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Kings of the Yukon

Kings of the Yukon
  • Author(s): Adam Weymouth
  • Location(s): Canada, Alaska
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

**Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019** ‘Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a...

Kinmel Revisited

Kinmel Revisited
  • Author(s): Robert James Bridge
  • Location(s): North Wales
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1919

The cover is of St Margaret’s Church Bodelwyddan, North Wales. This is the home of five Canadian Soldiers graves, plus many more who fought bravely in each and every war! Today one could perhaps be forgiven for not noticing...

Kintana and the Captain’s Curse

Kintana and the Captain’s Curse
  • Author(s): Susan Brownrigg, Jennifer Czerwonka (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Madagascar
  • Genre(s): Children, Historical
  • Era(s): 1730s

Ahoy there! The Nine Sails is casting off for Madagascar so all aboard for a treasure hunt you’ll never forget! Kintana has grown up listening to stories of life at sea from her pa, an ex-pirate turned pet shop...

Kintu

Kintu
  • Author(s): Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
  • Location(s): Uganda
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

In this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantly brings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. The year...

Kipris

Kipris
  • Author(s): Michelle Christophorou
  • Location(s): Cyprus
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1937-1981

Through a series of vignettes, we see the hopes, struggles, and dreams of Cypriots on their island from 1937-1981. We follow struggles for independence from the Brits, to patriotism, and ultimately, migration and return. And we meet a deity,...

Kismet

Kismet
  • Author(s): Amina Akhtar
  • Location(s): Sedona AZ
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she’d leave Queens. She’s not an “aim high, dream big” person—until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst. Marley isn’t just a visionary; she’s a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of...

Kiss of Salt

Kiss of Salt
  • Author(s): Smita Bhattacharya
  • Location(s): Goa
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

*Heliconia Lane was a spot of heaven until you discover the secrets that lay behind its closed doors.* It was crazy really, for Darya to think she could have some peace and quiet at Heliconia Lane. Yes, it was...

Kiss of the Tsunami

Kiss of the Tsunami
  • Author(s): Rachel Rivers Porter
  • Location(s): Phuket
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Boxing Day tsunami 2004

A gripping story of survival in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. ‘Kiss of the Tsunami’ is a journey through dark to light, love and loss. In the midst of death and destruction, two people from very different cultures are...

Kiss the Dust

Kiss the Dust
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Laird
  • Location(s): Iraq, Kurdistan
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Gulf War

Tara is an ordinary teenager. Although her country, Kurdistan, is caught up in a war, the fighting seems far away. It hasn’t really touched her. Until now. The secret police are closing in. Tara and her family must flee...

Kiss Them Goodbye

Kiss Them Goodbye
  • Author(s): Stella Cameron
  • Location(s): Louisiana
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

After the suspicious death of her father, Vivan Patin attempts to transform Rosebank–their rundown plantation–into a resort hotel to restore the family fortune, but a twisted killer has other plans for the Patin family, forcing Vivian to place her...

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