- Location(s): Brooklyn
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern
Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra’s near-comatose abuelo begins to...
- Location(s): Indiana
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Modern
Just as Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates at Indiana Federal Prison, was trying to break out of jail, Dr. Laura Bates was trying to break in. She had created the world’s first Shakespeare class in supermax...
Shakespeare: The World As A Stage
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 16th Century
From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
Tim Winton brings the landscape to life in Shallows, a historical fiction novel about pride and loneliness. One hundred and fifty years after the establishment of land-based whaling in Australia, its last outpost is Angelus, a small town already...
- Location(s): Bali
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Adam Milan washes up on the coast of Bali after being forced off a yacht at gunpoint by a psychotic captain. He is taken in by Anak, a Balinese hotel owner and healer. During his recuperation Adam is reported...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Iris, an American, is visiting India for the first time with her fiancee and not enjoying the trip. When she steps down from the train at Shambala Junction to buy a bottle of water, little does she know that...
- Location(s): Shanghai
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Later 1930s
On the eve of the Second World War, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century’s most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the illustrious Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily ‘Mickey’ Hahn arrived there...
- Location(s): Shanghai
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th Century (Jazz Age)
Half vampire. Half fox-spirit. All trouble. Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King’s ward, she has spent the past ninety years running...
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘Have kids, will travel’ is veteran travel journalist Kate’s mantra. Her intrepid spirit is infectious in this warm, engaging account of her family’s adventures and misadventures. She shares the life lessons learnt on their travels, from overcoming disappointment in...
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
Shark Drunk is, in part, the tale of two men in a very small boat on the trail of a very big fish. It is also a story of obsession, enchantment and adventure. A love song to the sea,...
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