- Location(s): England, Manchester
- Genre(s): Biography, Food and Drink
- Era(s): 20th Century / contemporary
With insight and love, Ahsan guides us through the vibrant flavours and captivating story of Bengali food and its place in Britain. Beginning with the arrival of her grandfather, Habib, in Manchester in the 1950s, this is a spellbinding...
- Location(s): Amazon Rainforest
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
Cats have nine lives. Ben has one. Keeping it will test him to the very limit. An Amazon expedition gone wrong throws Ben into a world of superstition and adventure. Now he must survive the mysterious Jaguar Trials to...
- Location(s): Brazil
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1817 and present day
In 1817, explorers Spix and Martius returned from their three-year voyage in Brazil with not only an extensive account of their journey, but also with an Indigenous boy and girl, Iñe-e and Juri. Kidnapped from rival tribes as part...
The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
- Location(s): Idaho, Washington State
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1960s-1970s
Set in the 1980s, mainly in a jail cell in California with flashbacks to 1960s and 70s Idaho and Washington, The Jailing of Cecelia Capture tells the story of a poor, Native American welfare mother who grows up on...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): pre WW1
The Jam Factory Girls is an uplifting and emotional novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood. Life for Elsie is difficult as she struggles to cope with her alcoholic mother. Caring...
The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Pre WW1
The Jam Factory Girls Fight Back is a moving historical novel of friendship set in the heart of pre-WWI London from bestselling author, Mary Wood. Can they claim what is rightfully theirs? From the moment Len came into their...
- Location(s): San Diego
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
On the outskirts of San Diego, the bodies of two young women are discovered. They have no names, no IDs, and no family looking for them. Fearing the possibility of a human trafficking ring, the police and FBI reach...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Historical
- Era(s): Contemporary
In 2017, holed up in a hotel room, feverish, despondent and aimless, Iain Maloney chances upon an article about Richard Henry Brunton, a Victorian civil engineer unknown in his Scottish homeland but considered ‘The Father of Japanese Lighthouses’ in...
- Location(s): Malaysia (Malaya)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
A breathtaking and absorbing novel set in Malaya propelled by the superb storytelling instinct of the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father...
- Location(s): Greek Islands
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 20th century
Set on the breathtaking island of Andros, The Jasmine Isle is one of the finest literary achievements in contemporary Greek literature. Mina Saltaferou is the despotic wife of a ship’s captain, Savvas Saltaferos. Her tyrannical influence over her two...
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