- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much...
- Location(s): Maine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
Meet the residents of Mattagash, Maine, a dull backwater town where nothing is what it seems. This is the story of the trials that beset the McKinnons, the first family of Mattagash, Maine, when they try to arrange a...
The Future Homemakers of America
- Location(s): Norfolk, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s-80s
The Fens, 1953: on a remote American Air Force base, five very different military wives become friends. They later meet & befriend a local girl, Kath, giving them an insight into life in this remote, isolated area; they also...
- Location(s): Slovenia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): late medieval
Driven by a restlessness that he can barely comprehend, Ot consorts with merchants, peasants, pilgrims, pagans, heretics, thieves, and prostitutes, while continually trying to evade the forces of the Inquisition. Everywhere he encounters superstition, the Church, political power, and...
- Location(s): Connemara
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Current
MURDER AT THE HOLIDAY HOME A local businessman is questioned when a young woman is found dead in his property. His caginess makes him a prime suspect in what turns into a murder inquiry. But with no clear motive...
The Gambia: Land of the Mandinka
- Location(s): The Gambia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
This third book in the Travelling Solo series, not only covers a single week in The Gambia, but reflections on previous visits. In the first book, Vietnam: Journey of Unexpected Delights, the author, who thought she was joining a...
The Gambia: The Untold Dictator Yahya Jammeh’s Story
- Location(s): The Gambia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
It contains firsthand account information of some of the alleged murders, tortures, and disappearances that had taken place under the administration of Gambia’s iron fist dictator President Yahya Jammeh. The author had interviewed a wide range of sources-some of...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
New York, 1950. Ambitious journalist Hettie Carlin is reeling from a scandal and desperate for a scoop to salvage her career. When her boss tasks her with covering the meteoric rise of Althea Gibson, the tennis world’s newest star,...
- Location(s): Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
Inspired by the true story of an African childhood lived on the edge of destitution, award-winning Elizabeth Laird’s The Garbage King takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey. When Mamo’s mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Graphic Novel
- Era(s): Present
A beautiful story of healing and growth through mindfulness and gardening. Joanna is a high-powered finance consultant who’s been signed off work after having a nervous breakdown. Seeking more than just something to pass the time, she travels to...
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