- Location(s): Russia, Georgia (Asia)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): early 20th century
That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Historical, Biography, Fiction
- Era(s): 1944
Italy, Summer 1944 A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein – a prominent enemy of the...
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
Just after midnight in a small town in Wisconsin, eight women begin walking together down a rural highway. Career women, housewives, mothers, divorcées, and one ex–prom queen, they are close friends who have been meeting every Thursday night for...
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Horror
- Era(s): 1980s
On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching sand. Two of the houses at Beldame are still used. The third house, filling with sand, is empty… except for the...
- Location(s): South Africa
- Genre(s): Political, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Leading politician and anti-apartheid campaigner turns the spotlight on to Elephant poaching in South Africa. Gripping and pacey this is an epic tale of corruption, collusion and courage. Having thwarted murderous poachers in The Rhino Conspiracy, the Veteran, Thandi and...
- Location(s): Namibia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
In the sprawling African scrub desert of Etosha National Park, they call her “the mother of all elephants.” Holding binoculars closely to her eyes, American scientist Caitlin O’Connell could not believe what she was seeing from these African elephants:...
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
- Location(s): South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Natal)
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of ‘rogue’ elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd’s last chance of survival...
- Location(s): Namibia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
When Martine and her grandmother discover that they might lose their game reserve, Sawubona, because of a clause in her grandfather’s will, Martine and her best friend, Ben, decide to take matters into their own hands. After Martine hears...
- Location(s): Vale of White Horse
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Detective Mark Turpin 6 When Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of investigating the death of a local businessman, the case is first thought to be one of accidental drowning. Until a bullet hole is found where the...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Boston
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
For fans of WONDER and REFUGEE BOY – meet Sami, a twelve-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, as he searches for friendship, a place to call home and his grandfather’s most prized possession. Back in Afghanistan, before the Taliban came, Sami’s...
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