When does the Jewish Sabbath begin? Who are Vishnu and Shiva? What are Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths? What are the Five Pillars of Islam? These questions are more than an academic exercise.
Religious belief has been innate to humans everywhere and in every age, from the time of the Neanderthals to the 21st century. It’s also one of the strongest motivators of human behavior and has a profound impact on all aspects of our culture—our spiritual beliefs, our rituals, our politics, and the very foundations of our democracy.

Having these stories read to me is one of my earliest and fondest memories -- and they are still great as an @d*lt. Laura's life story is one of the quintessential stories of the American West. And so I have created this, the complete Laura Ingalls Wilder collection.

The first two books in the Zombie Fallout series.

In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.

The destruction of Atlanta is an iconic moment in American history—it was the centerpiece of Gone with the Wind. But though the epic sieges of Leningrad, Stalingrad, and Berlin have all been explored in bestselling books, the one great American example has been treated only cursorily in more general histories. Marc Wortman remedies that conspicuous absence in grand fashion with The Bonfire, an absorbing narrative history told through the points of view of key participants both Confederate and Union.

Once again, Geraldine Brooks takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Martha's Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, Brooks has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure.

01 Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman (Jean Gilpin)

The coming-of-middle-age story a whole generation of women have been waiting for... poised, witty, and emotionally resonant.
For 25 years, Rose Lloyd has juggled marriage, motherhood, and career, with remarkable success. It has been a life of family picnics, books and wine, a cherished house, and her own exquisitely designed garden - sunny and comfortable. But then the carefully managed life to which Rose has become accustomed comes crashing down around her when - over the course of a few days - her marriage and her career both fall apart.

A long long time ago there was this amazing gaming podcast that none of the hosts wanted to do. Then that podcast was renamed 2 or 3 times and the interesting hosts left to bigger and better things.

Then by some miracle they all met up and started podcasting. Again what they made was fantastic and fun and after 20 episodes the podcast just up and disappeared off the internet.

A charming romantic comedy about a hard-up single mum inheriting a stately home - and a host of headaches - The perfect novel for curling up with during the long winter nights. Sophy Winter is not your typical Lady of the Manor!.

When a woman's body washes up on the shore of California's Jericho Point, she is identified as Evan Delaney. Except that Evan is very much alive, apparently the victim of an identity thief who'd been scamming Hollywood elite. The thief may be dead, but the crimes she was murdered for, committed in Evan's name, are turning Evan's life into a nightmare. Now it's all Evan can do to survive in the shadow of a dead woman's lies.