- Location(s): Uruguay
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
‘I am an excellent judge of men and I am sure I will not regret my choice. But it is essential you get to know the company as soon as possible. The post I am offering you is that...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to generations of fierce and resilient women. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it’s a place...
- Location(s): Russia, Irkutsk
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Investigator Arkady Renko, described as ‘one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction’ by USA Today, finds himself travelling deep into Siberia when journalist Tatiana Petrovna disappears on a case. Journalist Tatiana Petrovna has disappeared. Arkady Renko, iconic...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back
When Sara Marsala’s beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, she leaves Sara a valuable piece of land in Sicily, but there’s a catch: the locals refuse to acknowledge the rightful owner of the deed, and if Sara wants the land...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): contemporary
In The Sicilian Method, Andrea Camilleri’s twenty-sixth novel in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series, a troubling murder invesitgation may see Montalbano find his answers on a theatre’s stage . . . ‘ven the contents of his fridge are described...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Revolutionary
The Revolution followed him home… Maimed in battle, Nathaniel Wooster wants to recuperate and try to rebuild his life. Returning home to his mother’s cottage in the quiet port community of York-Town seems like a good place to find...
- Location(s): Scotland
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1300
12-year-old Ada is a laundress of little consequence but the new castle commander Brian de Berclay has his evil eye on her. Perhaps she shouldn’t have secretly fed the young prisoner in the tower. But when the King of...
- Location(s): Mecca
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 1979
In The Siege of Mecca, acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilling, pivotal, and overlooked episode of modern history, examining its repercussions on the Middle East and the world. On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention...
- Location(s): Chania, Florence
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Artist Theia Constas receives a tour of Italy from her grandmother as a college graduation present. Before she departs, her ya-ya’s deathbed revelation of a cache of WWII photographs and love letters extends Theia’s itinerary to Crete in search...
The Sifnos Chronicles I: tales from a greek isle
- Location(s): Sifnos
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): present day
Quirky and beguiling, often unwittingly funny, and always so utterly kind, the people of the Greek island of Sifnos charm and fascinate. They roar past on motorbikes with whole families squeezed on top, plus whatever earthly goods they can...
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