Robert Baden-Powell: A Biography – foreword by Bear Grylls OBE
- Location(s): Africa, Afghanistan, India, London
- Genre(s): Historical, Biography
- Era(s): 1857 to present day
Robert Baden-Powell was Britain’s first celebrity. A conflicted character – militarist and pacifist, macho man and drag artist, elitist and socialist – he was one of the 20th century’s most influential and, latterly, controversial Englishmen, finding fame not once,...
Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa
- Location(s): Samoa, Upolu
- Genre(s): Biography, Travelogue
- Era(s): Late 19th century
Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island, but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint’s...
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): early 21st century
One day while watching the Interstate exit for her dad’s long awaited return, Libby’s life is rocked when Peter Jamieson steps off his tour bus and into her life. After a couple chance meetings with Peter, Libby breaks away...
- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
In New York Times Bestselling author Nalini Singh’s newest contemporary romance, passion ignites between a gorgeous, sinfully sexy man who built himself up from nothing and a shy woman who has a terrible secret in her past… Wealthy businessman...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Old friends discover how much has changed (and how much has stayed the same) when they reunite in their seaside hometown for one unforgettable summer—a clever and poignant debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of From...
- Location(s): West Virginia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
“Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn’t know my home town was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and...
Rocking the System: Fearless and Amazing Irish Women Who Made History
- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
The stories of twenty Irish feminists who rocked the system and changed history, told by one of Ireland’s leading writers for young people. Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity...
- Location(s): Crete, Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1823 to 1830
In January 1823, four mourners stand over the shrouded body of the exceptional female rebel, Rodanthe. Each suffers the loss of a daughter, friend, lost love or valued ally. Her injured papa, Mathaios, kneels at her graveside, begging forgiveness...