- Location(s): New Hampshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Turn of 20th century
A meditation on the erotic life of women, an exploration of class prejudices, and most of all a portrayal of the thoughts and actions of an unforgettable young woman. A stunning new work from Anita Shreve, the author of...
Forty Days and Forty Nights – in Yemen: A Journey to Tarim, the City of Light
- Location(s): Yemen
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2008
Tarim is the setting of a forty day Dowra (intensive course in traditional Islamic sciences) that was attended by Ethar El-Katatney in summer 2008 for the purpose of religious learning and self development. This photo-diary weaves together her life-changing...
- Location(s): Lapland
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Winter is savage and cold in Lapland. When a priceless local relic is stolen from Kautokeino, a village in the middle of the isolated snowy tundra, detectives Klemet Nango – a familiar face in the rural community – and...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
It’s never too late for a comeback! Forget what you thought midlife looked like! Forty Love is a delightful, hilarious book about reinvention, resilience, and the radical act of starting over. Forty-something single mum Jules lives next to a...
Forty to Finish: Cycling to Victory on the TransAmerica Bike Trail
- Location(s): The American Northwest
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): 2019
Embark on a cross-country cycling adventure in this exciting sequel that finds author Larry Walsh on yet another solo trek across America. Here, Walsh brings readers along for the ride of a lifetime: 4,200 miles, cutting across ten states,...
- Location(s): Milan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
- Location(s): Shanghai
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from...
Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel
- Location(s): Scarborough
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Seaview Hotel, Book 3 In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, a killer game is being played . . . Helen Dexter is enjoying the new four-star status of the Seaview Hotel. But she begins to wonder if...
- Location(s): York
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dear Lost for Words, We are trying to stay at home… I am enclosing a cheque and I hope that you will use it to send us some books. Please choose books that we might think are wonderful. Rosemary...
- Location(s): Papua New Guinea
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Kira Salak undertook an epic, solo jungle trek across the remote Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea—often called the last frontier of adventure travel. Traveling by dugout canoe and on foot, confronting the dangers and wonders of a...
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