Gods of Rome (Rise of Emperors #3)
- Location(s): Rome, Italy, Milan, Ravenna, Turin (Torino)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late Antiquity, Late Roman Empire
For one to rule, the other must die. 312 AD is a year of horrific and brutal warfare. Constantine’s northern army is a small force, plagued by religious rivalries, but seemingly unstoppable as they invade Maxentius’ Italian heartlands. These...
- Location(s): California
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen-year-old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it’s an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth...
- Location(s): South Wales, Devon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 21st century
“Most people run away from home when they’re in their rebellious teenage phase. But not you, Tom. You waited until you were a forty-year old father to do it.” Tom Field promised his wife Megan he’d never leave her....
- Location(s): Vietnam, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Vietnam War and aftermath
Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciatocaptures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked this strangest of wars. In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier...
- Location(s): Dublin, San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
How do you know where you belong? In June 1988, Elizabeth Kelly’s parents think she belongs at home in Ireland. Her boyfriend is certain of it. Unwilling to settle down just yet, she decides to spend the summer in...
- Location(s): Arizona
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): The second half of the 20th century
The poet Richard Shelton uses the 100-mile road trip from Tucson to the small community of Bisbee to marvel at the natural beauty of southeastern Arizona. Shelton animates the natural and cultural histories of the region through beautiful prose.
- Location(s): Berlin, Naples, Sicily, The South of France (Le Midi)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Twentieth century
“Happy, sad and all emotions!” A Man Called Ove meets Thelma and Louise. Dull and predictable English retiree, Frank, gets more adventure than he bargained for when he sets off on a road trip across 1980s Europe hoping to...
- Location(s): Oregon
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
In 1970, Violet Hawkins’ only wish at eighteen is to escape her life in the Dayton, Ohio, foster-care system and make her way to the west coast to enjoy a mellow life and find the love she’s been missing...
Going to Maine: All the Ways to Fall on the Appalachian Trail
- Location(s): Appalachian Trail
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern Day
From comedian Sally Chaffin Brooks comes a memoir about the thing she can’t seem to shut up about— her life changing thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. 25-year-old Sally has no reason to upend her comfortable, conventional life to spend...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone wherever they are on earth. But does it work? ONE CHANCE TO...
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