The informant herself is a suspected co-conspirator, but Levi has to rely on her to get him inside the close-knit community.

The tenth in this series sees DCI Victor Moyes and his second in command DS Victoria Morgan take on the case of trying to solve the mystery surrounding a body retrieved from the River Ford, the river that runs through the fictional town of Abberford.These stories are set in the sixties before DNA and computers and means that there is a lot of paperwork and legwork that needs to be covered in order to complete their investigations.Little did they know at the start of their i...

A repackaged edition of the revered authors poetry-a collection of verse that exemplifies and celebrates his breadth of knowledge, his wide-ranging interests, both spiritual and earthly, and his never-ending search to find God and understand the mysteries of the world.Known for his fiction and philosophical nonfiction, C. S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Lett...

A taut, emotive, devastating dark and all-consuming psychological thriller, reminiscent of Play Misty for Me … from the critically acclaimed author of Maria in the Moon and The Lion Tamer Who Lost… ***WINNER of Best magazine's BIG Book of the Year 2019*** ***LONGLISTED for Guardian's NOT THE BOOKER PRIZE*** 'A complex and layered tale that charmed me as a much as it traumatised me. An atmospheric, haunting and beautifully written page turner!' C L Taylor 'Noirish psychological thriller wit...