- Location(s): Africa, Algeria
- Genre(s): Historical, Humour
- Era(s): 1930s
Joann Sfar’s beloved, humorous, and wise talking cat is back for more beautifully illustrated adventures in Algiers and across Africa in the 1930s. While the rabbi is away, his cat tags along with Malka of the Lions (the rabbi’s...
- Location(s): China, France, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary and World War Two (1944)
Get ready for the race of your life… This is what it feels like when I’m running. When I’m running fast, I feel free. 12-year-old Lili is determined to defeat her arch rival in front of the Queen during...
- Location(s): Cork City
- Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Rachel Incident is an all-consuming love story. But it’s not the one you’re expecting. It’s unconventional and messy. It’s young and foolish. It’s about losing and finding yourself. But it is always about love. When Rachel falls in...
- Location(s): Austria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Turn 20th Century
Set during the doomed splendour of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, The Radetzky March tells the story of the celebrated Trotta family, tracing their rise and fall over three generations. Theirs is a sweeping history of heroism and duty, desire and...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
“The Ragazzi” comes from the same vivid and violent world as Pasolini’s great films. In the poverty and chaos of postwar Rome, Ricetto and his gang survive by their wits, their cruelty and their instincts for survival. Their lives...
- Location(s): Devon, North Devon
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
The villages of Greystone and Morrisham are fictional. When Jem Rosco – sailor, adventurer and local legend – blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity...
- Location(s): West Yorkshire
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century
Deep in the dales of the West Riding Fells lies Scarsbeck, a remote village peopled by a close-knit community of colourful characters: Ellie Birkett, steadfastly resisting her mother’s attempts to marry her off; Vicar Hardy, wrestling with the temptations...
- Location(s): Asia, Europe
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Taking his long-distance train travels to a whole new level, Matthew Woodward embarks on an intrepid journey from his home in the UK to Lhasa in deepest Tibet, for many years closed to visitors. Travelling over 20,000 kilometres on...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
- Era(s): The Future
In a thirsty, drought-stricken Australia, the country is well and truly sunburnt. As the Eastern states are evacuated to more appealing climates, a stubborn few resist the forced removal. They hide out in small country towns – where no...
- Location(s): Gabon
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Jan Brokken’s compelling account of his journey to one of the world’s most mysterious and remote countries — Gabon in Central Africa — following in the footsteps of such famous Europeans as Stanley and Schweitzer.
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