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- Location(s): Manhattan
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery, Romance
- Era(s): Victorian Era
It’s 1894 on New York’s Lower East Side. Irish cop Tom McGlory and Italian immigrant Vita Caputo fall in love despite their different upbringings. Vita goes from sweatshop laborer to respected bank clerk to reformer, helping elect a mayor...
- Location(s): Nashville, Dorset
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Can Music Really Bring People Together? Rachel Hardy dreams of being a successful country music singer in Nashville’s Music City, four thousand miles away from her lonely life in Dorset. When Jackson Phillips, an independent record label owner, encourages...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1968
It’s 1968 and it’s cold when Felicity arrives in London to stay with her mother, improve her English, do a secretarial course – and meet a suitable man. She is already missing her home in Provence and her father...
- Location(s): Lisbon, Madrid, Tangier
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
In these stories Madrid is the apex of a triangle stretching to Lisbon and Tangier. Characters meet the unexpected in a borderland between Europe and Africa, from the fall of dictators to a surge in trans-Mediterranean migration. An Arab...
- Location(s): Malawi
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
In this compelling narrative, Michael L. Buckler draws readers into the challenging, yet rewarding world of the Peace Corps. Inspired by his journals, the book recounts his life as a Peace Corps teacher after a heartbreaking divorce and a...
- Location(s): Rio de Janeiro
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
What do you see from your window? This #OwnVoices picture book from Brazil offers a first-hand view of what children growing up in the favelas of Rio de Janiero see everyday. A vibrant and diverse celebration of urban community...
- Location(s): Mallorca, Scotland
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
This is the fifth and final book in Peter Kerr’s award-winning pentad of fun-filled Mallorcan travelogues, which also includes Snowball Oranges, Mañana Mañana, Viva Mallorca! and A Basketful of Snowflakes.After three years of hard work, the Kerr family say...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Virginia
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
Christmas has never been a particularly good time for Dr Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most, the festivities always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society’s violent fringe; and that usually means more work for Scarpetta, Virginia’s...
- Location(s): Abu Dhabi
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1948 onwards
Born in 1948 in Abu Dhabi, the author knew dreadful poverty in the years before fabulous oil wealth transformed his country forever. He grew up in the ruler’s palace, barefoot like his friends, who are all now senior figures...
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern Day
A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour. It was love at first sight...
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