- Location(s): France
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Daniel’s thrill at being in such close proximity to the...
- Location(s): Mauritius
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1825
When Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle in their grand plantation house, her mind is full of the poems of Keats and tales of romance . She is nonetheless unprepared for...
- Location(s): Greenland
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 18th Century
Idealistic, misguided Morten Falck is a newly ordained priest sailing to Greenland in 1787 to convert the Inuit to the Danish church. A rugged outpost battered by unremittingly harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is simmering with the threat of dissent; natives...
The Pull of the River: A Journey into the Wild and Watery Heart of Britain
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 21st century
An antidote to bad news, this is pure armchair escapism, described variously as ‘joyful’, ‘glorious’ and ‘spirited’. Lyrical, insightful and brimming with personality, it’s the perfect British travelogue for the generation inspired by Roger Deakin’s Waterlog. In The Pull...
- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Suspense
- Era(s): Modern
On 24th November Yasmin and her deaf daughter Ruby arrive in Alaska. Within hours they are driving alone across a frozen wilderness Where nothing grows Where no one lives Where tears freeze And night will last for another fifty-four...
- Location(s): Algeria, Paris
- Genre(s): Historical, Humour
- Era(s): 1930s
In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his master’s consternation, the cat immediately begins to tell lies (the...
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): World War II
In February, 1922, at the western-most entrance to Victoria Station in Manchester, a massive plaque was unveiled. Beneath a vast tiled map showing the lines of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway network, a series of seven bronze panels recorded...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Reykjavik
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
International thriller from renowned political journalist Adam LeBor, taking us behind the scenes in the corridors of power. UN covert negotiator, Yael Azoulay, has been sent to Reykjavik to broker a secret meeting between US President Freshwater and the...
The Ribbons are for Fearlessness
- Location(s): Europe
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
‘fearlessness has got nothing to do with being unafraid. It’s about doing things anyway, getting on with it, living, whether you’re afraid or not… Courage is about being who you are with your whole heart.’ Fuzzy-haired, neurotic, cello-playing Catrina...
- Location(s): Dunedin
- Genre(s): Mystery
Constable Sam Shephard has moved to Dunedin to begin training as a detective in the police force. Sidelined from a murder investigation, Sam is assigned duties as peacekeeper between a visiting circus and animal-rights protestors. After a university student...
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