- Location(s): Ukraine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Bayan, the title, is Russian for the accordion, since the story is based on a hauntingly beautiful narration of the transition of life from the Soviet through the post-Soviet era in Ukraine. The main character, Ivan Nikolaevich, is a...
- Location(s): South Korea
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1917
It is 1917, and Korea is yet to be divided into north and south. With the threat of famine looming, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver’s courtesan school in cosmopolitan Pyongyang, an...
- Location(s): Hydra
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
On a hike during a white-hot summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, Naomi and Samantha make a startling discovery: a man named Faoud, sleeping heavily, exposed to the elements, but still alive. Naomi, the daughter of a...
- Location(s): Beijing (Peking)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A coming-of-age story set in modern day China centering on the friendship between an American and a Chinese boy who meet while training with Beijing’s Junior National Tennis Team. Chase Robertson arrives in Beijing as a fourteen-year-old boy still...
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband’s death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza’s only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she’s determined to make a name for...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
“In the late summer of 2016,” writes award-winning travel writer Stephan Orth, “a journey to Russia feels like visiting enemy territory.” In this humorous and thought-provoking book, Orth ventures through that vast and mysterious territory to uncover the real,...
Belas Rift: The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Volume 3
- Location(s): The Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fantasy
- Era(s): Early 21st Century
Our young hero Stig and his female partner Meg chase the evil enemy’s leader Anet into a rift. This interdimensional portal brings them from their fantasyland through into a small village in 21st century England. Their mission is to...
- Location(s): India, Sussex
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century to early 1920s
Lila Langdon is twelve years old when she witnesses a family tragedy after her mother unveils her father’s surprise birthday present – a tragedy that ends her childhood in India and precipitates a new life in Sussex with her...
- Location(s): Los Angeles, Dubai, Pakistan, San Diego
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
Kathryn, an American woman, and Rashid, a Pakistani-born Muslim man, seem to have bridged the divide between Western and Islamic world views with their marriage and two American-born children. But everything changes when Rashid’s father is suddenly killed by...
- Location(s): Kreuzberg, Neukölln
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind. Of course, she knew she’d need to do the...