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Oman: Under Arabian Skies

Oman: Under Arabian Skies
  • Author(s): Rory Patrick Allen
  • Location(s): Oman
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Sultanate of Oman is a land of oases, deserts, rolling sands, shifting dunes and mountains upon which ancient cities have been carved from stone. A land that boasts the Queen of Sheba, Sinbad the sailor and The Lost...

Omar Rising

Omar Rising
  • Author(s): Aisha Saeed
  • Location(s): Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In this compelling companion to the New York Times bestseller Amal Unbound, Omar finds a way to change the corrupt system in his new school. Omar, the son of a servant, is thrilled when he gets a scholarship to...

Omerta

Omerta
  • Author(s): Mario Puzo
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Omertà, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia’s sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills, omertà carried the Mafia through a hundred years of change, but now at the century’s end...

On a Falling Tide

On a Falling Tide
  • Author(s): Georgia Hill
  • Location(s): East Devon / Dorset
  • Genre(s): Time Slip, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 19th century

When the beloved grandfather who brought her up dies, Charity is left struggling to cope. Alone and rootless, she’s drawn to sleepy Beaumouth, near Lyme Regis and begins to research her family tree. A chance encounter with attractive boatbuilder...

On a Night Like This

On a Night Like This
  • Author(s): Lindsey Kelk
  • Location(s): Italy
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Within days of wishing she could change her life, Fran Cooper is acting assistant to a celebrity, on a yacht in the Mediterranean, and en route to a tiny Italian island and the glittering Crystal Ball, along with the...

On All Fronts

On All Fronts
  • Author(s): Clarissa Ward
  • Location(s): Russia, China, Syria
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 21st Century

“On All Fronts takes the reader on a riveting journey of storytelling. . . From Russia to China to Syria, navigate the most intense of human experiences while finding the tools to stay emotional.”–Lynsey Addario, author of It’s...

On All Fronts

On All Fronts
  • Author(s): Clarissa Ward
  • Location(s): Middle East, World
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): 21st Century

The recipient of multiple Peabody and Murrow awards, Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict reporter. In this strange age of crisis where there really is no front line, she has moved from one hot zone to the next. With...

On Beauty

On Beauty
  • Author(s): Zadie Smith
  • Location(s): London, Boston
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families...

On Black Sisters’ Street

On Black Sisters’ Street
  • Author(s): Chika Unigwe
  • Location(s): Antwerp
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000s

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time
  • Author(s): Graeme Hall
  • Location(s): Hong Kong, Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1997

e On Borrowed Time is set in Hong Kong and Shanghai over the period 1996/1997 – including the handover of Hong Kong to China. The novel explores the choices that people have to make; in particular between doing what...

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