- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1930s
Paris, 1938. Twin sisters are divided by fierce loyalties and by a terrible secret. The drums of war are beating and France is poised, ready to fall. One sister is an aviatrix, the other is a socialite and they both...
- Location(s): Norfolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
None of them would forget that week on the wild Norfolk coast. Best friends Rosie and Lisa’s families had always been inseparable. But that summer, Lisa had an affair with Rosie’s husband Nick. And now, after years of silence,...
- Location(s): Bergamo, Lecco, Milan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 17th Century
The Betrothed is a cornerstone of Italian culture, language, and literature. Published in its final form in 1842, the novel has inspired generations of Italian readers and writers. Giuseppe Verdi composed his majestic Requiem Mass in honor of Manzoni....
The Better of Two Men (Overlord #3)
- Location(s): Syria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 3rd Century
My name is Zabdas: husband, warrior, conscience and confidant. I am a son of Syria. I write the history of this country in my own hand and tell the tale of my Zenobia: loyal subject, wilful woman, Queen of...
- Location(s): Massachusetts, Mexico
- Genre(s): Horror, Fantasy, Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s looking back
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. ‘Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches’: that...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): late 20th century
The Great Patriotic War is stumbling to a close, but a new darkness has fallen over Soviet Russia. And for a disparate, disconnected clutch of wanderers – many thousands of miles apart but linked by a common goal –...
- Location(s): Galveston, Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1900
Peculiar weather settles over a bustling Texas sea port, a city made prosperous off the cotton trade and thick with racial inequality. The sky above Galveston, Texas darkens to the sickly green of a healing bruise, the sea turns...
The Big Book of the UK: Facts, folklore and fascinations from around the United Kingdom
- Location(s): United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Children, Nonfiction
- Era(s): N/A
Welcome… Fáilte… Croeso… Fair faa ye… to the United Kingdom! The Big Book of the UK introduces readers to customs and culture of the United Kingdom. In this BIG book you can: – Learn about the sport of “dwile...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A funny, heartwarming and page-turning novel about a British-Asian mother and daughter, who clash over the plans for the bride’s Big Day. Noor has no interest in getting married (much to the aunties’ distress). Growing up she saw first-hand...
- Location(s): Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A startling panorama of Los Angeles in the fifties. New Year’s Eve as 1949 turns to 1950, Los Angeles: The City of Angels has becomes the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are...
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