- Location(s): Syria, Lebanon
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s-80s
Caroline is a headstrong young woman looking for adventure, who quits her job in London for a challenging teaching career in Lebanon. Living and working in the mountain villages near Beirut, she develops two great passions. One is for...
- Location(s): Thailand
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2 onwards
When the original Thai version of Letters from Thailand appeared in Bangkok in 1969, it was promptly awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature. This new English translation reveals it as one of Thailand’s most entertaining and enduring modern...
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop
- Location(s): Ginza, Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Write your story, heal your heart . . . Hidden away in a corner of the Ginza neighbourhood is a venerable stationery shop. To venture inside is to find everything your stationery-loving heart desires, from the most delicate paper...
- Location(s): South Dakota
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1960s and 1970s
LETTERS FROM THE HEART – An Extraordinary Romantic Adventure. Coming home from Vietnam should have been a celebration, but Nick Carson finds a world in turmoil. Finding a job is impossible. Finding a pretty sweetheart to love is even...
- Location(s): Devon
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1941, World War 2
February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he’s...
- Location(s): Togo, Lome
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Blake’s adventurous essays are based on the letters she wrote home to her friends while in Lome, Togo, the West African capital where she taught American Literature. As Blake begins the process of making sense out of a vibrant,...
- Location(s): Finland
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 20th Century
Out of the thousands of letters Tove Jansson wrote a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, male and female. Into these she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed...
- Location(s): Merseyside
- Genre(s): Horror
- Era(s): Modern
Cris Lopez has just lost his wife. His hopes of ending their separation ended with a freak accident that robbed him of even the chance to say goodbye. When a tabloid newspaper prints an article about an uncanny post...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
My husband and I are the dream couple: deeply in love, the envy of all our friends. He surprises me with roses and a beautiful diamond ring, and I prepare picnics for us to enjoy in the sunshine with...
- Location(s): North Devon
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A remote island off the North Devon coast, Liars Island is home to few inhabitants. The rugged coastline has a history of smuggling and shipwreck, but there has never been a murder – until now. When the body of...
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