- Location(s): Sweden
- Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): the near future
One day in early spring, Dorrit Weger is checked into the Second Reserve Bank Unit for biological material. She is promised a nicely furnished apartment inside the Unit, where she will make new friends, enjoy the state of the...
The United States Of Adventure
- Location(s): United States (USA), United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Adventure, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
Disillusioned with corporate London life and with no previous experience as a long-distance cyclist, Anna decides to clamber atop a beautiful pink bicycle (named Boudica) and set out on an 11,000-mile journey on her own, through each and every...
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern Day
British-born Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina have never been close but when their mother died, she had only one request: that they take a pilgrimage across India to carry out her final rites. While an extended family holiday...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
As a sophomore at Brown University, Kevin Roose didn’t have much contact with the Religious Right. Raised in a secular home by staunchly liberal parents, he fit right in with Brown’s sweatshop-protesting, fair-trade coffee-drinking, God-ambivalent student body. So when...
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
- Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability he can’t quite control: he can bring characters from books into the real world. His older brother, Rob – a young lawyer with an utterly normal life –...
The Unlikely Occultist: A biographical novel of Alice A. Bailey
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Melbourne
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
Librarian Heather Brown discovers the fascinating life of Alice Bailey – a long forgotten occultist. Back in 1931, Alice is preparing to give a speech at a Swiss summer school. But how can she stave the tide of hatred...
- Location(s): North Carolina, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Magical Realism
In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm – and the mysterious curse that has haunted them for generations....
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 19th Century
Sarah Gilchrist has no intention of marrying her dull fiancé Miles, the man her family hope will restore her reputation and put an end to her dreams of becoming a doctor, but when he is arrested for a murder...
- Location(s): Greece
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Yanni has lived all his life in semi isolation, on the ridge at the top of the island, with only his parents and their herd of goats for company. But when the family’s donkey dies, the burden rests on...
- Location(s): Estonia, Scotland, Siberia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1944 - 1992
Lovers separated by the Iron Curtain. Two women whose paths should never have crossed. A remarkable journey that changes all of their lives. Maria’s history is a lie. Washed up on the shores of Sweden in 1944, with no...
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