- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Present Day
On a summer night in London, art teacher Eve Chapman finds herself in a hospital emergency room. She watches surgeons desperately operate on a young woman with a terrible head injury. But when the bandages are removed, Eve is...
- Location(s): Sussex
- Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
- Era(s): Present day
A raw story of hope and love, which addresses real life emotions and hits compromise head on. “Do I do the right thing, or do I live while I still can?” Ann is faced with a dilemma as she...
I Little Slave: A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos
- Location(s): Laos
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1981 - 1988
Raised in the hierarchical society of traditional Laos, Bounsang Khamkeo earned his doctorate in political science in France and returned home in 1973 to a country in political chaos in the wake of the Vietnam War. He worked for...
- Location(s): China
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2021 A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature Can Xue’s stories observe no obvious conventions of plot or characterization. That is...
- Location(s): Chile, Maine
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1970s
An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this “lyrically ambitious tale of exile and reunification” (Kirkus Reviews) from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
To be a journalist is to tell the truth. To be patriotic is to be critical, honest, and fearless. I Love Russia takes us to places that non-Russians have never seen and brings us voices we have never heard....
- Location(s): Denver, Las Vegas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Leslie is not a woman accustomed to taking risks. At forty-three, she finds herself quietly divorced, her daughter grown and distant, and her days shaped more by habit than intention. And then she wins a sweepstakes: an all-expense paid...
- Location(s): Kyoto
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Kasie West, I Love You So Mochi is a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel from accomplished author Sarah Kuhn. As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi… a tender love story wrapped...
- Location(s): Klondike, Yukon Territory
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1900s to 1930s
A young schoolteacher accepts a short contract to teach in post-gold rush Yukon, and ends up staying for 25 years.
- Location(s): Romania
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1989
Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A powerful YA thriller, inspired by real events, from a Carnegie Medal-winning author. Cristian has lived his...
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