- Location(s): Australia, England
- Genre(s): Historical, Romance
- Era(s): 19th Century
This sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel, is a romance, but a romance of the sort that could only take place in nineteenth-century Australia. For only on that sprawling continent–a haven for misfits of both the animal and human kingdoms–could a...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Victorian
Lucinda, the main lady character, in this novel knows just what to do with her inheritance. She wants to study glass. It takes place in Australia. There is also a love interest named Oscar. It’s a good novel. If...
- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Ahmed Otared is a Cairene police officer and trained sniper. When the country is invaded and occupied by a force of foreign mercenaries he joins the underground resistance, embarking a new bloodthirsty career.As the violence he encounters and participates...
- Location(s): Venice, Cyprus
- Genre(s): Drama
- Era(s): 1570s
In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona), with elopement, and with intense mutual devotion and that ends precipitately with jealous rage and...
- Location(s): Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
On a quiet island nation in the Atlantic Ocean, where the easy pace of life draws thousands of tourists a year to its serene beaches, a boat full of dead migrants has washed up on its shores unannounced. Shocking...
- Location(s): Cheshire
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Even on the most desirable street, there’s a dark side . . . The Hill is the kind of place everyone wants to live: luxurious, exclusive and safe. But now someone is breaking and entering these Cheshire homes one...
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
When Joel Knox’s mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1920s
It is 1923 and a country is in mourning. Thousands of husbands, fathers, sons and sweethearts were lost in Europe, millions more returned home wounded and forever changed. Beatrice Cade is an orphan, unmarried and childless. London is full...
- Location(s): United States (USA), Syria
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her...
- Location(s): Dover
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): World War 2
England is at war. Growing up in a lighthouse, Pet’s world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, and her family is torn apart. This is...
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