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All Souls’ Day

All Souls’ Day
  • Author(s): Cees Nooteboom
  • Location(s): Berlin, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Arthur Daane, a documentary film-maker and inveterate globetrotter, has lost his wife and child in a plane crash. In ALL SOULS’ DAY we follow Arthur as he wanders the streets of Berlin, a city uniquely shaped by history. Berlin...

All That I am

All That I am
  • Author(s): Anna Funder
  • Location(s): Germany, London, World
  • Genre(s): Biography, Fiction
  • Era(s): Various

London in 1933, Germany during and after WW1, Sydney in the recent past, and New York City in 1939 are a few of the settings. I came to this book having read and very much enjoyed Stasiland: Stories from...

All The Flowers in Shanghai

All The Flowers in Shanghai
  • Author(s): Duncan Jepson
  • Location(s): Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

In 1930s Shanghai, following the path of duty takes precedence over personal desires for every young Chinese woman. For Feng, that means becoming the bride of a wealthy businessman in a marriage arranged by her parents. In the enclosed...

All the hopeful Lovers

All the hopeful Lovers
  • Author(s): William Nicholson
  • Location(s): Lewes
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This book loosely follows on from The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life. Belinda wistfully reflects how much better at sex she is now than when she was in her twenties. She’s thought about taking a lover, but ultimately could...

All the Rivers Run

All the Rivers Run
  • Author(s): Nancy Cato
  • Location(s): Victoria

Philadelphia Gordon is an artist, a riverboat skipper and a beautiful, independent woman. Orphaned by a shipwreck, Philadelphia grows up on the banks of her beloved Murray River in Australia with her kindly uncle and strict aunt, seemingly destined...

All The Summer Girls

All The Summer Girls
  • Author(s): Meg Donohoe
  • Location(s): New Jersey, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

In Philadelphia, good girl Kate is dumped by her fiancé the day she learns she is pregnant with his child. In New York City, beautiful stay-at-home mom Vanessa finds herself obsessively searching the Internet for news of an old...

Almost Blue

Almost Blue
  • Author(s): Carolo Lucarelli
  • Location(s): Bologna
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

Almost French

Almost French
  • Author(s): Sarah Turnbull
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Era(s): Modern

Number 1 on the Bestseller list (Australia) with over 20,000 copies sold in the UK alone and over 250,000 world-wide! Almost French has been a huge success and now with the new-look, mass market B Format it is ready...

Almost Never

Almost Never
  • Author(s): Daniel Sada
  • Location(s): Oaxaca, Parras de la Fuente
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Mid 1940s

Demetrio Sord is almost 30 and has been working on a large ranch. Finding life boring he starts to visit a brothel where he meets Mireya and their adventures become ever more daring. He is asked to return home...

Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin
  • Author(s): Hans Fallada
  • Location(s): Berlin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

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