The House of One Hundred Clocks
- Location(s): Cambridge
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 20th century
JUNE, 1905. Helena and her parrot, Orbit, are swept off to Cambridge when her father is appointed clock-winder to one of the wealthiest men in England. There is only one rule: the clocks must never stop. But Helena discovers...
The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii
- Location(s): Hawai'i
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Early 1900s
Jack London is mainly known for his stories of the deep north, like The Call of the Wild and White Fang, but he also spent considerable time in Hawaii, visiting first in 1907, then staying a while in 1915....
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer’s son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin’s bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed a hero. Rewarded with the position of bodyguard to...
- Location(s): Upper Egypt
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2000s
Nader, an idealistic public prosecutor at the outset of his career, leaves Cairo to start a new posting in rural upper Egypt. On his first night, a mysterious woman named Hoda shows up at his lodgings. She is on...
- Location(s): Iran
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1979
In the house of the mosque, the family of Aqa Jaan has lived for eight centuries. Now it is occupied by three cousins: Aqa Jaan, a merchant and head of the city’s bazaar; Alsaberi, the imam of the mosque;...
- Location(s): Chile
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende’s magnificent family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature, and of history, converge in an unforgettable, wholly absorbing and brilliantly realised...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Short Stories
- Era(s): 100s BC
Gordianus the Finder Book 6 Wonderfully entertaining mystery stories set in the world of the acclaimed ROMA SUB ROSA series. It is the Rome of the Late Republic, and Gordianus the Finder has a knack for finding trouble –...
The House of Unexpected Sisters
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
At Botswana’s No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi are intrigued by the troubling dismissal of an employee at a thriving local business. The ladies proceed with investigations as they are inclined to do – with...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1930s
Sometimes the secrets of the past are more dangerous than the present… Rome, 1938. As the world teeters on the brink of war, talented pianist Eva Valenti enters the house of widower Dante Cavallera to become his new wife....
- Location(s): Baghdad
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 9th century
This is the true story of Ishaq, a young boy in ninth-century Baghdad. And it is the story of the House of Wisdom. More than a house, more than a library, more even than a palace, the House of...
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