- Location(s): Waitakere Ranges
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand, New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes you into the twisted world of an exclusive cul-de-sac located on the edge of a sprawling forest. My mother vanished ten years ago....
- Location(s): Africa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Noko, the porcupine, is very hungry. On arriving at a village, he asks the other animals for some food and shelter. But, despite their full bellies, all the animals say they have nothing to spare. Never mind: he’ll just...
- Location(s): Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1993
Woza is a very ambitious, highly intelligent student, who is in his final year at school, and determined to follow his brother’s example and go to university in the UK. Temperamental, idealistic and passionate, there are many pitfalls on...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
James Kingman’s world just got complicated. The love of his life, Katherine Dale, has just given birth to their first child. His troublesome business manager, Phillipa, is sexually harassing him at work. His boss proposes a partnership which would...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 21 st Century
Yeah, yeah, the usual. A crime. A corpse. A killer. Heard it. Except this stiff happens to be a Ponsonby, scion of a venerable Edinburgh medical clan, and the manner of his death speaks of unspeakable things. Why is...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fantasy
- Era(s): Mythic times of the Ramayana
This is a short story…. Sita Devi, the wife of Lord Rama has been abducted by the Demon King Raavana. Hanuman, the Ape hero, is tasked with building a bridge to facilitate the invasion of Lanka. The expedition is...
- Location(s): Western Australia
- Genre(s): Adventure, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1930s
The remarkable true story of three young girls who cross the harsh Australian desert on foot to return to their home. Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1870's Paris Commune
1870.17-year-old apprentice bookbinder Étienne Bonin travels from revolutionary Lyon to even more revolutionary Paris seeking excitement and professional opportunity. By the spring of 1871 he is deeply committed to the insurrection for workers’ power, to a new lover —...
Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica
- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1910 and 2018
Equal parts adventure and STEM, Rebecca E. F. Barone’s Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica is a thrilling nonfiction book for young readers chronicling two treacherous, groundbreaking expeditions to the South Pole–and includes eye-catching photos of...
- Location(s): Arctic
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st
Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to...
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