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Many Lives

Many Lives
  • Author(s): Kukrit Pramoj
  • Location(s): Thailand
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

“That night, the rain poured and wind howled, raindrops crashing like solid objects onto the ground and water. A passenger boat from Ban Phaen to Bangkok, packed with people, pressed on through the current amidst the rising clamor of...

Maps

Maps
  • Author(s): Aleksandra Mizielinska, Daniel Mizielinski
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Explore the world with this lavish book of maps. This collection of 52 highly illustrated maps details not only geographical features and political borders, but also places of interest, iconic personalities, native animals and plants, local peoples, cultural events,...

Maps of the United Kingdom

Maps of the United Kingdom
  • Author(s): Rachel Dixon, Livi Gosling (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Take a tour of the United Kingdom as you’ve never seen it before in this fully illustrated set of county maps. Travel through England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and meet the incredible people born there, learn about its...

Maps of the World

Maps of the World
  • Author(s): Enrico Lavagno, Sacco Vallarino (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Covering every continent, country, even outer space, MAPS OF THE WORLD is a vibrant and comprehensive atlas that children of all ages will love to explore. The dozens of colorful, detailed maps are filled with charming, educational icons representing...

Maps of the World’s Oceans

Maps of the World’s Oceans
  • Author(s): Angelo Mojetta, Enrico Lavagno, Sacco Vallarino (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

This lavishly illustrated, fact-filled atlas-a follow-up to Maps of the World-allows children to discover the fascinating and mysterious world below sea level. Covering every ocean and major sea in the world, MAPS OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS is a vibrant...

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Mara, Daughter of the Nile
  • Author(s): Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  • Location(s): Egypt
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies – each of whom supports a contender for...

Marblestone Mansion (Scandalous Duchess Series)

Marblestone Mansion (Scandalous Duchess Series)
  • Author(s): Marti Talbott
  • Location(s): Colorado Springs
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

A Duke by inheritance, Hannish MacGreagor soon learned the title came with very little wealth, so he bought a silver mine in Idaho, left his wife of two weeks in Scotland, and sailed to America. Later, he became one...

March Violets

March Violets
  • Author(s): Philip Kerr
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1930s

Maremma Mia

Maremma Mia
  • Author(s): N D Hopton
  • Location(s): Maremma
  • Genre(s): Autofiction, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Maremma Mia is a warm, witty chronicle of one family’s adventure transforming an old farmhouse and olive grove in remote Tuscany into a home. Set in the Maremma — “the new Chianti” — the story unfolds through the seasons,...

Margherita’s Notebook

Margherita’s Notebook
  • Author(s): Elisabetta Flumeri, Gabriella Giacometti
  • Location(s): Tuscany
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): comtemporary

When Margherita’s heart is broken, she leaves Rome and returns to the small village in southern Tuscany where she grew up to reopen her late mother’s restaurant. Big-city businessman Nicola has his eye on local vineyards, hoping to make...

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