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Memphis

Memphis
  • Author(s): Tara M Stringfellow
  • Location(s): Memphis
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

Joan can’t change her family’s past. But she can create her future. Joan was only a child the last time she visited Memphis. She doesn’t remember the bustle of Beale Street on a summer’s night. She doesn’t know she’s...

MEN IN SUITS

MEN IN SUITS
  • Author(s): Martyn Taylor
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

Northumbria Police chase after the shadows of a criminal network In one of her most distressing cases yet, DI Pen Darling of the Northumbria Police investigates the cruel murder of thirteen-year-old Kimberley Ford. Upon questioning, Kimberley’s schoolfriends appear to...

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
  • Author(s): Ghassan Kanafani
  • Location(s): Palestine
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 1950s / 1960s

This collection of important stories by novelist, journalist, teacher, and Palestinian activist Ghassan Kanafani includes the stunning novella Men in the Sun (1962), the basis of the film The Deceived. Also in the volume are “The Land of Sad...

Mend the Living

Mend the Living
  • Author(s): Maylis de Kerangal, Jessica Moore (translator)
  • Location(s): Le Havre, Normandy
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death and life. In the depths of a winter’s night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours’ time, just before six, his alarm will...

Menorahs and Minarets

Menorahs and Minarets
  • Author(s): Kamal Ruhayyim
  • Location(s): Cairo
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the third part of Kamal Ruhayyim’s trilogy, Galal, the son of a mixed Jewish/Muslim family returns to Egypt after ten years in Paris. What he finds is a society in flux, yet still stifled by convention. As his...

Merchants of Virtue

Merchants of Virtue
  • Author(s): Paul C R Monk
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 17th century

France, 1685. A wealthy merchant’s family fears for their lives following Louis XIV’s repeal of Protestant rights. When Jeanne Delpech returns from her chateau to the Quercy capital, she finds her townhouse overrun by mercenary soldiers. The Sun King’s...

Mercury

Mercury
  • Author(s): Amy Jo Burns
  • Location(s): Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990

A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town–from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel Shiner It’s 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing...

Mercury Pictures Presents

Mercury Pictures Presents
  • Author(s): Anthony Marra
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1940s

The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini’s Italy to 1940s Los Angeles-a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation...

Mercy Street

Mercy Street
  • Author(s): Mariah Stewart
  • Location(s): Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Mariah Stewart crafts compelling stories of romantic suspense, full of richly imagined characters, dazzling plot twists, and breathless action that keeps the pages turning. Now Stewart begins a thrilling new series–with a novel that proves to be her biggest...

Merde at the Paris Olympics

Merde at the Paris Olympics
  • Author(s): Stephen Clarke
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): modern day

Merde at the Paris Olympics is the seventh title in the Merde series of comedy novels (A Year in the Merde, Merde Actually, Dial M for Merde et al) which have been translated into more than 20 languages and...

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