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The Wire and the Lines

The  Wire and the Lines
  • Author(s): Patrick Larsimont
  • Location(s): Calabria, Puglia, Sicily
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

Can Jox escape imprisonment and get back into the war…? Summer, 1943 When fighter pilot Jox McNabb crashes on the wrong side of the straits of Messina, he is captured by the Germans. It seems that for Jox, the...

The 24 Hour Dating Agency

The 24 Hour Dating Agency
  • Author(s): Mary Jayne Baker
  • Location(s): Yorkshire Dales
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Tinder, Hinge, Bumble – thirtysomething journalist Saffie has tried them all. Now she’s wondering whether it’s time to throw in the towel and give up on love for good – and she’s not alone… Saffie’s boss Tamara has been...

The 24-Hour Cafe

The 24-Hour Cafe
  • Author(s): Libby Page
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Welcome to the café that never sleeps. Day and night Stella’s Café opens its doors for the lonely and the lost, the morning people and the night owls. It is many things to many people but most of all...

The 25th Hour

The 25th Hour
  • Author(s): David Benioff
  • Location(s): Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
  • Era(s): 2000

An absorbing novel of crime, its terrifying consequences, and a bond that redefines the friendship of three restless young men. Wall Street speculators, the Manhattan downtown club scene, Russian gangsters, immigrant neighborhoods – all the elements in the urban...

The 45% Hangover

The 45% Hangover
  • Author(s): Stuart MacBride
  • Location(s): Aberdeen
  • Genre(s): Novella
  • Era(s): 2014

A brilliantly twisty, 80-page novella from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, THE MISSING AND THE DEAD. It’s the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting...

The 47 Ronin Story

The 47 Ronin Story
  • Author(s): John Allyn
  • Location(s): Tokyo
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 18th century

47 Ronin is the unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. This set off a chain of events that...

The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A with 50 Fact-Filled Maps!

The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A with 50 Fact-Filled Maps!
  • Author(s): Gabrielle Balkan, Sol Linero (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Be inspired by the inventiveness, beauty and diversity of the United States in this curious collection of fact-filled maps. Explore thousands of wondrous locations and be awed by the achievements of hundreds of people who helped make America what...

The 57 Bus

The 57 Bus
  • Author(s): Dashka Slater
  • Location(s): Oakland, California
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 2013, 21st century

Winner of the Stonewall Young Adult Literature Award One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both their lives forever. Two teenagers growing up in Oakland, California. One, Sasha, was born male but...

The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman

The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman
  • Author(s): Ken Bugul
  • Location(s): Senegal
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The subject of intense admiration – and not a little shock, when it was first published – “”The Abandoned Baobab”” has consistently captivated readers ever since. The book has been translated into numerous languages and was chosen by “”QBR...

The Abandoned Daughter

The Abandoned Daughter
  • Author(s): Mary Wood
  • Location(s): Dieppe
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW2

Will Ella ever find what she’s looking for? Voluntary nurse Ella is haunted by the soldiers’ cries she hears on the battlefields of Dieppe. But that’s not the only thing that haunts her. When her dear friend Jim breaks...

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