“The Ragazzi” comes from the same vivid and violent world as Pasolini’s great films. In the poverty and chaos of postwar Rome, Ricetto and his gang survive by their wits, their cruelty and their instincts for survival. Their lives...

The villages of Greystone and Morrisham are fictional. When Jem Rosco – sailor, adventurer and local legend – blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity...

Jox may have survived the Battle of Britain, but this war isn’t over yet… Winter, 1940 Enemy raiders are bombing Britain’s cities relentlessly. Casualties are high and morale is at an all-time low. Jox McNabb and the rest of...

Deep in the dales of the West Riding Fells lies Scarsbeck, a remote village peopled by a close-knit community of colourful characters: Ellie Birkett, steadfastly resisting her mother’s attempts to marry her off; Vicar Hardy, wrestling with the temptations...

Taking his long-distance train travels to a whole new level, Matthew Woodward embarks on an intrepid journey from his home in the UK to Lhasa in deepest Tibet, for many years closed to visitors. Travelling over 20,000 kilometres on...

In a thirsty, drought-stricken Australia, the country is well and truly sunburnt. As the Eastern states are evacuated to more appealing climates, a stubborn few resist the forced removal. They hide out in small country towns – where no...

Jan Brokken’s compelling account of his journey to one of the world’s most mysterious and remote countries — Gabon in Central Africa — following in the footsteps of such famous Europeans as Stanley and Schweitzer.

1813 Napoleon is on the rampage through France. But some are not willing to sit back and witness the end of the reign of King Louis and the Bourbons. Louise Fauriel comes from a family of talented silversmiths. Recently...

Northeast Mississippi, hill country, rugged and notorious for outlaws since the Civil War, where killings are as commonplace as in the Old West. To Quinn Colson, it’s home — but not the home he left when he went to...