- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? On a wild and rugged island cut off and isolated to some, artist Nell feels the island is her...
- Location(s): London, Nigeria
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
A stunning collection of short stories capturing the lives of nine Nigerian women, each very different, each determined to fight for themselves. Meet Ifeoma. She’s been ready to leave her violent husband for some time, but her plans for...
- Location(s): Lake Ontario
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Halcyon is the answer for anyone who wants to escape, but paradise isn’t what it seems. A self-sustaining community on a breathtakingly beautiful island, Halcyon is run for people who want to live without fear, crime or greed. Its...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Charming and talented Alex dreams of becoming a professional saxophonist while working long hours in the family bakery. Detlef, lonely, repressed, and a small-time Stasi informer, develops an obsessive love for him. But Alex has eyes only for Nicky,...
- Location(s): Arizona, Texas
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1920s
Half Broke Horses, set in Texas and Arizona, is a true life novel of Lily Casey Smith, author Jeannette Walls’s sassy, swaggering pioneer grandma. Fans of Walls’s memoir The Glass Castle will appreciate going deeper into the Walls family...
- Location(s): Darjeeling, Mumbai (Bombay)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In the misty mountains of Darjeeling, a landslide entraps the guests and staff of a dilapidated hotel. Cooped up inside, two men exchange lingering glances. For carefree Neville, this is one of many exhilarating encounters, stolen kisses in stairways...
- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
After graduating, Lori Maddox heads off travelling and arrives in China where she finds work as a private English tutor. Back in Manchester, her parents Jo and Tom follow her adventures on her blog. Suddenly communication stops. When the...
Hallucigenia (Extinct – The Story of Life on Earth Book 1)
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Past
TV scientist Ben Garrod presents the biggest extinction events ever, told from the point of view of evolution’s superstars, the most incredible animals ever to swim, stalk, slither or walk our planet. Whether you’re 9 or 90, his unique...
- Location(s): Denmark
- Genre(s): Drama
- Era(s): 1500s
Among Shakespeare’s plays, “Hamlet” is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and...
- Location(s): Prague, Berlin, Dublin, Finland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1966-68
It’s London, the swinging sixties, and by rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, in the wake of an embarrassing disaster for MI6, Wilderness has been posted to remote...
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