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Rusty Brown

Rusty Brown
  • Author(s): Chris Ware
  • Location(s): The Midwest
  • Genre(s): Graphic Novel
  • Era(s): Present day / Historical

‘The week after I finished the last page of Jimmy Corrigan I immediately started a new long story based on characters who had originated as parodies, but whom now I wanted to humanize… amidst a setting of memories of...

Ruth

Ruth
  • Author(s): Marlene S Lewis
  • Location(s): Papua New Guinea, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s / 1960s

From the lush Owen Stanley Ranges of Papua New Guinea to working-class inner Sydney… Ruth follows the story of its protagonist, the only daughter of John and Alice Madison, coffee plantation owners. Set in the fifties and sixties, Ruth...

Ruth & Pen

Ruth & Pen
  • Author(s): Emilie Pine
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2017

Dublin, 7 October 2019 One day, one city, two women: Ruth and Pen. Neither knows the other, but both are asking the same questions: how to be with others and how, when the world won’t make space for you,...

Ruthless Billionaire, Forbidden Baby

Ruthless Billionaire, Forbidden Baby
  • Author(s): Emma Darcy
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 2000s

Innocent mistress, baby of shame When Tamalyn Haynes agrees to be a bridesmaid she doesn’t realise she will be dancing with the devil – best man and notorious tycoon Fletcher Stanton! Fletcher is relentless in pursuing his desires and...

Saba: Under the Hyena’s Foot

Saba: Under the Hyena’s Foot
  • Author(s): Jane Kurtz
  • Location(s): Gondar
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1840s

After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor’s palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor’s desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840s. Simultaneous.

Sabina

Sabina
  • Author(s): C De Melo
  • Location(s): Florence
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 15th Century

15th century Florence, Italy: Sabina Rossi’s forced marriage comes to an abrupt end during the infamous Pazzi Conspiracy. Wealthy beyond her dreams, the young widow is free to pursue her passions—with the utmost discretion, of course. The patriarchal society...

Sabotage on the Solar Express

Sabotage on the Solar Express
  • Author(s): Elisa Paganelli (Illustrator), M G Leonard, Sam Sedgman
  • Location(s): The Outback
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Adventures on Trains, 5) Billionaire train enthusiast August Reza has invited Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat on the maiden voyage of the Solar Express – the winning design of his Reza’s Rocket competition. But during the journey, they discover...

Sabrina

Sabrina
  • Author(s): Nick Drnaso
  • Location(s): Colorado, Chicago
  • Genre(s): Graphic Novel
  • Era(s): Modern

A MAN BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST NOMINEE 2018 Where is Sabrina?The answer is hidden on a videotape, a tape which is en route to several news outlets, and about to go viral. A landmark graphic novel, already hailed as one...

Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet

Sabriya: Damascus Bitter Sweet
  • Author(s): Ulfat Idilbi
  • Location(s): Syria
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s

Sabriya portrays life in Damascus in the 1920’s. Central to the story is Sabriya’s journey to self-knowledge, intertwined with the rise and eclipse of national and feminist awareness during her painful life. The national revolt is crushed by superior...

Sacred and Profane

Sacred and Profane
  • Author(s): Faye Kellerman
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

The second book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman Los Angeles Police Detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina’s young sons, Sammy and Jake, as...

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