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Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen. A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of...

A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS) London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'. But from the moment she draws breath, Sue's fate is linked to that of...

Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller. This is the story of four Londoners, three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy.

Londra, 1922. La città porta ancora i segni della recente guerra: sono molte le cose che hanno bisogno di essere ricostruite, restaurate, molte le ferite da sanare, molti i cuori da riscaldare. Una madre e una figlia, i cui uomini di famiglia son stati portati via dalla guerra, sono costrette ad affittare alcune stanze della loro casa per sbarcare il lunario. Gli ospiti paganti sono una coppia di giovani sposi, che con la loro allegria e sensualità portano una ventata di aria fresca nelle polverose stanze dell'appartamento.

The New York Times bestselling novel that has been called “a tour de force” (Wall Street Journal), “unputdownable” (The Washington Post), “a delicious hothouse of a novel” (USA Today), “effortless” (The Economist), “seductive” (Vanity Fair) and “pitch perfect” (Salon)...

Now a major motion picture directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Wilson. “Several sleepless nights are guaranteed.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of...

'I raced through it, breathing fast and when I had finished had to reread parts of the wonderful early chapters. I don't like historical novels but this is the exception. I shall let a few months go by and then read it all over again with, I'm sure, undiminished pleasure' Ruth Rendall, Guardian...

Now a major motion picture starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling, and directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 'Sarah Waters's masterly novel is . . . gripping, confident, unnerving and supremely entertaining' Hilary Mantel After...

Set in and around the women's prison at Milbank in the 1870's, Affinity is an eerie and utterly compelling ghost story, a complex and intriguing literary mystery, and a poignant love story with an unexpected twist in the tale. Following the death of her father, Margaret Prior has decided to pursue some 'good work' with the lady criminals of one of London's most notorious gaols. Surrounded by prisoners, murderers, and common thieves, Margaret feels herself drawn to one of the prison's more unlikely inmates.

“[A] wonderful novel…Waters is almost Dickensian in her wealth of description and depth of character.”—Chicago Tribune Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch tells...

Faith on Fire is a spiritual guidebook to help you grow in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and it will inspire you to have a greater passion to share the love of Jesus with others. This book highlights important scriptures that brings the Word of God to life in the areas of healing, deliverance and Jesus' teachings on faith. Author, Sarah Harmony Waters is a Christian Singer/Songwriter who shares her own personal testimony and life lessons that led her to write her first alum "Walk in Faith," as this book was also inspired through her many tests of faith that she also shares.

Come To Bed dives into conversations around intimacy, pleasure and strengthening our relationships. Most importantly—the relationship with ourselves! We'll unpack how to realize and nourish our intimacy identities, close pleasure gaps, intimacy as an HSP, dissolving shame, and navigating all the noise that comes from social media and societal pressures. My hope is that you leave this podcast feeling seen, comforted, having had a shift in perspective, or simply having enjoyed listening while you go about your day.