Teaching Shakespeare to hairdressers: an American teacher in London
- Location(s): East London
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1990s
The book recounts Jeff Probst’s time teaching English at an East London comprehensive school, where he worked with students who were often non-academic and struggling to engage with traditional curricula. Through his experiences, Probst highlights the frustrations and occasional...
- Location(s): North Thailand
- Genre(s): Biography, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 19th century
A tale of piety, greed, debauchery and equanimity in a remote Asian kingdom. It’s 1875 and Chiang Mai, capital of Lanna, is a cultural crossroads of Buddhist monks and Christian missionaries, of spirit doctors and opium smokers, of seductive...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1950s
As a girl, Jazz Barthelot knew that a gecko falling on your right side foretold a sudden death. But what place do aunties’ tales have in the rapidly modernising island of Ceylon, and how to navigate the shifting sands...
- Location(s): Kashmir
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 90s
Kashmir has long seen years of strife and turmoil, and Wali Mohammad Khan has been a silent witness to it all.The violence that terrorism unleashed in the valley was every bit as senseless as the men who propagated it...
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
- Location(s): The Sudan, Darfur
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Like the single white eyelash that graces her row of dark lashes–seen by her people as a mark of good fortune–Halima Bashir’s story stands out. Tears of the Desert is the first memoir ever written by a woman caught...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Summer 1969
It is the summer of 1969 and Rome is awash with glamour and intrigue. Teddy Huntley Carlyle is fresh off a plane from Texas with a new husband in tow and a new life on the horizon. After some...
- Location(s): Kerala
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporaryu
It is a day of triumph for Appa and Amma, who have driven home a shiny new Honda Civic to show off to their neighbours in Blue Hills housing colony. But their eldest son Sreenath is behaving strangely, and...
- Location(s): Tehran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Love, loyalty and identity collide in Azin Sametipour’s compelling debut novel, Tehran Moonlight. Vividly set in a country where women have no voice, one woman’s fight for love and her own identity result in unimaginable consequences. She was 23,...
Tehran, Lipstick and Loopholes
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
A wry and humorous account of Nahal Tajadod’s quest to get her Iranian passport renewed. She embarks on a bizarre and circuitous journey, meeting a colourful cast of characters along the way: two photographers who specialise in Islamic portraits,...
- Location(s): Tel Aviv
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tel Aviv is in many ways the cultural capital of Israel, and it is home to many of the country’s best writers. This unparalleled collection gives insight into the daily life of Israelis, albeit through a noir lens. In...
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