- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
- Era(s): 1980s
Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most true-to-life books ever written about India, this ‘diary of disaster’ became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1986, and remains a firm favourite with readers today. When Frank and Kevin first...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 1920s
It was first published privately in 1919, then more widely in 1921 in the collection Monday or Tuesday. Originally accompanying illustrations by Vanessa Bell, its visual organisation has been described as analogous to a post-impressionist painting. Set in the...
- Location(s): Khayelitsha
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ignoring advice from his white friends, and to the bemusement of his black friends, Steven Otter throws caution to the wind and moves into Khayelitsha, a black township outside Cape Town. The story of his experiences in the uneven...
- Location(s): Israel
- Genre(s): Novella
- Era(s): 1949
This 1949 novella about the violent expulsion of Palestinian villagers by the Israeli army has long been considered a modern Hebrew masterpiece, and it has also given rise to fierce controversy over the years. Published just months after the...
- Location(s): Jakarta (Batavia)
- Genre(s): Children
Winner of the Branford Boase Award. Budi’s plan is simple. He’s going to be a star. Budi’s going to play for the greatest team on earth, instead of sweating over each stitch he sews, each football boot he makes....
Kicking Gas and Taking Charge!
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2013
Follow a group of 11 strangers traveling across the U.S. from Charleston, SC to San Francisco in 2013 using all-electric vehicles: a motorcycle, a scooter, a bicycle and a car. In a fun and informative way, Duane gives you...
- Location(s): Preston
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1917
It’s 1917, and Britain is at war. Shy teenager Hettie wants to help the war effort, and signs up to work in the local Dick, Kerr & Co. munitions factory. She’s nervous, but she has no idea quite how...
- Location(s): Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
Kidnap in the Caribbean (A Laura Marlin Mystery)
- Location(s): Antigua
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
From Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, from award-winning author Lauren St John. Laura cannot contain her excitement...
Kidnap on the California Comet
- Location(s): San Francisco
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st century
Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. After the excitement of his adventures...
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