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North Toward Home

North Toward Home
  • Author(s): Willie Morris
  • Location(s): Mississippi
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1950s / 1960s

With his signature style and grace, Willie Morris, arguably one of this country’s finest Southern writers, presents us with an unparalleled memoir of a country in transition and a boy coming of age in a period of tumultuous cultural,...

North Woods

North Woods
  • Author(s): Daniel Mason
  • Location(s): New England
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): From 1600s onwards

When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and inhuman characters alike. An English soldier,...

Northern Bake Off

Northern Bake Off
  • Author(s): Susan Willis
  • Location(s): Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2021

Nicola is delighted when she is accepted for The Northern Bake-Off competition. She soon works out that Gemma, a stunning young teacher, is her main baking rival. Nicola is sure that the handsome TV presenter, David Chambers is flirting...

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
  • Author(s): Nora Roberts
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The town of Lunacy, Alaska, was Nate Burke’s last chance. As a Baltimore cop, he’d watched his partner die on the street—and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepts the job as chief of...

Northern Lights

Northern Lights
  • Author(s): Drago Jančar
  • Location(s): Maribor
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): just pre WW2

Josef Erdman arrives in Maribor, Slovenia, on the eve of World War II. Though he claims to be a salesman, it soon becomes apparent that Josef has no purpose in the town–and that a newcomer can expect nothing but...

Northern Spy

Northern Spy
  • Author(s): Flynn Berry
  • Location(s): Northern Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 20th / 21st Century

A producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another IRA raid comes on the air: as the anchor requests the public’s help in locating those responsible for this...

Northwest Angle

Northwest Angle
  • Author(s): William Kent Krueger
  • Location(s): Minnesota
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective Cork O’Connor must solve the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of William Kent Krueger’s unforgettable New York Times bestselling series. During...

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood
  • Author(s): Lars Mytting
  • Location(s): Norway
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction

“A step-by-step guide to preparing your wood store” Independent Whether you’re a seasoned woodcutter, or your passion is yet to be kindled, NORWEGIAN WOOD is an entertaining guide for year-round wood management, and the perfect gift. Chopping and stacking...

Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa after the Cold War

Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa after the Cold War
  • Author(s): Charles Piot
  • Location(s): Togo
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, a culture of scamming and fraud,...

Not a Creature Was Stirring

Not a Creature Was Stirring
  • Author(s): Jane Haddam
  • Location(s): Philadelphia
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

When we meet Gregor Demarkian he is a fifty five year old man, retired after twenty years at the FBI. His beloved wife, Elizabeth, is dead – Demarkian had retired mainly to care for her – and now he...

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