- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s onwards
Edith Magnusson’s rhubarb pies are famous in the Twin Citiesthey were named the third-best in the state of Minnesota and St. Anthony-Waterside Nursing Home has quickly becomes the hottest dinner ticket in town. Still, she lays awake wondering how...
- Location(s): London, Polperro
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century to present
A missing child . . . June 1933, and the Edevane family’s country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not...
- Location(s): West Indies, Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
- Era(s): Turn of 18th-19th Centuries
The Lamorna Reach presents a Zola-esque tableau of raw, elemental life in Cornwall at the time of the Napoleonic wars. Issy Penhalligan, the heroine, is incredibly beautiful and talented, but these qualities do not secure her a happy, comfortable...
The Land at the End of the World
- Location(s): Angola
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s
In The Land at the End of the World, one of the twentieth century’s most original literary voices delivers a haunting and heartrending meditation on the absurdities of love and war. Considered to be Antonio Lobo Antunes’s masterpiece, The...
- Location(s): Middle East
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. From Jerusalem, McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace...
- Location(s): Java, Sumatra
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
A novel inspired by a true story (English Edition) Synopsis: Alif had never set foot outside of West Sumatra. He passed his childhood days searching for fallen durian fruit in the jungle, playing soccer on rice paddies, and swimming...
- Location(s): Guatemala
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): current
Adoptee Lia has followed her Spanish teacher, Rafael, to Guatemala for romance and adventure. She doesn’t know much about the country, but she’s happy because she’s finally living life on her own terms. On their first night together, Lia...
- Location(s): Slovenia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
To find herself, Nina must first unravel her past. After eight years abroad, twenty-nine-year-old Nina returns home to Slovenia to attend to her ill father. Plagued by painful childhood memories, poor health, and a broken heart, she struggles to...
- Location(s): Jordan, Syracuse
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1960s, 1970s
Diana Abu-Jaber’s vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian father with tales of Lake Ontario shish kabob cookouts and goat stew feasts under Bedouin tents in the desert. These sensuously evoked repasts, complete...
- Location(s): Toronto
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Detective Esa Khattak heads up Canada’s Community Policing Section, which handles minority-sensitive cases across all levels of law enforcement. Khattak is still under scrutiny for his last case, so he’s surprised when INSET, Canada’s national security team, calls him...
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