- Location(s): Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
- Genre(s): Short Stories, Fantasy
- Era(s): timeless
Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and grew up hearing stories that so enchanted him, he passed them along to his own children. He now shares them in this jewel of a book.
The Girl Who Reads on the Metro
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is the French phenomenon by Christine Féret-Fleury ready to charm book-lovers everywhere . . . When Juliette takes the...
- Location(s): Siena
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW2 and present day
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When Lola’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola...
The Girl Who Said No to the Nazis: Sophie Scholl and the Plot Against Hitler
- Location(s): Germany
- Era(s): WW2, 1942
How one young student and her friends fought against fascism in Nazi Germany – the incredible story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. Part of the True Adventures series! Nazi Germany, 1942. As World War Two rages, Sophie...
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st century
Chaya, a no-nonsense, outspoken hero, leads her friends and a gorgeous elephant on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the jungle where revolution is stirring and leeches lurk. Will stealing the queen’s jewels be the beginning or the end...
- Location(s): Costa del Sol, Marbella
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Modern
After a passionate fun-filled affair, Kate is abandoned by Rob, her first love. Six years later, stuck in a dead-end job and trapped in a toxic relationship, she somehow escapes to the sunny Spanish Costa del Sol. Here she...
- Location(s): Tehran
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Young Shiraz lives a lonely life with her stepmother and stepsister, completely unaware of the old woman who lives alone next door…until Shiraz’s runaway yarn ball brings them face-to-face. This beautiful story from Tehran-born Israeli pop star Rita Jahanforuz...
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
- Location(s): Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Urban Fantasy
A haunting dark urban fantasy set in historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive… Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past....
- Location(s): Cairo
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Napoleonic and contemporary
Art historian, Yasmine, is restoring an unsigned portrait of a strikingly beautiful girl from the Napoleonic Era, when she discovers that the artist has embedded a lock of hair into the painting, something highly unusual. The mysterious painting came...
- Location(s): San Francisco
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 19th century
It’s the end of the nineteenth century in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay. Li-lin, the daughter of a renowned Daoshi exorcist, is a young widow burdened...
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