ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW’ S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA Best Book of the Year: San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle TimesWinner of the Plutarch Award for Best BiographyThe acclaimed biographer of Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf gives us an intimate portrait of one of the most quietly brilliant novelists of the twentieth century.Penelope Fitzgerald was a great English writer whose career didn't begin until sh...

Unlucky-in-love Penny Irving can’t believe the gall of Greg Danvers. He walks into her naturopathy clinic asking for help after his louse of a brother skipped town with her rent money. Greg needs to relax all right, he’s the most tightly wound individual Penny’s ever met. She’d turn down his request for yoga lessons if she didn’t need the money. It’s only a week out of her life, she tells herself. It won’t kill her.But the surprising fantasies she starts to have about Greg just mig...

Violet Paget (1856–1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British writer famous for her supernatural fiction and contributions to the field of aesthetics. She also wrote more than a dozen books on a variety of subjects ranging from music to travel, and today she is best remembered for her original ideas and amusing use of irony. First published in 1903, “Penelope Brandling” is a fantastic example of classic Victorian literature not to be missed by those who hav...

Her free spirit will snap his iron control. Wild Crush, Book 4. Penny Irving has been unlucky in love—most recently with a man who stole her rent money before skipping town. She’d love to forget the experience, but it’s next to impossible when the louse’s brother walks into her naturopathy clinic. She’d slam the door in Greg Danvers’s face—if she didn’t need the cash he’s offering for yoga lessons. It’s only a week out of her life. No harm done…until the tightly strung lawyer infiltrates h...

A collection of RD Wingfield’s finest thrillers from the Sixties, Seventies and EightiesBest known for his ‘Inspector Jack Frost’ series of novels, RD Wingfield also penned a string of gripping thrillers for BBC Radio. Initially thought lost, many of the 14 dramas in this collection were recovered and restored by Keith Wickham and the Radio Circle, and thanks to their careful preservation, are now available to enjoy once more.Credit Risk

Mary Webb’s award-winning novel adapted for radio with a full cast, plus a dramatised biography of the celebrated authorNovelist and poet Mary Webb is as closely associated with Shropshire as Thomas Hardy with Dorset and the Brontës with Yorkshire. She wrote six books set against the timeless landscape of the county she knew and loved so well, but only achieved literary success after her death when the then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin praised her work, describin...

Lanceuse d'alerte ou marathonienne, star hollywoodienne ou capitaine de police, les Culottées n'ont jamais rien lâché pour faire voler en éclats les préjugés. Marina Rollman et neuf comédien·ne·s nous emportent dans la vie de ces femmes à la détermination incroyable. Grâce à un habillage sonore riche, l’univers illustré de Pénélope Bagieu prend tout son sens à l’audio. Un régal ! Illustration de couverture : Pénélope Bagieu

This practical book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of all aspects of the commercial production of blackberries and their hybrids, covering plant growth and development, cultivar description and selection, propagation, pruning, soil and water management, postharvest management, economics and marketing, and pest identification and management. Cultivated blackberries are a relatively new crop, but with new cultivars and cultural practices they are now grown and available wor...

A trio of dramas based on Henry Green’s most notable novelsBorn Henry Yorke, aristocrat and industrialist Henry Green led a double life as a managing director of an engineering firm and one of the finest English modernists of the 20th century. A contemporary and friend of Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell, he penned nine novels before giving up writing in 1952 at the age of 47. Three of them are dramatised here, with casts incuding Pauline Quirke, Amanda Root...

Penelope Meets the Puddlemans is an Australian made picture book about Penelope, an Australian Brushtail Possum, and her quest to get rid of the noisy new neighbours that have moved into her house. Each morning brings an unwitting new disturbance that ruins Penelope's sleep, each night she tries a new set of shoes to drive out the intruders. Covering universal themes of grief, change, and compromise, Penelope Meets the Puddlemans aims to provide a delightful insight for c...

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Welsh coast in the eighteenth century, Vernon Lee's "Penelope Brandling" intricately weaves a tale of personal and cultural discovery. Through lyrical prose and vivid imagery, Lee delves into themes of identity, morality, and the intricacies of relationships amidst societal constraints. The story revolves around its titular character, Penelope, as she navigates the tumultuous waters of love and societal expectation, revealing the rich tapestry of he...

The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Welsh coast, where Penelope Brandling, a spirited and independent young woman, navigates the challenges and intrigues of her time. The novel explores themes of love, duty, and societal expectations, as Penelope encounters various characters and events that shape her journey.Vernon Lee's writing style in "Penelope Brandling" is noted for its lyrical prose and its vivid depiction of historical settings. The novel combines elements of romance, adv...