National Network for Equitable Library Service

The story of the great family, the Counts of Anjou, who became kings of England and were known as the Plantagenets.

A detailed account of one of the greatest convoy battles of World War Two, following hard on the disaster of Convoy PQ17.

More than 30 years of research and study have produced this fascinating book ... richly anecdotal.

The New York State Library. A silent sanctuary of knowledge, a 100-year-old labyrinth of towering bookcases, narrow aisles and spiralling staircases.

A story of aborigines, their living conditions, their relationship with white people, all set in the North West Australia but dealing primarily with the history of Coonardoo, the heroine.

Eight children once carved their names on the trunk of the great copper beech tree which shades the schoolhouse in Shancarrig. Now those children are grown.

Clare Ashland is a woman with the world at her feet - she's beautiful, at the top of her career ladder, with an enviable London lifestyle and plenty of admirers.

Mr Montague Cork, and elderly insurance man, is looking forward to a quiet fishing holiday.

A collection of well-written and very humorous short stories about the Italian city of Naples, and the Neopolitan lifestyle.

Lady Jane Hildreth, a British Government agent, meets a girl on a train who confesses to involvement in an IRA murder.

Viola Corbett has made a happy marriage but the shadow of her previous affairs continues to haunt her. Sequel to "Duchess".

Keith Calder returns from France with a collection of vintage guns. He is not long home when it becomes clear that one of the items has aroused fierce competition.

Philadelphia during Fourth of July weekend is no place for a young lawyer preparing to defend a high-profile trial.

Thriller set in the exotic islands and lagoons of the Bahamas, as ex-Marine Nick Breakspear finds himself swept into the ruthless world of drug smuggling.

The Director, Forensic Science Laboratory in Ireland reveals the power of forensics in cracking crime - often from a clue as minute as a single hair.