- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
Will the four Heath children continue their family tradition and become tennis champions? The Heath kids—Nicky, David, and twins Jim and Susan—come from a long line of ace tennis players. Now their dad has decided it’s time to teach...
- Location(s): Scotland, Ayrshire
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Present day
Detective Munro is on the back foot when a dangerous killer always seems to be one step ahead. Having been the victim of a hit and run accident, and despite being black and blue, DI Munro wastes no time...
- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 2000s
A modern classic on exploring and understanding the Antarctic, the most uncharted place on our planet. Terra Incognita is a meditation on the landscape, myths and history of one of the remotest parts of the globe, as well as...
- Location(s): Antarctica, London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
The year is 1910, and two Antarctic explorers, Watts and Heywoud, are racing to the South Pole. Back in London, Viola, a photo-journalist, harbors love for them both. In Terra Nova, Henriette Lazaridis seamlessly ushers the reader back and forth between...
- Location(s): Symi, England, Florida, Greece, Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 21C
There’s a big birthday looming. Clair tries hiding from it on the Aegean island of Symi, Greece. Inevitably it catches up with her. But so do a couple of possibilities, interesting, attractive ones…Encouraged, she departs the Greek idyll to...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator’s separation from her husband. The novel is full of light,...
- Location(s): Budapest, Hungary
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
WINNER OF THE BATH NOVEL AWARD Of everyone in her complicated family, Eva was closest to her grandfather: a charismatic painter – and a keeper of secrets. So when he dies, she’s hit by a greater loss – of...
- Location(s): Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): 1980s
With Texasville, Larry McMurtry returns to the unforgettable Texas town and characters of one of his best-loved books, The Last Picture Show. This is a Texas-sized story brimming with home truths of the heart, and men and women we...
TfL: The Story of the London Underground
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Children, Nonfiction
- Era(s): N/A
When the first passengers climbed aboard the earliest ever underground train in 1863, it would have been impossible to imagine how the London Underground would change and grow over the next 150 years. From smelly steam trains running along...
- Location(s): Thailand
- Genre(s): Historical, Travelogue
This book gives an insight into the Thailand of today. It details the history, culture and contemporary predicament of a traditional Buddhist society struggling to preserve its integrity in the face of change. The author evokes the atmosphere of...
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