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The London Collection
: A box set of 3 novels linked only by their setting… London
2021
EN
'Davis has a light touch. She writes with subtlety and nuance. And she does something many writers of literary fiction fail to do: she tells a good story.' ~ Put It In Writing Book Blog.My Counterfeit SelfFrom the award-winning author of Half-truths and White Lies and An Unknown Woman, comes an emotional story of hidden identities, complicated passions and tangled truths.'Completely gripping, excellently written and so skilfully put tog...
2018
EN
It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again.'An all-round triumph.' John HudspithWinner of 'The Selfies' Best Independent Fiction Author Award at London Book Fair 2019For the families of the victims of the St Botolph and Old Billingsgate disaster, the undoing of a miscarriage of justice should be a cause for rejoicing. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up e...
The Bookseller's Wife
The Chiswell Street Chronicles, #1
- Book 1 -
- The Chiswell Street Chronicles
2024
EN
Books have been her only solace. Now they're about to change her life.'Dorcas is as appealing and extraordinary in her circumstances as Elizabeth Bennett or Mrs Dalloway' ~ JJ Marsh, author of Salt of the EarthLondon, 1775: The only surviving child of six, Dorcas Turton should have been heiress to a powerful family name. But after her mother's untimely death, she is stunned by the discovery that her father's compulsive gam...
- Translated by
- Ian GilesJane Davis
2027
EN
**'Ari Aster's Midsommar and Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, mixed with Stephen King'- Malin Nauwerck, AftonbladetThe Muse is an electrifying and timely gothic folk horror about the cost of creativity and the monopoly of the cultural elite from Sweden’s cult horror king, Mats Strandberg**Divorced crime writer Hedda Strömberg can no longer write. Financial ruin is closing in on her and her eight-year-old son Hugo. She must find inspiration...
Available Sep 2, 2027
- Translated by
- Jane Davis
- Book 1 -
- Hannah Kaufman
2021
EN
The first book in an intense thriller series featuring Inspector Hannah Kaufman.On her way to work one ordinary Wednesday morning, Inspector Hannah Kaufman is unexpectedly called to Stockholm South Hospital, where she's confronted by a far from ordinary event. Armed men are inside the children's hospital, threatening to kill one child an hour if their demands aren't met.Hannah and her colleagues face a dramatic hostage situation with enormous media attention. Meanwhile, ins...
The Temple of the Muses
The Chiswell Street Chronicles, #2
- Book 2 -
- The Chiswell Street Chronicles
2026
EN
A richly imagined literary historical novel set in Georgian London, based on a true story.Volume 2 of the Chiswell Street ChroniclesLondon, 1780. As the city smoulders in the aftermath of the Gordon Riots, booksellers James and Dorcas Lackington refuse to answer despair with charity. Instead, they place their faith in something far more radical: books.Convinced that reading...
Visual Arts for Middle Schools
Skill Based Curricula with Summative Assessments
2013
EN
Visual Arts for Middle Schools is an instructional resource book designed for art educators. The book focuses on five art disciplines: drawing, painting, design, portraiture and art history/integration. Over 200 exemplary student art works, developed in the classroom, illustrate a quality art education program. The book is designed to provide teachers with instructional strategies that stimulate personal expression and higher thought process. Each of the 40 lessons encompass objectives, ma...
Not Little Women
Strong International Women in Extraordinary Situations
2021
EN
Song at Dawn, by Jean Gill1150 in Provence, where making love and making paper are both crimes against the Church.Estela wants to be Queen Aliénor's troubadour and ex-crusader Dragonetz los Pros is commanded to teach her. In a world where love and marriage are as divided as Christian, Muslim and Jew, personal and political passions create deadly enemies.Smash all the Windows, by Jane Davis
- Translated by
- Jane Davis
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- The Little Swedish Island
2026
EN
Single mother Emelie swaps city bustle for the peaceful rhythms of Sardinön, a tiny Swedish island where life is never quite as quiet as it seems. Managing the community centre, juggling three spirited daughters, and nurturing a secret romance with Andreas, the local gardener, Emelie quickly discovers that Sardinön is home to a delightfully quirky cast of characters.From yoga-loving potters and tango-dancing widows to saw-playing musicians and a tap-dancing council inspector, the i...
2020
EN
London 1949. The lives of three very different women are about to collide.'An extraordinary novel so rich and detailed you emerge feeling as if you've just watched a classic film.' ~ JJ Marsh, authorLike most working-class daughters, seventeen-year-old Caroline Wilby is expected to help support her family. Far from home and alone in a strange city, she must grab any opportunity that comes her way. Even if that means putting herself in danger.
Dark Skies over Budapest
Raoul Wallenberg, Resistance and Rescue of the Hungarian Jews, 1944–1945
- Translated by
- Jane Davis
2024
EN
Budapest in the autumn of 1944 was a city full of terror, tension and conspiracies. Members of the SS and the Hungarian Arrow Cross movement roamed the streets looking for Jews and other opponents. The German and Hungarian Nazis planned to exterminate the last surviving large Jewish population in Nazi-occupied Europe. Ranged against them was a loosely knit network of neutral diplomats, lower-level church activists and a fragile but growing resistance movement. In an inferno of intrigue, a ...
2022
EN
A boy with his head in the clouds. A man with a head full of dreams.'With an eye for precise detail balanced by a sweeping imagination, this beautifully constructed book is built on deep foundations.' - JJ Marsh, author of the Beatrice Stubbs SeriesThe symptoms of scarlet fever are easily mistaken for teething, as Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya discover at the cost of their two infant sons. Freya immediately isolates fo...











