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Jason and the Sargonauts

Jason and the Sargonauts
  • Author(s): James Collins
  • Location(s): Symi
  • Genre(s): Humour
  • Era(s): Modern day and back to 1882

A mysterious iron chest arrived on the island of Symi, Greece in 1882 and was immediately hidden for its own safety. 121 years later and Jason is working as a holiday rep for SARGO holidays. When his grandmother turns...

Jayber Crow

Jayber Crow
  • Author(s): Wendell Berry
  • Location(s): Kentucky
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

“This is a book about Heaven,” says Jayber Crow, “but I must say too that . . . I have wondered sometimes if it would not finally turn out to be a book about Hell.” It is 1932 and...

Jaz Santos vs. the World

Jaz Santos vs. the World
  • Author(s): Priscilla Mante
  • Location(s): Brighton
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A relatable, inclusive story about families, unlikely friendships and girl power. Perfect for fans of Ella on the Outside and Jacqueline Wilson. Olá! I’m Jasmina Santos-Campbell (but you can call me Jaz). You’ve probably heard of me and my...

Jazz Moon

Jazz Moon
  • Author(s): Joe Okonkwo
  • Location(s): Harlem, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

In a lyrical, captivating debut set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and glittering Jazz Age Paris, Joe Okonkwo creates an evocative story of emotional and artistic awakening. On a sweltering summer night in 1925, beauties in beaded...

Jazz, Perfume & the Incident

Jazz, Perfume & the Incident
  • Author(s): Seno Gumira Ajidarma
  • Location(s): East Timor (Timor-Leste), Jakarta (Batavia)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

In Jakarta’s gleaming center a man and a woman watch each other from adjoining skyscrapers. The man, a journalist, has on his desk reports he doesn’t dare publish of a massacre in East Timor. He contemplates the demands of...

Jean de Florette

Jean de Florette
  • Author(s): Marcel Pagnol
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

Au village des Bastides Blanches, on hait ceux de Crespin. C’est pourquoi lorsque Jean Cadoret, le Bossu, s’installe à la ferme, des Romarins, on ne. lui parle pas de la source cachée. Ce qui facilite les manoeuvres des Soubeyran,...

Jed Had to Die

Jed Had to Die
  • Author(s): Tara Sivec
  • Location(s): Kentucky
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

The happiest day of Payton Lambert’s life was the day she graduated high school and watched Bald Knob, Kentucky get smaller and smaller in her rearview mirror. She wanted more for her life than a tiny town where everyone...

Jeopardy of Every Wind

Jeopardy of Every Wind
  • Author(s): Sue Paul
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 17th/18th century

In 1669, fleeing a London decimated by the plague and the Great Fire, a 9-year-old English child arrived alone at Fort St. George, the first English fortress in Mughal India. The boy survived to become a maverick merchant-mariner, an...

Jephte’s Daughter

Jephte’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Naomi Ragen
  • Location(s): Israel
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

A modern classic of Jewish-American literature, a remarkable journey into the shrouded world of Chassidic women. Naomi Ragen’s first novel has been called “one of the too most important Jewish books.” Abraham Ha-Levi is a wealthy American businessman and...

Jeremy Poldark (Poldark Book 3)

Jeremy Poldark (Poldark Book 3)
  • Author(s): Winston Graham
  • Location(s): Cornwall
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1790s

Jeremy Poldark is the third novel in Winston Graham’s hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner. Cornwall 1790. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he...

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