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The Horseman

The Horseman
  • Author(s): Tim Pears
  • Location(s): Devon
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Pre-WW1

The West Country Trilogy #1 1911. In a forgotten valley on the Devon–Somerset border, the seasons unfold, marked only by the rituals of the farming calendar. Twelve-year-old Leopold Sercombe skips school to help his father, a carter. Skinny and...

The Horseman’s Graves

The Horseman’s Graves
  • Author(s): Jacqueline Baker
  • Location(s): Canada

The Hospital at the End of the World

The Hospital at the End of the World
  • Author(s): Joe Niemczura
  • Location(s): Nepal
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

There are 2,600 hospitals in Asia, Africa and South America which could be classified as “Mission Hospitals” – far off the beaten path, providing basic medical service to the poorest people of the world. The Hospital at the End...

The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope

The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope
  • Author(s): Catherine Hamlin
  • Location(s): Ethiopia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1960s, 1970s

Gynaecologists Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Over 40 years later, Catherine is still there, running one of the most outstanding medical programmes in the world....

The Hostage

The Hostage
  • Author(s): Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
  • Location(s): Yemen
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): pre-revolutionary Yemen

Set in the pre-revolution Yemen of the Imams, this novel depicts the experiences of a young boy who, having been taken hostage, in line with the Imam’s general practice, as a pledge for his father’s political obedience, is sent...

The Hot Country

The Hot Country
  • Author(s): Robert Olen Butler
  • Location(s): Mexico
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1910s

April 1914 and war correspondent Christopher Marlowe Kit Cobb arrives in Vera Cruz, Mexico, to cover the country’s civil war. A passionate believer in the power of a free press, Kit is no mere observer. He assumes a false...

The Hotel

The Hotel
  • Author(s): Kit Duffield
  • Location(s): Lapland
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s the perfect getaway. Will they make it out alive? Something magical is just what I’ve been looking for. I’ve never felt good enough amongst my husband’s richer friends, but a Valentine’s weekend in a stunning new hotel in...

The Hotel by the Sea

The Hotel by the Sea
  • Author(s): Julie Caplin
  • Location(s): The Algarve
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Romantic Escapes Book 13) Pack your bags and get ready to fall in love with The Hotel by the Sea—your next romantic getaway awaits! Rebecca needs to escape. After making a complete fool of herself watching the man she’s...

The Hotel Nantucket

The Hotel Nantucket
  • Author(s): Elin Hilderbrand
  • Location(s): Nantucket
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 1922

Escape to Hotel Nantucket for a summer of sunshine, secrets and scandal… Reeling from a bad break-up, Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a fresh start. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a Gilded Age...

The Hotel on the Riviera

The Hotel on the Riviera
  • Author(s): Carol Kirkwood
  • Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

By the sapphire blue waters of the French Riviera, a decades-long secret is about to be revealed… Wayward Greek heiress, Ariana Theodosis, inherits the Hotel du Soleil as part of a mysterious legacy. Captivated by its faded glamour, she...

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