- Location(s): England, Verona
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1939 / contemporary
Gazing out over the lush, rolling vineyards of Verona, Kate thinks of the gift that brought her to Italy. The dusty bottle of wine from her great-grandmother’s cellar, which holds the key to a family mystery that will change...
- Location(s): India
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): N/A
Four siblings. A country in ruin. One quest to save them all. Vira is desperate to get out of her mother’s shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the country’s only quarry running...
The J M Barrie Ladies’ Swimming Society
- Location(s): The Cotswolds
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
When Joey Rubin stumbles upon a group of elderly women swimming in a lake one freezing January morning, she thinks they must be mad. But then they dare her to come in… Joey, an overworked New York architect, has...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
This is a reissue of Bates’s acclaimed novel of Burma. During World War II, a small English community are forced to flee when Japanese forces invade Burma. Paterson, the manager of a rice-mill, organises the evacuation and takes with...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1864
In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a...
- 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...
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