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Holy Ghost

Holy Ghost
  • Author(s): John Sandford
  • Location(s): Minnesota
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The eleventh Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John Sandford Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle… and a murder… in the wickedly entertaining thriller from the master of pulse-pounding thrillers. Discover why Stephen King calls John Sandford ‘one of...

Home

Home
  • Author(s): Leila S Chodori
  • Location(s): Indonesia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1965 - 1998

“An epic saga of families and friends entangled in the cruel snare of history” (Time Magazine) Home examines the tragedy of political exiles during Suharto’s regime (1965-1998) forced out of Indonesia after the 1965 massacre of presumed leftists and...

Home

Home
  • Author(s): Cailean Steed
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Someone has broken into Zoe’s flat. A man she thought she’d never have to see again. They call him the Hand of God. He knows about her job in the cafe, her life in Dublin, her ex-girlfriend, even the...

Home

Home
  • Author(s): Manju Kapur
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

When their traditional business – selling saris – is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans and stitched salwar kameez, the Banwari Lal family must adapt. But instead of branching out, the sons remain apprenticed to the struggling...

Home Advantage

Home Advantage
  • Author(s): Rose McKittrick
  • Location(s): Nottingham, Chicago, Exeter
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

While Adam King and Cari Baker are finding their fresh start, Dylan Baker has a relationship of his own under perfect control. Ryan Calahan is exactly the sort of man Dylan usually avoids for his own good: a Canadian...

Home and Exile

Home and Exile
  • Author(s): Chinua Achebe
  • Location(s): Nigeria
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

This trenchant and illuminating book by one of Africa’s most influential and celebrated writers is a major statement on the importance and dangers of stories, one in which Achebe makes telling use of his personal experiences to examine the...

Home Cook: Over 300 delicious fuss-free recipes

Home Cook: Over 300 delicious fuss-free recipes
  • Author(s): Thomasina Miers
  • Location(s): Mexico
  • Genre(s): Food and Drink
  • Era(s): 2017

‘To me, home cooking means having fun with great ingredients without having to spend a fortune. It means spending some time, but not all the time, cooking nourishing flavoursome food. This book includes all my kitchen essentials and they...

Home Ground

Home Ground
  • Author(s): Lynn Freed
  • Location(s): South Africa

Privileged childhood in South Africa

Home Is Beyond the Mountains

Home Is Beyond the Mountains
  • Author(s): Celia Barker Lottridge
  • Location(s): Iraq
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1918

When the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, nine-year-old Samira and her parents, brother, and baby sister are driven from their tiny village. Taking only what they can carry, they flee into the mountains, but the journey is...

Home Is Not a Country

Home Is Not a Country
  • Author(s): Safia Elhillo
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

A mesmerizing novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places–for fans of The Poet X, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, and Jason Reynolds. Nima doesn’t feel understood. By her mother, who...

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