Set in Dublin and the countryside of Galway, the story is of love, betrayal, passion and violence. An account of the troubles in Ireland which began with the political upheavals of 1916 and have yet to be solved today....
Set in Ulster and London in 1914, this is the story of two sisters fighting for their ideals. Sarah is a suffragette, determined to free Mrs Pankhurst. Deborah, her sister, is alone on an Irish estate, neglected by her husband. When Deborah hears Sar...
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.
Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.
Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.
Two boys meet on a voyage that transforms their lives.
Madu, a young African, is captured by the English slave-trader, Sir John Hawkins. Tom Oakley is a young sailor in charge of the slaves. At first the two boys boys hate each other. But a...
1685. King Charles II dies unexpectedly, and is succeeded by his brother James II, England's first Catholic monarch since Bloody Mary.
English Protestants feel threatened, and King Charles's illegitimate son, the handsome young duke of Monmouth...
What would you do if someone murdered your child, but the justice system let you down?
Kathryn Walters is faced with this dreadful decision when her daughter, Shelley, is found dead in a bath in her boyfriend's flat. Despite the best effort...
A mother's worst nightmare - can her son be guilty of murder?
Sarah Newby, who left school at 15, and was living as a teenage single parent on an inner-city estate, has worked her way up to begin a career as a criminal barrister. But what s...
When Sarah Newby presents her first case in the Court of Criminal Appeal, it seems her career is looking up. But at the same time her marriage hits the rocks, and to the despair of her former admirer Detective Inspector Terry Bateson, Sarah embark...
Truth, memory and lies. How much should you lie for the man you love? Are we really the same people we were twenty years ago? And what makes a suicide definitely murder? Just three of the questions which confront barrister Sarah Newby, as she struggl...