- Location(s): Galicia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Like many of us Craig Briggs dreamt of living a different life, free from the stresses and strains of modern living. But unlike most of us, he decided to pursue his dream. In May 2002 Craig, his wife Melanie...
Journey to Jo’burg: A South African Story
- Location(s): South Africa, Johannesburg
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1990s
Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know that they need to bring their mother back...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): apartheid era
This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa’s apartheid. Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from...
- Location(s): Amazon Rainforest
- Genre(s): Fiction
Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. She believes she is in for brightly colored macaws, enormous butterflies, and “curtains of sweetly scented orchids...
Journey to the River Sea (20th Anniversary Illustrated Edition)
- Location(s): Amazon Rainforest
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1910
A gorgeous 20th anniversary hardback jacketed gift edition of Eva Ibbotson’s award-winning, bestselling classic adventure. Fully illustrated in colour throughout by Katie Hickey. ‘The most perfect children’s book . . . captivatingly told, funny and moving’ – Nicolette Jones,...
- Location(s): Liberia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1935
His mind crowded with vivid images of Africa, Graham Greene set off in 1935 to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar republic founded for released slaves. Now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, Journey Without Maps is the...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Completely updated for its 10th anniversary, this best-selling inspirational travel guide reveals 500 celebrated and lesser-known destinations from around the globe, from ocean cruises in Antarctica to horse treks in the Andes. Compiled from the favorite trips of National...
Journeys with the caterpillar: Travelling through the islands of Flores and Sumba, Indonesia
- Location(s): Indonesia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
“The crowd lined up along the street, shoulder to shoulder, back to front. Fathers held up their boys over their shoulders. The older children climbed up the trees to have a better view. The pressure of the crowd was...
Joyful Trouble: Based on the True Story of a Dog Enlisted in the Royal Navy
- Location(s): Cape Town
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Take home an unbelievable and humorous true story of an incredible dog and how he found his true, yet unexpected calling. You will love the moving tale of Joyful Trouble, a dog whose love for humans went beyond any...
- Location(s): North Carolina
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): 1973
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate...
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