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In Servitude

In Servitude
  • Author(s): Heleen Kist
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

When Grace’s beloved sister Glory dies in a car crash, her life spirals out of control. She discovers Glory was indebted to a local crime lord and laundering money through her café. What’s worse, Grace is now forced to...

In Siberia

In Siberia
  • Author(s): Colin Thubron
  • Location(s): Siberia
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

Thubron has written extensively about this part of the world. Post Soviet Union he decides to take public transport and explore Siberia. This is a very readable book, travelling through exotic cities, deserted villages and meets a vast array...

In Sorcery’s Shadow

In Sorcery’s Shadow
  • Author(s): Paul Stoller
  • Location(s): Niger
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1980s

The tale of Paul Stoller’s sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world.

In Such Tremendous Heat

In Such Tremendous Heat
  • Author(s): Kehinde Fadipe
  • Location(s): Singapore
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Basking in Singapore’s non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the dream – until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a handsome and mysterious new arrival… Dara,...

In the Belly of Dar es Salaam

In the Belly of Dar es Salaam
  • Author(s): Elieshi Lema
  • Location(s): Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sara came to Dar es Salaam from Same in a spirit of adventure. She stayed and lived in the streets. This is the story of Sara and other dwellers of the streets, Mansa from Kibaha, Ali from Lushoto and...

In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter
  • Author(s): Julia Spencer-Fleming
  • Location(s): Adirondacks
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Clare Fergusson, St. Alban’s new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Millers Kill, New York. She is not just a “lady,” she’s a tough ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody’s fool. Then a newborn...

In the Blink of an Eye

In the Blink of an Eye
  • Author(s): Ali Bacon
  • Location(s): Edinburgh, Dundee/St Andrews
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 19th Century

He had Edinburgh at his feet, but who would be by his side? In 1843, Edinburgh artist David Octavius Hill is commissioned to paint the portraits of 400 ministers of the new Free Church. Only when he meets Robert...

In the Blood

In the Blood
  • Author(s): Anna Fodorova
  • Location(s): Prague, London, Munich
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

London 1988: Agata grew up in post-war Prague and believes that her mother was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Then she discovers that not everyone died. Set against the background of the collapse of...

In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down

In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
  • Author(s): Michael J. Durant
  • Location(s): Somalia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1993

Piloting a U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk over Somalia, Michael Durant was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade on October 3, 1993. With devastating injuries, he was taken prisoner by a Somali warlord. With revealing insight and emotion, he...

In the Company of Strangers

In the Company of Strangers
  • Author(s): Awais Khan
  • Location(s): Lahore
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2016

Mona has almost everything: money, friends, social status… everything except for freedom. Languishing in her golden cage, she craves a sense of belonging… Desperate for emotional release, she turns to a friend who introduces her to a world of...

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