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Into the World

Into the World
  • Author(s): Stephanie Parkyn
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1791-1794

In the midst of the French Revolution, unwed mother Marie-Louise Girardin takes one last look at her baby son before entrusting him to her friend, the revolutionary Olympe de Gouges. She must escape, and only the most daring plan...

Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air
  • Author(s): Jon Krakauer
  • Location(s): Nepal, The Himalayas
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 1990s

In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day, eight...

Intoxicating Tango: My Years in Buenos Aires

Intoxicating Tango: My Years in Buenos Aires
  • Author(s): Cherie Magnus
  • Location(s): Buenos Aires
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 2003-2014

A story so sensual, so unconventional, and so shocking…it could only be true. After a series of life-changing and terrible losses, Cherie moves to steamy Buenos Aires, where the romantic attention of the local men reignites her youth and...

Intrigue in Paris

Intrigue in Paris
  • Author(s): Vee Williams Garcia
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): 2007

Bluesette “Blue” Stills, a magazine editor from Washington, DC, arrives at her sassy jazz singer friend Nareen Anderson’s apartment in Paris, France, ready to start her vacation. But shock and disappointment grip her when Nareen acts strange and suddenly...

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust
  • Author(s): William Faulkner
  • Location(s): Mississippi
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
  • Era(s): late 20th century

Set in the deep south that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkner’s finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the final phase of its author’s outstanding creative period. The chronicle of an elderly black...

Intruders

Intruders
  • Author(s): E C Scullion
  • Location(s): Buenos Aires
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Disgraced security consultant Tom Holt accepts a job from a mysterious lawyer, on behalf of a client named Capricorn. Holt’s team comprises Anil, a safe-cracking ex-con; Ray, a disgruntled logistics man, and Becca, a fiery red-headed thief with as...

Intrusion: A Novel

Intrusion: A Novel
  • Author(s): Mary McCluskey
  • Location(s): California, Sussex
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Kat and Scott Hamilton are dealing with the hardest of losses: the death of their only child. While Scott throws himself back into his law practice in Los Angeles, Kat is hesitant to rejoin the workplace and instead spends...

Invasion

Invasion
  • Author(s): Frank Gardner
  • Location(s): China, Hong Kong, Macau (Macao), Taiwan
  • Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The world is on high alert. Across the Strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour? Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep...

Inventing TV News, Live and Local in Los Angeles

Inventing TV News, Live and Local in Los Angeles
  • Author(s): Terry Anzur
  • Location(s): California, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Travel back in time to Southern California, where live TV coverage of breaking news was born. Everyone’s Child, 1949: Two rival stations in Los Angeles televise the attempted rescue of a toddler from an abandoned well pipe. For the...

Invisible Borders: New Women’s Writing from Cornwall

Invisible Borders: New Women’s Writing from Cornwall
  • Author(s): Linda Cleary (editor)
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A collection of Cornwall inspired poetry and prose by twenty three new and established women writers, ‘Invisible Borders’ is a lyrical journey through the Cornish coastline, wild rural landscape and towns, reaching outward to far-flung lands in a rich...

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