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Bangkok Wakes To Rain

Bangkok Wakes To Rain
  • Author(s): Pitchaya Sudbanthad
  • Location(s): Bangkok
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th century to the future

In the restless city of Bangkok, there is a house. Over the last two centuries, it has played host to longings and losses past, present, and future, and has witnessed lives shaped by upheaval, memory and the lure of...

Barcelona

Barcelona
  • Author(s): Robert Hughes
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): over time

Robert Hughes has been visiting Barcelona since the 1960s and he has written an epic tribute to a city he loves. He tells the story of the growth of this Mediterranean metropolis from its origins as a Roman colonial...

Bayan

Bayan
  • Author(s): Pramudith D Rupasinghe
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Bayan, the title, is Russian for the accordion, since the story is based on a hauntingly beautiful narration of the transition of life from the Soviet through the post-Soviet era in Ukraine. The main character, Ivan Nikolaevich, is a...

Beasts of a Little Land

Beasts of a Little Land
  • Author(s): Juhea Kim
  • Location(s): South Korea
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1917

It is 1917, and Korea is yet to be divided into north and south. With the threat of famine looming, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver’s courtesan school in cosmopolitan Pyongyang, an...

Beautiful Animals

Beautiful Animals
  • Author(s): Lawrence Osborne
  • Location(s): Hydra
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On a hike during a white-hot summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, Naomi and Samantha make a startling discovery: a man named Faoud, sleeping heavily, exposed to the elements, but still alive. Naomi, the daughter of a...

Beautiful Shining People

Beautiful Shining People
  • Author(s): Michael Grothaus
  • Location(s): Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagano
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Fiction, Future
  • Era(s): Future

This world is anything but ordinary, and it’s about to change forever… It’s our world, but decades into the future… An ordinary world, where cars drive themselves, drones glide across the sky, and robots work in burger shops. There...

Beautiful Ugly

Beautiful Ugly
  • Author(s): Alice Feeney
  • Location(s): The Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife as she’s driving home to share some exciting news. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing....

Before the Rains

Before the Rains
  • Author(s): Dinah Jefferies
  • Location(s): Rajasthan
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband’s death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza’s only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she’s determined to make a name for...

Belas Rift: The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Volume 3

Belas Rift: The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Volume 3
  • Author(s): Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fantasy
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

Our young hero Stig and his female partner Meg chase the evil enemy’s leader Anet into a rift. This interdimensional portal brings them from their fantasyland through into a small village in 21st century England. Their mission is to...

Believe Me

Believe Me
  • Author(s): J P Delaney
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Claire Wright likes to play other people. A British drama student, in New York without a green card, Claire takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pick-up in...

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