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Strong Enough to Love

Strong Enough to Love
  • Author(s): Allison Allan
  • Location(s): South Africa
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Present day

A captivating contemporary romance that you won’t want to put down Julia decides to leave her controlling boyfriend and make a new life for herself in the wild landscape of South Africa. A chance encounter with a handsome yet...

Stuart Little

Stuart Little
  • Author(s): E B White
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1945

Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Though he’s shy and thoughtful, he’s also a true lover...

Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese-American Family

Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese-American Family
  • Author(s): Lauren Kessler
  • Location(s): Oregon
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th century

Beginning in 1903, with the arrival of sixteen-year-old Masuo Yasui in Oregon, the author of After All These Years chronicles the lives of three generations of a Japanese-American family.

Stuff: Curious Everyday STUFF That Helps Our Planet

Stuff: Curious Everyday STUFF That Helps Our Planet
  • Author(s): Maddie Moate, Paul Boston (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Do you ever wonder where your stuff comes from, and what happens to it when you’re finished with it? From CBBC presenter Maddie Moate: a collection of incredible stories about STUFF! Did you know that you can make paper...

Stuffed!

Stuffed!
  • Author(s): Johannes Kerkhoven
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 20th century and beyond

In the title story of this book, Fritz Carter, on the death of his wife, starts a new life as an opal prospector at Lightning Ridge. He buys a deserted mine, but finds working it too taxing, so he...

Style and the Solitary

Style and the Solitary
  • Author(s): Miriam Drori
  • Location(s): Jerusalem
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

An unexpected murder. A suspect with a reason. The power of unwavering belief. A murder has been committed in an office in Jerusalem. That’s for sure. The rest is not as clear-cut as it might seem. Asaf languishes in...

Style and the Solitary: A Jerusalem Murder Mystery

Style and the Solitary: A Jerusalem Murder Mystery
  • Author(s): Miriam Drori
  • Location(s): Jerusalem, Israel
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

An unexpected murder. A suspect with a motive. The power of unwavering belief. A murder has been committed in an office in Jerusalem. Asaf, who works there, is the suspect. But is the case as clear-cut as it seems?...

Subduction

Subduction
  • Author(s): Kristen Millares Young
  • Location(s): Neah Bay
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fleeing the shattered remains of her marriage and treachery by her sister, a Latina anthropologist named Claudia takes refuge in Neah Bay, a Native whaling village on the jagged Pacific coast. Claudia yearns to lose herself to the songs...

Submerged

Submerged
  • Author(s): Dani Pettrey
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

When Cole’s former flame reappears in his life, can they overcome the past to solve the dark mystery behind an Alaskan town’s rising unsolved murders?

Subsong

Subsong
  • Author(s): Holly Corfield Carr
  • Location(s): East Soar
  • Genre(s): Poetry
  • Era(s): Current

Award-winning poet Holly Corfield Carr’s new work is a captivating collection of poems inspired by the rich history and natural beauty of East Soar, Devon.

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