- Location(s): Paris, Burgundy-Franche-Comté
- Genre(s): Fiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Dragonfly offers an enchanting account of the relationship between a middle-aged Englishman, Colin and his French granddaughter, Delphine, who are thrown together when her mother is killed. A complicated and unhappy family history haunts this unlikely couple on...
- Location(s): Tuscany, England
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Present day, 1300s
The year is 1348. The plague is set to sweep through England, leaving disaster in its wake. Unaware of what awaits her, Agnes is in love and about to marry Ted. But soon her life will be torn apart...
- Location(s): Pate Island, China, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
‘One of the most unforgettable books I have read in the last few years… What a writer! What a thinker! What a woman!’ Fiammetta Rocco From the award-winning author of Dust comes a magical, sea-saturated, coming-of-age novel that transports...
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
- Location(s): Liberia, Texas
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
An engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States When Wayétu Moore turns five years old, her father and grandmother throw her a big birthday party at their home in...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
Eddie Dean is a heroin junkie (1980’s). Odetta Holmes is a civil rights activist (1960’s), and Detta Walker is her dark other half. Jack Mort is a serial killer from the 1970’s. Together with Roland, King has assembled a...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
After living in the US for years, Maneka Roy returns home to India to mourn the loss of her mother and finds herself in a new world. The booming, fictional city of Hrishipur where her father now lives is...
The Dream Catcher (Book 1 Dancing for the Devil Trilogy)
- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Historical, Romance
- Era(s): Victorian
Book One in the Dancing for the Devil trilogy Can her love heal his haunted heart? Cape Wrath, Scotland, November 1847. Bruce McGunn is a man as brutal and unforgiving as his land. Discharged from the army, he is...
- Location(s): Suffolk
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Everyone has a dream of their perfect house – in the heart of the countryside, or perhaps a stately residence in the middle of a wonderful city? For Kate Hutchinson, the move to Suffolk from the tiny, noisy London...
- Location(s): Corsica
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Mythology
- Era(s): N/A
The dream-hunters,or mazzeri,are unknown outside Corsica and probably date from pre-historic times.At night they go hunting-or dream they do so-and kill an animal,in whom they recognise a human face.The next day they announcethe death,which always takes place within a...
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