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Stone Tomb

Stone Tomb
  • Author(s): Susan Parry
  • Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

The nuclear bunker at Tan Hill has remained closed for fifty years – or so Dr Mills Sanderson believes. She and Phil Freedman plan an archaeological investigation of the site but it quickly goes wrong as his PTSD worsens....

Stone Yard Devotional

Stone Yard Devotional
  • Author(s): Charlotte Wood
  • Location(s): The Outback
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Australian outback. She doesn’t...

Stonechild

Stonechild
  • Author(s): Kevin Albin
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Environmental
  • Era(s): Present day or close to.

Where do we go to when we die? Imagine human consciousness embedded in the molecules of a statue. So, when the statues of London come to life, it is a spectacle like non other. They come with a specific...

Stones from the River

Stones from the River
  • Author(s): Ursula Hegi
  • Location(s): Germany
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1951-1950

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage
  • Author(s): Tim Robinson
  • Location(s): Aran Islands
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage is, as Robert Macfarlane says in his introduction, ‘one of the most sustained, intensive and imaginative studies of a place that has ever been carried out’. That place is one of the most mysterious and...

Stories for South Asian Super Girls

Stories for South Asian Super Girls
  • Author(s): Raj Kaur Khaira
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Through the inspirational stories of 50 famous and under-celebrated women from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, South Asian girls will have a chance to dream about lives for themselves that radically differ from the limited narratives...

Stories from Around the World

Stories from Around the World
  • Author(s): Maisie Chan
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A complete collection of beloved tales, myths and legends from around the world, bound into a beautiful new edition. Whether you’re ready to sail the high seas with Sinbad the Sailor, or fight alongside brave warrior Hua Mulan, you’re...

Stories From the Center of the World

Stories From the Center of the World
  • Author(s): Jordan Elgrably (Editor)
  • Location(s): Middle East, North Africa
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

Stories from the Center of the World gathers new writing from the greater Middle East (or SWANA), a vast region that stretches from Southwest Asia, through the Middle East and Turkey, and across Northern Africa. The 25 authors included...

Stories From the Tenants Downstairs

Stories From the Tenants Downstairs
  • Author(s): Sidik Fofana
  • Location(s): Harlem
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Banneker Terrace on 129th and Fred Doug ain’t pretty, but it’s home. Home to young and old, folk just trying to get by. Cookouts with beer and wings, summertime with souped-up cars bumpin music. People don’t come here for...

Storm

Storm
  • Author(s): Stephanie Merritt
  • Location(s): France
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

“The most delicious book. Full of twists, turns and moving, realistic reveals” – Bestselling author Marian Keyes A beautiful French chateau Jo Lawless is still grieving her husband when his oldest friends invite her to a weekend house party...

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