- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 20th century
Shackleton’s Journey is a unique visual re-telling Ernest Shackleton’s landmark expedition crossing the Antarctic from one pole to the other. William Grill’s impeccably researched and informative illustrations celebrate the 100th anniversary since the historic exploration by Shackelton and his...
- Location(s): Melbourne
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 1960s
A young boy growing up in the Fitzroy area of Melbourne in the 60s
Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul
- Location(s): Kabul
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2006
**Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2021** **Winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020** One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never...
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Samuel Blink is the hero of this story, but he doesn’t know it yet. Right now, he and his sister Martha are in the back of his parents’ car. He has no idea a giant log is about to...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands, Inverness
- Genre(s): Noir, Crime
- Era(s): Present day
Two sisters. Two murders. One killer? Morven Murray, queen of daytime TV, is murdered just before her wedding day. All eyes are on her sister Anna, who was heard arguing with her hours before she was killed. On the...
- Location(s): Southern California
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Suspense
- Era(s): 1980s
Southern California, 1986. Detective Ben Wade has returned to his hometown in search of a quieter life and to try to save his marriage. Suddenly the community, with its peaceful streets and neighbourly concerns, finds itself at the mercy...
- Location(s): Spain
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1965
Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in Manolo’s case it is. For his father had been Juan Olivar, the greatest bullfighter in all Spain. And Manolo...
- Location(s): Denmark
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): early 2000s
When Teira Palmer’s company relocates her from Utah to Denmark, she can’t wait to see the magical place she heard so many stories about as a child. She also wants to discover more about her grandfather, Soren Pedersen, who...
Shadow of the Hawk: 7 (Master of War)
- Location(s): France, Spain
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 1300s
Winter, 1364. The King is dead. Defeated on the field of Poitiers, Jean Le Bon, King of France, honoured his treaty with England until his death. His son and heir, Charles V, has no intention of doing the...
- Location(s): Shanghai
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1920s
J G Ballard’s Empire of the Sun meets Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black in a compelling teen thriller … Ruby – a Western girl who feels more Chinese than English – and her friend Charlie must follow the...
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